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
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.
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
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
US Air Force Afterburner
US Air Force Afterburner
20
Grave Digger #20
Maximum Destruction
Brutus
4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
13
Brutus
Brutus
21
Avenger
Maximum Destruction
Captain's Curse (Crashed)
3
Taz (Crashed)
14
Captain's Curse
Captain's Curse
22
Destroyer
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
Freestyle
#
Truck
Driver
Score
1.
US Air Force Afterburner
Damon Bradshaw
36
2.
Bounty Hunter
Jimmy Creten
32
3.
Brutus
Chris Bergeron
29
4.
Blue Thunder
Linsey Weenk
28
5.
Nitro Circus
Travis Pastrana
26
6.
Stone Crusher
Steve Sims
26
7.
Monster Mutt
Charlie Pauken
26
8.
Taz
Chad Tingler
25
#
Truck
Driver
Score
9.
Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Candice Jolly
24
10.
King Krunch
David Smith
23
11.
Grave Digger #20
Dennis Anderson
23
12.
Batman
John Seasock
21
13.
Donkey Kong
Frank Krmel
21
14.
El Toro Loco
Lupe Soza
21
15.
War Wizard
Randy Moore
19
16.
Maximum Destruction
Tom Meents
19
#
Truck
Driver
Score
17.
Destroyer
Dan Evans
17
18.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Pablo Huffaker
17
19.
Madusa
Madusa
16
20.
Safe Auto Minimizer
Marc McDonald
13
21.
Superman
Chad Fortune
8
22.
An Escalade
George Balhan
8
23.
Avenger
Jim Koehler
4
24.
Captain's Curse
Alex Blackwell
DNR
Encore
Maximum Destruction attempts a successful backflip, which results in a 1½ backflip by Tom Meents.
World Finals XI — March 26–27, 2010
Racing
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Semi-Finals
Championship Race
1
El Toro Loco
16
An Escalade
Spider-Man
24
Spider-Man
El Toro Loco
King Krunch (Crashed)
8
Monster Mutt Dalmatian
9
Iron Man
King Krunch
17
King Krunch
El Toro Loco (Crashed)
Grave Digger #20
5
Grave Digger #20
12
Madusa (Crashed)
Avenger
20
Avenger
Grave Digger #20
Amsoil Shock Therapy
4
Amsoil Shock Therapy
13
Captain's Curse (Crashed)
Stone Crusher
21
Stone Crusher
Grave Digger #20
Maximum Destruction
3
Taz (Crashed)
14
Nitro Circus
Gunslinger
22
Gunslinger
Gunslinger (Returned)
Blue Thunder
6
Blue Thunder
11
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
19
Advance Auto Parts Grinder
Blue Thunder
Maximum Destruction
7
US Air Force Afterburner
10
Batman
Batman
18
Superman
US Air Force Afterburner
Maximum Destruction
2
Maximum Destruction
15
Monster Mutt
Bounty Hunter
23
Bounty Hunter
Freestyle
#
Truck
Driver
Score
1.
Monster Mutt
Charlie Pauken
39
2.
An Escalade
George Balhan
31
3.
US Air Force Afterburner
Damon Bradshaw
31
4.
Stone Crusher
Steve Sims
28
5.
Advance Auto Parts Grinder
Lupe Soza
28
6.
Maximum Destruction
Tom Meents
28
7.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Pablo Huffaker
26
8.
Bounty Hunter
Jimmy Creten
26
#
Truck
Driver
Score
9.
Iron Man
Lee O'Donnell
25
10.
Avenger
Jim Koehler
25
11.
Blue Thunder
Linsey Weenk
25
12.
Superman
Chad Fortune
15
13.
Madusa
Madusa
12
14.
Spider-Man
Chad Tingler
12
15.
Grave Digger #20
Dennis Anderson
11
16.
Nitro Circus
Cam McQueen
10
#
Truck
Driver
Score
17.
Captain's Curse
Alex Blackwell
9
18.
Gunslinger
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.
El Toro Loco
Marc McDonald
DNR
24.
King Krunch
David Smith
DNR
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 25–26, 2011
Racing
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Semi-Finals
Championship Race
1
Grave Digger #20
16
Batman
Batman
24
Avenger
Grave Digger #20
Bounty Hunter
8
Superman
9
Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter
17
Mohawk Warrior
Bounty Hunter
Mohawk Warrior
5
Monster Mutt Dalmatian
12
Stone Crusher (Broke)
Mohawk Warrior (Returned - Fast Loser)
20
Amsoil Shock Therapy (Broke)
Mohawk Warrior
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
13
US Air Force Afterburner
US Air Force Afterburner
21
Brutus (Crashed)
Bounty Hunter
Maximum Destruction
3
Lucas Oil Crusader
14
Nitro Circus
Nitro Circus
22
Iron Man
Lucas Oil Crusader
El Toro Loco
6
El Toro Loco
11
Advance Auto Parts Grinder
Advance Auto Parts Grinder (Crashed)
19
Backdraft
Lucas Oil Crusader (Crashed)
Maximum Destruction
7
Monster Mutt
10
Madusa
Spider-Man
18
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Maximum Destruction
2
Maximum Destruction
15
Captain's Curse
Captain's Curse
23
Grave Digger The Legend
Freestyle
#
Truck
Driver
Score
1.
