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Paul Strong will drive Storm Damage in Minneapolis on December 8.

Paul Jensen will be driving Rod Ryan in Houston on October 20, and Mike Christensen will be driving Vendetta on that same show.

The lineup for Glendale on October 6 has been completed, and i'm kinda surprised (in a good way) Brodozer will make its first appearance since its debut in Nashville, driven by Heavy D again, and Mark Schroeder, Rod Wood, and Haley Gauley are all returning.

My favorite tour lineup has gotta be ST3. Charlie, Todd, Linsey, and Cole all in the same tour. It's a battle of past tour champions and I LOVE IT.

Looks like Black Ops mixed with WF19 Avenger......pretty gud

Highlights so far: Wonder Woman and Black Ops will stick around in 2019, for those wondering if they were getting the boot. Austin Minton will be in Megalodon, and Tanner Root will be in Rottweiler on TTS West. Coty Saucier is back in arenas in 2019, competing in TTS Central. Pirate's Curse will have a new driver on that tour as well. Megalodon will be driven by Jack Brown on TTS East. Kristen Hope will also compete in her first tour there. Zane Rettew's wife, Linsey Rettew, will be joining him in a new truck, Pretty Wicked, in 2019 on the non-TTS arena tour. Kaylyn Migues will also be in Dalmatian while Darren will remain in Nitro Menace. 2019 Stadium Racing will have the same Racing style that Anaheim and San Diego had when ST2 went there. Camden Murphy, Cynthia Gauthier, and Justin Sipes will all move to stadiums in 2019. Cynthia has the Ice Dalmatian, while Tom Meents will be in the Fire Max-D. John Gordon will drive Bad Company in that tour, Brad Allen is back in Brutus, and Bryan Wright is back in Hooked. Scott Buetow will move into the Ice El Toro, while Travis Mowrey has the Fire Zombie. Brodozer will compete on the same tour, with Colt Stephens, Heavy D, and Diesel Dave switching. Cory Rummell will move into the Fire Megalodon, while Jon Zimmer has the Ice Dragon. Nick Pagliarulo will debut Kraken in that same tour. Two trucks on that tour, as well as their drivers, have yet to be revealed... (My guess is Raminator and Rammunition or Cleatus and Scooby) Some of the smaller World Finals competitions will take place during the Pit Party. The field for World Finals XX has been dropped to 24..........I AM SO TICKED RIGHT NOW Monster Jam will visit Africa for the first time in 2019 The inaugural All Star Challenge has been pushed to October 11-12, 2019.

Might as well make one of my predictions as well. ST1: Grave Digger - Morgan Kane Max-D - Neil Elliott Monster Energy - Coty Saucier Great Clips Mohawk Warrior - Bryce Kenny Scooby-Doo - Steven Sims El Toro Loco - Bryan Wright Zombie - Travis Mowrey Earth Shaker - Steven Thompson Stone Crusher - Steve Sims Rammunition - Mat Dishman Hotsy/Raminator - Kurt Kraehmer/Geremie Dishman Slinger - Scott Hartsock Bounty Hunter - Austin Minton Iron Outlaw - Tanner Root

It's been confirmed that Camping World Stadium will not only host WF XX, but WF XXI as well in 2020.

Something pretty big just got confirmed. https://www.monsterjam.com/en-US

My guess is that he probably went into that turn way too hard. Probably should've stepped on the brakes and backed it up but kept tapping the throttle while turning and swung it into the fence instead. But yeah, I don't see how Mikey's really at fault for this either. Honestly I'd say the event organizers are at fault for this and for obvious reason (They literally allowed people to stand behind the fence at ground level......seriously?).

y no switch release tho

2019 Season Kickoff is on September 18, officially confirmed: https://www.monsterjam.com/en-US/news/2019-season-kickoff-sept-18

A Monster Jam game with some of the masters of realistic physics in games of other motorsports working on it..... .........YES. YES. YES.

Yeah the back of the body kinda reminds me of some of the 2Xtreme Racing bodies used in the late 2000's, especially Iron Outlaw in 2008. Not to say it's a bad thing cuz I liked those, but I'd say what they currently have for the truck is right in the middle. Not amazing, but not bad either. At least it gives me the feeling that it's a preview for something a lot better coming, which it seems like it is.

Knowing how hard the seats in those Hall Bros trucks are, that crash got me nervous. Really glad Mark's okay.

That ride truck looks amazing! Really like the unique design to it. RJ Turner will be making his Monster Jam debut on July 15 at Lebanon Valley Speedway driving War Wizard.

YES!!! So happy for him, congrats!

Well fellas, this is Heavy D's first ever in-competition freestyle. With that fact in mind, this run was absolutely stunning for a first timer. Heavy D killed it and I couldn't be happier with the end result. On a side note, I don't think I've ever seen a truck slam that hard into another truck before. Linsey's crew is extremely lucky that only really hit a tire. And on another side, Heavy D's crew chief was Colt Stephens.

