Monsters at Sturgeon Bay (event)

**Monsters at Sturgeon Bay** was a recurring event that happened every July at The Hill Raceway from 2007 to 2022. It's theme song every year was Remedy by Seether. 2020's edition happened in front of virtual fans due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This event would be broadcasted live on Cartoon Network (2007-2009), Discovery Family/The Hub Network (2010-2019) and Nickelodeon (2021-2022), it's mainly held on either a Sunday or Saturday. In 2021, the track announced that 2022's would be the last as Mountain Dew and Geico did not renew the contract.

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2007

This event was held on July 8th 2007, it was the first installment in the event series, this was the only event of Grave Digger as FELD banned their trucks from independent events in 2008.

### Lineup

1. Grave Digger 20-Dennis Anderson
2. Bigfoot 15-Dan Runte
3. Fired Up!-Striker Gordon
4. Annihilator-Greg Adams
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-George Balhan
6. Monster Patrol-Doug Charles
7. Bear Foot-Rodney Tweedy
8. Avenger-Jim Koehler
9. Gunslinger-Scott Hartsock
10. Aftershock-Bob Robbins
11. Predator-Allen Pezo
12. Prowler-Dave Pezo

### Winners

* Racing-**Bigfoot**
* Freestyle-**Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2008

This event was held on July 6th 2008. It was also known as Monsters at Sturgeon Bay: The Second Coming.

### Lineup

1. Bigfoot 15-Dan Runte
2. Fired Up!-Striker Gordon
3. Annihilator-Greg Adams
4. Scarlet Bandit-Dawn Creten
5. Bounty Hunter-Jimmy Creten
6. El Matador-Daron Basl
7. Mopar Magic-Lloyd Dunkirk
8. Wildfire-Chris Rogers

### Winners

* Racing-**Fired Up!**
* Freestyle-**Mopar Magic**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2009

This is the third event of the series, it was held on July 4th 2009. This was the final event for Lloyd Dunkirk as he would suffer a career ending concussion driving Mopar Magic for freestyle after a hard crash, it was also known as Monsters At Sturgeon Bay: Fatal Independence.

### Lineup

1. Avenger-Jim Koehler
2. Gunslinger-Scott Hartsock
3. Aftershock-Bob Robbins
4. Predator-Allen Pezo
5. Prowler-Dave Pezo
6. Bigfoot 15-Dan Runte
7. Fired Up!-Striker Gordon
8. Bars Leaks Eliminator-Greg Adams
9. Scarlet Bandit-Dawn Creten
10. Bounty Hunter-Jimmy Creten
11. El Matador-Daron Basl
12. Mopar Magic-Lloyd Dunkirk

### Winners

* Racing-**El Matador**
* Freestyle-**Bars Leaks Eliminator**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2010

This is the fourth installment of the event series, this was also known as Monsters at Sturgeon Bay: The Reckoning. This would also be the final installment for Gunslinger as Scott would go on hiatus until 2017.

### Lineup

1. Avenger-Jim Koehler
2. Gunslinger-Scott Hartsock
3. Aftershock-Bob Robbins
4. Predator-Allen Pezo
5. Prowler-Dave Pezo
6. Bigfoot 15-Dan Runte
7. Fired Up!-Striker Gordon
8. Bars Leaks Eliminator-Greg Adams
9. Scarlet Bandit-Dawn Creten
10. Bounty Hunter-Jimmy Creten

### Winners

* Racing-**Avenger**
* Freestyle-**Gunslinger**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2011

This was the fifth installment of the event series held on July 16th 2011, this event was a one-off comeback to Grave Digger as Linsey Weenk would drive the truck, it was also the final event for George Balhan and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this event was also the only event of Bigfoot 16 as it would retire in 2012 due to extensive damage.

### Lineup

1. Grave Digger 25-Linsey Weenk
2. Bigfoot 16-Larry Swim
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-George Balhan
4. Fired Up!-Striker Gordon
5. Bars Leaks Eliminator-Greg Adams
6. Scarlet Bandit-Dawn Creten
7. Bounty Hunter-Jimmy Creten
8. War Wizard-Darrin Goin
9. Robo Machine-Shane Phreed
10. Get Er Done-Mitch Tulachka
11. Fired Up!-Jakob Fox
12. Mopar Magic-Eddie Dunkirk
13. McGruff The Crime Dog (on Advance Auto Parts Grinder)-Lupe Soza
14. Burnin' Money-Jeff Champ

### Winners

* Racing-**McGruff**
* Freestyle-**Bigfoot 16**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2012

This event celebrated the shows fifth anniversary. The event was held on July 1st 2012.

### Lineup

1. Bigfoot 15-Dan Runte
2. Fired Up!-Leila Jade
3. Annihilator-Greg Adams
4. Scarlet Bandit-Dawn Creten
5. Bounty Hunter-Jimmy Creten
6. El Matador-Daron Basl
7. Mopar Magic-Eddie Dunkirk
8. Family Guy (on Terminator)-Gary Schott
9. Tropical Thunder-Andrew Peckham
10. Razin Kane-TJ Tripp
11. Black Stallion-Michael Vaters
12. Tuff E'Nuff (on Fired Up! #5)-Linsey Weenk
13. Samson-Dan Patrick
14. Bad Habit-Joe Sylvester

### Winners

* Racing-**Family Guy**
* Freestyle-**Tuff E'Nuff**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2013

This is the seventh installment of the Monsters at Sturgeon Bay series. It was held on July 13th 2013.

