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Monster Jam World Finals

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Monster Jam World Finals
File:Mjwflogo1.jpg
The logo of Monster Jam World Finals 20
VenueTrans World Dome (1999)
Sam Boyd Stadium (2000–2018)
Camping World Stadium (2019, 2022)
Nissan Stadium (2023)
DatesApril (1999)
Late March (2000-2018)
May (2019, 2022)
July (2023)
Competitors16 (1999–2004)
20 (2005)
24 (2006–2012, 2019, 2022)
28 (2013)
32 (2014–2018)

The Monster Jam World Finals is an annual monster truck event that is the championship event of the Monster Jam series, consisting of racing and freestyle competitions, with the winner of each considered the World Champion in that competition for the past year. It is the highest-profile monster truck event with the greatest media attention. From 2000 to 2018, the event was held in late March at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Starting in 2019, the plan was to rotate venues each year, but instead, it was decided the World Finals would be held at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida until 2022. The World Finals will be held at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee in July 2023.

Background[edit]

Originally, 16 trucks were invited to compete in the event, but 20 trucks were selected in 2005, 24 selected from 2006 to 2012, 28 in 2013, and 32 trucks from 2014–present. For the first 14 years of the Monster Jam World Finals, the Racing Championship and Freestyle Championship were held on the same night. From 2014 to 2017, however, the event expanded to a 3-day format with Double Down on Thursday, the Racing Championship on Friday, and the Freestyle Championship on Saturday. In 2018 the World Finals will move back to a 2-day format with the Double Down festivities and Racing Championship all taking place on Friday, and the Freestyle Championship on Saturday, with qualifying going back to a private event only for drivers and staff on Thursday. Trucks and drivers are selected based on their performances over the winter season on the FS1 Championship Series, Triple Threat Series, and other events from January into early March. When multiple drivers of the same team or truck are selected, they were typically placed in other trucks, e.g. Pablo Huffaker won the 2007 Freestyle Championship driving Captain's Curse and Charlie Pauken won the 2010 Freestyle Championship driving Monster Mutt. Since 2015, however, most drivers have driven their own trucks but with different paint schemes and flags sporting the drivers' names. This approach has allowed there to be multiple trucks of the same team in the main field, which has led to some controversy among fans. While only 32 trucks compete for the World Racing and Freestyle Championships, and only 16 trucks compete for the Double Down Showdown Championship, there are over 100 trucks that are invited to be on display at the Pit Party festivities during the event.

The stature of the event leads to extreme performances in both competitions. The racing track, being about 884 feet in length, starts in the parking lot behind the locker rooms of the stadium and features a long straight-away offering speeds over 70 mph before a hair-pin turn. The freestyle track layout is typically the most extreme all season with several large and unique obstacles often producing spectacular air, saves, crashes and other jaw-dropping tricks. Beginning in 2014 with the new 3-day format, the track has been specifically designed for each individual competition. The track is first built to attribute Racing, but upon its completion on Friday night, the track construction crew completely rebuilds the track overnight for Freestyle on Saturday. The event typically featured 7 judges (6 regulation, who scored from 1–10 for 90 seconds, and 1 bonus judge, who scored from 1–5 for the next 30 seconds) with the lowest and highest scores discarded in regulation for a maximum possible score of 45 (excluding tiebreakers). Beginning in 2014, the judges could give half points as opposed to only giving whole points to further distinguish and separate each freestyle run. The scoring was updated in 2017 where all the fans inside Sam Boyd Stadium got to be the judges. After each driver's run, everyone had 20 seconds to lock in a score from 1–10 using 0.25 increments through Monster Jam's official judging website. The fan scores would then be averaged out to give a final score for the freestyle run; for example: 6.328.

No truck has ever got the maximum score of 45 (40 in regulation and 5 in bonus). The high score is 40 and was set by Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger in 2000. In the history of the Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Championship, only once has a driver successfully defended his title the following year: Tom Meents driving Goldberg in 2001 and Team Meents in 2002.

In 2004, if a driver flipped over within the first 30 seconds of their run, they would be allowed to roll back over and continue depending on if the truck was still able to go. This rule was only active that year.

Some fans consider the Monster Jam World Finals unfair, because its invitation-only participants are not officially selected based on performance scores earned during the prior season. Another controversy is that the event's parent company, Feld Motorsports, owns a majority of the trucks that are invited to participate. Additionally, most of the participant drivers are based in the United States. However, this selection bias is often countered by the fact that Monster Jam organizes a world tour.

