10/04/2025
One of the most anticipated monster truck events of the year and what many call the Renegade World Finals, but has been happening a lot longer than the Renegade series has been around, is Monsters on the Beach in Wildwood NJ! And on a personal level, one of the biggest events of my career. It was a weekend that not only marked the 30th anniversary of Monsters on the Beach in Wildwood along with the 100th monster truck event I have called in my career but it was an event that brought out the biggest fans, the biggest names and oh yeah, the biggest action. For decades, the monsters have invaded the Wildwood beach and this year was to be no exception. It was a star studded field of 8 amazing monster trucks. For some of them, it was their second or third time taking to the dunes, while for others, itd be their first time ever.
Last year it was Cory Snyder and Toxic that went home as the Beast of the Beach. Snyder vowed to come back the next year and try to win it again and sure enough, the mean green destruction machine was ready to rock Wildwood. While many drivers hoped to make this weekend their best, for Brett Falvey, it would be his last. Falvey took to social media weeks in advance to announce his retirement from monster truck racing and that Wildwood would be his last event. While it would be a bittersweet goodbye to Falvey, we knew he had great things in his future and an outstanding 7 year career to look back on. Falvey accomplished a lot and he hoped to go out in a blaze of glory driving Haymaker under the Wildwood sun. While it was goodbye for Falvey, it was a weekend of redemption for one young gun from the Keystone state. Last year, Ceejay Rettew left frustrated with a broken truck and broken spirit after barely being able to freestyle and dealing with truck issues the entire weekend but Rettew was determined to not give up and get after it and he made a promise to the Wildwood fans that hed be back a year later to make it right. Team Throttle Monster was in the house as well and they brought their big guns. Preston Collins just coming off his first Monster Jam championship win was locked and loaded in Velociraptor with Freestyle Mania star Carson Williams at the controls of Rockwell Red. RJ Turner and War Wizard, Kylie Kent and Frostbite and Steven Thompson and Hurricane Force would round out the field of trucks for the weekend. All 3 of them, amazing drivers with RJ Turner especially winning multiple Freestyle championships this season. The lineup was set and it was gonna be war. All roads led to Wildwood and now that the time had come. 2 days, 3 shows and by the end of the weekend, only 1 driver would go home with the coveted Beast of the Beach title. Only this time itd be a little more special. It was just in the beginning of that month that the entire monster truck world was shaken to its core when one of the most legendary drivers of all time Dan Runte of the Bigfoot organization tragically lost his life. Runte not only was on the forefront of building the foundation of monster trucks with Bigfoot but he was know for going bigger and crazier than most other drivers. Some of his biggest and best moments took place in Wildwood so to pay tribute to him, we dubbed this years Beast of the Beach trophy the “Runte Cup”. Friday night, we had a brief moment of silence for Dan Runte before the action got underway. We all could look up in the sky and see a guy in a Firestone hat eating popcorn and smiling down on us and we had to give him and all the fans the best show we could, so thats what we did.
Friday night was the night of Haymaker. Brett Falvey would open the weekend in spectacular fashion with 2 thunderous moonwalks in the Best Trick contest. The fans roared as the 10,000lb Haymaker balancing on the 2 front BKT Tires would get the first victory of the weekend. Falvey would keep this momentum going into racing where he made it all the way to the championship round where he would take on Steven Thompson and Hurricane Force. While Falvey was amazing all night, when the light went green, Thompson sent it but unfortunate truck issues kept Falvey parked at the starting line and it would be a racing win for Hurricane Force. Although the loss in racing took the wind out of Falvey’s sails for a moment, he brought Haymaker back to the hauler and the Send It Motorsports team was determined to get that big green Ford back on the track. When they finally did, Haymaker would unleash a freestyle full of big air, nonstop momentum and an amazing moonwalk at the end to finish it off. The cheering Wildwood fans would score Haymaker a freestyle win and the first Overall Event win on the road to being crowned the Beast of the Beach.
