Atlanta 2006

Atlanta 2006
Host	Live Nation Motorsports
League	Monster Jam
Date	January 14th, 2006
City	Atlanta, GA
Venue	Georgia Dome

Atlanta 2006 was an event held by Monster Jam on January 14th, 2006, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.

Field of trucks

1. Safe Auto - Marc McDonald
2. Cowboy - Steve Reynolds
3. Spellcaster - TG Short
4. Reptoid - Jim Jack
5. Hot Wheels - Rob Knell
6. War Wizard - Randy Moore
7. T-Maxx - Carl Van Horn
8. Gunslinger - Scott Hartsock
9. Brutus - Chris Bergeron
10. Avenger - Jim Koehler
11. Grave Digger 19 - Rod Schmidt
12. Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents

Qualifying

1. Maximum Destruction: 25.78
2. Safe Auto: 26.88
3. Grave Digger: 28.31
4. Avenger: 28.31
5. Hot Wheels: 28.40¹
6. Reptoid: 28.59
7. Cowboy: 30.03
8. Gunslinger: 31.37 (+5 sec. penalty)
9. Spellcaster: 33.19²
10. Brutus: 34.34 (+5 sec. penalty)
11. T-Maxx: dnf³
12. War Wizard: dnf⁴

Notes

1. ¹Hot Wheels broke after qualifying and wouldn't return for racing.
2. ²Spellcaster broke a four-link bar and was done for the night.
3. ³T-Maxx lost the breaks and was shut off.
4. ⁴War Wizard suffered electrical issues and pulled off the track.

Racing

Note: Hot Wheels, War Wizard and Spellcaster all pulled out of racing due to breakages suffered after qualifying. This reduced the racing bracket to just nine trucks.

Round 1

Maximum Destruction bye run

Avenger vs. Gunslinger

Grave Digger vs. Brutus

Reptoid vs. Cowboy

Safe Auto vs. T-Maxx

Round 2

Maximum Destruction vs. T-Maxx (Fast loser)

Gunslinger vs. Brutus

Cowboy vs. Safe Auto

Semi-finals

Maximum Destruction vs. Cowboy (Fast loser)

Gunslinger vs. Safe Auto

Finals

Maximum Destruction vs. Safe Auto

Freestyle

1. Maximum Destruction: 29
2. Brutus: 25
3. Avenger: 25
4. Grave Digger: 23
5. Cowboy: 22
6. Gunslinger: 15
7. Safe Auto: 14
8. Reptoid: 12
9. War Wizard: 10
10. Hot Wheels: 9
11. T-Maxx: 8
12. Spellcaster: DNC

Trivia

• This event marked the television debut of Marc McDonald and Safe Auto Minimizer.
• This event marked the last event in which TG Short drove Spellcaster, as he would retire the following week due to a back injury.
• During its freestyle, War Wizard suffered a hard landing in freestyle after its first hit, with the resulting impact ripping off all the truck's shocks. This resulted in the team leasing the Total Chaos chassis from Brian Barthel, which served as a spare chassis for War Wizard for the remainder of the season.
• This was also the only event where Spellcaster did not compete in the racing bracket. This is due to it breaking a four-link bar during its qualifying match with Avenger.

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