Check out the below event recap for the latest MMoRC event!

The Michigan MONSTERS of RC are back and what a better way to kick off the new season of events than to host our 2012 Summer Jam!! The event was held July 28th at the Kellogg Education Center in Nashville, Michigan. This was our previous venue site and we are excited to be back and working with the new owners and running our events along side the YMCA of Barry County who is heading up a bunch of new programs for the children of the community. We will be here for many more seasons to come so our future is looking pretty solid for Replica RC Monster Jam racing in Michigan!

Our event started off Friday with setup and some practice laps with my kids and Shane who helped me set everything up and clean the carpet for the event the following day. The carpet had been stored for quite some time so it needed a good thorough cleaning. Everything worked great and we were ready for some racing! I opened the doors on Saturday morning and shortly we had racers piling in ready to lay some rubber down on the figure 8 track of our VP’s design. It was a really fun and fast track, easily managed by the Novice and Pro’s no problem. We shot out of the gate and hit the first stack of cars then ran a figure 8 inside of the car jumps and ended with one more hit to the cars and through the finish gates. Awesome lap times were being made all day long. Our returning Novice kids had some new trucks to show off and you could tell the excitement was running deep with grins and laughs all day long. We also implemented a new class, the Traxxas Monster Jam Stampede class was our newest Box Stock class and this showed to be a hit as well with the racers. These trucks are fast and sooo much fun and their Replica looks are top notch! Pro Modified showed our club what they are made of with a strong showing of 36 Modified trucks competing for the top spot. 52 entries in all and what a awesome display of dedication from our racers.

We cannot thank our supporters enough for their contributions to our event. CowRC donated 5 mini magnetic flat mat packages with a decal sheet and a tote bag. Steel Skinz donated a custom Northern Nightmare Summer Jam wrapped shell for the Freestyle winner. S2 Paint and Graphics donated windshield decals of our club logo. Steel Skinz also made our Summer Jam Plaques for the race winners and let me tell you they were awesome!!

Here is a great shot of our racing facility. HUGE Thanks to Clint for taking so many great pictures of our event. What a great way to share our great day with you all having so many good pics to show off. We have the stage for a great pit area and more room out in the hallway and class rooms. We also have our own storage room under the bleachers.

Our race winners!!

Novice class Winner Josh Zyck and his Metal Mulisha ZRP Diablo took home 1st! He also won a Cow RC flat mat pack!

2nd place Novice goes to Zane Chuhak and his Venom Spiderman CPE Terminator

3rd place Novice goes to Julia Zyck and her Madusa ZRP Diablo

4th place Novice goes to Katie Chuhak and her Pet Shop Crusher CPE Terminator

Traxxas Monster Jam Stampede 1st place winner goes to Mike Mascia and his Maximum Destruction Pede. Mike also took home a Cow RC Flat mat pack for his top spot win!

2nd Place Monster Jam pede went to Joe Chuhak and his Grave Digger Pede!

2rd place went to Mike Mascia and his Captains Curse Pede, great finish Mike. 2 podium spots.

Pro Modified winner Phil Grande with a outstanding performance winning the top two spots in Pro Modified truck with his Pastrana 199 ZRP Diablo taking the top spot and his Nitro Circus custom racer taking the 2nd spot. Nice work Phil! He also takes home a Cow RC Flat mat pack!

3rd, 4th and 5th were at a dead even tie. So our points data guru Mr. Zyck chose the running order via alphabetical decision on truck name.

3rd went to Scotty Konoski and his Doomsday TTR Ripper Pro!

4th went to our VP Jon Zyck with his Ghost Ryder ZRP Diablo.

5th went to Jimmy Grahl and his Team TSS TTR Ripper Pro. Jimmy also was our Top Qualifier in Pro Modified truck and won a Cow RC Flat mat pack!

Phil Grande won the overall in Freestyle by way of tie breaker decision from the judges with his Nitro Circus Truck. He wins the custom wrapped shell from Steel Skinz graphics.

I want to thank each and every one of our attendees that came out for a really fun day and it was sweet to get back to racing again and showing everyone what it means to get a great group of people together for some quality MONSTER JAM!!!

Enjoy the pics!! A complete photo album is available to view online with over 600 pictures !!! Clint Bashore has a new camera and I have huge respect for him taking the time to snap pics of our event.

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm162/cleroyb/mmorc/

Our awesome new banner from Steel Skinz !

Wrenching and Chatting before race time.

My Team MOO-volution Pit station. Big thanks to Cow RC for all the support and awesome gear. It was sweet to take home a 2nd place win with my Grave Digger Pede for my first race on the Team.

Phils Pastrana 199 Diablo sealing the deal on one of the many race wins at the event. Nice driving man!

Shane’s High Flying Superman Terminator!

Watch those lights drivers!

Jon Zyck’s El Toro Loco ZRP DIablo looking lean and mean.

Season 1’s Novice class winner Stephen Hopkins is now attacking the Pro Modified class and here is one of his impressive race machines the OGIO Bagster Ripper.

Launching out of the gate on the green light….

Brad Pitt’s awesome Black Ripper TTR Clod folding the bead over in a high speed corner.

Scotty’s Gymkhana Berzerker going for the win!

Phil’s Nitro Circus speeding through the figure 8.

Laying down the power is Stephen’s sweet looking Monster Energy Ripper.

El Toro Loco flying towards the finish gate.

Dumping the front end for the first turn!

Bad Boy Bigfoot getting the edge on Sudden Impact off the line.

Hooking up at the green light.

The Michigan MONSTER ZRP DIablo putting the power down on the carpet.

Team MOO-volution member Mike Eaton’s ZRP Diablo Spiderman Clod.

The Chillin Villain getting some air!

2 ZRP Diablo’s battling for a win.

A true Super Hero battle!

Grave Digger and Max D at the gate.

These Pedes were a riot to race on the carpet!! I can see this class gaining momentum.

Oops! Gotta go around those cars Joe, not over them.

The Mutt taking on the Digger.

The Ghost Ryder getting it done at the first jump.

Stephen’s KFO and Nick’s Son Uva Digger lined up at the tree.

Bad Boy Bigfoot looking as mean as it gets. Ready to dominate!

Budha’s SuperMan TTR Ripper.

Storm Damage and Team GT leaving the line on the green light.

Digger and Monster Energy over the crushed car jumps!

Watching and waiting for the green to hit!  Reaction time or a Red Light!

Who’s gonna win?

View from the cockpit of the timing system.

Josh’s Metal Mulisha taking on the figure 8 in one of the many race wins he took on Saturday. Nice driving Josh!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the race recap. Stay tuned for more events and results from the Michigan MONSTERS of RC! Season opener is coming soon in October after iHobby.