After back to back weeks in the Sunshine State of Florida, the Stone Crusher team headed west to Houston, Texas for a major stadium event inside Reliant Stadium. Driver Steve Sims has been strong all year behind the wheel of his all new Stone Crusher, and Houston would be no different. In racing Sims was taken out early in round one by Blue Thunder, but came out determined in freestyle. Sims brought the packed house to their feet with a fantastic run from start to finish with high flying leaps and some of the best crossthreads of the night. Two flat front tires would cut short Sims’ efforts but the run was good enough to score a 22 in regulation along with two bonus points for a total of 24. The score would put Sims in a three way tie with Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger, and Neil Elliott and Maximum Destruction, for second place.

The next stop for Steve Sims and the Stone Crusher team is at Sun LIfe Stadium in Miami, Florida, as they look to continue their great success in the 2011 season.

Following a great showing in Uniondale, Darren Migues took the Stone Crusher to the Izod Center for a three show Freestyle Mania weekend in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Migues had a great weekend in Stone Crusher picking up several wins along the way. The weekend’s wheelie competitions were swept by Migues, winning all three. On Friday Migues also picked up a win in the Maniac Challenge. After damage sidelined the truck during the Saturday afternoon freestyle, Migues found redemption as he scored the freestyle victory on Saturday night. Migues’ next stop on the schedule is in Denver, Colorado.

After a two show weekend in the Tarheel State, Steve Sims and the Stone Crusher team headed south to Tampa, Florida and Raymond James Stadium for the second major stadium event of the season. The notorious Floridian fans came out in droves to witness all the stars as they took to the course Saturday. The action got under way with racing to start off the event. In round one Sims squared off with Monster Mutt Dalmation and received an easy victory after the Dalmation was sidelined before the first turn with mechanical problems. The Stone Crusher would then fall to Grave Digger in round two to end it’s night in racing.

In freestyle Sims wasted no time getting the ball rolling as he soared the Stone Crusher over the massive FMX hill to begin his run. From there Sims worked the all new Stone Crusher as he attacked the floor with big air launches and crossthread manuevers over every obstacle on the course. Sims performed well beyond both the regulation and bonus time periods to the delight of the Sunshine State fans as he scored 20 points in regulation and 4 in bonus time for a total of 24. The score would be good enough for a third place finish in freestyle and a strong end to a great night in Tampa.

After Tampa, it’s off to Orlando, Florida and the Citrus Bowl for the second straight weekend of major stadium events. For more information on this event and others visit our schedule page.

Texas has treated Darren Migues and Stone Crusher well so far in 2011. Following a great two day event in San Antonio at the Alamo Dome, Migues made the trip to Houston for an all freestyle event inside the home of the Houston Texans, Reliant Stadium. Before the event Saturday, Migues took the Stone Crusher to the David Smith’s Flame Motorsports shop, home of King Krunch and El Matador, to get the truck back to 100% after the truck suffered some damage in San Antonio. By Saturday both Migues and Stone Crusher were ready for action and action they created.

The night’s events started off with a wheelie competition on the elaborate course laid out by the track crew. Each competitor was given four attempts to get the best wheelstands they could. Migues came out firing on the first hit, getting a great rebound on the landing, as he danced the Stone Crusher up onto the right rear tire, dragging the tailgate before clipping a small ramp on the track. The truck was tossed hard to the right but Migues was able to save the truck in spectacular fashion. Migues returned to the same stack for his second attempt and once again got a great slap wheelie dragging the bumper before running out of room. For his third attempt Migues lined up to a steep stack and nosed the truck vertically up the ramp before bringing the front end back to the ground, and then into another slap wheelie. On his final attempt Migues returned to the stack used in the first two attempts, and jumped it from the backside. Once again Migues got a great rebound and pulled the truck up into another great slap wheelie. The run would score a 25 and would be good enough for the win to start off the night.

After a winning performance in the wheelie competition it was on to freestyle where Migues had a chance to pilot the Stone Crusher to a double down. It would be a freestyle to remember as Migues left the pits and went straight to work. The run was spectacular from start to finish, full of big air, slap wheelies, donuts, and perhaps an early candidate for save of the year, after pirouetting the truck around on the left front tire and back on to all four’s. “Don’t ask me how I pulled that one out,” Migues said afterwards. “After getting the wheelie win against that level of competition, I was just feeling it. I wanted to step it up and go for it.” Migues did just that as he scored a 28 and the win for the double down in the Lone Star state.

The next stop for Migues is Uniondale, New York for a four show Freestyle Mania weekend at the Nassau Coliseum. For more dates, be sure to visit check out our schedule.

After a strong first weekend behind the wheel of the Stone Crusher, Darren Migues made the trip to San Antonio for a huge two show stadium event in the Alamo Dome. The event featured a massive field of trucks along with a unique layout for both racing and freestyle with large banked turns and freestyle stacks. “I really liked the way the track was setup, it was just really cool,” said Migues. The racing course was a chicago style variation that featured a banked first turn and Migues had success early on with the track. During the Saturday night event Migues navigated the Stone Crusher in two round wins; once over King Krunch in the first round and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in the second round. The third round saw a loss to John Seasock and Grinder but Migues was fast enough to return in the semi-finals as the fastest loser before falling to the Air Force Afterburner.

In freestyle Migues attacked the sprawling floor of the Alamo Dome putting the Stone Crusher to the test in a great freestyle run leaving no obstacle unconquered. The action packed run saw plenty of big air along with some fantastic wheelstands including a spectacular wheelie combo where Migues planted the truck vertically in the top of a stack and the slap wheelied out of the rebound upon landing. “I wasn’t sure how that was going to work out. I didn’t know if it was going to go over backwards there,” remarked Migues. The run would pick up a third place in freestyle for the Stone Crusher team for the first day.

The second day of competition at the Alamo Dome saw continued success for Migues and the Stone Crusher. The day kicked off with racing where Migues continued to be a strong contender as he took out Grave Digger in round 1. In round 2 the Stone Crusher was victorious over Bad Habit before taking out a hard charging Raminator in round 3. Migues continued on in the semi-finals taking out the Bounty Hunter before moving onto the finals. The final round race saw a match up with the Air Force Afterburner in a tight race. The two trucks were neck and neck with Stone Crusher having the lead halfway through but the truck broke loose rounding a corner and Migues was unable to make up the difference in time. “It was pretty close. The back end just got loose and I couldn’t bring it around,” said Migues.

After a great day of racing it was time for freestyle. Migues once again put on a spectacular performance to the delight of the huge crowd on hand at the Alamo Dome. The run went the length of the 90 second regulation time before a broken spindle cut short a chance to score some bonus points. The run was good enough for fourth place to close out the weekend.

The next stop for Darren Migues and Stone Crusher will be Reliant Stadium for an all freestyle event next weekend. For more information this event and others take a look at our 2011 schedule.