Amsoil Shock Therapy Impressive at World Finals 11, Cult Energy Activator Rocks Encore
Amsoil Shock Therapy and Jon Zimmer made their first trip to the World Finals and proved they belong in the greatest field of trucks assembled every year. Zimmer and Amsoil Shock Therapy had qualified fourth overall with a time of 16.03 seconds, and that was good enough to be automatically seeded into the second round. Zimmer’s opponent for that matchup was Steve Sims’ Stone Crusher, and Zimmer piloted the Amsoil-powered machine to a great victory.
If you have to lose, some say it is best to lose to the guy that wins it, and that is what happened. Amsoil Shock Therapy gave eventual champion Dennis Anderson the closest race he had all night, but was just short of knocking off Grave Digger.
“I did everything I could, but I didn’t have lane choice, and he ended up pulling away from me out of the turn,” said Zimmer. “I’m just proud for Amsoil, team SIR, and my crew–without them, I never would have been here in the first place.”
Freestyle-wise, bad luck struck, as Zimmer whipped Amsoil Shock Therapy into a sweet set of donuts, but lost front steering. All that was left to do was try and gut it out and make something out of nothing, and Zimmer would blast off of a triple-stacked car set and roll the truck over.
“I felt bad that I didn’t get to do what I wanted in freestyle,” said Zimmer. “I had a bunch more planned, but luck wasn’t on my side. I want to come back and show everyone that I have even more in both racing and freestyle. I think we turned some heads here.”
Sean Duhon and Cult Energy Activator were invited to freestyle in the famous “encore” segment of the Finals, and Duhon made the most of his time on the track, making a nice save off of a double before launching off of a rock/fountain pile in the center of the track, breaking the champagne flange that holds the wheel assembly together. Duhon quickly spun Cult into a nice set of donuts before calling it good to the roar of approval from the crowd.
“I did everything I could with what I had, and I was pleased to do well for Cult and team SIR,” said Duhon. “Those are some big obstacles, but we came out and did our thing!”
Amsoil Shock Therapy and Jon Zimmer along with Cult Energy Activator and Sean Duhon did indeed turn heads at the sport’s biggest event, and are headed to Monster Jam’s Awards banquet as of this writing. Will Team SIR pick up some hardware? We’ll find out soon! Check out MonsterJam.com for more information!
