Monster Jam World Finals 11

Monster Jam World Finals 11 was held on March 26-27, 2010 at Sam Boyd Stadium. This World Finals was controversial with mainly the drivers who actively expressed their disdain for how large the track was, with many trucks breaking or rolling over. Another thing talked about was the number of racing crashes, 5, compared to the normal 0-2, which left multiple trucks out, or damaged for freestyle. On the plus side however, this was the first World Finals where the championship race was between Tom Meents and Dennis Anderson.

Track
Left - Double plateau jump with a step up ramp

Center - Fountain step up jump

Right - 30 foot tall trailer and double valley jump

Far end - Van stack and a box van

Lineup
Advance Auto Parts Grinder - Lupe Soza

Air Force Afterburner - Damon Bradshaw

An Escalade - George Balhan

Amsoil Shock Therapy - Jon Zimmer (World Finals Debut)

Avenger - Jim Koehler

Batman - John Seasock

Blue Thunder - Linsey Weenk

Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten

Captain's Curse - Alex Blackwell

El Toro Loco - Marc McDonald

Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson

Gunslinger - Scott Hartsock

Iron Man - Lee O'Donnell (World Finals Debut)

King Krunch - David Smith

Madusa - Madusa

Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents

Monster Mutt - Charlie Pauken

Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly

Nitro Circus - Cam McQueen

Spider-Man - Chad Tingler

Stone Crusher - Steve Sims

Superman - Chad Fortune

Taz - Adam Anderson

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Pablo Huffaker

Racing Round 1
An Escalade vs. Spider Man

Iron Man vs. King Krunch

Avenger vs. Madusa (crashes)

Stone Crusher vs. Captain's Curse (crashes) Gunslinger vs. Nitro Circus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. Advance Auto Parts Grinder

Batman vs. Superman

Monster Mutt vs. Bounty Hunter

Racing Round 2
El Toro Loco vs. Spider Man

Monster Mutt Dalmatian vs. King Krunch Grave Digger vs. Avenger

Amsoil Shock Therapy vs. Stone Crusher

Gunslinger vs. Taz (wins but crashes and cannot return)

Blue Thunder vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Air Force Afterburner vs. Batman

Maximum Destruction vs. Bounty Hunter

Racing Round 3
El Toro Loco vs. King Krunch (crashes)

Grave Digger vs. Amsoil Shock Therapy

Gunslinger vs. Blue Thunder

Air Force Afterburner vs. Maximum Destruction

Racing Semi Finals
Grave Digger vs. El Toro Loco (crashes)

Blue Thunder vs. Maximum Destruction

Championship Race
Grave Digger vs. Maximum Destruction

Freestyle
Monster Mutt - 39 (crash) An Escalade - 31

Air Force Afterburner - 31 (crash)

Stone Crusher - 28 (crash) Advance Auto Parts Grinder - 28

Maximum Destruction - 28 (crash)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 26

Bounty Hunter - 26 (crash)

Iron Man - 25

Avenger - 25

Blue Thunder - 25 (crash)

Superman - 15 (crash)

Madusa - 12

Spider Man - 12 (crash)

Grave Digger - 11

Nitro Circus - 10 (crash)

Captain's Curse - 9

Gunslinger - 8

Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 8

Amsoil Shock Therapy - 4 (crash)

Batman - 4

Taz - 4 (crash)

El Toro Loco - DNS

King Krunch - DNS

Encore
For the encore, 10 (to celebrate 10 years of Monster-Jam World Finals) non-competing trucks freestyle encore (they were coined as "non-competing" trucks, as the judges did not rate the freestyles). Trucks are listed in the order that they freestyled.

Scarlet Bandit - Dawn Creten The Patriot - Dan Radoni

Wrecking Crew - Chris Bergeron Blue Thunder - Frank Krmel (crash)

Cult Energy Activator - Sean Duhon

Breast Cancer Awareness Madusa - Madusa (crash)

Mohawk Warrior - George Balhan (official debut; also performed on the Obsession chassis) Retro Grave Digger (Red) - Ryan Anderson (crash)

Retro Grave Digger (Blue) - Adam Anderson (crash)

Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson (crash)

Other Rewards
Donut – Chris Bergeron

Rookie – Ryan Anderson Arena Wheelie – Ged Barcroft

Stadium Wheelie – Paul Strong

Arena Freestyle – Charlie Pauken

Rising Star – Jeremy Slifko

Technician – Tommy Powers

Save – Adam Anderson

Humanitarian – John Seasock, Frank Krmel, Charlie Benns, Lupe Soza, Kathy Wills, Dennis Anderson

WOW Factor – Cam McQueen

Crash Madness – Tom Meents

Sportsman – Chris Bergeron

Extreme Air – Jon Zimmer

Stadium Freestyle – Jim Koehler

Team of the Year – Batman/Captain’s Curse (Seasock/Blackwell)

Fan-tastic – George Balhan

Trivia

 * This is the only World Finals, so far where multiple trucks (in this instance, three: Batman, Tazmanian Devil, and Amsoil Shock Therapy) were given a freestyle score of 4, the lowest possible score, ending them up in The Doghouse. It is likely due to the controversially difficult freestyle track that caused this, as they all either broke or crashed early in their runs.
 * George Balhan's new Mohawk Warrior truck's debut performance was actually on the Obsession chassis. Wrecking Crew was performed on Brutus' chassis as well, while being driven by Chris Bergeron, Brutus', at the time, regular driver.
 * The Blue and Silver throwback Grave Digger truck would later turn into a full competition truck, known as Grave Digger the Legend driven by Adam Anderson, who also drove it during the encore. Grave Digger The Legend would go on to receive its own chassis for full time competition; for the encore, it was used on a green Grave Digger chassis. The truck was retired in 2015 after adam left the team.
 * Excluding El Toro Loco and King Krunch as they didn't compete in freestyle, the average freestyle score was only 18.59 for this World Finals event.
 * The Special Susan B. Colman Breast Cancer Madusa truck was run on El Matador's chassis.
 * This World Finals featured the debuts, returns and final appearances of many trucks in the event. Iron Man, Advance Auto Parts Grinder and Amsoil Shock Therapy made their debuts at this World Finals. In addition it was Gun Slinger's first World Finals since 2005 and Spider-Man's first since 2003. Taz, An Escalade, King Krunch and the original Blue Thunder all made their final appearances at the World Finals here as well.

Pit Party (Non-Competing trucks)
Aces High

Airborne Ranger

Airborne Ranger Too

Blue Thunder (Ride Truck)

Brute Force

Burnin' Money

Crashmaster

Cult Energy Activator*

El Matador***

Excaliber

Extinguisher

General Hazzard

Get Er Done

Ground Pounder

Heart Breaker

Incinerator

Madusa*

Martial Law

Maverik Monster Trakker

McGruff

Obsessed

Obsession**

The Patriot*

Pitbull

Play'n For Keeps

Pure Adrenaline (Ride Truck)

Robo Machine

Scarlet Bandit*

Screamin' Demon

Sheer Insanity

Shell Camino

Shocker

Sin City Crusher

Stone Crusher Ride

Storm Damage

Terminator

Time Flys

TNT

Tropical Thunder

Virginia Giant

Wrecking Crew*

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 * *= these trucks did perform for during the 10 truck encore; though were still "non-competing" since their freestyles were not scored.
 * **= This truck was actually used for Mohawk Warrior's debut performance during the encore).
 * ***= This truck was actually used for Breast Cancer Madusa's Perforcmance