2024 Back to School Monster Truck Bash

2024 Back to School Monster Truck Bash
Host	Cook Out
Date	August 17th, 2024
City	Charlotte, North Carolina
Venue	The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway

The 2024 Back to School Monster Truck Bash was the 24th annual event of the Back to School Monster Truck Bash in Charlotte, North Carolina at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway on August 17th, 2024. Jon Zimmer Jr. in Terminal Velocity would win the racing competition, Tim Jones in Tailgator would win the Best Trick competition, and John Gordon in Bad Company would win the freestyle competition.

Field of trucks

1. Bad Company - John Gordon
2. Block Head - Daron Basl
3. Dirt Crew - Jerry Beck
4. Illuminator - Cory Snyder
5. Jurassic Attack - Dalton Widner
6. Kamikaze - Berto Treviño
7. Tailgator - Tim Jones
8. Terminal Velocity - Jon Zimmer Jr.
9. Toxic - Preston Pérez
10. Uproar - Jon Zimmer

Qualifying

The fastest eight would be seeded in the racing bracket, while Uproar, Tailgator, and the round 1 losers would compete in Best Trick.

1. Terminal Velocity - 1:14
2. Jurassic Attack - 1:15
3. Bad Company - 1:16
4. Block Head - 1:19
5. Toxic - 1:22.05
6. Dirt Crew - 1:22.10
7. Illuminator - 1:23
8. Kamikaze - 1:25
9. Tailgator - 1:28
10. Uproar - DNQ

Racing

Round 1:

Terminal Velocity vs. Kamikaze

Dirt Crew vs. Bad Company

Block Head vs. Toxic (Broke and could not return for the rest of the night)

Illuminator vs. Jurassic Attack

Semi-finals:

Terminal Velocity vs. Bad Company

Block Head vs. Jurassic Attack

Finals:

Terminal Velocity (crashed and could not return for freestyle) vs. Jurassic Attack (crashed and could not return for freestyle)

Best Trick

1. Tailgator - 16
2. Illuminator - 14
3. Kamikaze - 11.2
4. Uproar - 11.1
5. Dirt Crew - 10
6. Toxic - DNC

Freestyle

1. Bad Company - 32
2. Tailgator - 30
3. Block Head - 29
4. Uproar - 27
5. Kamikaze - 24
6. Illuminator - 15
7. Terminal Velocity - DNC
8. Jurassic Attack - DNC
9. Dirt Crew - DNC
10. Toxic - DNC

Trivia

• This event would mark the first Back to School Monster Truck Bash event since 2008 without the Monster Trucks Unlimited Team (Stone Crusher and Hooked).
  • This would be due to the team being booked for a show in Cortland, Ohio the same week of the show.
• This event would mark the first Back to School Monster Truck Bash event under a brand new sponsorship, Cook Out.
• Jurassic Attack and Terminal Velocity would both have one of the most memorable double crashes in Monster Truck History. Jurassic Attack would lose power going up to the crossover jump, and would nosedive straight into the bus, destroying the front end. Moments later, Terminal Velocity’s rear steer cylinder gave out just moments before the truck crossed the finish line, sending the truck off the corner of the final ramp, and into a barrel roll, almost completely dismembering the rear end.
  • As a result, both trucks would be unable to compete in Freestyle, due to the extensive damage.
• Dirt Crew would not compete in freestyle due to oil pressure issues.
• During the round 1 race between Toxic and Block Head, Toxic would have front steering issues halfway into the race, and would not be able to compete for the rest of the night.
• During Uproar's qualifying pass, the truck would lose front-wheel drive, resulting in a DNQ.
  • However, the truck would be able to compete for the rest of the night, despite having no front-wheel drive.