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Today, the monster truck industry faced a major tragedy.

Scott Hartsock, owner and driver of the Gunslinger monster truck (or Slinger in Monster Jam), was killed after an Amtrak train crashed into a tow truck that he was occupying. Hartsock was a legend in the industry, having competed for over 25 years, and will continue to be remembered for the legend that he is. Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.

The next class of inductees to the Monster Jam Hall of Fame have been announced -- huge congratulations to Gary Porter and Mike Wales!

For the 4th straight year Jamey Garner will be running the Stepp's Towing paint scheme in Orlando, but this time on the C10.

Jim Koehler is bringing back Avenger Fire for this weekend in Houston.

but still no team ice trucks wth

After a few years of uncertainty regarding its future, and whether or not it will continue to compete in the year ahead, Linsey Weenk has confirmed that the Lucas Oil Crusader will not compete in 2021, ending its run after a remarkable 10 years.

Linsey Weenk himself, however, will not be retiring.

Well the 2020 season is pretty much over at this point for MJ, so that being said I felt like doing this a lil earlier than usual this year, leggo

Rookie of the Year - Zack Garner - Wild Side

Rising Star of the Year - Jamey Garner - Over Bored

Save of the Year - Tom Meents - Max-D Fire - Anaheim (February 23)

Extreme Air - Chris Koehler - Axe - Arlington (October 25)

Crash Madness - Cory Rummell - Megalodon - Anaheim (January 25)

Wow Factor - Jamey Garner - Over Bored - Tampa (February 1)

Donut of the Year - Adam Anderson - Megalodon - Arlington (October 25)

Driver to Watch in 2021 - Mark List - El Toro Loco / Jamey Garner - Over Bored

Breakthrough Year - John Gordon - Bad Company

Most Underrated Driver - Bryce Kenny - Great Clips Mohawk Warrior

Most Surprising Moment - Jim Koehler taking the Overall Event Championship in Anaheim (January 11)

Race of the Year - Adam Anderson vs. Bryce Kenny - Anaheim (January 11)

Best Trick - Jamey Garner - Over Bored - Tampa (February 1)

Arena Freestyle of the Year - Tony Ochs - Soldier Fortune Black Ops - Tacoma (January 12)

Stadium Freestyle of the Year - Camden Murphy - Bakugan Dragonoid - Oakland (February 15)

Driver of the Year - Todd LeDuc - Monster Energy

6 drivers will attempt to break 7 World Records in the upcoming special:

HOLY FRICKIN' SMOKES THIS WRAP IS BEAUTIFUL

This post is now ded cuz Foxborough is no longer postponed, nor is it cancelled.

Just announced today, and incase you didn't see this coming here it is now, Monster Jam World finals XXI is officially CANCELLED...

....until 2021, ironically.

Well, apparently Coty Saucier is unfortunately one of them

After more than a decade of driving, BJ Johnson has announced his retirement from competition.

Tyler Menninga is officially the Triple Threat East Series Champion and is heading to Monster Jam World Finals XXI!!!

Todd LeDuc got a 5 point deduction from his series total for causing "building damage" by landing one of his tires on a container after he backflipped this past weekend in Tampa.

*sigh* Oh, Feld.......what are we gonna do with you....

This......IS........a review of an event that I went to last night that I'm pretty sure nobody will care about but I like to do cuz I only go to MJ twice a year!

Soooo, Newark was an interesting one this year in just about every competition, so here's my review of the 7PM show last night:

Racing - Right off the bat we got somethin from this. Preston couldn't get off the line at first when he raced Krysten, and they had to restart the race. Krysten ended up winning it. Other than that, just about every other race was pretty tight, with a lot of close finishes. Finals went down to Mark and Colton, in which Mark would get the crazy bull the Racing win.

ATV Racing - Well, both of the first two heats saw an easy winner, them being Sipes and Colton. Krysten cut a corner in her heat, and I think she got penalized for it. In the final heat, however, that's when things got real. When the black flags began, Krysten and Preston got into a tussle on the final turn, and both were black-flagged. Final race was between the winners of the first two heats, in which Colton would come out on top.

Two Wheel Skills - Just about everyone was able to pull off somethin here. Krysten went first and over-rotated a sky wheelie, landing hard on the rear end and going right wheels up. Once again this competition would be very close between Colton and Sipes, but this time around it would be Sipes who took the win.....Colton should've won tbh

Donuts - Oooooh boy, this one. I found myself covering my eyes with my arm with each competitior that did their donut in front of me after Krysten caused a tiny piece of dirt to hit my right leg (I was in the front row). SIpes was unfortunately out due to mechanical problems following his TWS run. Colton wasn't able to get a cyclone in, which didn't do him any good in terms of scoring. After a lackluster first half, however, Krysten would make the comeback she needed, as she would be the winner.

Speedster Racing - This was my dad's favorite, mainly because of one thing that happened. On top of each race being very tight, there was one in which a crash landing almost occurred. Mark almost landed his speedster right on top of Colton's in an attempt to make a comeback. Ultimately, he clipped it, and got karma for it by rolling in the third turn. Since that was the final round, Colton would take his second win of the night in this competition.