### Lineup

1. Bigfoot 15-Dan Runte
2. Fired Up!-Leila Jade
3. Bars Leaks Eliminator-Greg Adams
4. Scarlet Bandit-Dawn Creten
5. Bounty Hunter-Jimmy Creten
6. El Matador-Daron Basl
7. Mopar Magic-Eddie Dunkirk
8. Tropical Thunder-Andrew Peckham
9. Razin Kane-TJ Tripp
10. Black Stallion-Michael Vaters
11. Tuff E'Nuff (on Lucas Oil Crusader)-Linsey Weenk
12. Samson-Dan Patrick
13. Bad Habit-Joe Sylvester
14. Iron Warrior-Trey Myers
15. Monster Patrol-Michael Phelps
16. Stomper-Joe Nitcher

### Winners

* Racing-**Bars Leaks Eliminator**
* Freestyle-**Iron Warrior**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2014

This event was held on July 5th 2014, it was the eighth installment of the series. The event was the final event for Dan Runte driving, for Bars Leaks Eliminator/Annihilator to compete, for Bounty Hunter and Scarlet Bandit to be in the lineup and for Linsey Weenk driving (until 2021).

### Lineup

1. Bigfoot 15-Dan Runte
2. Fired Up!-Leila Jade
3. Bars Leaks Eliminator-Greg Adams
4. Scarlet Bandit-Dawn Creten
5. Bounty Hunter-Jimmy Creten
6. Nitro Hornet-Daron Basl
7. Mopar Magic-Eddie Dunkirk
8. Tropical Thunder-Andrew Peckham
9. Razin Kane-JR McNeal
10. Black Stallion-Michael Vaters
11. Tuff E'Nuff (on Lucas Oil Crusader)-Linsey Weenk
12. Samson-Dan Patrick
13. Bad Habit-Joe Sylvester
14. Iron Warrior-Trey Myers
15. Monster Patrol-Michael Phelps
16. Stomper-Joe Nitcher

### Winners

* Racing-**Bounty Hunter**
* Freestyle-**Stomper**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2015

This event was the ninth installment of the event trilogy, it was held on July 4th 2015.

### Lineup

1. Stomper-Joe Nitcher
2. McGruff The Crime Dog-Rod Wood
3. Bigfoot 21-Larry Swim
4. Maverik Monster Trakker-Ron Duncombe
5. King Krunch-David Smith
6. Outlaw-Mike Harper
7. Big Kahuna-Shane England
8. Wild Thang-Doug Charles

### Winners

* Racing-**King Krunch**
* Freestyle-**Wild Thang**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2016

This was the tenth installment to the Monsters at Sturgeon Bay series. The event was held on July 16th 2016.

### Lineup

1. Stomper-Joe Nitcher
2. McGruff The Crime Dog-Rod Wood
3. Bigfoot 21-Larry Swim
4. Maverik Monster Trakker-Ron Duncombe
5. King Krunch-David Smith
6. Outlaw-Mike Harper
7. Big Kahuna-Shane England
8. Wild Thang-Doug Charles
9. Destroyer-Roger Stidell
10. Knucklehead-Zoltan Bathory
11. Quad Chaos-Aaron Cain
12. Dirt Crew-Vern House
13. Big Chief-Chris Trussell
14. The Felon-Mark Schroeder
15. Midnight Rider-Tom Herzog
16. Shocker-Pat Gerber

### Winners

* Racing-**The Felon**
* Freestyle-**Midnight Rider**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay X (2017)

This event was held on July 1st 2017, This event marked the tenth anniversary for Monsters at Sturgeon Bay.

### Lineup

1. Stomper-Joe Nitcher
2. McGruff The Crime Dog-Rod Wood
3. Bigfoot 21-Larry Swim
4. Maverik Monster Trakker-Ron Duncombe
5. King Krunch-David Smith
6. Outlaw-Mike Harper
7. Big Kahuna-Shane England
8. Wild Thang-Doug Charles
9. Destroyer-Roger Stidell
10. Knucklehead-Zoltan Bathory
11. Quad Chaos-Aaron Cain
12. Dirt Crew-Vern House
13. Big Chief-Chris Trussell
14. The Felon-Mark Schroeder
15. Midnight Rider-Tom Herzog
16. Shocker-Pat Gerber
17. Fired Up!-Leila Jade
18. Mopar Magic-Eddie Dunkirk
19. Family Guy (on Terminator)-Jonathan Elkins
20. Gunslinger-Scott Hartsock

### Winners

* Racing-**Midnight Rider**
* Freestyle-**Mopar Magic**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2018

This was the twelfth installment in the Monsters at Sturgeon Bay series. It was held on July 14th 2018. This event made history after it was announced that King Sling would be the first Mega Truck to enter Monsters at Sturgeon Bay. (To help promote My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 8, a 2D animated Chancellor Neighsay with the same voice actor was in attendance, also in attendance was a 2D animated Twilight Sparkle, in recurring segments, Chancellor would roast a monster truck on the lineup with all just for good laughs and Twilight Sparkle would join in occasionally to mock Steve Austin's "What?" chant or roast a monster truck with Chancellor (note: they were out of character just having fun)).

