MTWS 2022 Salinas

**MTWS 2022 Salinas** was an Event that is part of the 2022 MTWS Season. Taking place on 8-24-2022, This was be the West Coast Season Opener of the 2022 Season & MTWS’s 1st Event In Salinas. Crush N Run was the #1 Qualifyier, Wild Ride won Racing & Outrage & High Flying tied for the Freestyle Win

### Event Details

2022 Salinas used J-Hook Style, 1st time since 11-8-2015, The track also used the Tanker stack from Tim Horn's My 1st Track & turn it into a double.

#### Qualifying

Qualifying ended with Crush N Run gett the #1 Qualifyier with a 8.9789, the only truck to get under 9 seconds in Qualifying & the 1st time Crush N Run got #1 Since 10-5-2014. All 6 Elite Racing trucks got the top 6 seeds. Many trucks struggled & flipped in Qualifying with getting a penalty.

#### Racing

Racing started with Topsy Turvy beating Crasher, Total Chaos beating High Flying, Bone Crusher beating Predator & Bling beating Predator. In Round 2, Crush N Run beats Topsy Turvy who flipped for the 2nd time in the event, Outrage beats Daisy Chain, Wild Ride beats Venom, Eruption beats Total Chaos, Maddog beats Bone Crusher, Crazy Bull beats Stinger, Flying Falcon beats Madness & Power Forward beats Ye'Plunderer. In the Quarter-Finals, Crush N Run beats Outrage, Wild Ride beats Eruption, Maddog beats Crazy Bull & Power Forward beats Flying Falcon, In the Semi-Finals, Wild Ride beats Crush N Run to make it to the finals for the 1st time as the Racing Champion & Maddog beats Power Forward to make the finals for the 1st time since 10-25-2015 & in the Finals, Wild Ride beats Maddog in a close Race to win Racing for the 1st time as the Racing Champion.

#### Freestyle

Freestyle started with Stinger who made up for its awful run Last time with a great run to start & got 29, then Topsy Turvy came out but flipped into the dumpsters to early & got a 22, then Crasher came out & got a 23, then Venom came out & got a 28, then Madness came out with a strong run to take the lead with a 30, then Daisy Chain came out & got a 28, then Crush N Run came out but flipped after getting a wheelie into the bus stack & hitting the backflip wall, only getting a 26. Then Predator came out & had a sick run that included getting its 1st Reverse backflip Since 2020 & took the lead with a 31, then Total Chaos came out & struggle at 1st, including wasting time getting stuck on the hood of the bus, but after breaking free, it went off & landed the 1st corkscrew of the night, but only got a 30, then Wild Ride came out going for the Double-Down but fell short with a 30, then Flying Falcon came out & had a great run & landed the 1st Sidewall donut in MTWS history & tied Prowler with a 31, then Crazy Bull came out but flipped to early getting caught on the van stack, then Eruption came out & got a 28, then Bone Crusher came out & flipped early front flipping on the van stack & only got a 13, then Power Forward came out & didn't do well as it did the last 2 events & got a 28, then Shadow Run came out & had a great run but flipped to early over rotating from a backflip & landed roof 1st into the dumbsters but it was enough to take the lead with 33, then Bling came & just like how it did Last time, Bling would land 3 saves with skill moves, but unlike Denver, other trucks already did that so it wasn't a wow factor & only got a 30, then Maddog came out but flipped too early front flipping into the dumbsters from the racing lane & got a 14, then Outrage came out & had a awesome run to take the lead with a 35, last up was High Flying, coming out last for the 1st time ever & it laid down another sick run & pulled off more insane skill moves & landed its 1st Backflip in Freestyle, High Flying ended up tying Outrage with the win with 35. This was the 1st time Outrage won Freestyle after 10 years of trying & High Flying won back to back Freestyles. Wraping up the event was The MTWS Truck coming out but flipped early after leap frogging over Outrage & High Flying who were still on the track.