Until 2011, the teams qualified for racing with no body on the chassis so they would not be damaged if an accident was to occur, although some drivers kept the front hood on in order to give them a point of view as if they were racing with the body on. However, from 2012–present, all teams had to qualify with full bodies on. Each driver gets 2 practice runs, one in the left lane and one in the right lane, in order to give them a feel of the track in both lanes. Also starting in 2012, Feld Motorsports added a new competition to the World Finals as part of the Double Down experience called the Young Guns Shootout, where 8 competitors with no prior World Finals experience compete in racing for the title of Young Guns Shootout Champion. The Young Guns Shootout field expanded to 12 trucks in 2013, 14 trucks in 2014, and 16 trucks from 2015–present. Whoever is crowned The Young Guns Shootout Champion receives the final spot in the field of 32 trucks to compete for the World Racing Championship and World Freestyle Championship. In 2017 the Young Guns Shootout was renamed the Double Down Showdown and the winner would be named the Double Down Showdown Champion, still receiving the 32nd and final spot in the World Finals main field. The Double Down Showdown is no longer an event just for rookies, as it now allows indies and other trucks of that matter.

World Champions[edit]

World
Finals		 Year Racing Freestyle Two Wheel Skills High Jump Speedster Racing ATV Racing Speedster Obstacle Course
Truck Driver Truck Driver Truck Driver Truck Driver Truck Driver Truck Driver Truck Driver
XXI 2022 Grave Digger Brandon Vinson Max-D Tom Meents Max-D Tom Meents Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson N/A N/A N/A
XX 2019 Bounty Hunter Jimmy Creten Scooby-Doo Linsey Read Max-D (Fire) Tom Meents Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice) Cynthia Gauthier El Toro Loco Armando Castro Max-D Blake Granger Blue Thunder Matt Cody
XIX 2018 Grave Digger Adam Anderson Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XVIII 2017 Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson VP Racing Fuels' Mad Scientist Lee O'Donnell N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XVII 2016 Grave Digger (Orange) Morgan Kane Grave Digger Adam Anderson N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XVI 2015 Metal Mulisha Todd LeDuc Overkill Evolution Mike Vaters II N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XV 2014 Grave Digger the Legend Adam Anderson Metal Mulisha Todd LeDuc N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XIV 2013 Grave Digger the Legend Adam Anderson Max-D Tom Meents N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XIII 2012 Maximum Destruction Tom Meents Northern Nightmare Cam McQueen N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XII 2011 Maximum Destruction Tom Meents Avenger Jim Koehler N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XI 2010 Grave Digger Dennis Anderson Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
X 2009 Maximum Destruction Tom Meents Air Force Afterburner Damon Bradshaw N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
IX 2008 Batman John Seasock Taz Adam Anderson N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
VIII 2007 Batman John Seasock Captain's Curse Pablo Huffaker N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
VII 2006 Grave Digger Dennis Anderson Maximum Destruction Tom Meents N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
VI 2005 Madusa Madusa Bounty Hunter Jimmy Creten N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
V 2004 Grave Digger Dennis Anderson El Toro Loco Lupe Soza N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Madusa Madusa
Maximum Destruction Tom Meents
IV 2003 Wolverine Brian Barthel Avenger Jim Koehler N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
III 2002 Team Meents Tom Meents Team Meents Tom Meents N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
II 2001 Goldberg Tom Meents Goldberg Tom Meents N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
I 2000 Goldberg Tom Meents Grave Digger Dennis Anderson N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
— 1999 Bear Foot Brian Womack Grave Digger Dennis Anderson
(points champion)		 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Young Guns Shootout/Double Down Showdown Champions[edit]

World
Finals		 Year Young Guns Shootout
Truck Driver
XIII 2012 Spider-Man Bari Musawwir
XIV 2013 Bad Habit Joe Sylvester
XV 2014 Overkill Evolution Mike Vaters II
XVI 2015 Monster Energy Coty Saucier
XVII 2016 Dragon Scott Liddycoat
XVIII 2017 EarthShaker Tristan England
XIX 2018 Pirate's Curse Cory Rummell
XX 2019 Scooby-Doo Linsey Read

Motor Madness "World Finals 0" (Unofficial) — April 3, 1999[edit]

Truck Driver
Avenger Jim Koehler
Bear Foot Brian Womack
Bustin Loose Ron Nelson
Bulldozer Tom Meents
Cyborg Jack Koberna
Carolina Crusher Gary Porter
Equalizer David Morris
Executioner Mark Hall
Grave Digger #12 Dennis Anderson
Gunslinger Scott Hartsock
King Krunch Scott Stephens
Little Tiger Brian Barthel
Monster Patrol Paul Shafer
Mountaineer Robbie Grey
Reptoid Jim Jack
Samson Dan Patrick

