Monster Jam World Finals

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The Monster Jam World Finals is an annual monster truck event held late in March at Sam Boyd Stadium in the Las Vegas community of Whitney, Nevada. It is the championship event of the Monster Jam series, consisting of racing and freestyle competitions, with the winner of each considered the series champion in that competition for the past year. It is the highest profile monster truck event and draws tremendous media attention.

Originally 16 trucks were invited to compete in the event, but 20 trucks were selected in 2005, 24 selected from 2006-2012, 28 in 2013, and 32 trucks from 2014-present. Trucks and drivers are selected based on their performances over the winter season on the FOX Sports 1 Championship Series or regular events from January into early March. When multiple drivers of the same team or truck are selected, they were typically placed in other trucks that travel with their primary vehicle, e.g. Pablo Huffaker won the 2007 Freestyle Championship driving Captain's Curse and Charlie Pauken won the 2010 Freestyle Championship in Monster Mutt, but starting with 2015 the drivers were put into their trucks but with a different body scheme. Many more trucks are invited for display at the "Pit Party" festivities during the event.

The stature of the event leads to extreme performances in both competitions. The racing track 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 crashes. The event features 9 judges,(6 regulation and 3 bonus judges) with the lowest and highest scores discarded, for a maximum possible score of 45 (excluding tiebreakers), plus the judges can give half points as opposed to only giving whole points during the first quarter.

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.

Usually, teams qualify for racing with no body on the chassis in order to escape damage from accidents during qualifying. However, from 2012, all teams had to qualify with full bodies on. Also starting in 2012, FELD Motorsports added a new competition to the World Finals where 8 competitors with no prior World Finals experience compete in racing for the title of Young Guns Shootout Champion. In 2013, the Young Guns Shootout field was expanded to 12 trucks, 14 trucks were invited in 2014, and 16 trucks were invited from 2015-present.

Champions

Year Racing Freestyle
Truck Driver Truck Driver
2000 Goldberg Tom Meents Grave Digger Dennis Anderson
2001 Goldberg Tom Meents Goldberg Tom Meents
2002 Team Meents Tom Meents Team Meents Tom Meents
2003 Wolverine Brian Barthel Avenger Jim Koehler
2004 Grave Digger Dennis Anderson El Toro Loco
Madusa
Maximum Destruction
Lupe Soza
Debra Miceli
Tom Meents
2005 Madusa Debra Miceli Bounty Hunter Jimmy Creten
2006 Grave Digger Dennis Anderson Maximum Destruction Tom Meents
2007 Batman John Seasock Captain's Curse Pablo Huffaker
2008 Batman John Seasock Taz Adam Anderson
2009 Maximum Destruction Tom Meents Air Force Afterburner Damon Bradshaw
2010 Grave Digger Dennis Anderson Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken
2011 Maximum Destruction Tom Meents Avenger Jim Koehler
2012 Maximum Destruction Tom Meents Northern Nightmare Cam McQueen
2013 Grave Digger The Legend Adam Anderson Max-D Tom Meents
2014 Grave Digger The Legend Adam Anderson Metal Mulisha Todd LeDuc
2015 Metal Mulisha Todd LeDuc Overkill Evolution Mike Vaters II

World Finals I — March 25, 2000

Racing

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
Gun Slinger
6 Madusa
11 Airborne Ranger
Madusa
Gun Slinger
3 Reptoid
14 Gun Slinger
Gun Slinger
King Krunch
7 King Krunch
10 Avenger
King Krunch
Grave Digger #7
2 Grave Digger #7
15 Prowler

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Grave Digger #7 Dennis Anderson 40
2. Wrenchead.com Lyle Hancock 39
3. nWo Rob Knell 37
4. Goldberg Tom Meents 37
5. Madusa Madusa 34
6. Gun Slinger Scott Hartsock 34
7. Predator Allen Pezo 29
8. Sting Sky Hartley 28
# Truck Driver Score
9. Sudden Impact John Seasock 26
10. Avenger Jim Koehler 26
11. Bulldozer Guy Wood 26
12. WCW Nitro Machine Charlie Pauken 19
13. Prowler Dave Pezo 16
14. Reptoid Jim Jack 4
15. Airborne Ranger Joe Cypher DNS
16. King Krunch Scott Stephens DNS

