On February 15, 2018, a new format was announced where the World Finals would rotate venues annually, beginning with World Finals XX. It is often referred to as the "Super Bowl of monster trucks" and features drivers competing for the racing and freestyle championships.įor the first 19 World Finals, the event was held annually at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Monster Jam World Finals are the culmination of the Monster Jam winter season, featuring top drivers from the year. With the expansion of the competitive season to May, these events now comprise the late-season stops of the regular stadium tours.
These traditionally included stadium tours in northern cities where it is too cold during the main season to hold outdoor events, which were known as the "Path of Destruction" tour. The schedule also includes two stadium tours, each with 14 drivers competing for one spot in Monster Jam World Finals XXI.įollowing the World Finals, additional exhibition tours are held through much of the rest of the year. In 2022, the Monster Jam calendar featured three arena tours with 8 drivers each each tour's winner receives a spot at the Monster Jam World Finals XXI in Orlando. Since then the number of regional tours has increased, both for stadium and arena tours. In 2016, the arena series was split into two series, east and west, with the winner of each tour getting an invitation to Monster Jam World Finals 17. The top four in the series received invitations to the Monster Jam World Finals 16. This tour followed 16 drivers each weekend on Fox Sports 1 competing for points in qualifying, racing, obstacle course racing and freestyle. Also in 2015, Monster Jam started its first stadium tour. The top two finishers received an invitation to the Monster Jam World Finals 16.
This tour featured 8 drivers driving 3 different vehicles in a points series. The tours visit many major cities in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Central America, South Africa, and Australia. Since 2019, the season still begins in January, but now ends in May with the World Finals held in Orlando, with exhibition shows continuing until the end of the year. įrom 2000 to 2018, Monster Jam's competitive season began in January and ended in March, with the World Finals in Las Vegas every year, with exhibition shows continuing into the summer and fall months. In 2019 Freestanding crush cars were officially removed from Monster Jam events. Also presented at Triple Threat Series events are ATV racing, speedster racing, and speedster obstacle course competitions. In the Triple Threat Series and Arena Series, the "donut" competition is featured, in which a driver tries to spin their truck until the driver or truck is unable to continue, or until the driver thinks they have a high enough score to win. If the same driver wins all three events in the same night, they are considered as "Doubling Down" in the event.īetween the main competitions, other events are held. This winner is determined by the truck that has the most points gained in that particular event at the end of that event. The truck with the highest score at the end of the event wins the competition.Įach event produces its own winner. The freestyle winner is determined by attendees voting via a score tracking website. If they fail to do so, they will receive a score of 0. In 2020, Monster Jam introduced a rule in which a truck must complete 30 seconds to qualify for an eligible score. The freestyle competition allows drivers two minutes (one-and-a-half minutes for arena shows) on an open floor to show off their skills as they drive the trucks over ramps and junked cars, performing stunts and tricks with their trucks. The truck with the highest score at the end of the event wins that particular competition. The two-wheel skills winner is determined by attendees voting via a score tracking website. They can also choose to perform donuts or cyclones as an alternative. This competition consists of trucks performing their best moves on two wheels for two attempts. The two-wheel skills competition was introduced in late 2017. Racing is traditional heads-up tournament racing, where the first truck to cross the finish line moves onto the next round the final race of the night is for that particular event's championship. Events have also been held in other locations around the world, including Europe, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Singapore.Īt Monster Jam events, monster trucks face off in three forms of competition: racing, two-wheel skills, and freestyle. Events are generally held in the winter and early spring when professional football and southern baseball stadiums are generally dormant for their main purpose. Monster Jam events are held throughout the year in various venues around the U.S. Grave Digger, one of the most popular monster trucks on the Monster Jam tours
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