Racing[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Samson
16 Executioner
Samson (Broke)
Bear Foot
8 Avenger
9 Bear Foot
Bear Foot (Returns)
Reptoid
5 Little Tiger (Crashed)
12 Mountaineer
Mountaineer
Reptoid
4 King Krunch (Broke)
13 Reptoid
Bear Foot
Carolina Crusher
6 Gunslinger
11 Cyborg
Gunslinger (Broke)
Carolina Crusher
3 Carolina Crusher
14 Bustin' Loose
Carolina Crusher (Returns)
Grave Digger
7 Bulldozer
10 Equalizer
Bulldozer
Grave Digger
2 Grave Digger
15 Monster Patrol

World Finals I — March 25, 2000[edit]

Racing[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Goldberg
16 WCW Nitro Machine
Goldberg
Predator
8 Bulldozer
9 Predator
Goldberg
Wrenchead.com
5 Sudden Impact
12 Wrenchead.com
Wrenchead.com
Sting
4 nWo
13 Sting
Goldberg
Gunslinger
6 Madusa
11 Airborne Ranger (Crashed)
Madusa
Gunslinger
3 Gunslinger
14 Reptoid
Gunslinger
King Krunch
7 King Krunch
10 Avenger
King Krunch
Grave Digger #7
2 Grave Digger #7
15 Prowler

Freestyle[edit]

World Finals II — March 24, 2001[edit]

Racing[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Wolverine
16 Black Stallion
Wolverine
Predator
8 Predator
9 Madusa
Wolverine
Blue Thunder (Returned)
6 Grave Digger #14
11 Blacksmith
Blacksmith (Crashed)
Blue Thunder
4 Blue Thunder
13 Wrenchead.com
Blue Thunder (Crashed)
Goldberg
3 Gunslinger (Broke)
14 Destroyer
Destroyer (Returned)
Spider-Man (Returned)
5 Spider-Man
12 Avenger (Broke)
Destroyer
Goldberg
7 Sudden Impact
10 Bulldozer
Bulldozer
Goldberg
2 Goldberg
15 Sting

Freestyle[edit]

World Finals III — March 23, 2002[edit]

Racing[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Team Meents
16 Blue Thunder (Broke)
Team Meents
Gunslinger
8 Madusa
9 Gunslinger
Team Meents
Grave Digger #14
6 Bulldozer
11 Power Forward
Bulldozer
Grave Digger #14
4 Grave Digger #14
13 Black Stallion
Team Meents
Bounty Hunter
3 Blacksmith
14 Firemouth
Blacksmith
Hot Wheels
5 Hot Wheels
12 Predator
Blacksmith
Bounty Hunter
7 Sudden Impact
10 Avenger
Sudden Impact
Bounty Hunter
2 Wolverine
15 Bounty Hunter

Freestyle[edit]

World Finals IV — March 22, 2003[edit]

Racing[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Bounty Hunter
16 Power Forward
Bounty Hunter
Madusa
8 Madusa
9 Blue Thunder
Bounty Hunter
Blacksmith
5 Spider-Man
12 SOBE
Spider-Man
Blacksmith
4 Blacksmith
13 El Toro Loco
Bounty Hunter
Wolverine
6 Grave Digger #16
11 Maximum Destruction
Maximum Destruction
Gunslinger
3 Gunslinger
14 Black Stallion (Crashed)
Gunslinger
Wolverine
7 Sudden Impact
10 Monster Mutt
Sudden Impact
Wolverine
2 Wolverine
15 Avenger

Freestyle[edit]

World Finals V — March 20, 2004[edit]

Racing[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Maximum Destruction
16 Hot Wheels
Maximum Destruction
Monster Mutt
8 Monster Mutt
9 Bulldozer
Maximum Destruction
Blacksmith
5 Power Forward
12 Blacksmith
Blacksmith
Blue Thunder
4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
13 Blue Thunder
Blacksmith
Grave Digger #19
6 Bounty Hunter
11 Avenger
Bounty Hunter
Little Tiger (Returned)
3 Madusa (Crashed)
14 Little Tiger
Bounty Hunter
Grave Digger #19
7 El Toro Loco (Crashed)
10 King Krunch
King Krunch
Grave Digger #19
2 Grave Digger #19
15 Team Suzuki

Freestyle[edit]

World Finals VI — March 19, 2005[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

World Finals VII — March 25, 2006[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

Grave Digger (Charlie Pauken) and Maximum Destruction (Neil Elliott) dual-freestyle.

World Finals VIII — March 24, 2007[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

5 25th Anniversary Grave Diggers commemorate Grave Digger's 25th anniversary.

World Finals IX — March 28–29, 2008[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

Between Rounds 1 and 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Randy Brown) freestyle

After Event: Backwards Bob (Mike Wine) and Spitfire (Gary Porter) debut in a dual-freestyle. Maximum Destruction freestyle (Tom Meents) with a similar crash to the one earlier in the night.

