Tampa 2004

Tampa 2004 was a Monster Jam event held on January 17th, 2004 and was the sixth stop of the Monster Jam TV Series in 2004. The show marked the first show on SPEED for American Guardian as well as the first televised appearance of El Toro Loco outside of Vegas 2003. This would also be the first televised appearance of Madusa's new scheme and the only show of the Bubba Radio Truck on Steve Reynolds's Obsession chassis.

Field of Trucks
American Guardian- Rick Raab

Bubba the Love Sponge- Steve Reynolds

Bulldozer- Rob Knell

El Toro Loco- Lupe Soza

Grave Digger- Dennis Anderson

Gunslinger- Scott Hartsock

King Krunch- David Smth

Madusa- Madusa

Maximum Destruction- Neil Elliott

Predator- Allen Pezo

Prowler- Larry Jaruzel

Reptoid- Jim Jack

Round 1 Racing
El Toro Loco vs. Grave Digger

Both trucks were even as Dennis went into the turn relatively wide, but Lupe would lose a horn and lose the race to Anderson

Bubba the Love Sponge vs. Madusa

Madusa continuing on a solid racing season would get a surprising truck length win over Reynolds

Gunslinger vs. American Guardian

The Florida native had no trouble disposing of the Chevy and speeding away into round 2 with an easy win

Maximum Destruction vs. Predator

Predator had doom written from the start as he soon hit the throttle a set of shocks separate making the truck hard to drive, giving Elliott an easy win

Reptoid vs. King Krunch

Jim Jack having issues with power would give David Smith an easy pass into round 2

Prowler vs. Bulldozer

Despite a bit of a slip in the turn, Prowler was able to outclass Bulldozer with ease and had a massive margin of victory

Round 2 Racing
Grave Digger vs. Madusa

Despite a solid pass from Madusa, Anderson was on a mission for his second straight racing win in Digger.

Maximum Destruction vs. Gunslinger

Problems for Gunslinger could not get the truck to the line giving Max D a bye run into the semi finals

King Krunch vs. Prowler

Prowler had issues around the track and a five second penalty would end Jaruzel's chances right there.

Semi Finals
Grave Digger vs. Madusa (FL)

Rematch of the previous round, this time Madusa would roll over in the first turn and give Anderson the win and his second straight finals appearance

Maximum Destruction vs. King Krunch

The trucks were even until the final turn when King Krunch began to slow down giving Elliott his first spot in the championship all season

Finals
Grave Digger vs. Maximum Destruction

Despite a strong start from both, Elliott would end up in big trouble as the truck got two penalties and had trouble moving about the track making it surprisingly easy for Dennis to win

Freestyle
Prowler

Jaruzel seemed to be battling rear steering issues, the run suffered due to it as all he did was hit the cars and do a couple passes over the dirt hill

Score- 6+6+7= 19

Reptoid

With some bigger air and more variety, Jim Jack was able to slip past Prowler for the lead

Score- 8+6+7= 21

Bulldozer

Some big air helped announce his presence, but rear steering issues made him kick on the cars causing the truck to spin before rolling on its side

Score- 5+5+6= 16

American Guardian

Raab used the flame jet on the back to set off his run with a big sky wheelie, then hit the box van up and smashed it down. Some big air over the dirt hill and a flame set of cyclones to close out the clock would punctuate an impressive run

Score- 8+9+9= 26

King Krunch

David delivered a strong run with cyclones and hitting every obstacle with gusto including a launch over the dirt hill

Score- 8+8+8= 24

Bubba the Love Sponge

Reynolds's run was more slow paced, and a kick over the box van would blow out a tire ending his run early

Score- 4+7+4= 15

El Toro Loco

Lupe began with some solid air before launching into a set of cyclones. Lupe would then attack the giant camper on the track blowing right through it but would knock a tire off the bead.

Score- 9+8+9= 26

Madusa

Some big leaps over the cars and box van plus a good save and some body panels shedding would give Madusa a memorable run

Score- 8+9+9= 26

Predator

Pezo would get some big air over the dirt hill, but a broken shock would plague him once again cutting his run early

Score- 6+7+6= 19