2009 ARLA Thunder Trucks season

2009 ARLA Thunder Trucks Season
# of Rounds	12
Ovals	11
Road Courses	1
Driver's Champion	Benji Flynn
Owner's Champion	M&J Racing
First Race	ATT @ Joliet
Last Race	Rockford 100
Championship

The 2009 ARLA Thunder Trucks season was the eighth season of competition for the American Racing League of America's pickup truck division. Benji Flynn won the championship for M&J Racing, in their first season in the truck series.

Schedule

Round	Circuit	Polesitter	Team	Winner	Team
1	Chicagoland Speedway	Thurston Blood	Power Steering Inc.	Taylor Brillon	M&J Racing
2	Carbondale Raceway			Oakland McDonald	PMTB Motorsports
3	Grand Detour of Western Illinois			Ricky Gonzalez	Minnesota Racing
4	Kentucky Speedway	Matt Pearson	Pearson-Sweeney Motorsports	Benji Flynn	M&J Racing
5	Salem Speedway	Zach McCormick	Grease Burger Racing	Phineas Marshal	Feral Racing
6	Phoenix International Raceway			Aaron Cruise	Cruise Control
7	Bristol Motor Speedway	Benji Flynn	M&J Racing	Frank Hackson	Hackson Racing
8	Washington State Speedbowl			Thurston Blood	Power Steering, Inc.
9	Sonoma Raceway			Darrell Sullivan	MSB Racing
10	Pikes Peak International Raceway			Matt Pearson	Pearson-Sweeney Motorsports
11	Aurora Speedrome			Zach McCormick	Grease Burger Racing
12	Rockford Speedway			Jared Pierce	Team JROD

Team Chart

Team	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor
Smiley Racing	1	Jason Teller* Steven Teller	Loser Shop
Pearson-Sweeney Motorsports	2	Matt Pearson	Smash Beer
	8	Lucas Sweeney	Red Eye Photography
LT Motorsports	3	Louis Tellez*	Midnight Oil
BUJU Racing	4	Greg Early
Scuderia Martinez	5	Giancarlo Martinez	Fat Tony's Pizzeria
Watts Motorsports	6	David Jarrett*	Black Mesa/Aperture Labs
Team JROD	9	Jared Pierce*	Team JROD/Chicago Marauders
McCurley Racing	00	Alfonzo McCurley	SlowTV.com
Ultra Fury Racing	03	Mitchell Hill
Forssa Motorsports	10	Chance Chandler	CitruSplash Punch/Sahara Heating Systems
Power Steering, Inc.	12	Thurston Blood*	Vampire Batteries
White Mountain Motorsports	13	Joey Tate
Grind House Racing	14	Mike McKay	Death Proof
Allen Motorsports	16	Scott Hansen	Re-Tire Plaza
SuzukaCorp.	17	Ike Durbin
Wild Flame Racing	18	Kyle Hanover*	Husker Detailing
Dawg Pound Inc.	24	David Deering	DPI Films
OC Racing	25	Joey Harrison Amy Harrison	Extreme Caution Energy Drink
426 Motorsports	26	Toby Armstrong	Phatash
Minnesota Racing	33	Ricky Gonzalez	Hi-Steel
Hackson Racing	35	Frank Hackson	Deceps
t3h 1337 h4xX0r5	37	ih4xj00	1337 H4xX0r5.com
MSB Racing	39	Darrell Sullivan
Feral Racing	42	Phineas Marshal Laura Cyrus
Cruise Control	44	Aaron Cruise
Campigotto GP	48	Bruno Giovanardi	EZ Rent-a-Diaper
The UnNamed Team	57	David Lee Bibson	Flatt's Tires
SpeedSOS Motorsports	59	Michael Madrigal	Planet Express/Slurm
M&J Racing	63	Taylor Brillon
	64	Benji Flynn	Roberto's Semi-Hot Salsa
Gravity Racing, Inc.	71	Zach Gott	Shiny Wax
OEN Racing	80	Earl McDermott	OEN
J. Chance Racing	81	Kyle Kos	Bon Italia Ravioli
PMTB Motorsports	83	Oakland McDonald	Pac-Man Travel Bags
Dangerous Dog Racing	89	Tyson Lautenschlager	Grape Soup
Aaron Fisher Racing	90	Aaron Fisher	Aaron's Auto Repair
HardCharge Racing	93	AJ Young	EY Wheelbarrows
White Base Motorsports	97	TJ Stewart	Anaheim Electronics
Grease Burger Racing	99	Zack McCormick	Grease Burger

*- Demoted from the Elite Series