My jaw is on the floor and as heavy as a ton. Not just after that, but also after realizing that this is the second year in a row that happened, and with the same truck at that. Quad Chaos, more like Barrel-Rolling Chaos.

So just recently I downloaded Rigs of Rods 0.4.6, and I'm having a few issues right off the bat. Some trucks that I spawn, such as Razin' Kane 2015, either have white tires or don't have tires at all, and just the rims show. Also, the game crashed if I pressed a single button after spawning The Black Pearl (Over Bored in that same pack works fine). That, and if I spawn it first, it's chassis is a transparent red. How can I resolve these issues?

Axe is set to finally make its Monster Jam debut on October 27 in London, Ontario with AJ Ganci behind the wheel. A bunch of lineups for October and November have been announced, but most of them only have 6 trucks as of the time of this post.

Was Matt secretly taught by Tom Meents? Goodness gracious....

So my mom recently emailed MJ about this past Saturday's show at MetLife. Can't post exactly what they said because she showed me it off her phone and, well, it's not my phone so But what she got was actually a very detailed response. They mentioned how muddy track conditions provide a completely different experience for the drivers than dry track conditions do (obviously), so they did their best with the conditions. Because of the freezing cold and rainy conditions, only about 10,000 fans attended, rather than the usual 50,000-55,000 fans (I sorta see how; the highest level seating was almost completely empty). They also did indeed make the decision to cancel Two Wheel Skills so that the trucks could still run their best for Freestyle, and because of how muddy the track was. So that's just a brief summary on their response, and again, there's no one to blame for this show being terrible. Next year we just gotta hope for better weather. (They also mentioned how thunderstorms arrived near MetLife a little after 9PM, shortly after the show ended and after I got home. Another reason why cancelling Two Wheels was smart)

Travis Groth grabbed his first ever Overall Event Win last night in Lexington. Also, in Frankfurt, Todd did this:

So I just got back from MetLife, you know what that means. Another year, another review. MetLife Stadium 2018 Review Pit Party - This year's pit party was interesting as always. It took me quite a bit to get the Souvenir Yearbook, but I eventually got it and at that point began to hop on lines. This year I met Brad Allen, Cory Rummell, Brianna Mahon (for the 2nd time), Jamey Garner, Linsey Weenk, and Scott Buetow (for the 3rd time). I also asked Brianna if there was a difference between driving Whiplash and Scooby-Doo. She said not really, besides the windshield. I asked Cory how it felt winning the DDS, and he said it felt amazing. My dad told him that it's a dream of mine to become a Monster Jam driver (True fact peeps). Due to the weather conditions, I had to leave the pit party just under an hour before its closing to not get myself drenched. It was all downhill from there..... Racing - This was honestly a very interesting bracket. I missed all of Round 1 because I was in line getting a poncho (Everyone around me had one. The rain was that bad). I did pay attention to the screens inside the stadium, and saw Cory pull off a nice upset over Ryan in the first round. Brad made it to the Semis which was really surprising, but there was something that shocked me; Scott made it to the Finals. He ended up losing to Adam, but damn, he was on a roll during Racing! After the race, his motor was overheating and he went into the pits instead of his spot. Two Wheel Skills - We witnessed something that's never been done before with this competition; for the first time ever, it was cancelled. Not kidding. They went straight to Freestyle and didn't do Two Wheel Skills because of the weather, which was honestly a smart move on their part. Although I would've liked to see a different competition take its place. Freestyle - Where do I even start with this mess....for starters, some really good guys went out way too early. One example is when Colt Stephens went out first for the second week in a row. Scott went out fourth, and Bryce went out fifth. Cory went out tenth and had the biggest air of the night. Moving onward to one major problem, people were shut off for completely stupid reasons. Tom got shut off simply for BLOWING A TIRE OUT, while Colt and Linsey got shut off for no good reason. Scott was shut off as track crews were leaving the track and wasn't allowed to refire. Seriously? It just makes my blood boil thinking about the calls made tonight; they were beyond absurd. That, and nobody went for a backflip. Not even one driver. Maybe that's just a nitpick on my part but seeing that backflip ramp untouched at the end of the night was really odd. But back onto a more positive note, Lee and Ryan did have really good runs, and Lee ended up winning. Even though Ryan should've won, can't deny the fact that Lee had a great run as well. But it unfortunately didn't make up for what a mess this Freestyle competition was. Excuse me for this rant but it truly was a mess. And not the good kind. Overall - This was the first time I went to a Monster Jam show that sucked, and it was also the first letdown for MetLife Stadium. This was worse than Arlington, and maybe just as bad as Indianapolis. At least with this one, there's no one to blame for as to why it was awful. We just lucked out this year, and this was what we got as the end result. One of the worst stadium shows this year, following what was a phenomenal show last year. How sad. Rating - 3/10. First stinker for East Rutherford. I learned my lesson about muddy shows.