The next morning would start off with a bang as Ceejay Rettew would take to the track in the Best Trick competition. While Rettew has become known for his amazing 2 wheel skills moves, none of us were prepared for what he did on the track as he moonwalked Stinger Unleashed all the way down to where the boardwalk was!Officials were wondering if we should call Guinness World Records as many of us thought for sure that Ceejay had just broke the world record for the longest monster truck moonwalk. Had his crew not have told him where he was, he probably would crashed right into the rollercoaster. This record breaking moonwalk would win him the Best Trick victory and his first win of the weekend. In Racing there were so many photo finishes and phenomenal races. RJ Turner would send War Wizard a little too hard as Turner in spectacular fashion would come in hot with amazing air over the finish line. This would put the Wizard out of action temporarily with a broken drive shaft. The championship race was the battle of Team Throttle Monster. Velociraptor vs Rockwell Red. While Preston Collins was coming off his first Monster Jam championship win, it was not his day as Carson Williams and Rockwell Red would take the racing victory. Freestyle came just as advertised with all the drivers going big. Ceejay Rettew had the freestyle of the night as Stinger Unleashed would rock out with huge air, nonstop momentum, cross threads left and right and even a roll over save that got the crowd on their feet. With Stinger Unleashed winning Best Trick, Freestyle and the Overall Event championship, that would tie Ceejay Rettew with Brett Falvey in the points series heading into the third and final event of the night.
The anticipation was building as we drew closer and closer to crowning our 2025 Beast of the Beach. In Best Trick competition Ceejay Rettew would rock a popper into a wheelie before sending it over the school bus with huge air and pulling a slap wheelie to combo it up. This would win Stinger Unleashed the Best Trick competition. In racing we would see a few trucks fall due to mechanical issues, a few upsets and photo finishes. In the championship round it would be Preston Collins and Velociraptor vs the 2024 Beast of the Beach Cory Snyder and Toxic. While Toxic was fast off the line it was Preston Collins playing catchup as Velociraptor was your racing winner! Brett Falvey and Haymaker, now on 7 cylinders, would be victorious in Freestyle but then it was time to finally crown our Beast of the Beach and by just 1 point, Ceejay Rettew and Stinger Unleashed would etch his name in the history books as the 2025 Beast of the Beach. The Cinderella story of Wildwood became reality as an emotional Rettew would grab the Runte Cup and reflect on the past year of hard work, blood sweat and tears and what it took to go from leaving Wildwood with a broken truck last year to coming back and winning the entire event a year later. Whats next for the young Pennsylvania Phenom? Only time will tell.
In my opinion however, the REAL winners are the monster truck fans. Wildwood for 30 years, you guys have come out and continued to bring these trucks back to the beach. Not only that, but yall made it one of the biggest and best stops in monster truck history. Thanks for coming out to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Monsters on the Beach with us. Thanks to the Greater Wildwood Hotel Motel Association, thanks to Beau and Sebastion and the rest of the Chaos Crew for making 2025 an amazing year. And thanks to all the drivers, promoters, crew, and especially fans that have kept me going for 100 events. Its not over just yet though! Tonight, we got one last night of monster truckin at the Buck Motorsports Park for 2025. 5 monster trucks along with our Waynes Towing and Recovery Mini Monsters! You dont wanna miss it. Thanks again Wildwood! Cant wait for next year and Quarryville, for the final time in 2025, me and Andy cant wait to
(Footage of our Friday night show can be checked out right here courtesy of our friend Mark Galloway)
Monsters On The Beach, 2025, Wildwood Beach, Wildwood NJ, 9/26/25 (Show 1) FULL SHOW For 30 Years, Monsters Have Invaded Wildwood Beach, B ut Now They Want To Try And Make It As Memorable As Possible As The Monsters Battle For The 2025 Beast ...
08/31/2025
08/23/2025
08/21/2025
08/15/2025