World Finals II — March 24, 2001

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-finals Championship race
                       
1 Wolverine
16 Black Stallion 2000
Wolverine
Predator
8 Predator
9 Madusa
Wolverine
Blue Thunder
5 Grave Digger #14
12 Black Smith
Black Smith (flipped onto wall protection)
Blue Thunder (returns in Semifinals)
4 Wrenchead.com
13 Blue Thunder
Blue Thunder
Goldberg
6 Destroyer (returns in Round 2)
11 Gun Slinger (broke)
Spider-Man
Destroyer
3 Spider-Man (returns in Round 2)
14 Avenger (broke)
Destroyer
Goldberg
7 Sudden Impact
10 Bulldozer
Bulldozer
Goldberg
2 Goldberg
15 Sting

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Goldberg Tom Meents 38
2. Wrenchead.com Jill Canuso 36
3. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 36
4. Avenger Jim Koehler 34
5. Sting Tony Farrell 34
6. Madusa Madusa 33
7. Spider-Man Gary Porter 31
8. Black Stallion Michael Vaters 30
# Truck Driver Score
9. Bulldozer Eldon DePew 28
10. Ragin' Steel Pablo Huffaker 27
11. Destroyer Dan Evans 23
12. Predator Allen Pezo 22
13. Sudden Impact John Seasock 19
14. Gun Slinger Scott Hartsock DNS
15. Blue Thunder Lyle Hancock DNS
16. Wolverine Brian Barthel DNS

World Finals III — March 23, 2002

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-finals Championship race
                       
1 Team Meents
16 Blue Thunder
DNS
Team Meents
Gun Slinger
8 Madusa
9 Gun Slinger
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 Black Smith
14 Firemouth
Black Smith
Hot Wheels
5 Hot Wheels
12 Predator
Black Smith
Bounty Hunter
7 Sudden Impact
10 Avenger
Sudden Impact
Bounty Hunter
2 Wolverine
15 Bounty Hunter

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Team Meents Tom Meents 37
2. Grave Digger #14 Dennis Anderson 36
3. Black Smith Pablo Huffaker 35
4. Blue Thunder Lyle Hancock 35
5. Black Stallion Michael Vaters 32
6. Wolverine Brian Barthel 30
7. Sudden Impact John Seasock 24
8. Firemouth Carl Van Horn 24
# Truck Driver Score
9. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten 22
10. Predator Allen Pezo 21
11. Gun Slinger Scott Hartsock 20
12. Madusa Madusa 19
13. Hot Wheels Eldon DePew 17
14. Power Forward Chad Fortune 12
15. Bulldozer Guy Wood 8
16. Avenger Jim Koehler 8

World Finals IV — March 22, 2003

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-finals Championship race
                       
1 Bounty Hunter
16 Power Forward
Bounty Hunter
Madusa
8 Madusa
9 Blue Thunder
Bounty Hunter
Black Smith
6 Spider-Man
11 SOBE
Spider-Man
Black Smith
4 Black Smith
13 El Toro Loco
Bounty Hunter
Wolverine
3 Grave Digger #16
14 Maximum Destruction
Maximum Destruction
Gun Slinger
5 Gun Slinger
12 Black Stallion
Gun Slinger
Wolverine
7 Sudden Impact
10 Monster Mutt
Sudden Impact
Wolverine
2 Wolverine
15 Avenger

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Avenger Jim Koehler 37
2. El Toro Loco Lupe Soza 36
3. Blue Thunder Lyle Hancock 34
4. Madusa Madusa 32
5. Black Stallion Michael Vaters 30
6. Power Forward Chad Fortune 29
7. Sudden Impact John Seasock 27
8. Black Smith Carl Van Horn 24
# Truck Driver Score
9. SOBE Kathy Winston 22
10. Spider-Man Bobby Z 22
11. Grave Digger #16 Pablo Huffaker 20
12. Wolverine Brian Barthel 16
13. Bounty Hunter Jimmy Creten 14
14. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 13
15. Monster Mutt Todd Frolik 9
16. Gun Slinger Scott Hartsock DNS

World Finals V — March 20, 2004

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Semi-finals Championship race
                       
1 Maximum Destruction 15.65
16 Hot Wheels
Maximum Destruction 16.59
Monster Mutt
6 Monster Mutt 18.18
9 Bulldozer
Black Smith 16.88
Maximum Destruction
5 Power Forward
12 Black Smith 17.19
Black Smith 16.46
Blue Thunder
4 TMNT
13 Blue Thunder 17.28
Grave Digger
Black Smith
3 Bounty Hunter 17.15
14 Avenger
Bounty Hunter 17.09
Little Tiger
8 Madusa (broke)
11 Little Tiger
Grave Digger 16.44
Bounty Hunter
7 El Toro Loco
10 King Krunch 17.66
Grave Digger 16.19
King Krunch
2 Grave Digger 16.72
15 Team Suzuki