World Finals X — March 27–28, 2009[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

Maximum Destruction attempts a successful backflip, which results in a 1½ backflip by Tom Meents.

World Finals XI — March 26–27, 2010[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

Encores[edit]

10 trucks freestyle to celebrate 10 years of Monster Jam World Finals: Scarlet Bandit - Dawn Creten, The Patriot - Dan Rodoni, CULT Energy Activator - Sean Duhon, Wrecking Crew - Chris Bergeron, Blue Thunder - Frank Krmel, Madusa (Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Awareness tribute style truck) - Madusa, Mohawk Warrior (debut) - George Balhan, Dennis Anderson (modern Grave Digger), Ryan Anderson (red pickup style Grave Digger) and Adam Anderson (Grave Digger The Legend) triple freestyle. At the end of the encore, Dennis' Grave Digger and Ryan Anderson in the red pickup Grave Digger collide in the air after jumping off a steep ramp.

World Finals XII — March 25–26, 2011[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

All 3 Advance Auto Parts Grinder drivers in their trucks (Lupe Soza, John Seasock, and Frank Krmel). All 3 Maximum Destruction drivers in their trucks (Tom Meents, Neil Elliott, Kreg Christensen). Ryan Anderson debuts Son-Uva Digger and completes a successful backflip in the truck.

World Finals XIII — March 23–24, 2012[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Young Guns Shootout[edit]

The Young Guns Shootout is when drivers with less than 2 years of experience will compete in Las Vegas. It is Friday Night at the Double Down. The qualifiers are...

Truck Driver
Iron Man Scott Buetow
Stone Crusher Morgan Kane
Titan Donald Epidendio
TMNT Joey Parnell
AAP Grinder Nicole Johnson
Razin Kane J.R. McNeal
Spider-Man Bari Musawwir
El Toro Loco Becky McDonough
Round 1 Semi-Finals Finals
         
1 Stone Crusher
8 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Advance Auto Parts Grinder
El Toro Loco
5 Titan
4 Spider-Man
Advance Auto Parts Grinder
Spider-Man
3 Iron Man
6 Advance Auto Parts Grinder
Stone Crusher
Spider-Man
7 El Toro Loco
2 Razin Kane

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

Seven Grave Digger trucks competed to celebrate 30 Years of Grave Digger. Four black 30th Anniversary Grave Diggers were driven by Pablo Huffaker, Chad Tingler, Gary Porter and Ryan Anderson; Grave Digger The Legend - Adam Anderson; "Grandma" Digger - Charlie Pauken; and the Purple 30th Anniversary Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson. Note: Ryan Anderson broke his neck when four of the seven Diggers performed backflips and was sidelined until Minneapolis, Minnesota, in December 2012.

World Finals XIV – March 22–23, 2013[edit]

Racing[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semi-Finals Championship Race Semi-Finals Round 3 Round 2 Round 1
Max-D Max-D Max-D Grave Digger
The Legend		 El Toro Loco Stone Crusher Captain's Curse
Northern Nightmare Northern Nightmare Stone Crusher Stone Crusher
Team Hot Wheels Firestorm Scooby Doo
Grave Digger #20 Grave Digger #20 Son-uva Digger El Toro Loco El Toro Loco El Toro Loco
Bad Habit Superman
Son-uva Digger Son-uva Digger Monster Mutt Monster Mutt
Advance Auto Parts Grinder Madusa
Grave Digger

The Legend

Grave Digger
The Legend		 Grave Digger
The Legend		 Grave Digger
The Legend		 El Toro Loco Spider-Man Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter
Monster Energy Zombie
Mohawk Warrior Mohawk Warrior Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha
Monster Mutt Dalmatian Batman
Lucas Oil Crusader Captain America Blue Thunder Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man
Captain America Avenger (Crashed)
Blue Thunder Iron Man

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

Neil Elliott, Kreg Christensen, Chuck Werner and Tom Meents in 4 Max-D trucks. Neil, Kreg and Chuck perform back-flips together; Tom Meents comes out in his Max-D truck being lifted off a Max-D dump truck, and performs the first successful double backflip. This celebrated 10 Years of Maximum Destruction.