Avenger
Jim Koehler
32 (Won the tie-breaker)
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 #24
Dennis Anderson
21
13.
Teenage Mutant Ninja 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.
Advance Auto Parts 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 23–24, 2012
Racing
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Semi-Finals
Championship Race
1
Metal Mulisha
16
Monster Mutt
Spider-Man
24
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Maximum Destruction
8
Maximum Destruction
9
El Toro Loco
El Toro Loco
17
Brutus
Maximum Destruction
Grave Digger The Legend
5
Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
12
Iron Man
Iron Man
20
Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
Grave Digger The Legend
4
Grave Digger The Legend
13
Northern Nightmare
Northern Nightmare
21
Avenger
Maximum Destruction
Monster Energy
3
Monster Energy
14
Grave Digger #20
Grave Digger #20
22
Stone Crusher
Monster Energy
Lucas Oil Crusader (Crashed)
6
Lucas Oil Crusader
11
Advance Auto Parts Grinder
Advance Auto Parts Grinder
19
Madusa
Monster Energy
Wolverine
7
Son-uva Digger
10
Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter
18
Mohawk Warrior
Son-uva Digger
Wolverine
2
Captain's Curse
15
Wolverine
Wolverine
23
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...
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
Racing
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
#
Truck
Driver
Score
1.
Max-D
Tom Meents
34
2.
Blue Thunder
Pablo Huffaker
30
3.
Superman
Jon Zimmer
28
4.
Lucas Oil Crusader
Linsey Weenk
27
5.
Stone Crusher
Steve Sims
27
6.
Iron Man
Lee O'Donnell
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 #20
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.
Advance Auto Parts 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
Jimmy Creten
DNR
Encore
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
Racing
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
#
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 Rodoni
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
Mike Vaters II
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.
FS1 Cleatus
Frank Krmel
24
16.
Captain's Curse
Alex Blackwell
22.5
17.
Iron Man
Lee O'Donnell
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
Jimmy Creten
10.5
27.
Monster Mutt
Charlie Pauken
10.5
28.
Titan
Donald Epidendio
9
29.
Grave Digger #30
Dennis Anderson
8.5
30.
Madusa
Madusa
8.5
31.
Zombie
Sean Duhon
7
32.
Spider-Man
Bari Musawwir
6
Encore
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
Racing
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
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
#
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 #27 (Green)
Charlie Pauken
30.5
5.
Grave Digger The Legend
Adam Anderson
30
6.
Monster Energy (Ford)
Coty Saucier
29.5
7.
El Toro Loco
Marc McDonald
29
8.
Metal Mulisha
Todd LeDuc
28.5
9.
Monster Energy (Escalade)
Damon Bradshaw
27.5
10.
Max-D (Gold)
Morgan Kane
26.5
11.
Lucas Oil Crusader
Linsey Weenk
26
12.
Max-D (Red)
Neil Elliott
24.5
#
Truck
Driver
Score
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 #25 (Purple)
Colton Eichelberger
21.5
18.
Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Candice Jolly
20
19.
Soldier Fortune
Chad Fortune
20
20.
FS1 Cleatus
Frank Krmel
17
21.
Captain's Curse
Alex Blackwell
15.5
22.
Zombie Hunter
Lee O'Donnell
14.5
23.
Stone Crusher
Steve Sims
14
24.
Grave Digger #30
Dennis Anderson
13.5
#
Truck
Driver
Score
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.
Doom's Day
Pablo Huffaker
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, 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).
^ 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: 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
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: 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
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
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)
4
Kraken
5
Grave Digger #34 (Krysten) (Broke)
Soldier Fortune Black Ops (Came Back)
Scooby-Doo
2
Scooby-Doo
7
El Toro Loco (Mark)
Scooby-Doo
Max-D (Blake)
3
Alien Invasion
6
Max-D (Blake)
Racing
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Semi-Finals
Championship Race
1
Grave Digger #36 (Tyler)
16
Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice)
Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice)
17
Grave Digger #31 (Brandon)
Grave Digger #36 (Tyler)
Zombie (Fire)
8
Megalodon
9
Zombie (Fire)
Zombie (Fire)
24
Wild Flower
Zombie (Fire)
Bakugan Dragonoid (RED LIGHT)
4
Max-D (Fire)
13
Scooby-Doo (Broke)
Dragon (Ice)
20
Dragon (Ice)
Dragon (Ice) (Crashed)
Bakugan Dragonoid
5
Max-D (Neil)
12
Grave Digger #39 (Randy)
Bakugan Dragonoid
21
Bakugan Dragonoid
Zombie (Fire) (RED LIGHT)
Bounty Hunter
2
Son-uva Digger
15
Lucas Oil Crusader
Lucas Oil Crusader
18
El Toro Loco
Son-uva Digger
Bounty Hunter
7
EarthShaker
10
BroDozer
Bounty Hunter
23
Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter
Grave Digger #35 (Adam)
3
Monster Energy
14
Grave Digger #33 (Morgan)
Grave Digger #33 (Morgan)
19
Whiplash
Grave Digger #33 (Morgan) (Crashed)
Grave Digger #35 (Adam)
6
Grave Digger #35 (Adam)
11
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior
22
Avenger
Freestyle
#
Truck
Driver
Score
1.