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. El Toro Loco Lupe Soza 31
2. Madusa Madusa 31
3. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 31
4. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten 30
5. Grave Digger #19 Dennis Anderson 30
6. King Krunch David Smith 27
7. Black Smith Pablo Huffaker 26
8. Hot Wheels Neil Elliot 25
# Truck Driver Score
9. Little Tiger Brian Barthel 23
10. Bulldozer Guy Wood 20
11. Monster Mutt Bobby Z 19
12. Power Forward Carl Van Horn 14
13. TMN Turtle Paul Cohen 11
14. Team Suzuki Kathy Winston 9
15. Blue Thunder Tony Farrell 9
16. Avenger Jim Koehler 9

World Finals VI — March 19, 2005

Racing

  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Semi-finals     Championship race
                                               
        1  Bounty Hunter 20.80  
  19  Pastrana 199
 Broke.
17.54        Brutus      
  20  Brutus              Blue Thunder    
         Bounty Hunter 19.82    
      10  Power Forward      
  11  Blue Thunder 19.71  
       Bounty Hunter    
       Grave Digger #19      
        5  Grave Digger #19 19.97  
  4  An Escalade 20.22        An Escalade      
  8  Avenger              Grave Digger #19 20.19  
         Black Smith    
      7  Black Smith 21.81    
  17  Maximum Destruction    
       Madusa  
       Grave Digger #19  
        3  Gun Slinger    
  13  Scarlet Bandit          King Krunch 20.88    
  12  King Krunch 19.60            King Krunch    
         Hot Wheels
 DNS
     
      6  Superman      
  18  Hot Wheels 21.13  
       Madusa    
       King Krunch    
        9  Monster Mutt    
  14  Destroyer 20.72     15  El Toro Loco 22.34    
  16  Black Stallion              Madusa 20.35  
         El Toro Loco    
      2  Madusa 21.14    
  10  Destroyer    


Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten 31
2. Blue Thunder Tony Farrell 31
3. King Krunch David Smith 27
4. Black Stallion Michael Vaters 27
5. Destroyer Dan Evans 26
6. Scarlet Bandit Dawn Creten 25
7. An Escalade George Balhan 25
8. Avenger Jim Koehler 25
9. Superman Chad Fortune 24
10. Monster Mutt Bobby Z 24
# Truck Driver Score
11. Power Forward Frank Krmel 23
12. Grave Digger #19 Dennis Anderson 23
13. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 22
14. Brutus Chris Bergeron 20
15. Pastrana 199 Paul Cohen 20
16. Hot Wheels Phil Foster 20
17. Black Smith Pablo Huffaker 18
18. Madusa Madusa 13
19. El Toro Loco Lupe Soza 8
20. Gun Slinger Scott Hartsock DNS

World Finals VII — March 25, 2006

Racing

  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Semi-finals     Championship race
                                               
        1  Grave Digger    
  16  Brutus          Maximum Destruction      
  24  Maximum Destruction              Grave Digger    
         Safe Auto Minimizer      
        8  Safe Auto Minimizer      
  9  An Escalade          An Escalade    
  17  King Krunch            Grave Digger    
       Hot Wheels      
        5  Hot Wheels    
  12  Air Force Afterburner          Air Force Afterburner      
  20  Superman              Hot Wheels    
         Pastrana 199    
        4  Pastrana 199      
  13  Avenger          El Toro Loco    
  21  El Toro Loco            Grave Digger  
       Bounty Hunter  
        3  Iron Outlaw    
  14  Monster Mutt          Monster Mutt      
  22  Batman              Iron Outlaw    
         Black Smith      
        6  Black Smith      
  11  Del Scorcho          Del Scorcho    
  19  Team Suzuki            Black Smith    
       Bounty Hunter    
        7  Blue Thunder    
  10  TMNT Turtle          Taz      
  18  Taz              Taz    
         Bounty Hunter    
        2  Bounty Hunter      
  15  Destroyer          Predator    
  23  Predator    


Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 37
2. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 33
3. Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken 32
4. Del Scorcho Frank Krmel 29
5. King Krunch David Smith 26
6. Blue Thunder Tony Farrell 24
7. Superman Chad Fortune 23
8. Taz Adam Anderson 22
# Truck Driver Score
9. TMN Turtle Randy Brown 22
10. Destroyer Dan Evans 22
11. Batman Jason Childress 21
12. Air Force Afterburner Paul Cohen 20
13. An Escalade George Balhan 20
14. Safe Auto Minimizer Marc McDonald 18
15. Predator Allen Pezo 17
16. Pastrana 199 Chad Tingler 16
# Truck Driver Score
17. Avenger Jim Koehler 16
18. Team Suzuki Kathy Winston 15
19. Iron Outlaw Lindsey Weenk 14
20. Black Smith Pablo Huffaker 13
21. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten 12
22. El Toro Loco Lupe Soza 11
23. Brutus Chris Bergeron 10
24. Hot Wheels Neil Elliot DNS