World Finals XV — March 20–22, 2014[edit]

Racing[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semi-Finals Championship Race Semi-Finals Round 3 Round 2 Round 1
Grave Digger #30 Grave Digger #30 Grave Digger #30 Grave Digger #30 Grave Digger
The Legend		 Max-D Max-D Max-D Max-D
Titan Avenger (Crashed)
Northern Nightmare Northern Nightmare Mohawk Warrior Mohawk Warrior
Man of Steel Captain America
Lucas Oil Crusader Lucas Oil Crusader Lucas Oil Crusader Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter
FS1 Cleatus Team Hot Wheels
Firestorm
Spider-Man Spider-Man Son-uva Digger Son-uva Digger
The Patriot Stone Crusher
Zombie Monster Mutt Wolverine Grave Digger
The Legend		 Max-D Iron Man Monster Energy Monster Energy Barbarian
Monster Mutt Monster Energy
Wolverine Wolverine (Crashed) El Toro Loco Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Overkill Evolution El Toro Loco
Monster Mutt Rottweiler Captain's Curse Grave Digger
The Legend		 Iron Man Metal Mulisha Bad Habit
Captain's Curse Metal Mulisha
Madusa Grave Digger
The Legend		 Iron Man Scooby-Doo
Grave Digger The Legend Iron Man

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

Racing Encore: Young Guns do donuts and Marvel Trucks do backflips.

Freestyle Encore:Six Doom's Day Trucks come out and all perform backflips.

World Finals XVI — March 26–28, 2015[edit]

Racing[edit]

Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha Monster Energy (Coty) (RED LIGHT) Monster Energy (Coty)
Monster Energy (Coty) Monster Energy (Coty)
Overkill Evolution Scooby Doo
Grave Digger #25 (Colton) Grave Digger #25 (Colton) Bounty Hunter Northern Nightmare
Max-D (Morgan) Bounty Hunter
Doom's Day Doom's Day Max-D (Tom) El Toro Loco Grave Digger #27 (Charlie) Grave Digger #27 (Charlie)
Monster Mutt Dalmatian Zombie Hunter
Captain's Curse Max-D (Tom) El Toro Loco El Toro Loco
Max-D (Tom) Barbarian
Grave Digger The Legend Grave Digger The Legend Lucas Oil Crusader Monster Mutt (crashed) Son-uva Digger (crashed) Son-uva Digger Son-uva Digger Son-uva Digger Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
FS1 Cleatus Son-uva Digger
Lucas Oil Crusader Lucas Oil Crusader Monster Mutt Rottweiler Mohawk Warrior
Zombie Monster Mutt Rottweiler
Grave Digger #30 (Dennis) Monster Mutt Monster Mutt Monster Energy
(Damon)		 Soldier Fortune Titan
Monster Mutt Soldier Fortune
Avenger Max-D (Neil) Monster Energy
(Damon)		 Stone Crusher
Max-D (Neil) Monster Energy (Damon)

Young Guns Shootout[edit]

Monster Energy
(Coty Saucier)		 Monster Energy Monster Energy Monster Energy Heavy Hitter Heavy Hitter Heavy Hitter
(Derick Anson)
Hurricane Force
(Steven Thompson)		 Madusa
(Brianna Mahon)
El Diablo
(JP Ruggiero)		 El Diablo Mohawk Warrior (crashed) Mohawk Warrior
(B.J. Johnson)
Blue Thunder
(Dalton Millican) (Broke) 		Monster Mutt Dalmatian
(Cynthia Gauthier)
Dragon
(Scott Liddycoat)		 The Patriot The Patriot NEA NEA NEA NEA
(Colt Stephens)
The Patriot
(Andrew Peckham)		 Trouble Maker
(Travis Groth)
Hooked
(Steven Sims Jr.)		 Scooby-Doo Xtermigator El Toro Loco
(Becky McDonough)
Scooby-Doo
(Bailey Shea)		 Xtermigator
(JR McNeal)

Freestyle[edit]

Encore[edit]

Young Guns Shootout: All of the Young Guns came out for a donut performance, while New Earth Authority and El Diablo perform backflips.
Racing: many of the Young Guns do a donut performance, Dragon, El Toro Loco and NEA (BLUE) do a train jump over the center stack.
Freestyle - Different Zombie monster trucks go out and crash into each other while hauling dead bodies. Each Zombie truck has a different look: two original Zombies, one Red Zombie, one Yellow Zombie (based on a girl), one Green Zombie (based on a biker), and one White Zombie (based on a skull) (not to be confused with the band White Zombie).

World Finals XVII — March 17–19, 2016[edit]

Racing Bracket[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

Young Guns Shootout[edit]

Qualified Truck Driver
1st Dragon Scott Liddycoat
2nd Soldier Fortune Black Ops Tony Ochs
3rd Wild Flower Rosalee Ramer
4th Obsessed Eric Swanson
5th Hurricane Force Steven Thompson
6th Razin Kane Buddy Tompkins
7th Saigon Shaker Ryan Disharoon
8th El Toro Loco (Yellow) Becky McDonough
9th Max-D (Orange) Jared Eichelberger
10th New Earth Authority (Blue) Travis Groth
11th Pirate's Curse Steven Sims Jr.
12th Scooby-Doo Bailey Shea
13th Zombie (Yellow) Tyler Groth
14th El Toro Loco (Orange) Kayla Blood
15th Monster Mutt Dalmatian Cynthia Gauthier
16th Blue Thunder Tyler Menninga

