Official Monster Truck 2023 Thread

[Chaos2TheMax]

Dustin Brown filled in for Bernard Lyght for Friday's Pittsburg Show, and won the overall!

While Mike Christensen in Vendetta won his first career freestyle win in Houston!

[Chaos2TheMax]

Nah I didn't forget about this.

Monster Jam

- Todd Leduc finally got his first freestyle win in Jacksonville last week, as well as Travis Mowery getting his first racing win of the season in Velociraptor! Stadium Championship Series Red heads to Orlando for a single-header event!

- After the inclusion of Overall Event winners starting in 2017, Flyin Ryan had been chasing the dream of winning an Overall Event Championship, that dream finally came true on February 25th, in El Paso, when he was able to place himself in the top 5 for all three competitions! Stadium Championship Series Blue heads to Arlington for a single-header event!

- Speaking of Stadium Championship Series Blue, it would appear that Mark List has been removed from the image of the tour lineup on Monster Jam's website. Charlie Pauken has been driving since the fourth Anaheim show of the tour, and El Paso, as well as the upcoming Arlington event. Chelsea VanCleave will be piloting the truck for Nampa, Vancouver, and Seattle. Mark is listed to compete in all events after Glendale, but this is yet to be confirmed.

- More fall events have been announced for Quarter 2, including a surprise stop at Savannah, Georgia at the Enmarket Arena (Which is home to me haha)!

[Chaos2TheMax]

As mentioned above, Monster Jam has added more fall events for Quarter 2, these events include:

 

- New Orleans, LA

- Bakersfield, CA

- Allentown, PA

- Savannah, GA

- Sacramento, CA

- Sunrise, FL

- Tampa, FL (Amalie Arena)

- Calgary, AB

- San Jose, CA

- Hidalgo, TX

- Hampton, VA

- Arlington, TX

- Houston, TX

- Nampa, ID

- Bridgeport, CT

-  Spokane, WA

- Dayton, OH

- Anaheim, CA (SuperStar Challenge)

[Chaos2TheMax]

A lot has happened since the last post, so let's dive into the news!!

Monster Jam

- Arena Championship Series Central comes to a close this week at The Resch Center, April 14th-16th, @JonnyZimmer currently places 2nd, just 71 points behind Brandon Vinson. Will the reigning World Finals Racing Champion take home the series again, or will the 2022 Co-Rookie of The Year take home his first Series Championship?

- Stadium Championship Series Blue returned to action last week two weeks ago in Seattle, Washington, with an action-packed night, the series heads to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona this week for a one-night event.

- Shaker and Bad Company debuted brand new designs in Seattle, with Bad Company sporting a new jet black and neon orange design, and Shaker debuting a new camo/metallic design.

- Stadium Championship Series Red also returned to action two weeks ago in Syracuse, New York, with Bryce Kenny getting his first overall event win! Nick Pagliarulo would win freestyle with an amazing opening run, staying on top of the leaderboard for the entire competition. The series heads to Lincoln Financial Field this week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a one-night event.

 

Independent

- As teased on Instagram, one of Triple B's trucks is set to debut another new design. A new Black Dodge Ram body for Bear Foot had already debuted earlier this year, so the news is bringing up lots of speculation as to what truck is receiving the new design, as well as what it will look like

- Rampage is back! The truck (Now owned by Trantina) is set to debut at the Outlaw Monster Truck Drags, with Austin Tweedy behind the wheel.

- After being on hold for nearly four years (With a finished render revealed last year), Big Kahuna is coming back this week! The truck is set to debut in Harrison, Arkansas at the Monster Truck Insanity Tour.

 

[Chaos2TheMax]

Ten days later, my feet hurt from walking around Daytona & Orlando, but I'm still standing 🥲

Monster Jam

-  "Mike" Pagliarulo filled in for Mike Christensen this week as Stadium Championship Series Red stopped at Atlanta Motor Speedway for a pair of events. Show 1 saw Tom Meents winning Racing, and Camden Murphy taking Skills, Bryce would take home another Freestyle win, which in turn gave him his second Overall Event Championship this season. Show 2 saw Adam take home Racing, Freestyle, and the Overall, with Todd Leduc winning Skills. The series takes has an off-week, and will return to action next week on May 6th, in Foxborough, MA.

- Stadium Championship Series Blue stopped in Reno, NV for a quartet of non-point events. This would also be the beginning of Coty Saucier's journey in El Toro Loco for the remainder of the tour. Tyler Menninga continues to dominate arenas, taking all four Overall Event wins! The only other winners were Coty with a Donut win at Show 2, Cory Rummell with a Skills win at Show 3, and John Gordon with a Donut win at Show 4. The series resumes this week at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA on April 29th.

- Brandon Vinson has etched himself as the first of 24 competitors announced for Monster Jam World Finals XXII! The Defending Monster Jam World Finals Racing Champion was able to clinch the win after the first show in Green Bay last week. This week, the series stopped in Columbia, SC for the first-to-last event on the tour. Our boy @JonnyZimmer claimed all four Overall Event wins, dominating all three shows, sweeping Show 2. Both Brandon Vinson and Brandan Tulachka were able to snag Timed Racing wins in Shows 1 & 3. The series stops in Evansville for three more shows, before the series ends!

- Arena Championship Series East stopped in Hamilton, ON for 4 amazing shows! Wins were shared between Weston Anderson and Armando Castro, with Bernard Lyght taking home a Timed Racing win in Shows 1 & 3, and Dalton Widner taking home a Timed Racing win in Show 4. The series heads to Baltimore, MD for another four shows.

