The Stallion team races out west to Bethany Missouri… |
| Bethany MO - NW Missouri State Fair - September 6, 2009 |
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Michael Vaters and his team traveled all the next day to the Northwest Missouri State Fair in Bethany for a Sunday event. Along with the Black Stallion and Iron Warrior, Samson driven by Dan Patrick and Screamin’ Demon driven by Jay Snyder competed. The fair had never had a monster truck show so this was a treat for everyone in the area as they came out in droves setting yet another record attendance the second for the Vaters’ team in 3 days. |
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The event started off with the sky wheelie competition. Jay Snyder whipped the Screamin’ Demon up into the air and came down hard on the trucks rear. He feathered the throttle and kept the nose of the truck in the air and walked the monster across the line of cars. Samson was only able to get the trucks fists slightly in the air in his attempts. The winning wheelie was Michael Vaters in the all Ford Powered K&N Black Stallion as he brought the nose of the truck up in the air and it seemed to be suspended in slow motion as he tore the tailgate off the truck on the line of cars. |
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Racing qualifications were up next with Samson timing a 27.07, Iron Warrior a 26.94 and Black Stallion coming in second fastest at 23.34 behind Sceamin’ Demon’s 21.55. In round one racing Samson beat Screamin’ Demon and the all Ford Powered K&N Black Stallion won over the Iron Warrior. In the losers round Iron Warrior came back to beat the Screamin’ Demon which put Trey back in line for the semi-finals. Michael Vaters was on a roll and beat Samson by a mile as he spun out in the first turn allowing Vaters an easy win. In the finals it was the two teammates Michael Vaters in the all Ford Powered K&N Black Stallion against Trey Myers in the Iron Warrior. Both trucks were dialed in which made for a great race as they came off the line simultaneously when the flag dropped and each truck throttled in the straight a ways across the car stacks and slid around the turns in the Chicago style course. Both drivers were flawless in execution but it would be the years of driving experience that would determine the winner of this race as Michael Vaters in the all Ford Powered K&N Black Stallion took the win in a very close finish. |
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The crowd favorite car crushing monster freestyle competition was up next. Screamin’ Demon was out first with just a “screamin” performance literally. The truck’s motor was screaming loudly as he pushed the truck and the rpm’s to its’ limit as he broke a front universal joint in the drive shaft and it just wasn’t able to hook up. Iron Warrior came out and put the truck into a frenzy of sky wheelies off the car and van stacks. Samson came out and brought the big fists up into the air after a bounce landing off a van stack and drove a wheelie down the track. This trick put him into contention in the freestyle cheer off with the “wild child” Michael Vaters in the all Ford Powered K&N Black Stallion. Vaters tore around the track cornering the truck as if it was on rails, soared off the obstacles getting the biggest air of the afternoon. When the blur of destruction was done Vaters brought the Stallion to a halt and popped the front of the Stallion up onto the tires of the Iron Warrior and the crowd roared their approval cheering the all Ford Powered K&N Black Stallion on for the freestyle win. |
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| Vaters’ Motorsports brings seven monsters to Geauga Fair in Burton OH… |
Burton OH - Geauga County Fair - September 4, 2009 |
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Friday night on September 4th at the Geauga Fair in Burton OH Vaters’ Motorsports gathered seven of the east coasts best monster trucks together for a night full of high octane motorsports thrills. The grandstand was packed with a record crowd of excited fans ready to witness the action. Michael Vaters in the all Ford Powered K&N Black Stallion and teammate Trey Myers in Iron Warrior competed with; Rodney Tweety in Bigfoot, Jim Koehler in Avenger, Chris Bergeron in Brutus, Dan Patrick in Samson and Jay Snyder in Screamin’ Demon. Mike’s son Michael Vaters the 2nd provided the high altitude negative gravity motocross stunts and the Kamikaze jet 4 wheeler rounded out the nights’ line up of entertainment. |
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| The wheelie contest was the first event on the agenda and the drivers put major air between the car stacks and the rear tires. The trucks soared skyward and bounced across the line of cars. Vaters pulled an incredible display of a text book wheelie across the first line of cars. When he went for his second wheelie hit he floored the gas in the Stallion and broke the throttle cable putting him out of commission for racing as he made repairs. It was a close call but the crowd chose Brutus in the cheer off as the winner for his vertical sky wheelie that drug the rear of the truck across the cars. |
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In racing qualifications the drivers didn’t hold anything back. The fastest qualifier was Avenger with a 22.74 and slowest was Brutus with a 33.77. Trey Myers driving the Warrior went up against Samson in the first pair and beat him by a truck length. Brutus was beat by Jay Snyder in the Screamin’ Demon in the second pair. Avenger got a bye run into the semi-finals as fastest qualifier and Big Foot got a bye run into semi-finals as the Stallion was unable to make it to the line. Trey Myers behind the wheel of the Iron Warrior was on fire and beat Screamin’ Demon in the semi-finals. Big Foot appeared to have the win against Avenger but in the last turn got a little sloppy and Avenger took the win and advanced to the finals. Iron Warrior on a racing streak went up against Monster Jam World Champ Jim Koehler in Avenger in the final racing round. It was a close race from the drop of the flag up until the last turn where Avenger got lose and spun out allowing Trey Myers in the Iron Warrior to power forward to the finish line for the racing win. |
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| Michael Vaters was able to make it back out for his favorite “Monster Freestyle.” Straight out of the pits Mike put some huge air under the all Ford Powered K&N Black Stallion off the first hit on the van stack. Vaters’ was on a mission to make up for lost time in the pits and soared hit after hit off the car and van stacks. His freestyle was a blur of speed, air and landings. Brutus put on a great freestyle that seemed to go on for quite some time before he finally brought the big “dog” to a grinding halt as he dropped a valve in his motor. Koehler came out and put big air under the Avenger and tore around the track hitting each obstacle in every which direction. The crowd was going crazy and then it was Big Foot’s turn. Big Foot raced around the track hitting all the obstacles but then he hit a van stack and on the landing was able to bounce the front end up in the air and drove a wheelie down the length of the track. This maneuver was repeated a couple of times and ultimately earned him the monster freestyle win for the night. |
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