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Celebrating our 5th Anniversary!
03 April 2008 Standings Updated
Pablo Huffaker continues to lead the world standings. He has the second highest total points (TP) and average points (AP), putting him ahead of Jimmy Creten and Neil Elliot. John Seasock moves up to 21st after his win in Las Vegas. Sean Duhon enters the CFP finals in Pocatello, Idaho this weekend in 1st in CFP Points and 7th in the World. Drivers who have their Races total in blue have met the 20 race minimum and will remain in the rankings for the rest of the year.
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18 March 2008 Huffaker takes over first
Due to a busy schedule, we were unable to update the standings last week. Neil Elliot had taken the lead in the standings, but he is back down to second as Pablo Huffaker has taken over the world lead. Follow the Standings button up top to see the full world standings, and then check out the Results page for full racing results from weeks 15 and 16.
4 March 2008 Pauken and Creten Dual in the Desert
Charlie Pauken picked up 3 big wins in Tucson, defeating Dawn Creten (twice), Jimmy Creten, and Linsey Weenk during the 4-race weekend. Despite only 1 win, Jimmy Creten regained the #1 spot in the world. Pauken stays in fourth while teammate Pablo Huffaker slips to 6th after a first round loss in El Paso.
Doug Noelke has been on fire on the Monster Nationals tour and completed another big weekend going 1-1 in 3 events in Beaumont, Texas. Rick Long and Mark Hall picked up the other wins in a start-studded field that also included Geremie Dishman, Andy Hoffman, and Devin Jones. Across state, Tom Meents defeated Candice Jolly in the finals in El Paso.
Up north in Calgary, Bobby Parr and Cam McQueen split the 4-race weekend. Parr joins the standings in 36th. Andy Slifko and Alex Blackwell both swept their 3-race weekends in Macon, GA and Tupelo, MS respectively. Slifko moves up to 42nd, while Blackwell is now ranked 16th.
Nathan Weenk was the story in Providence, as he won 1 once and made the finals 3 times in the 4-race in Rhode Island. Jim Koehler, Adam Anderson, and Damon Bradshaw were also winners on the chicago-style track.
Finally, Jon Zimmer and Rob French earned victories in CFP Winston-Salem, as each defeated rookie Bigfoot driver Jerry Dalton in the finals. Late results from Monroe, LA, Kalispell, MT, Waterloo, IA and Enid, OK have also been added to the standings.
The minimum races needed to be ranked remains at 12 for this week. For full standings and results from this past weekend, follow the links at the top of the page.
6 January 2008 2007 Final Standings have been posted
Click HERE for Final Standings
The official final 2007 WMTRL standings have been posted. Mark Hall officially defends his championship after an even more impressive season this year. Mark won 37 of his 53 events and made the final round at 82% of his races. Keith Sturgeon is the 2007 Rookie of the Year, finishing 26th with 14 wins in 25 finals.
Below are some statistics and Top Tens for the 2007 season. We'll be getting the current 2008 standings and results to date updated later this week along with a new look for the website.
Four drivers have been in the Top Ten every year of the WMTRL
Randy Brown (4th, 5th, 3rd, 5th)
Mark Hall (8th, 4th, 1st, 1st)
Gary Porter (1st, 2nd, 6th, 10th)
Dan Runte (10th, 6th, 5th, 4th)
Two drivers made their first Top Ten this season
Marc McDonald (6th. Last year: 26th)
Sean Duhon (8th. Last year: 48th)
The Top Ten Most Improved drivers for 2007 are:
Isaiah Morales (+86, 105 to 19)
David Brown (+68, 119 to 51)
Gary Wiggins (+62, 109 to 47)
Dale Mitchell (+60, 113 to 53)
Paul Strong (+59, 134 to 75)
Steve Simms (+55, 98 to 43)
Bill Payne (+51, 139 to 88)
George Balhan (+46, 92 to 46)
Scott Anderson (+45, 121 to 76)
Charles Benns (+43, 135 to 92)
Record Breakers for 2007
Most Points in a Single Season
Mark Hall - 4164
previously Carl Van Horn - 3888 (2005)
Most Wins in a Single Season
Mark Hall - 37
previously Gary Porter - 33 (2004)
Most Runner-Ups in a Single Season
David Brown - 21
previously Randy Brown (2004), Pablo Huffaker (2004) - 20
HIGHEST POINTS AVERAGE 1 78.57 Hall Mark Raminator 2 73.93 Creten Jimmy Bounty Hunter 3 73.17 Huffaker Pablo Grave Digger 4 67.97 McDonald Marc Safe Auto Minimizer 5 65.49 Runte Dan Bigfoot #16 6 65.03 Weenk Linsey Iron Outlaw 7 64.32 Anderson Adam Grave Digger 8 64.05 Porter Gary Grave Digger 9 62.50 Harkey Dave Bigfoot #14 10 62.30 Elliot Neil Maximum Destruction II MOST POINTS 1 4164 Hall Mark Raminator 2 3805 Huffaker Pablo Grave Digger 3 3357 Brown Randy Grave Digger 4 3173 Duhon Sean Traxxas T-Maxx 5 2957 Creten Jimmy Bounty Hunter 6 2947 Runte Dan Bigfoot #16 7 2877 Long Rick Bigfoot #15 8 2832 Tingler Chad Grave Digger XIV 9 2802 Smith David King Krunch 10 2738 Haney Bruce Bad News Travels Fast MOST RACES 1 61 Haney Bruce Bad News Travels Fast 2 56 Brown Randy Grave Digger 2 56 Duhon Sean Traxxas T-Maxx 4 55 Tingler Chad Grave Digger XIV 5 53 Hall Mark Raminator 5 53 Dishman Geremie Rammunition 5 53 Slifko Andy Eradicator 8 52 Huffaker Pablo Grave Digger 8 52 Smith David King Krunch 8 52 Basl Daron El Matador MOST WINS 1 37 Hall Mark Raminator 2 30 Huffaker Pablo Grave Digger 3 27 Long Rick Bigfoot #15 4 22 Brown Randy Grave Digger 5 21 Duhon Sean Traxxas T-Maxx 6 19 Dabney Kirk Monster Patrol 6 19 Creten Jimmy Bounty Hunter 8 18 Elliot Neil Maximum Destruction II 9 17 Haney Bruce Bad News Travels Fast 9 17 McDonald Marc Safe Auto Minimizer MOST RUNNER-UPS 1 21 Brown David Wild Thang 2 18 Dishman Geremie Rammunition 2 18 Jones Devin Barbarian 4 15 Tingler Chad Grave Digger XIV 5 14 Duhon Sean Traxxas T-Maxx 5 14 Porter Gary Grave Digger 7 13 Runte Dan Bigfoot #16 8 12 Vaters Michael Black Stallion 9 11 Creten Jimmy Bounty Hunter 9 11 Morales Isaiah Hot Tamale 9 11 Sturgeon Keith Bigfoot #14 9 11 Noelke Doug Tail Gator 9 11 Raab Rick American Guardian 9 11 Basl Daron El Matador MOST FINALS 1 41 Hall Mark Raminator 2 39 Huffaker Pablo Grave Digger 3 35 Duhon Sean Traxxas T-Maxx 4 32 Long Rick Bigfoot #15 5 31 Brown Randy Grave Digger 6 30 Creten Jimmy Bounty Hunter 7 29 Porter Gary Grave Digger
