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Minneapolis 2007 (Show 3) was the third and final event held by Monster Jam in 2007 at the HHH Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The third show took place on December 8th and served as the season opener for the 2008 season.

Field of trucks[]

  1. Donkey Kong - Frank Krmel
  2. Scarlet Bandit - Dawn Creten
  3. Air Force Afterburner - Damon Bradshaw
  4. Superman - Chad Fortune
  5. Blue Thunder - Linsey Weenk
  6. Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten
  7. Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents
  8. Grave Digger 20 - Dennis Anderson

Qualifying[]

  1. Maximum Destruction: 29.16
  2. Scarlet Bandit: 31.59
  3. Air Force Afterburner: 32.03
  4. Donkey Kong: 32.56
  5. Superman: 36.00 (+5 sec. penalty)
  6. Grave Digger: 36.03 (+5 sec. penalty)
  7. Blue Thunder: 38.03 (+5 sec. penalty)
  8. Bounty Hunter: dnf1

Notes[]

1Bounty Hunter lost power during his run.

Racing[]

Round 1[]

Bounty Hunter vs. Maximum Destruction

Donkey Kong vs. Superman

Air Force Afterburner vs. Grave Digger

Blue Thunder vs. Scarlet Bandit

Semi-finals[]

Bounty Hunter vs. Donkey Kong

Blue Thunder vs. Grave Digger

Finals[]

Blue Thunder vs. Bounty Hunter

Freestyle[]

  1. Grave Digger: 30
  2. Blue Thunder: 26
  3. Maximum Destruction: 24
  4. Donkey Kong: 21
  5. Bounty Hunter: 20
  6. Air Force Afterburner: 18
  7. Scarlet Bandit: 16
  8. Superman: 16

Trivia[]

  • This event marked the first of the following occurrences:
    • The first event and official debut event for Donkey Kong.
    • The first event in which Linsey Weenk drove Blue Thunder.
    • The first Monster Jam broadcast in history to utilize a native 16:9 aspect ratio, 720p format to viewers with compatible TVs.
    • The racing format was a modified Chicago style where both trucks started halfway into the turn.
    • This was the first event outside of the World Finals to feature a double bus stack.