Racing Bracket[edit]

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Pirate's Curse
16 Saigon Shaker
Pirate's Curse (RED LIGHT) (Crashed)
Monster Mutt Dalmatian
8 NEA
9 Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Dragon
5 Dragon
12 El Toro Loco (Orange)
Dragon
Max-D (Crashed)
4 Max-D
13 Scooby-Doo
Dragon
Blue Thunder
6 Zombie
11 Hurricane Force
Zombie
El Toro Loco (Yellow)
3 El Toro Loco (Yellow)
14 Obsessed
El Toro Loco (Yellow) (Crashed)
Blue Thunder
7 Razin Kane
10 Soldier Fortune Black Ops
Razin Kane
Blue Thunder
2 Blue Thunder
15 Wild Flower

World Finals XVIII — March 23–25, 2017[edit]

Racing[edit]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

^ Randy Brown replaced Cole Venard for Cole leaving Team Grave Digger, and moving with his family.
^ Alex Blackwell replaced Justin Sipes for undisclosed reasons.

Double Down Showdown[edit]

Qualified Truck Driver Time
1st Max-D Jared Eichelberger 16.697
2nd Monster Mutt Dalmatian Cynthia Gauthier 16.888
3rd El Toro Loco Mark List 16.994
4th El Toro Loco Kayla Blood 17.362
5th Saigon Shaker Ryan Disharoon 17.558
6th Blue Thunder Matt Cody 17.559
7th EarthShaker Tristan England 17.637
8th Scooby-Doo Bailey Shea 17.726
9th Obsessed Eric Swanson 17.742
10th Alien Invasion Bernard Lyght 18.181
11th Jester Matt Pagliarulo 18.324
12th Grave Digger #34 Krysten Anderson 18.367
13th Rage Cory Rummell 18.510
14th Zombie Ami Houde 18.549
15th Stinger Zane Rettew 18.812
16th Pirate's Curse Camden Murphy DNQ
Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Max-D
16 Pirate's Curse (RED LIGHT)
Max-D
Obsessed
8 Scooby-Doo
9 Obsessed
Obsessed
Saigon Shaker
5 Saigon Shaker (Crashed)
12 Grave Digger #34 (Broke)
Saigon Shaker
El Toro Loco (Kayla)
4 El Toro Loco (Kayla)
13 Rage (Broke)
Obsessed (Crashed)
EarthShaker
6 Blue Thunder (Broke)
11 Jester
Jester
El Toro Loco (Mark)
3 El Toro Loco (Mark)
14 Zombie
El Toro Loco (Mark)
EarthShaker
7 EarthShaker
10 Alien Invasion
EarthShaker
Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Crashed)
2 Monster Mutt Dalmatian
15 Stinger

Encore[edit]

Double Down Showdown: All of the Showdown competitors came out for a donut performance.
Racing: Neil Elliott came out in the Monster Jam 25th Anniversary truck and did a forward momentum backflip over Son-uva Digger. All competing and non-competing trucks came out on the track to salute the fans for being a part of Monster Jam for 25 years.
Freestyle: Adam Anderson, Ryan Anderson, Krysten Anderson and the rest of the Grave Digger team came out and freestyled for Grave Digger's 35th Anniversary. Dennis Anderson announced his retirement from monster truck racing.

World Finals XIX — March 23–24, 2018[edit]

The 2018 Monster Jam World Finals took place at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 23–24, 2018. World Finals XIX moved back to a 2-day format. However, the Racing Championship and Freestyle Championship were still separated between Friday and Saturday respectively, with the Double Down Showdown taking place on Friday night before Racing. This was the last World Finals to take place in Las Vegas.

Racing[edit]

Bracket[1]

Script error: No such module "Team bracket".

Freestyle[edit]

Double Down Showdown[edit]

Qualified Truck Driver Time
1st Pirate's Curse (Feld) Camden Murphy 16.444
2nd Pirate's Curse (Team Scream) Cory Rummell 16.753
3rd El Toro Loco Mark List 16.884
4th Grave Digger #30 Brandon Vinson 16.897
5th Soldier Fortune Black Ops Tony Ochs 16.986
6th Max-D Jared Eichelberger 17.029
7th Blue Thunder Matt Cody 17.370
8th Monster Mutt Rottweiler Brad Allen 17.416
9th Alien Invasion Bernard Lyght 17.479
10th El Toro Loco Kayla Blood 17.877
11th Scooby-Doo Linsey Read 17.910
12th Grave Digger #34 Krysten Anderson 18.135
13th Jester Matt Pagliarulo 18.251
14th Zombie Ami Houde 19.129
15th Wonder Woman Collete Davis 20.565
16th Bounty Hunter Austin Minton 23.584