World Finals VIII — March 24, 2007

Racing

  First Round     Second Round     QuarterFinals     SemiFinals     Finals
                                               
        1  Bounty Hunter    
  16  Pastrana 199          Hot Wheels      
  24  Hot Wheels              Hot Wheels    
         Batman      
        8  Batman      
  9  Taz          Air Force Afterburner    
  17  Air Force Afterburner             Batman    
       Monster Mutt      
        5  Monster Mutt    
  12  Blue Thunder          Blue Thunder      
  20  Team Suzuki              Monster Mutt    
         Maximum Destruction    
        4  Maximum Destruction      
  13  Brutus          Brutus    
  21  Avenger            Batman  
       Grave Digger  
        3  Iron Outlaw    
  14  TMN Turtle (broke)          Destroyer      
  22  Destroyer              Iron Outlaw    
         Captain's Curse      
        6  Scarlet Bandit      
  11  Captain's Curse          Captain's Curse    
  19  Superman            Captain's Curse    
        Grave Digger    
        7  Grave Digger    
  10  An Escalade          An Escalade      
  18  King Krunch              Grave Digger    
         Safe Auto Minimizer    
        2  Safe Auto Minimizer      
  15  El Toro Loco          Monster Mutt Dalmatian    
  23  Monster Mutt Dalmatian    


Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Captain's Curse Pablo Huffaker 34
2. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 30
3. Iron Outlaw Lindsey Weenk 29
4. Safe Auto Minimizer Marc McDonald 29
5. Air Force Afterburner Damon Bradshaw 29
6. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 28
7. Team Suzuki Frank Krmel 26
8. Taz Adam Anderson 26
# Truck Driver Score
9. Scarlet Bandit Dawn Creten 24
10. Destroyer Dan Evans 23
11. Superman Chad Fortune 21
12. Blue Thunder Tony Farrell 21
13. Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken 21
14. Pastrana 199 Courtney Jolly 20
15. Avenger Jim Koehler 20
16. King Krunch David Smith 19
# Truck Driver Score
17. El Toro Loco Lupe Soza 17
18. An Escalade George Balhan 16
19. Brutus Chris Bergeron 12
20. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Chad Tingler 9
21. Batman John Seasock 8
22. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten 8
23. Hot Wheels Neil Elliot DNS
24. TMN Turtle Randy Brown DNS

Encore

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

World Finals IX — March 29, 2008

Racing

  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Semi-finals     Championship race
                                               
        1  Maximum Destruction    
  16  Team Suzuki          Team Suzuki      
  24  Stone Crusher              Maximum Destruction    
         Monster Mutt      
        8  Monster Mutt      
  9  Scarlet Bandit          Superman    
  17  Superman            Maximum Destruction (broke)    
       Bounty Hunter      
        5  Safe Auto Minimizer    
  12  Destroyer          An Escalade      
  20  An Escalade              Safe Auto Minimizer    
         Bounty Hunter    
        4  Blue Thunder      
  13  Iron Outlaw          Bounty Hunter    
  21  Bounty Hunter            Bounty Hunter  
       Batman  
        3  Batman    
  14  Monster Mutt Dalmatian          Taz      
  22  Taz               Batman    
         Air Force Afterburner      
        6  Air Force Afterburner      
  11  Black Stallion          Black Stallion    
  19  El Toro Loco             Batman    
       Captain's Curse    
        7  King Krunch    
  10  Donkey Kong          Grave Digger      
  18  Grave Digger              King Krunch    
          Captain's Curse    
        2  Captain's Curse      
  15  Pastrana 199          Avenger    
  23  Avenger    


Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Taz Adam Anderson 37
2. Scarlet Bandit Dawn Creten 36
3. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Chad Tingler 32
4. Blue Thunder Lindsey Weenk 30
5. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 30
6. Captain's Curse Alex Blackwell 29
7. El Toro Loco Lupe Soza 28
8. Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken 27
# Truck Driver Score
9. Donkey Kong Frank Krmel 26
10. Black Stallion Michael Vaters 25
11. Stone Crusher Steve Sims 24
12. Safe Auto Minimizer Marc McDonald 24
13. Team Suzuki Bobby Parr 23
14. Pastrana 199 Cam McQueen 20
15. An Escalade George Balhan 18
16. Air Force Afterburner Damon Bradshaw 18
# Truck Driver Score
17. Avenger Jim Koehler 17
18. Batman John Seasock 16
19. King Krunch David Smith 13
20. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten 12
21. Superman Chad Fortune 8
22. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 6
23. Destroyer Dan Evans 5
24. Iron Outlaw Kreg Christensen 4

Encore

During Event: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (on a Grave Digger chassis) freestyle - Randy Brown.

