Showdown

The Young Guns Shootout is a segment of the Monster Jam World Finals,where a line up of drivers who have had no previous experience at the World Finals will compete in a racing competition. During the event, which takes place on Thursday prior to Friday and Saturday's main events, 16 trucks qualify, and then race until the bracket is reduced down to one winner. The winner of the Young Guns Shootout is the 32nd competitor in the main event of the Monster Jam World Finals.

History
The Young Guns Shootout was first inaugurated into the World Finals in 2012 for the Monster Jam World Finals 13. Eight trucks, all with drivers who had no World Finals experience, raced each other in bracket-style racing until there was one winner. While in 2012, the winner did not compete in the actual World Finals, this idea did come into practice the next year in 2013 for the Monster Jam World Finals 14, where the line-up was increased to 12 trucks. It was increased again in 2014 to 14 trucks at the Monster Jam World Finals 15 and again to 16 for the Monster Jam World Finals 16, which is remains at to this day.

YGS Champions
2012: Bari Musawwir- Spider-Man (although the YGS winner, at this time, did not compete in the actual WF).

2013: Joe Sylvester- Bad Habit

2014- Mikey Vaters- Overkill Evolution

2015-Coty Saucier- Monster Energy

2016: Scott Liddycoat- Dragon

Trivia​
Every champion so far has returned the following year with the same truck they won with to run in the main field.

All of the returning champions have wrecked in freestyle as well.

Scott Liddycoat and Dragon are the only team to have rolled in racing or freestyle the same year that they won the title.

Mikey Vaters and Overkill Evolution are the only Young Guns champion team to have won a World Title aswell. They would win freestyle the yaer after they won the Young Guns Shootout.