No Limit R/C of Florida @ Monster Jam, Miami, Florida

January 31, 2009

Words: Bari Musawwir

The No Limit R/C of Florida gang made the 4 hour trip south, down Interstate 95 from Orlando to continue the Florida Monster Jam Tour for the Miami fans at the 2009 event at Dolphins Stadium. The uncharacteristic drop in temperature did not deter the South Florida fans one bit, as they crowded the pit party fence lines to watch the No Limit R/C Monster Truck show. To get things started Tom Dixon fired up his Baja 5B as Bambi Dyess and JD Kelly handed out HPI Stickers and brochures.  By this time the crowd was buzzing as 16 Replica R/C Monster trucks came to life for their introduction parade laps to music, much like their 10,000 pound big brothers.  After introductions it was on to qualifying. Bari Musawwir and his Grave Digger Savage X blistered the modified Las Vegas style track to earn the top qualifying spot of the 16 truck field.  With the qualifying over, it was time to get down to business with the single elimination racing bracket which paired the fasted qualifiers versus the slowest. With Bari Musawwir and Mike Herndon qualifying on opposite sides of the ladder, the racing was shaping up to feature the classic matchup in the finals between Grave Digger and Maximum Destruction. Bari knocked out Justin Heard and El Toro loco, Tom Dixon and Gunslinger and J.D. Kelly with the Instigator to find himself matched up with Mike in the finals. Mike earned his way there by taking out Billy Dunleavy in Batman, Bari’s other truck Monster Mutt, and Zeek Heard with Bounty Hunter. As the crowd cheered for their favorite replica R/C monster truck super stars, the trucks staged at the starting line. When the light turned green it was hammer down with the 2 trucks nearly neck and neck through the entire race until the final turn which was maneuvered brilliantly by Bari and his Grave Digger Savage X to take the win over his arch nemesis Mike Herndon and Max D. As Bari was announced the winner the crowd went into frenzy with the same enthusiasm as if we were racing real monster trucks.  After the awesome display of racing, many trucks came out to freestyle much to the delight of the sea of fans that had assembled. Shortly after freestyle the crew was invited out on the main show floor of Dolphins Stadium for a little pre show action for the fans inside. Everyone launched their trucks off the freestyle motocross landing ramp catching huge air, but Billy Dunleavy had the crash landing of the evening when he skied his Savage XL Batman off the ramp landing upside down with a loud crunch as the highly detailed ABS plastic body exploded into 4 pieces. It was a gnarly crash landing but it was only cosmetic damage as the extremely tough Savage XL kept on going as Billy launched it off the 12 foot tall ramp a few more times.  In conclusion the Miami fans were treated to a 2nd to none Replica R/C Monster Truck display and were already eager to have the No Limit R/C of Florida team back for next year’s Miami Monster jam.  The No Limit team would like to again thank John Schultz, Rodney Wills, and Collin Cocores of HPI Racing for their outstanding support. Check out the 186 picture PHOTO GALLERY of this event at www.nolimitrcfl.com

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