Friday January 4

Fayetteville started off with an all new contest for the CFP tour to get the Monsters warmed up, and that was a wheelie contest.  Hands down the winner was declared as the crazy man himself, Rob French in Monster Corvette.      

Qualifying was close with all 5 competitors running times all less than a quarter (.25) seconds from another, with Rick Long in Bigfoot taking the Quick Qualifier spot with a 2.63 second pass.  Catastrophe struck Mark Foulk and Bulletproof as he launched off the second ramp in Qualifying high and fast, panicked being a rookie driver, and locked up the brakes in midair.  The truck slammed down and ripped the front end including all links, shocks, drive shaft, as well as breaking the transfer case and put a hole in the oil pan.  Bulletproof was done for the night.  Mark Foulk's teammate and boss Rob French worked his way though Racing to the Finals, only to meet veteran racer Rick Long.  The race was close, but it was the King of the Monster Trucks taking the Racing win.  

Freestyle was good, too, as the two from the Racing Finals squared off in what would be a grudge match.  Both Bigfoot and Monster Corvette were scored perfect 30s, but a cheer off found Rick Long and Bigfoot to be the overall winner for the night in Freestyle.

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

Saturday January 5

The Wildfire Motorsports team thrashed and thrashed nearly all night long (they did take a 2 hour break for some much needed rest) after having ripped the front end clear out of the truck the night before, in time for all of Saturday night's festivities.  Saturday night would start again with the wheelie competition, which went much the same way it did on Friday night.  Rob French won in Monster Corvette, while teammate Mark Foulk experienced RII problems in Bulletproof and would be out for the night despite having the truck physically back together.

Qualifying and Racing was also much like the night before; Bigfoot was the leader of the pack with a 2.34 second pass.  In the first round Monster Corvette defeated Shockwave, and Bigfoot beat Clydesdale in a photo finish.  Clydesdale then beat Shockwave for 3rd place.  The Finals was also just like the night before, and the outcome was the same - Rick Long and Bigfoot took yet another win in the 2008 Monster Truck Winter Nationals Points Series and tour.

Continuing their bad weekend the Wildfire Motorsports team would have to sit out Freestyle all together as Rob French blew a hole in the transmission pan and would not be able to Freestyle.  Down to 3 trucks for Freestyle, those competitors knew they would have to carry themselves that much more.  The scores show how much they stepped up to the plate; Bigfoot scored a 30 - Shockwave scored a 26 - and Clydesdale also scored a 26 for a 2nd place tie!