March 24, 2009
Monster Jam Set to Crown 2009
Champion at the Monster Jam: Urban Assault National Tournament Finals in Las
Vegas This Weekend
Activision and Feld Motor Sports,
Inc. announced today the championship round of the Monster Jam: Urban Assault
National Tournament, taking place at the Monster Jam® World Finals in Las
Vegas’s Sam Boyd Stadium this Saturday, where one of nine finalists will be
crowned as the new National Champion. Eight of the nine finalists qualified for
an expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to compete in the Monster Jam: Urban Assault
National Tournament by winning their regional qualifiers at Monster Jam events
during January and February. The finalists will challenge each other using the
Monster Jam: Urban Assault game on Wii™.
The tournament consisted of 16
regional qualifying rounds that began back in January and took place at the top
Monster Jam stadiums across the country. Players competed on Wii™ gaming
platforms in front of thousands of screaming Monster Jam fans. The eight fastest
winners have been awarded expense-paid trips to Las Vegas, where they will
compete against each other for the national championship in the Monster Jam
World Finals at Sam Boyd Stadium. The winner will become the second Monster Jam
Video Game National Champion.
Michael Furlow, from Jacksonville,
IL, is the lucky wild card winner who qualified for the 9th and final National
Tournament spot by registering online at
www.MonsterJamOnline.com.
The Monster Jam: Urban Assault 2009
National Tournament Championship participants are:
Winner
Won In
Hometown
Time
1.
Joe Schaefer
Houston,
TX
Brenham,
TX
1:42:00
2.
Matt Regevig
Phoenix, AZ
Glendale,
AZ
2:07:80
3. Eric Myers
Oakland, CA
Fairfield,
CA 2:12:84
4.
Alberto Trevino San
Antonio, TX Portland, TX
2:20:79
5.
Tony Lee
St.
Louis, MO
Auxvasse,
MO
2:21:12
6.
Drew Winthrop
Miami, FL
West Palm Beach,
FL
2:25:93
7.
Justin Kerfoot
Anaheim, CA
Newport Beach,
CA
2:30:00
8.
Craig Knor
Indianapolis, IN
Munster, IN
2:32:66
9. Michael Furlow *Wildcard Winner*Jacksonville,
IL
The nine qualifiers will compete in
three separate semi-final rounds throughout the day on Saturday at the Built
Ford Tough Party in the Pits at the Monster Jam World Finals. The three winners
of the semi-final rounds, in addition to the fastest gamer of the six who did
not win, will compete in the final round for the National Championship.
Last year, 14 year-old Jordan Rager
of Loganville, GA, won the first ever Monster Jam Video Game National Tournament
in Las Vegas by first qualifying at the Atlanta Georgia Dome regional qualifier.
He was then awarded an expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to compete against the
other regional qualifiers at the Monster Jam World Finals. At the Las Vegas
Monster Jam Finals, Jordan bested all finalists to become the inaugural Monster
Jam Video Game National Champion.
In Monster Jam: Urban Assault,
all-out destruction is taken to a whole new level by busting the traditional
Monster Jam action out of the stadiums and onto city streets across the globe.
Players can choose from over 27 different monster trucks, including classic
Monster Jam icons like Grave Digger®, Maximum Destruction®, Monster Mutt®, El
Toro Loco®, Blue Thunder® and Captain’s Curse®, as well as newer stars such as
Stone Crusher™ and Backwards Bob™. The game focuses on crushing everything in
your path while doing insane tricks in never before seen urban environments.
Monster Jam: Urban Assault features 26 new urban tracks, 12 authentic Monster
Jam stadiums, seven different game modes and 12 skill competitions, and players
can challenge up to four of their friends via split-screen multiplayer.
For more information about the event
and daily updates about the finals please visit
www.monsterjamonline.com.
Monster Jam: Urban Assault is
available now for Wii, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable) system, and Nintendo DS™.