Friday January 4

Even with limited space Racing was close and fast.  The Monsters were grabbing some BIG air off the table top that was in place for Racing.  Some of the new faces were running at the top of their game and took out Bigfoot early, but Runte was running strong too, coming back as the Fast Loser in the Semi-Finals.  Having lost again though, Bigfoot advanced to (and later won) the Finals because of breakage to the truck who beat him in the Semis!  Talk about luck, sometimes it's a good thing to have on your side!  

Freestyle was good, and again even with the Arenacross track setup the CFP Crew was able to work well with the limited amount of space provided.  A car stack was placed on top of the table top, but the highlight was a full blown Cargo Container stack in the middle of the arena!  Everybody had strong showings in Freestyle, especially Steven Hill in Monkey'n Around who was the ONLY one able to get a donut going all night.  But the real big moment came when Dan Runte took Bigfoot over the Cargo Container, only to trip the rear end over the top and took a nose dive off of it.  Thankfully Runte was able to get on the gas in the Summit Racing sponsored Bigfoot truck and drive out of an end over end roll.  The crowd was well behind Runte and Bigfoot.  Needless to say, the Freestyle winner was Dan Runte and Bigfoot!

**Havoc did NOT Freestyle, resulting in NO Freestyle points**

Saturday January 5

The Racing action on Saturday night was just as fierce as the previous night, if not even more so!  The real shocker of the Racing brackets came when the two who met in the Finals were fresh new faces to the CFP tour.  Get'Er'Done and War Eagle met up in the Final Round, with Get'Er'Done taking the win!  Unfortunately for Dan Runte and Bigfoot the same Racing luck he had the night before would not be with him on Saturday night, as he finished in 5th place out of 6 for Racing.  Havoc, the team truck to Get'Er'Done advanced through to in the Semis to finish 3rd, as well as Dream Catcher who finished 4th.

Freestyle Saturday night featured not only 2 pyramids, but 3 for the Monsters to work with!  Dream Catcher and War Eagle started off Freestyle with some good hits around the floor, but War Eagle had its run cut short when a small fire erupted (the fire was quickly extinguished and only very minor damage suffered).  Monkey'n Around continued the good Freestyles with some good hits on the cars and another good donut - his second of the weekend.  Not to be outdone, Havoc followed suit and finished up with a donut as well.  Second to last was Get'Er'Done with a high flying fast paced run.

Last out again would be Dan Runte in Bigfoot.  Dan rounded out the Freestyle order with some big jumps over the cars.  Not to be outdone Dan cut a wicked donut towards the end of his run - the third of the night overall.  Although it seemed like he was done, Dan headed for the Cargo Container in the middle of the arena, which had long approaches to it.  Dan got up it, but started sliding off the side.  Bigfoot slid and the right side of the truck dropped a good distance down to the dirt, looking as if the truck would flop over.  But Dan held in the gas and drove out of the situation, making for an INCREDIBLE save for the small space he had to work with.  With that move, the crowd went CRAZY.  Once again, needless to say, the Freestyle winner was none other than Dan Runte and Bigfoot!