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Final 8:

Monster Energy - Coty Saucier VS Grave Digger - Tyler Menninga

Megalodon - Alex Blackwell VS Gas Monkey Garage - BJ Johnson

Avenger - Jim Koehler VS Overkill Evolution - Mike Vaters II

Son-Uva Digger - Ryan Anderson VS Max-D - Colton Eichelberger

They couldn't get Becky's truck ready....and Colton returns.

RIP Cleatus. Max-D advances.

Ryan with an easy win over Randy. Breather time?

KOEHLER'S GOING TO THE QUARTERS!!!

If I'm dreaming..nobody wake me up. NOBODY.

Mikey beats Todd...WHAT IS THIS, UPSET NIGHT?

The monkey takes down the Hot Wheels. BOOM!

Bruce (It's a reference) beats out the Knight. YES! 

Coty got him....

....MARC YOU WERE SO CLOSE

Ryan knocks out Jimmy in the closest finish of Round 1. Can we take that sigh of relief now?

4 minutes ago, Skyliner849 said:

BECKY CRASHES!

She still won tho...Code Red for those guys. Better get movin'.

Randy takes out Tristan.

Todd knocks out Brianna....

....crap.

Geez, ALREADY? I thought practice runs were going.

O'Donnell and Pauken red light. Marc and Tyler advance.

I'm shocked nobody brought this up yet, but I got a question; why is Alex Blackwell driving Megalodon instead of Justin Sipes?

Monster Jam is live with a bit of a preshow before racing....and Scott Douglass is back!

EDIT WITH AWARDS: Rookie of the Year: Camden Murphy - Pirate's Curse

Rising Star of the Year: Matt Pagliarulo - Jester

Arena Wheelie of the Year: Tyler Menninga - Grave Digger - Richmond, VA

Stadium Wheelie of the Year: Kelvin Ramer - Time Flys - Jacksonville, FL

Donut of the Year: Tom Meents - Max-D - Santa Clara, CA

Arena Freestyle of the Year: Alex Blackwell - Megalodon

Stadium Freestyle of the Year: Todd LeDuc - Monster Energy - Atlanta, GA

Crash Madness of the Year: Dave Radzierez - Xtreme Diesel - El Paso, TX

Save of the Year: Kelvin Ramer - Time Flys - Anaheim, CA

WOW Factor of the Year: Chuck Werner - El Toro Loco - Indianapolis (It was so obvious...)

Extreme Air of the Year: Jim Koehler - Avenger - Detroit

I didn't catch UTI Technician of the Year, but when the stream ends I'll go back and see who won.

Scott Buetow has confirmed that he will be premiering the new Hot Wheels body tonight in Racing.

For those who need tonight's official bracket for predictions, here it is: https://www.monsterjam.com/en-US/news/monster-jam-world-finals-xviii-racing

Tristan's qualifying time was 17.637; he lands last in the Qualifying times.

Things I noticed:

If Marc is able to fend off Lee and Coty, he has a high chance of making it to the Championship Round.

A Digger vs Digger match is possible for Round 2, but Tyler's gonna have to take down Pauken to make it happen. Should Pauken win, he may go to the Semi-Finals for the 2nd time.

If all goes well, BJ will likely make it to the Quarterfinals again.

Colton has a good chance of going as far as the Quarterfinals.

My Prediction for the Championship Race: El Toro Loco (Marc) vs. Son-Uva Digger

I woke up this morning thinking Cynthia Gauthier had got it. But I looked on YouTube, and I saw Earth Shaker on the thumbnail for a video. When I saw that it was the World Finals 18 Double Down Showdown, I was shocked.

I was confused as to how the heck the kid got it, but then I remembered; THE TRACK.

Knowing that Buddy Tompkins almost slammed into the back wall in Qualifying, Rosalee Ramer got a horrendous turn on one of her passes, and, out of all drivers, JIM KOEHLER got a 16.664, i knew the track was the reason why Tristan won.

Big congrats to him, and let's see if he can do what most YGS champs couldn't do; get a Round 1 victory.

Surprised nobody brought this up, but Coty Saucier is your Double Down award winner for WF XVIII. Nobody got a time slower than 17.500, so that's flat out impressive.

Aaand we're underway! DDS starting soon.

EDIT: IT'S STARTING

The official date has been confirmed for World Finals XIX; March 22-24, 2018

Ryan Anderson confirmed he hit the wall in Practice today...not a good sign.

I'll be shocked if Cynthia somehow rips through the whole DDS bracket, especially with Camden Murphy in the field.

Mahon near the bottom again? Shame. Buetow near the top? Sweet. Todd at the top? Agreed 100%.

If that Hot Wheels pic is the new design, someone's gonna get fired on sight.

2 hours ago, jdshark000 said:

https://www.monsterjam.com/en-US/news/scott-douglass-mjwf-xviii-racing-odds

Scott has posted his racing odds, and his choices for the top two warm my heart.  Take it with a grain of salt of course, since I think Morgan had 40-1 odds last year.

The fact that he placed Brianna below Bryce makes me cringe. Surprised he thinks Neil takes it, but then again he's one of many guys who could very easily make it to the Quarterfinals.

3 hours ago, Skyliner849 said:

Ive been seeing pics of the racing track for wf18, but the middle ramp is so long and there is something like the frontflip ramp so i guess that the ramp is long for landing a frontflip. So i guess there is a frontflip encore BUT if tom is injured, then who is going to do it?

Does Neil sound interested?

Scott Douglass just posted his Double Down Showdown odds for Thursday, and he says there will be two Dalmatians.

https://www.monsterjam.com/en-US/news/scott-douglass-picks-double-down-showdown

That has gotta be the weirdest lineup I ever saw...

6 hours ago, NitroMenace said:

It just means ill be cruising in the WF parade which idk if anyone cares but its pretty cool for me lol

For a moment I thought Darren was going to make it into DDS but I guess I was wrong.

1 minute ago, Chris B said:

Randy Brown appearantly will be filling in for Cole Venard . No one knows why Cole is out, might be injury, might be personal issue

WOOT WOOT! Been so long since Randy last competed.

Rooting for Krysten, but I have a feeling either Camden, Jared, or Matt's gonna get it.

I managed to get almost all of them. The only ones I didn't get were Matt Cody, Mark List, and Zane Rettew.