Scooby-Doo
Linsey Read
9.371
2.
Bakugan Dragonoid
Camden Murphy
9.250
3.
Whiplash
Brianna Mahon
9.183
4.
Monster Energy
Todd LeDuc
9.052
5.
BroDozer
Heavy D
8.987
6.
Lucas Oil Crusader
Linsey Weenk
8.907
7.
Megalodon
Justin Sipes
8.436
8.
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior
Bryce Kenny
8.350
#
Truck
Driver
Score
9.
Son-uva Digger
Ryan Anderson
8.337
10.
Max-D (Fire)
Tom Meents
8.203
11.
Bounty Hunter
Jimmy Creten
7.978
12.
Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice)
Cynthia Gauthier
7.817
13.
El Toro Loco
Becky McDonough
7.637
14.
Grave Digger #39
Randy Brown
7.480
15.
Grave Digger #36
Tyler Menninga
7.244
16.
Grave Digger #31
Brandon Vinson
7.237
#
Truck
Driver
Score
17.
Max-D
Neil Elliott
7.196
18.
Grave Digger #35
Adam Anderson
6.656
19.
Avenger
Jim Koehler
6.399
20.
Grave Digger #33
Morgan Kane
6.221
21.
Zombie (Fire)
Bari Musawwir
6.013
22.
Wild Flower
Rosalee Ramer
5.865
23.
Dragon (Ice)
Jon Zimmer
5.237
24.
EarthShaker
Tristan England
3.025
Great Clips 2 Wheel Skills Challenge
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
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
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
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
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
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
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Semi-Finals
Championship Race
1
Max-D
16
Grave Digger (Weston)
Grave Digger (Weston)
17
Over Bored
Max-D
Earthshaker
8
Zombie
9
EarthShaker
Earthshaker
24
Soldier Fortune
Earthshaker
Son-uva Digger
4
Bakugan Dragonoid
13
Son-uva Digger
Son-uva Digger
20
Kraken
Son-uva Digger
Black Pearl
5
Blue Thunder
12
Avenger
Black Pearl
21
Black Pearl
Son-uva Digger
Grave Digger (Brandon)
2
Dragon
15
Megalodon
Megalodon
18
Bad Company
Megalodon
Grave Digger (Brandon)
7
Grave Digger (Adam)
10
Grave Digger (Brandon)
Grave Digger (Brandon)
23
Lucas Stabilizer
Grave Digger (Brandon)
Grave Digger (Tyler)
3
Grave Digger (Tyler)
14
Monster Mutt
Monster Mutt
19
Whiplash
Grave Digger (Tyler)
El Toro Loco
6
El Toro Loco
11
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior
22
Grave Digger (Krysten)
Great Clips 2 Wheel Skills Challenge
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
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
#
Truck
Driver
Score
1.
Max-D
Tom Meents
8.615
2.
Monster Mutt
Charlie Pauken
8.343
3.
Son-uva Digger
Ryan Anderson
8.297
4.
Bad Company
John Gordon
8.174
5.
El Toro Loco
Mark List
8.070
6.
Blue Thunder
Todd LeDuc
7.981
7.
Black Pearl
Cole Venard
7.967
8.
Zombie
Bari Musawwir
7.934
#
Truck
Driver
Score
9.
Grave Digger
Tyler Menninga
7.788
10.
Over Bored
Jamey Garner
7.473
11.
Dragon
Coty Saucier
7.373
12.
Soldier Fortune
Kayla Blood
7.226
13.
Grave Digger
Weston Anderson
7.176
14.
Bakugan Dragonoid
Camden Murphy
7.052
15.
Avenger
Jim Koehler
6.835
16.
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior
Bryce Kenny
6.727
#
Truck
Driver
Score
17.
Grave Digger
Krysten Anderson
6.515
18.
Grave Digger
Adam Anderson
6.358
19.
Whiplash
Brianna Mahon
6.320
20.
Lucas Stabilizer
Cynthia Gauthier
6.004
21.
EarthShaker
Tristan England
4.437
22.
Kraken
Nick Pagliarulo
DNF
23.
Grave Digger
Brandon Vinson
DNF
24.
Megalodon
Cory Rummell
DNF
World Finals XXII — July 1, 2023
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
Tour Points Leaders after Week 9 of competition.[12]
Italics indicates the driver/truck are leading their tour, but have not yet clinched a berth in the event.