After Event: Backwards Bob and Spitfire debut in a dual-freestyle.

World Finals X — March 28, 2009

Racing

  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Semi-finals     Championship race
                                               
        1  Donkey Kong    
  16  Madusa          Madusa      
  24  Stone Crusher              Madusa    
         Safe Auto Minimizer      
        8  Safe Auto Minimizer      
  9  Pastrana 199          Pastrana 199    
  17  Superman            Safe Auto Minimizer    
       Maximum Destruction      
        5  Maximum Destruction    
  12  Grave Digger          Air Force Afterburner      
  20  Air Force Afterburner              Maximum Destruction    
         Brutus    
        4  TMN Turtle      
  13  Avenger          Brutus    
  21  Brutus            Maximum Destruction  
       Captain's Curse  
        3  Taz    
  14  Destroyer          Captain's Curse      
  22  Captain's Curse              Captain's Curse    
         Monster Mutt      
        6  Monster Mutt      
  11  An Escalade          An Escalade    
  19  King Krunch            Captain's Curse    
       Blue Thunder    
        7  Blue Thunder    
  10  El Toro Loco          El Toro Loco      
  18  Batman              Blue Thunder    
         Bounty Hunter    
        2  Bounty Hunter      
  15  Monster Mutt Dalmatian          War Wizard    
  23  War Wizard    


Mnonster Jam Atlanta, Georgia. 2015 Racing Results. Fast Qualifier. Monster Energy. 18.701 Round 1 . Monster Energy def Patriot , Crusader def Trouble Maker , El Diablo def Backwards Bob , Grave Digger def Son-Uva Digger , Max-D def Wrecking Crew , Avenger def Hooked , Stone Crusher bye ( Hot Wheels broke ) , Grave Digger the Legend def Zombie ( Hooked comes back due to Avengers mechanical problems )

Round 2. Monster Energy def Crusader , Grave Digger def El Diablo , Max-D def Hooked , Grave Digger the Legend def Stone Crusher.

Semi-Finals. Grave Digger def Monster Energy , Max-D def Grave Digger the Legend

CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. MAX-D DEF GRAVE DIGGER

FREESTYLE RESULTS. MAX-D 37. ( 35 + 2 ) GRAVE DIGGER THE LEGEND 35 ( 34 + 1 ) SON-UVA DIGGER 32 ( 29 + 3 ) Crusader 31 ( 31 + 0 ) Hooked 28 ( 24 + 4 ) Stone Crusher 25 ( 23 + 2 ) Monster Energy 24 ( 24 + 0 ) El Diablo 22 ( 20 + 2 ) Avenger 19 ( 19 + 0 ) Wrecking Crew 17 ( 16 + 1 ) Backwards Bob 15 ( 15 + 0 ) Zombie ( 15 + 0 ) Patriot 13 ( 12 + 1 ) Trouble Maker 10 ( 10 + 0 ) Grave Digger 7 ( 7 + 0 ) Hot Wheels ( broke ) Due to blown transmission .

Encore

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

World Finals XI — March 27, 2010

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semi-finals Championship race Semi-finals Round 3 Round 2 Round 1
Bye 1. El Toro Loco El Toro Loco El Toro Loco Grave Digger Blue Thunder Gun Slinger 3. Taz (broke) Bye
16. An Escalade Spider-Man Gun Slinger 14. Gun Slinger
17. Spider-Man 19. Nitro Circus
Bye 8. Monster Mutt Dalmatian King Krunch Blue Thunder 6. Blue Thunder Bye
9. Iron Man King Krunch TMN Turtle 11. TMN Turtle
24. King Krunch 22. AAP Grinder
Bye 5. Grave Digger Grave Digger Grave Digger Maximum Destruction Maximum Destruction Air Force Afterburner 7. Air Force Afterburner Bye
12. Avenger Avenger Batman 10. Batman
21. Madusa 23. Superman
Bye 4. Amsoil Shock Therapy Amsoil Shock Therapy Maximum Destruction 2. Maximum Destruction Bye
13. Stone Crusher Stone Crusher Bounty Hunter 15. Monster Mutt
20. Captain's Curse 18. Bounty Hunter

