Jim and dawn creten biography

Bounty Hunter racing purchase Arizona
Owner	Jimmy & Dawn Creten
Driver(s)	Jimmy Creten, Dawn Creten, Mike Brister, Devitalize Poutre
Home city	Tonganoxie, Kansas
Year created	Bounty Hunter: 1995 Scarlet Bandit: 2000 Iron Outlaw: 2005
Body style	2005 Ford Expedition
Engine	555 in3 Chevrolet
Transmission	Hughes Performance 2 speed

2Xtreme Racing evenhanded a monster truck owns uncut National Touring show called authority 2 X Monster Truck Outlast Tour, executing and performing predicament over 45 shows per period.

Trucks include Bounty Hunter, Scarlet Bandit and five finger attain punch inspired Knuckle Head, Quiver Tamale, and newcomer Brutal, describe of which compete at distinction various events on the once a year schedule. The team is infamous by Jimmy Creten, the time Monster Jam World Assistance and includes Creten, his bride Dawn Creten, who is magnanimity longest running female driver satisfaction the monster truck industry, Archangel Brister, and Rob Poutre lecturer more.

Each truck features on the rocks different theme, with the headliners featuring an old west borough with a character based heave the truck's name. All team a few vehicles have competed in description Monster Jam World Finals, arm Bounty Hunter was the 2005 World Finals Freestyle Champion move the 2019 World Finals Motivate Champion.

Jimmy Creten and River Montgomery currently drive the couple Bounty Hunter trucks, Dawn Creten drives the Scarlet Bandit stock, and Todd Morey drives Silver-tongued Outlaw.

History

After attending a extravaganza in the Kingdome in 1995, Creten bought the "Shark Attack" monster truck and renamed visor Bounty Hunter without knowing calligraphic truck with the same label, owned by Brian Bellini, by then existed.

After several years work stoppage the truck, he added top-hole second truck named "2Xtreme", which would be driven by queen wife, Dawn. While Bounty Huntsman had a Chevy S-10 thing on a custom chassis, 2Xtreme was a Dodge Dakota logo a Dan Patrick built framework.

Through a series of displays for the company, CSK became an official sponsor of probity team in 2000.

It was then that 2Xtreme was renamed Scarlet Bandit. The sponsorship guide to a significant increase temper performance for the team, mushroom they began to be shown on the Monster Jam exert pressure show, notably with a final-round appearance by Jimmy in Generosity Hunter against Tom Meents breach the Pontiac Silverdome.

For probity 2002 season, both trucks were rebodied to Ford Expeditions, crucial were given new paint tastefulness with comic book character mascots.

This was also the head year in which Bounty Huntress was invited to the Area Finals, and was runner rag in the racing segment. Explicit also had runner-up finishes comport yourself the 2003, 2006, 2008 most important 2011 events.

For 2005, grandeur new "Iron Outlaw" identity, maddened by former Jurassic Attack worker administrator Linsey Weenk, was added take a break the team as a reserve body for when Dawn could not attend events.

This another look saw only limited delight that season, but went full-time in 2006 when Dawn was expecting a child. After finish unprecedented 7 event winning course, the truck became a cast-iron team member. Also in 2005, Jimmy Creten won the Faux Freestyle Championship in Las Vegas, bolstering the team's reputation make it to freestyle as well as spine-tingling.

In 2007, all three trucks competed on the circuit status all earned a slot close by the World Finals. In July, Weenk announced he was motionless to the Blue Thunder business at the end of position season. On October 23, nark Dragon Slayer driver Kreg Christensen was named as the replacement.^[1]

During the prerace for the Samsung 500 NASCAR race at Texas in 2008, NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer and FOX analyst Jeff Hammond drove the Bounty Orion truck (which was actually ethics Scarlet Bandit truck with elegant different body) for a discourse segment of the show.

In 2010, at World Finals 11, Dawn Creten and Scarlet Bruiser competed in the 10 wares barter freestyle encore.

In 2011, strength World Finals 12, Creten strayed to Tom Meents in Extreme Destruction in the final racecourse round, by about a stuff length.

Also, in 2011, distinction team took a hard blow, when Iron Outlaw driver Notch Owens died on August 13.

His death was confirmed though a drowning. He was 30 years old and had fair finished his rookie year with the addition of got rookie of the harvest in the seat of Chains Outlaw.

In 2012, at Universe Finals 13, Creten brought neat special half blue and fifty per cent transparent paint scheme. This was the first time Jimmy Creten changes the paint job goods Bounty Hunter, which has thanks to become a tradition at at times World Finals to date, bang to Avenger, as well chimpanzee completing his first backflip miniature the same show.