Double Down Racing Bracket[edit]

Bracket[2]

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-Finals Championship Race
            
1 Pirate's Curse (Camden)
16 Bounty Hunter (Crashed)
Pirate's Curse (Camden)
Monster Mutt Rottweiler
8 Monster Mutt Rottweiler
9 Alien Invasion (Crashed)
Pirate's Curse (Camden) (Broke)
Grave Digger #30 (Brandon)
5 Soldier Fortune Black Ops
12 Grave Digger #34 (Krysten)
Soldier Fortune Black Ops (Switched Lanes)
Grave Digger #30 (Brandon)
4 Grave Digger #30 (Brandon)
13 Jester
Grave Digger #30 (Brandon) (RED LIGHTED)
Pirate's Curse (Cory)
6 Max-D
11 Scooby-Doo
Max-D (Crashed)
Zombie
3 El Toro Loco (Mark)
14 Zombie
Max-D
Pirate's Curse (Cory)
7 Blue Thunder
10 El Toro Loco (Kayla)
El Toro Loco (Kayla)
Pirate's Curse (Cory)
2 Pirate's Curse (Cory)
15 Wonder Woman

Encore[edit]

Racing: Tom Meents, Neil Elliott, Colton Eichelberger, Chuck Werner, and Jared Eichelberger each came out in their own separate Max-D trucks to help celebrate Max-D's 15th anniversary. A new black Max-D paint scheme was unveiled during the encore as well. Chuck drove the original Maximum Destruction, Neil drove the Candy Apple Red Max-D, Colton drove the Gold Max-D, Jared drove the normal Max-D, and Tom debuted the new Black Max-D. Each truck did different tricks throughout the encore as well.[3]
Freestyle: The three new Rampage trucks (George - Tom Meents,[4] Ralph, and Lizzie) came out and hit a series of buildings set up for the trucks. Two Soldier Fortune trucks came out to reprimand Ralph and Lizzie. The three Rampage trucks then did their own backflips, with George (driven by Meents) almost completing a double backflip. Afterwards, all the Racing competitors, Freestyle competitors, Double Down competitors, and display trucks came out and flooded the track.[5][6]

World Finals XX — May 10–11, 2019[edit]

The 2019 Monster Jam World Finals took place at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, May 10–11, 2019.

Originally, MetLife Stadium was announced to host World Finals XX, but a scheduling change prevented them from hosting. World Finals XX was the first World Finals outside of Las Vegas.[7] The new location was announced on September 5, 2018. The number of trucks reverted to 24, like it was from 2006 to 2012.

Showdown[edit]

Qualified Truck Driver Time
1st Soldier Fortune Black Ops Tony Ochs 13.428
2nd Max-D Blake Granger 13.519
3rd Scooby-Doo Linsey Read 13.654
4th Grave Digger #34 Krysten Anderson 13.894
5th Kraken Nick Pagliarulo 14.180
6th El Toro Loco Mark List 14.367
7th Alien Invasion Bernard Lyght 14.376
8th Monster Mutt Dalmatian Kaylyn Migues 14.974
Round 1 Semi-Finals Finals
         
1 Soldier Fortune Black Ops
8 Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Soldier Fortune Black Ops
Kraken (Crashed and Broke)
5 Kraken
4 Grave Digger #34 (Krysten) (Broke)
Soldier Fortune Black Ops (Came Back)
Scooby-Doo
3 Scooby-Doo
6 El Toro Loco (Mark)
Scooby-Doo
Max-D (Blake)
7 Alien Invasion
2 Max-D (Blake)

Racing[edit]

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Freestyle[edit]

Great Clips 2 Wheel Skills Challenge[edit]

Position Truck Driver Score
1st Max-D (Fire) Tom Meents 9.548
2nd EarthShaker Tristan England 9.355
3rd Grave Digger #31 Brandon Vinson 9.113
4th Max-D Neil Elliott 8.911
5th El Toro Loco Armando Castro 8.533
6th Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson 7.895
7th Grave Digger #36 Tyler Menninga 6.644
8th Grave Digger #35 Adam Anderson 5.624

High Jump[edit]

Position Truck Driver Total Height
1st Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice) Cynthia Gauthier 45.472
2nd Bakugan Dragonoid Camden Murphy 45.3857
3rd Monster Energy Todd LeDuc 45.3847
4th El Toro Loco (Ice) Scott Buetow 45.124
5th Megalodon (Fire) Cory Rummell 43.996
6th Avenger Jim Koehler 43.475
7th Max-D (Fire) Tom Meents 42.954
8th Wild Flower Rosalee Ramer DNC

Speedster Racing[edit]