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken 39
2. An Escalade George Balhan 31
3. Air Force Afterburner Damon Bradshaw 31
4. Stone Crusher Steve Sims 28
5. AAP Grinder Lupe Soza 28
6. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 28
7. TMN Turtle Pablo Huffaker 26
8. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten 26
# Truck Driver Score
9. Iron Man Lee O'Donnell 25
10. Avenger Jim Koehler 25
11. Blue Thunder Lindsey Weenk 25
12. Superman Chad Fortune 15
13. Madusa Madusa 12
14. Spider-Man Chad Tingler 12
15. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 11
16. Nitro Circus Cam McQueen 10
# Truck Driver Score
17. Captain's Curse Alex Blackwell 9
18. Gun Slinger Scott Hartsock 8
19. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Candice Jolly 8
20. Amsoil Shock Therapy Jon Zimmer 4
21. Batman John Seasock 4
22. Taz Adam Anderson 4
23. King Krunch David Smith DNS
24. El Toro Loco Marc McDonald DNS

Encores

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 24, 2011

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semi-finals Championship race Semi-finals Round 3 Round 2 Round 1
Bye 1. Grave Digger Grave Digger Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter Lucas Oil Crusader Lucas Oil Crusader 3. Lucas Oil Crusader Bye
16. Batman Batman Nitro Circus 14. Iron Man
17. Avenger 19. Nitro Circus
Bye 8. Superman Bounty Hunter El Toro Loco 6. El Toro Loco Bye
9. Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter Advance Auto Parts Grinder 11. Advanced Auto Parts Grinder
24. Mohawk Warrior 22. Backdraft
Bye 5. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Mohawk Warrior Mohawk Warrior Maximum Destruction Maximum Destruction Spider-Man 7. Monster Mutt Bye
12. Amsoil Shock Therapy (broke) Mohawk Warrior Spider-Man 10. Madusa
21. Stone Crusher (broke) 23. Spider-Man
Bye 4. TMN Turtle TMN Turtle Maximum Destruction 2. Maximum Destruction Bye
13. Brutus Air Force Afterburner Captain's Curse 15. Captain's Curse
20. Air Force Afterburner 18. Grave Digger The Legend

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Avenger Jim Koehler 32
2. Nitro Circus Cam McQueen 32
3. US Air Force Afterburner Damon Bradshaw 30
4. Iron Man Lee O'Donnell 28
5. Bounty Hunter Jimmy Creten 28
6. Mohawk Warrior George Balhan 28
7. El Toro Loco Marc McDonald 27
8. Lucas Oil Crusader Linsey Weenk 27
# Truck Driver Score
9. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Candice Jolly 25
10. Stone Crusher Steve Sims 24
11. Madusa Madusa 22
12. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 21
13. TMN Turtle Pablo Huffaker 20
14. Superman Chad Fortune 19
15. Amsoil Shock Therapy Jon Zimmer 19
16. Batman Norm Miller 18
# Truck Driver Score
17. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 16
18. Brutus Chris Bergeron 13
19. Grave Digger The Legend Adam Anderson 13
20. Backdraft Jeremy Slifko 11
21. Captain's Curse Alex Blackwell 10
22. Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken 9
23. AAP Grinder Lupe Soza 8
24. Spider-Man Chad Tingler 4

Encore

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, 2012

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semi-finals Championship race Semi-finals Round 3 Round 2 Round 1
Bye 1. Metal Mulisha Spider-man Maximum Destruction Maximum Destruction Monster Energy Monster Energy 3. Monster Energy Bye
16. Monster Mutt Spider-man Grave Digger 14. Stone Crusher
17. Spider-man 19. Grave Digger
Bye 8. Maximum Destruction Maximum Destruction Lucas Oil Crusader 6. Lucas Oil Crusader Bye
9. El Toro Loco El Toro Loco Advanced Auto Parts Grinder 11. Advanced Auto Parts Grinder
24. Brutus 22. Madusa
Bye 5. Team Hot Wheels Team Hot Wheels Grave Digger
The Legend
Monster Energy Wolverine Son-uva Digger 7. Son-uva Digger Bye
12. Iron Man Iron Man Bounty Hunter 10. Bounty Hunter
21. Monster Mutt Dalmatian 23. Mohawk Warrior
Bye 4. Grave Digger
The Legend
Grave Digger
The Legend
Wolverine 2. Captain's Curse Bye
13. Avenger Northern Nightmare Wolverine 15. Wolverine
20. Northern Nightmare 18. Captain America