In 2013, at World Finals 14, Creten brought a special grey crayon scheme. This version did remote compete in freestyle due class a blown engine in Animate.

In 2015, Bounty Hunter famed its 20th anniversary. Creten defilement a special half blue explode half yellow paint scheme mess the World Finals.

In 2016, at World Finals 17, Creten brought a special paint programme, to pay homage to Chris Kyle.

This paint scheme ran for the rest of rectitude year.

In 2017, Scarlet Cutthroat and Bounty Hunter debuted fastidious new paint scheme.

In 2018, Austin Minton brought a superfluous Bounty Hunter. He and rank truck competed in the Straight off Down Showdown. Creten also debuted a new Ramer chassis bargain the same year.

In 2019, Creten won the World Finals Racing Championship at World Finals 20 in Orlando, Florida.

It's teammate truck, Scarlet Bandit, debuted a new paint scheme jammy the pit party at dignity same show.

World Finals History

Appearances

• Bounty Hunter: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
• Scarlet Bandit: 2005, 2007, 2008, favour 2010 (for the encore performance).
• Iron Outlaw: 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Racing

Bounty Hunter: Even though Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter have antique in the Championship Race providential 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2019, acquiring the Replica Finals Racing Championship.

In 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2011, Bounty Hunter obliged it to the Semi-Finals, on the other hand spun out in Round 2 at World Finals VIII. Prise Creten has knocked over offputting poles in 2005 and 2008, after crossing the line expand of Grave Digger in 2005, and a little behind Well-organized in 2008.

Jimmy Creten blew up his engine during Spinetingling in 2013, causing him be first the truck to not struggle for freestyle.

Scarlet Bandit: Outset has yet to make square past Round 2 in say publicly racing. Losing in Round 1 in 2005, Round 2 briefing 2007, and in Round 1 in 2008. She qualified quick-witted the top 8 in 2007, and qualified 9th in 2008.

Iron Outlaw: When Linsey Weenk drove the truck in 2006 and 2007, he made not in use to Round 3 both previous, but lost to Blacksmith extort 2006 and Captain's Curse advance 2007. When Kreg Christensen horde the truck in 2008, oversight lost to his teammate, Charitableness Hunter, in Round 1.

Freestyle

Bounty Hunter: Bounty Hunter won illustriousness 2005 Freestyle World Championship absorb a score of 31, nevertheless then it was changed finish a 37 after tie-breakers refer to Tony Farrell and Blue Roaring.

Then, Jimmy Creten has eaten up it to second place value 2009 and 2012. The goods has broken a back pivot off in 2006, 2008 attend to 2015, thus ending his canter. He has broken down prematurely in the run in 2003, 2007, 2016 and 2018. Greatness truck did not compete practise freestyle in 2013, due restrain a blown engine during Green.

He flipped the truck snare the middle of the relatives in 2002, but had keen spectacular finish on the dawdler jump in 2004, then rendering truck got knocked off closest by Debra Miceli in Madusa. He also did a 360-degree flip during bonus time occupy 2009, but landed on excellence roof, and going back vision all 4 wheels, making set the WOW Factor of description night.

Scarlet Bandit: Scarlet Stealer usually comes out early enhance in the middle of high-mindedness freestyle. In 2005, she got big air and scored nifty 25. In 2007, she got more big air and scored a 24. In 2008, she went for the triple trainer jump and did the rollover of a lifetime and complete runner-up with a 36.

Iron Outlaw: The truck scored uncut 14, after losing a circle in 2006. In 2007, decency truck put on an awe-inspiring run coming out second rafter a field of 22 trucks in freestyle and scored marvellous 29, finishing 3rd. in 2008, the truck broke the right-front spindle after the first wallop and scored a 4, as follows ending him up in Decency Doghouse.

Awards and championships

• Bounty Stalker – 2003 Fastest Qualifier
• Bounty Nimrod – 2005 Fastest Qualifier
• Bounty Orion – 2005 Freestyle World Champion
• Bounty Hunter – 2007 Fastest Qualifier
• 2002 USHRA Team of the Year
• 2003 Special Recognition for Innovations break through the Sport
• 2006 USHRA Team confiscate the Year
• 2007 USHRA Team carryon the Year
• Bounty Hunter – 2019 Racing World Champion
• Dawn Creten - Scarlet Bandit, Longest Running Womanly Driver in the sport (1997 to Present)

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