Position Truck Driver Points
1st El Toro Loco Armando Castro 13
2nd Max-D Colton Eichelberger 11
3rd Blue Thunder Matt Cody 10
4th Grave Digger Brandon Vinson 9
5th Max-D Blake Granger 9
6th Grave Digger Tyler Menninga 9
7th El Toro Loco Mark List 7
8th Alien Invasion Bernard Lyght 4

ATV Racing[edit]

Position Truck Driver Points
1st Max-D Blake Granger 16
2nd Max-D Colton Eichelberger 14
3rd El Toro Loco Mark List 12
4th Grave Digger Brandon Vinson 8
5th Soldier Fortune Kayla Blood 7
6th Soldier Fortune Black Ops Tony Ochs 6
7th Grave Digger Tyler Menninga 5
8th Pirates Curse Justin Hicks 4

Speedster Obstacle Course[edit]

Position Truck Driver Points
1st Blue Thunder Matt Cody 13
2nd Max-D Blake Granger 13
3rd Max-D Colton Eichelberger 10
4th El Toro Loco Mark List 9
5th Alien Invasion Bernard Lyght 9
6th Grave Digger Tyler Menninga 8
7th El Toro Loco Armando Castro 8
8th Grave Digger Brandon Vinson 2

World Finals XXI — May 21-22, 2022[edit]

The 2020 Monster Jam World Finals were scheduled to take place at Camping World Stadium for the second straight year on May 2–3, 2020. On March 27, 2020, the event was cancelled due to public health concerns regarding the international coronavirus pandemic.[8] This is the first time in Monster Jam history that the World Finals were cancelled. Monster Jam announced in September 2021 that World Finals would return in 2022 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, FL.[9]

Racing[edit]

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Great Clips 2 Wheel Skills Challenge[edit]

Position Truck Driver Score
1st Max-D Tom Meents 9.336
2nd Grave Digger Tyler Menninga 8.232
3rd Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson 7.835
4th EarthShaker Tristan England 7.566
5th El Toro Loco Armando Castro 6.683
6th Blue Thunder Todd LeDuc 6.321
7th Grave Digger Brandon Vinson 6.119
8th Bakugan Dragonoid Camden Murphy 4.599

High Jump[edit]

Position Truck Driver Total Height
1st Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson 38.906
2nd Max-D Tom Meents 36.642
3rd Zombie Bari Musawwir 36.437
4th Megalodon Cory Rummell 35.511
5th Lucas Stabilizer Cynthia Gauthier 33.555
6th Avenger Jim Koehler 33.144
7th Blue Thunder Todd LeDuc 32.732
8th Grave Digger Krysten Anderson 23.265

Freestyle[edit]

World Finals XXII — July 1, 2023[edit]

On May 19, 2022, it was announced that Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee will serve as the venue for the twenty-second World Finals.[10] On June 23, 2022, it was announced that the World Finals will move back to a single day event, to be held on July 1, 2023, with the Two-Wheels Skills, High Jump, Racing, and Freestyle competitions returning.[11]

Racing/Freestyle[edit]

  • Tour Points Leaders after Week 14 of competition.[12]
  • Italics indicates the driver/truck are leading their tour, but have not yet clinched a berth in the event.
Qualified Truck Driver Tour Appearance Truck (Driver)
1st Grave Digger Brandon Vinson Arena Series Central Champion[13] 22nd (3rd)
2nd Grave Digger Tyler Menninga Stadium Series Blue Leader 22nd (5th)
3rd Grave Digger Adam Anderson Stadium Series Red Leader 22nd (16th)
4th EarthShaker Tristan England Arena Series West Leader 5th (5th)
5th Grave Digger Weston Anderson Arena Series East Leader 22nd (2nd)
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "World Finals Championship Racing". Monster Jam. March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Double Down Racing Bracket". Monster Jam. March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Monster Jam World Finals XIX - Max-D 15th Anniversary (Friday Racing) Encore". Magitroopa-YouTube. March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tom Meents Facebook - Home". Tom Meents-Facebook. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Monster Jam World Finals XIX Freestyle Encore: Rampage The Movie". Monster Jam-YouTube. March 24, 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved March 25, 2018. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ "Monster Jam World Finals XIX: Flooding the World Finals Floor with Monster Jam Trucks". Monster Jam-YouTube. March 24, 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved March 25, 2018. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. ↑ "World Finals to Begin Rotational Schedule in 2019". Monster Jam. February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Monster Jam World Finals 2020 Cancelled". Monster Jam. March 27, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Monster Jam World Finals 2022". Monster Jam. September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Monster Jam World Finals Heads to Nashville in 2023". Monster Jam. May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nashville to host Monster Jam World Finals XXII on July 1, 2023". Monster Jam. June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Point Standings - Monster Jam". Monster Jam. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Arena Series Central Champion: Brandon Vinson Grave Digger". Monster Jam. April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.

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