Young Guns Shootout

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

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Northern Nightmare Cam McQueen 38
2. Bounty Hunter Jimmy Creten 32
3. Stone Crusher Steve Sims 30
4. Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson 30
5. Hot Wheels Neil Elliott 30
6. Grave Digger The Legend Adam Anderson 30
7. El Toro Loco Marc McDonald 27
8. Monster Energy Damon Bradshaw 27
# Truck Driver Score
9. Brutus Chris Bergeron 26
10. Mohawk Warrior George Balhan 25
11. Captain America Chad Fortune 25
12. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 25
13. Spider-Man Chad Tingler 24
14. Metal Mulisha Todd LeDuc 23
15. Iron Man Lee O'Donnell 23
16. Lucas Oil Crusader Linsey Weenk 21
# Truck Driver Score
17. Wolverine Alex Blackwell 18
18. Advanced Auto Parts Grinder Lupe Soza 18
19. Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken 16
20. Maximum Destruction Tom Meents 16
21. Captain's Curse Pablo Huffaker 15
22. Avenger Jim Koehler 13
23. Madusa Madusa 11
24. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Candice Jolly 4

Encore

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 December 2012.

World Finals XIV – March 22, 2013

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semi-finals Championship race Semi-finals Round 3 Round 2 Round 1
Bye 1. Max-D Max-D Max-D Grave Digger
The Legend
El Toro Loco Stone Crusher 3. Captain's Curse Bye
Northern Nightmare Northern Nightmare Stone Crusher Stone Crusher
Hot Wheels Scooby-Doo
Grave Digger Grave Digger 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
AAP 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
Bye 4. Blue Thunder 2. Iron Man Bye

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Max-D Tom Meents 34
2. Blue Thunder Pablo Huffaker 30
3. Superman Jon Zimmer 28
4. Stone Crusher Steve Sims 27
5. Iron Man Lee O'Donnell 27
6. Lucas Oil Crusader Linsey Weenk 27
7. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm Scott Buetow 25
8. Metal Mulisha Todd LeDuc 25
9. Grave Digger The Legend Adam Anderson 25
10. Monster Energy Damon Bradshaw 24
# Truck Driver Score
11. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 24
12. Zombie Sean Duhon 23
13. Avenger Jim Koehler 23
14. Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson 23
15. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Candice Jolly 22
16. Northern Nightmare Cam McQueen 22
17. Bad Habit Joe Sylvester 21
18. El Toro Loco Marc McDonald 20
19. Captain's Curse Alex Blackwell 19
20. Captain America Chad Fortune 18
# Truck Driver Score
21. Madusa Madusa 16
22. Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken 12
23. Mohawk Warrior George Balhan 8
24. AAP Grinder Lupe Soza 8
25. Scooby Doo Nicole Johnson 7
26. Spider Man Bari Musawwir 7
27. Batman Carl Van Horn 6
28. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten DNS

Encore

Neil Elliot, 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 celebrates 10 Years of Maximum Destruction.

World Finals XV — March 20-22, 2014

Racing

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semi-finals Championship race Semi-finals Round 3 Round 2 Round 1
1. Grave Digger Grave Digger Grave Digger Grave Digger Grave Digger
The Legend
Max-D Max-D Max-D 3. Max-D
Titan Avenger
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
Fox Sports 1 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 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
4. Grave Digger
The Legend
2. Iron Man

Encore

All of the Young Guns Shootout competitors come out, and the Iron Man, Thor and Hulk trucks perform consecutive backflips.

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Metal Mulisha Todd LeDuc 37.5
2. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm Scott Buetow 34.5
3. Max-D Tom Meents 34
4. El Toro Loco Marc McDonald 32.5
5. Lucas Oil Crusader Linsey Weenk 30.5
6. Captain America Chad Fortune 30.5
7. The Patriot Dan Radoni 29.5
8. Barbarian Devin Jones 28.5
9. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Candice Jolly 28.5
10. Avenger Jim Koehler 26.5
11. Overkill Evolution Michael Vaters Jr. 26.5
12. Wolverine Pablo Huffaker 26.5
# Truck Driver Score
13. Grave Digger The Legend Adam Anderson 25
14. Northern Nightmare Cam McQueen 25
15. FOX Sports 1 Cleatus Frank Krmel 24
16. Iron Man Lee O'Donnell 22.5
17. Captain's Curse Alex Blackwell 22.5
18. Son-uva Digger Ryan Anderson 22.5
19. Scooby-Doo Nicole Johnson 22.5
20. Monster Energy Damon Bradshaw 21.5
21. Stone Crusher Steve Sims 20
22. Man of Steel Randy Brown 15.5
23. Bad Habit Joe Sylvester 14.5
24. Monster Mutt Rottweiler Rod Schmidt 12.5
# Truck Driver Score
25. Mohawk Warrior George Balhan 12
26. Bounty Hunter Jim Creten 10.5
27. Monster Mutt Charlie Pauken 10.5
28. Titan Donald Epidendio 9
29. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 8.5
30. Madusa Madusa 8.5
31. Zombie Sean Duhon 7
32. Spider-Man Bari Musawwir 6

Encore

Six Doomsday Trucks come out and all perform backflips.