Freestyle - As to be expected, this was easily the most interesting competition of the night. Hicks got things started with an okay run, but then came Sipes, who pulled off the only backflip of the night, as well as some huge air. Mark ended his run with a very interesting move; going reverse between the miniflip ramp and the ramp next to it, resulting in him getting massive air. Brittany got some attention from the crowd after she knocked the hood off her truck, leaving the bottom half of the mouth of Zombie sitting by itself. Krysten had a pretty good save in her run, and almost crashed into Blue Thunder, but she prevented that with a nice stoppie. Lastly, Colton would have a decent run, and knocked his hood off as well. Ultimately, the shark would take another bite out of the competition, as Sipes would take his second and last win of the night.

Overall Event Champion - Colton - 41 points

Final Rating - 8.863 - Definitely one of the better MJ shows I've attended, and easily the best Newark show I've attended. Now, I wait for MetLife, which will be on........idk

9 hours ago, steiale said:

Indies really had a good night as Jamey Garner and Over Bored took Anaheim racing over Cole Venard and Black Pearl. Jester won Tampa freestyle and Koehler won TWS in Anaheim to help claim their overalls.

Also, it sounds like there’s a new freestyle rule where any run that lasts less than 30 seconds will not be scored. Might not be totally correct on this but I’ve heard this from multiple sources. I see the point of it to not have one-hit winners like Cynthia almost did at the All Star Challenge, but I’m not sure if I’m a real fan of this. 

Honestly, I approve of this new rule......mostly. On one hand, I'm very thankful it eliminates the possibility of a one-hit wonder winning Freestyle, as that near-occurrence with the run you mentioned sparked a lot of controversy, and FELD needed to ensure that doesn't happen again. On the other hand, I think 30 seconds might be a little much. I heard they made the rule 15 seconds in Arenas, which I feel is a perfect amount of time. In a stadium case, someone could have a good run going....and crash at around 25 seconds and get a 0 as a result.

There also comes one major question; does a driver get no points for Freestyle if they get a 0 in their run? If so, then that's where I draw the line, because that's definitely going too far.

Matt Pagliarulo and Jim Koehler took their first Stadium Overall Wins last night

I am dead serious

Holy smokes this season ended late. Welp, pretty sure y'all know the drill, feel free to add categories and all that. Here we go.

Best New Truck - Bakugan Dragonoid

Best New Paint Scheme - Every Truck that got a Team Ice variation

Rookie of the Year - Nick Pagliarulo - Kraken / Heavy D - Brodozer

Rising Star of the Year - Camden Murphy - Bakugan Dragonoid / Linsey Read - Scooby-Doo

Save of the Year - Tom Meents - Max-D Fire - Glendale Show 2

Extreme Air - Todd LeDuc - Monster Energy - World Finals XX

Crash Madness - Cynthia Gauthier - Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice - All Star Challenge

Wow Factor - John Gordon - Bad Company - St. Louis Show 2

Donut of the Year - Rosalee Ramer - Wild Flower - Anaheim Show 4

Driver to Watch in 2020 - Brandon Tulachika - Get Er Done II / Bryan Wright - Hooked

Breakthrough Year - Linsey Read - Scooby-Doo

Most Underrated Driver - Cole Venard - The Black Pearl

Most Surprising Moment - Linsey Read winning both the Showdown and a World Title in the same year - World Finals XX

Race of the Year - Bari Musawwir vs. Tyler Menninga - World Finals XX

Best Trick - Diesel Dave - Brodozer - Anaheim Show 6

Best Show - The Monster Jam All Star Challenge

Worst Show - Glendale Show 2

Arena Freestyle of the Year - Colton Eichelberger - Max-D - Tacoma

Stadium Freestyle of the Year - Ryan Anderson - Son-Uva Digger - St. Louis Show 2

Driver of the Year - Tom Meents - Max-D Fire

Lucas Oil Crusader will live to compete another year on Stadium Tour Red.

The Monster Jam World Finals XX Encore Truck will be competing tonight in Minneapolis. Scott Buetow will be behind the wheel.

Not sure whether to call this a weird move or a lazy move

Maybe both

Monster Jam has announced that it'll be extending it's contract with BKT until 2026

This may or may not be good news depending on your stance

i can already hear the ig kids raging

MetLife Stadium - 2015-2019

Prudential Center - 2018-2019 (Saturday night for both years)

7 Monster Jam events

Glendale is going to have two trucks from Team Fire competing; Sipes in Megalodon Fire, Meents in Max-D Fire.

Meanwhile, Dalmatian ice will be the only Ice truck competing

makes sense

Another incident happened in ATVs this past weekend in Rosemont, this one involving Tony Ochs and Tanner Root. Fortunately, both drivers are fine, but neither of them could compete on the last show of the weekend. Joe Urie filled in for Tony, and Tyler Senger filled in for Tanner.

4 hours ago, steiale said:

A few independent absences from the line ups. Most of these trucks are likely possibilities to fill those TBD spots. :

Stinger Team (they will most likely not be running Monster Jam)

Zane has confirmed that he was offered spots in the arena tour, but he denied it so they could run their own first quarter schedule.

He's not leaving, in fact he even added that his team hasn't been as excited as they are for first quarter in years.