- History was etched into the Moody Center history books, as Monster Jam visited the arena for a pair of non-point events for Arena Championship Series West! A surprise fill-in appearance saw Zombie driver Bari Musawwir return to his rookie roots, as he drove El Toro Loco for an absent Elvis Lainez. Tristan England would completely sweep Show 1, but Show 2 saw Bari Musawwir take the Timed Racing & Donuts win, Krysten Anderson took home Skills, Freestyle, and the Overall Event win. The series picks back up this week at Colorado Springs, CO for a quartet of events.

- The International Tour returned back to action, as the tour headed to Cape Town in South Africa for one spectacular event! Tony Ochs took home Racing, Skills, and Overall, while Myranda Cozad took home her first Freestyle win of the season, with an amazing freestyle run. The tour stays in South Africa, as they head to Johannesburg on April 29th.

 

Independent

- Triple B Motorsports unveiled a brand new Monster Patrol design, celebrating the trucks 30th anniversary! The truck, driven by Austin Tweedy, made it's debut at Grand Forks, ND for the Toughest Monster Truck Tour last week, returning back to its iconic black and green scheme.

[Chaos2TheMax]

Ok I'm burning myself out with this 😭

Monster Jam

- After months of waiting, Marvel monster trucks have finally been revealed! We have confirmed 4 trucks that are set to debut at the London event on July 15th! These include Iron Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, and the all new Black Panther monster truck! Iron Man will be piloted by Brandon Arthur, Spider-Man will be piloted by Bernard Lyght, Thor will be piloted by Myranda Cozad, and Black Panther will be piloted by Bari Musawwir.

- Two more champions have been crowned this past week! Weston Anderson claims his second consecutive series championship during the Baltimore event and Tristan England claims his third series win during the Colorado Springs event. With all the Arena champions crowned, the only tours that have yet to crown a champion are both Stadium tours, which are starting to come to a close. Stadium Championship Series Red heads to Foxborough, MA, for the last points event before the championship event next week in East Rutherford. Stadium Championship Series Blue heads to Salt Lake City, UT, for the last points event before the championship event next week in Kansas City, MO.

- The International Tour headed to Johannesburg for an amazing event! Tony Ochs would win Racing, while Charlie Pauken would win Skills and Freestyle, with a perfect consecutive backflip!

[Chaos2TheMax]

Blockhead.

Monster Jam

- Adam Anderson claimed his fourth Stadium Championship Series win after Foxborough (I was late on this weeh I'm sorry)

- Tyler Menninga has claimed his first Stadium Championship Series trophy! The Blue Series champion was in despair after Round 1 issues saw Ryan Anderson with a potential comeback. Luckily, the 4 Time Triple Threat Champion clinched after his skills run in Kansas City. This was the final tour to crown a champion, as we now have all five champions locked into Nashville!!

 

Independent

- A new truck debuted in the DCT stable, BlockHead! A very interesting alter-ego to Maximus, being a custom "brick" body as a nod to all the brick truck toys. Daron Basl piloted the truck at the Monsters on The Beach event.

- Speaking of said event, Travis Mowery announced his retirement after his truck could not compete on Sunday. We all wish the best of luck to Travis' future. 

[Chaos2TheMax]

I'm so "Relentless" with this thread (Sorry, not sorry)

Monster Jam

- The Full 24 competitors for Main Field at Monster Jam World Finals XXII have been announced, including Main Field debuts of Armando Castro, Chris Koehler, and Ryan Disharoon! We are still awaiting the Skills and High Jump competitors.

- Logan Ashline (A new driver announced on the drivers list months ago) is set to make her Monster Jam debut in Scooby-Doo! in Bakersfield, CA!

 

 

Independent

- As joked above, a brand new truck debuted frim Chris Rogers called "Relentless"

[Chaos2TheMax]

I need to stay more on this, for real.

Monster Jam

- Trent Montgomery returned to Monster Jam last week, driving Team Throttle's EarthShaker in LA. Hopefully this isn't the last we see of Montgomery.

- Excaliber returned to Monster Jam for the first time in 12 years, earlier on this month at the inaugural Savannah, Georgia show. The truck will also be competing next week in Duluth, GA.

- Speaking of Los Angeles, don't think I won't mention Tyler Menninga pulling off a Ryan Anderson from ER last year! Holy cow, I'm pretty sure it tied in rotations.

- KURT KRAEHMER will be making his stadium debut in Glendale in late September, super excited to see what he can do.

 

Independent

- Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live debuted a brand new identity called "5-Alarm", replacing Race Ace last week in Philadelphia and Ontario. The truck is currently run by Cody Holman, and a returning Kreg Christensen.

[Chaos2TheMax]

Happy Patriot Day to all, as we remember the tragic event that happened 22 years ago.

Monster Jam

- The 2024 Season Schedule drops tomorrow at 10 AM EST, don't miss out on lineup reveals/new truck debuts!

- Manuel Soralio, former driver for Bill Payne, made his Monster Jam debut last week in Duluth, GA, piloting El Toro Loco. He captured his very first career win in only his third event. Can't wait to see what he can do in the future!

- Tom Meents has announced that 2024 will be his final competitive season, before stepping down as the full-time professor for MJU, as well as the stunt coordinator. He will be running various bodies throughout the 2024 season. Thank you for everything Tom ❤️ 

- Brianna Mahon returns this week in Rosemont, IL for the first time since her pregnacy. Good luck to Brianna this week!

- This week also marks the return of the reigning World Finals Freestyle Champion, Colt Stephens, for the first time since Nashville this year, in Rosemont, IL as well.

[Chaos2TheMax]

Four drivers will be making their Monster Jam debut tonight at the Nampa and Puerto Rico  events!! Please welcome Joe Dennis, Fernando Martinez, Berto Trevino, and Angelina Nock! Best of luck to them!