### Lineup

1. Stomper-Joe Nitcher
2. McGruff The Crime Dog-Rod Wood
3. Bigfoot 21-Larry Swim
4. Maverik Monster Trakker-Ron Duncombe
5. King Krunch-David Smith
6. Outlaw-Mike Harper
7. Big Kahuna-Shane England
8. Wild Thang-Doug Charles
9. Destroyer-Roger Stidell
10. Knucklehead-Zoltan Bathory
11. Quad Chaos-Aaron Cain
12. Dirt Crew-Vern House
13. King Sling-Dennis Anderson
14. Bad Company-John Gordon
15. Captain USA-Jeff Bainter
16. Gunslinger-Scott Hartsock

### Winners

* Racing-**King Sling**
* Freestyle-**Quad Chaos**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2019

This was the thirteenth installment in the trilogy. It was held on July 6th 2019. This was Tom Herzog's final event as he would die in August 2019.

### Lineup

1. Stomper-Joe Nitcher
2. McGruff The Crime Dog-Rod Wood
3. Bigfoot 21-Larry Swim
4. Maverik Monster Trakker-Ron Duncombe
5. King Krunch-David Smith
6. Outlaw-Mike Harper
7. Big Kahuna-Shane England
8. Razin Kane-Buddy Tompkins
9. The Xtermigator-JR McNeal
10. Barbarian-Devin Jones
11. Quad Chaos-Aaron Cain
12. Dirt Crew-Vern House
13. King Sling-Dennis Anderson
14. Bad Company-John Gordon
15. Midnight Rider-Tom Herzog
16. Gunslinger-Scott Hartsock
17. Hotsy-Linsey Weenk
18. Jail Bird-Kaylyn Migues
19. Nitro Menace-Darren Migues
20. Fired Up!-Leila Jade

### Winners

* Racing-**King Sling**
* Freestyle-**Midnight Rider**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2020

This was the fourteenth installment of the trilogy. It took place with virtual fans on Discord Video Chat. It took place on July 4th 2020.

### Lineup

1. Stomper-Joe Nitcher
2. McGruff The Crime Dog-Rod Wood
3. Bigfoot 21-Larry Swim
4. Maverik Monster Trakker-Ron Duncombe
5. King Krunch-David Smith
6. Outlaw-Mike Harper
7. Big Kahuna-Shane England
8. Razin Kane-Buddy Tompkins
9. The Xtermigator-JR McNeal
10. Barbarian-Devin Jones
11. Quad Chaos-Bailey Shea
12. Dirt Crew-Jerry Beck

### Winners

* Racing-**Outlaw**
* Freestyle-**Xtermigator**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay 2021

This was the fifteenth installment in the Trilogy. It was the final event for McGruff The Crime Dog as it would be turned into Scattered (Plato) and for Scott Hartsock as he would pass later in July 2021 due to a train crash. It was held on July 3rd 2021

1. Stomper-Joe Nitcher
2. McGruff The Crime Dog-Rod Wood
3. Bigfoot 21-Larry Swim
4. Maverik Monster Trakker-Ron Duncombe
5. King Krunch-David Smith
6. Outlaw-Mike Harper
7. Big Kahuna-Shane England
8. Razin Kane-Buddy Tompkins
9. The Xtermigator-JR McNeal
10. Barbarian-Devin Jones
11. Quad Chaos-Bailey Shea
12. Dirt Crew-Jerry Beck
13. Gunslinger-Scott Hartsock
14. Hotsy-Linsey Weenk
15. Jail Bird-Kaylyn Migues
16. Nitro Menace-Darren Migues
17. Fired Up!-Leila Jade
18. Family Guy (on Terminator)-Jonathan Elkins
19. Shocker-Pat Gerber
20. Bad Habit-Joe Sylvester

### Winners

* Racing-**Shocker**
* Freestyle-**McGruff**

## Monsters at Sturgeon Bay XV (2022)

This event was the sixteenth and final installment of the Monsters at Sturgeon Bay series. It was also known as Monsters at Sturgeon Bay: Last Ride. It was held on July 9th 2022

### Lineup

1. USA-1-Rodney Tweedy
2. Bear Foot-Logan Tweedy
3. Barbarian-Devin Jones
4. Dirt Crew-Jerry Beck
5. Holeshot-Daron Basl
6. Hotsy-Linsey Weenk
7. Crushstation-Greg Winchenbach
8. Lumberjack-Kurt Phillips

### Winners

* Racing-**USA-1**
* Freestyle-**Holeshot**