Houston 2004 (Show 1)

Houston 2004 (Show 1)
Host	Clear Channel Entertainment - Motorsports
League	Monster Jam
Date	January 3rd, 2004
City	Houston, TX
Venue	Reliant Stadium

Houston 2004 (Show 1) was the first of two events held by Monster Jam in 2004, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The first show was held on January 3rd.

Field of trucks

1. Bad News Travels Fast - Bruce Haney
2. Devastator - Mark Schroeder
3. Ragin Steel - Chad Tingler
4. Eradicator - Andy Slifko
5. Brutus - Chris Bergeron
6. Reptoid - Jim Jack
7. Hot Wheels - Phil Foster
8. Scarlet Bandit - Dawn Creten
9. Destroyer - Dan Evans
10. King Krunch - David Smith
11. Bulldozer - Guy Wood
12. Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten
13. Avenger - Jim Koehler
14. Little Tiger - Brian Barthel
15. Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents
16. Grave Digger 19 - Dennis Anderson

Qualifying

1. Grave Digger: 26.85
2. Bulldozer: 28.47
3. Maximum Destruction: 28.53
4. King Krunch: 28.72
5. Bounty Hunter: 29.13
6. Hot Wheels: 29.97
7. Reptoid: 30.66
8. Brutus: 30.74
9. Scarlet Bandit: 30.79
10. Avenger: 31.15
11. Eradicator: 31.51
12. Destroyer: 31.69
13. Bad News Travels Fast: 32.66
14. Little Tiger: 35.73
15. Ragin’ Steel: 37.31
16. Devastator: 42.81

Racing

Round 1

Grave Digger bye run¹

Brutus vs. Scarlet Bandit

Hot Wheels vs. Eradicator

King Krunch vs. Bad News Travels Fast

Maximum Destruction vs. Little Tiger

Bounty Hunter vs. Destroyer

Reptoid vs. Avenger

Bulldozer vs. Ragin' Steel

Round 2

Grave Digger² vs. Brutus

Hot Wheels vs. King Krunch

Maximum Destruction vs. Bounty Hunter

Avenger vs. Bulldozer

Semi-finals

Brutus vs. Hot Wheels

Maximum Destruction vs. Bulldozer

Finals

Hot Wheels vs. Maximum Destruction

Notes

1. ¹Devastator broke during qualifying.
2. ²Grave Digger crossed the line first, however flipped the truck in the process.

Freestyle

1. Maximum Destruction: 30
2. Bulldozer: 29
3. Scarlet Bandit: 28
4. Little Tiger: 26
5. Hot Wheels: 25
6. Avenger: 25
7. Bounty Hunter: 24
8. Eradicator: 23
9. Destroyer: 23
10. Ragin' Steel: 22
11. King Krunch: 22
12. Devastator: 18
13. Brutus: 17
14. Bad News Travels Fast: 14
15. Reptoid: 14
16. Grave Digger: DNC

Trivia

• This show was the competition debut of Grave Digger 19, as well as the new schemes for Brutus, Bounty Hunter, Devastator, Bad News Travels Fast, Scarlet Bandit, Eradicator, Little Tiger and Destroyer.
• Grave Digger didn't freestyle due to his racing crash. The truck on the second jump made a bad rebound, where the rear bounced up in the air and it ended up locking up the rear differential and flipped him into a wall on the out of bounds area. The truck was unfixable.
• This event featured the first appearance of Hot Wheels since World Finals III two years prior and marked was its first event as a full-time competition truck. Though it was advertised as High Roller before the show.
• This was the Monster Jam television debuts of Chad Tingler, Chris Bergeron, Bruce Haney and Mark Schroeder.
• This was the first televised event at Reliant Stadium due to the 2003 season not being televised.
• Unlike the second show, the first show was televised, the second show was only shown as an "Around the USHRA" segment.

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