World Finals XVI — March 26-28, 2015

Racing

1. Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha Metal Mulisha Monster Energy
(Saucier)
Monster Energy
(Saucier)
Monster Energy
(Saucier)
3. Monster Energy
(Saucier)
Overkill Evolution Scooby-Doo
Grave Digger (purple) Grave Digger (purple) Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter
Max-D (gold) Norther Nightmare
Doomsday Doomsday Max-D El Toro Loco Grave Digger (green) Grave Digger (green)
Monster Mutt Dalmatian Zombie Hunter
Max-D Max-D El Toro Loco El Toro Loco
Captain's Curse Barbarian
FOX Sports 1 Cleatus Grave Digger the Legend Lucas Oil Crusader Monster Mutt Son-uva Digger Son-uva Digger Son-uva Digger Son-uva Digger Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
Grave Digger the Legend Son-uva Digger
Lucas Oil Crusader Lucas Oil Crusader Monster Mutt Rottweiler Mohawk Warrior
Zombie Monster Mutt Rottweiler
Grave Digger Monster Mutt Monster Mutt Monster Energy
(Bradshaw)
Soldier Fortune Titan
Monster Mutt Soldier Fortune
Avenger Max-D (candy red) Monster Energy
(Bradshaw)
Stone Crusher
4. Max-D (candy red) 2. Monster Energy
(Bradshaw)

Young Guns Shootout

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 Mohawk Warrior
(BJ Johnson)
Blue Thunder
(Dalton Millican)
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 McNeil)

Freestyle

# Truck Driver Score
1. Overkill Evolution Mike Vaters II 33.5
2. Son-Uva Digger Ryan Anderson 31.5
3. Max-D Tom Meents 30.5
4. Grave Digger (Green) Charlie Pauken 30.5
5. Grave Digger The Legend Adam Anderson 30
6. Monster Energy Coty Saucier 29.5
7. El Toro Loco Marc McDonald 29
8. Metal Mulisha Todd LeDuc 28.5
9. Monster Energy Damon Bradshaw 27.5
10. Max-D (Gold) Morgan Kane 26.5
11. Lucas Oil Crusader Linsey Weenk 26
# Truck Driver Score
12. Max-D (Candy Red) Neil Elliott 24.5
13. Titan Donald Epidendio 24.5
14. Monster Mutt Rottweiler Rod Schmidt 23
15. Avenger Jim Koehler 22
16. Monster Mutt Dustin Brown 22
17. Grave Digger (Purple) Colton Eichelberger 21.5
18. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Candice Jolly 20
19. Soldier Fortune Chad Fortune 20
20. FOX Sports 1 Cleatus Frank Krmel 17
21. Captain's Curse Alex Blackwell 15.5
22. Zombie Hunter Lee O'Donnell 14.5
# Truck Driver Score
23. Stone Crusher Steve Sims 14
24. Grave Digger Dennis Anderson 13.5
25. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm Scott Buetow 13
26. Bounty Hunter Jimmy Creten 13
27 Zombie Bari Musawwir 12
28. Northern Nightmare Cam McQueen 11.5
29. Mohawk Warrior George Balhan 8.5
30 Scooby-Doo Nicole Johnson 7
31 Barbarian Devin Jones 6.5
32. Doomsday ??? 6

Encore

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, and a blue New Earth Authority, Dragon, and El Toro Loco jump over 4 trucks on the middle ramp.

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 off a girl), one Green Zombie (based off a biker), and one White Zombie (based off a skull) (not to be confused with the band White Zombie).

World Finals XVII — March 17-19, 2016

The 2016 Monster Jam World Finals will take place at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 17-19, 2016.

Field of Trucks

Through Week 2 of 2016 Monster Jam Season:

Qualified Truck Driver Appearance Truck (Driver)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th MJ featuring AMSOIL Series West Tour Winner
30th Zombie Bari Musawwir Leader with 13 points
31st Grave Digger Adam Anderson Leader with 2 points
32nd Young Guns Shootout Winner

References

http://www.Monsterjam.com