Monster Jam World Finals 9

Monster Jam World Finals 9 was held on March 28-29, 2008 at Sam Boyd Stadium. This would be the first World Finals with a triple bus jump, with a second generation champion driver, as well as the first two-day World Finals. This would also be the second one without a defending champion as due to disagreements, Pablo Huffaker did not run this World Finals to defend his title but would return the following year.

Track Layout

 * Left Side- Triple bus jump


 * Center- Step up fountain jump


 * Right side- Tanker jump, car pad jump and 30 foot tall trailer

Lineup

 * 1) Air Force Afterburner - Damon Bradshaw
 * 2) An Escalade - George Balhan
 * 3) Avenger - Jim Koehler
 * 4) Batman - John Seasock
 * 5) Black Stallion - Michael Vaters
 * 6) Blue Thunder - Linsey Weenk
 * 7) Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten
 * 8) Captain's Curse - Alex Blackwell (World Finals debut)
 * 9) Destroyer - Dan Evans
 * 10) Donkey Kong - Frank Krmel
 * 11) El Toro Loco - Lupe Soza
 * 12) Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson
 * 13) King Krunch - David Smith
 * 14) Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents
 * 15) Monster Mutt - Charlie Pauken
 * 16) Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Chad Tingler
 * 17) Pastrana 199 - Cam McQueen (World Finals debut)
 * 18) Q-Torque Iron Outlaw - Kreg Christensen (World Finals debut)
 * 19) Safe Auto Minimizer - Marc McDonald
 * 20) Scarlet Bandit - Dawn Creten
 * 21) Stone Crusher - Steve Sims (World Finals debut)
 * 22) Superman - Chad Fortune
 * 23) Taz - Adam Anderson
 * 24) Team Suzuki - Bobby Parr (Last World Finals appearance)

Round 1 Racing

 * 1) Team Suzuki vs. Stone Crusher
 * 2) Scarlet Bandit vs. Superman
 * 3) Destroyer vs. An Escalade
 * 4) Iron Outlaw vs. Bounty Hunter
 * 5) Monster Mutt Dalmatian vs. Taz
 * 6) Black Stallion vs. El Toro Loco
 * 7) Donkey Kong vs. Grave Digger
 * 8) Pastrana 199 vs. Avenger

Round 2 Racing

 * 1) Maximum Destruction vs. Team Suzuki
 * 2) Monster Mutt vs. Superman
 * 3) Safe Auto Minimizer vs. An Escalade
 * 4) Blue Thunder vs. Bounty Hunter
 * 5) Batman vs. Taz
 * 6) Air Force Afterburner vs. Black Stallion
 * 7) King Krunch vs. Grave Digger
 * 8) Captain's Curse vs. Avenger

Round 3 Racing

 * 1) Maximum Destruction vs. Monster Mutt
 * 2) Safe Auto Minimizer vs. Bounty Hunter
 * 3) Batman vs. Air Force Afterburner
 * 4) King Krunch vs. Captain's Curse

Semi Finals Racing

 * 1) Bounty Hunter vs. Maximum Destruction (won but broke and couldn't return)
 * 2) Batman vs. Captain's Curse

Championship Race

 * 1) Batman vs. Bounty Hunter

Freestyle
Taz- 37 (crash)

Scarlet Bandit- 36

Monster Mutt Dalmatian- 32

Blue Thunder- 30 (crash)

Grave Digger- 30 Captain's Curse- 29

El Toro Loco- 28 (crash)

Monster Mutt- 27 (crash)

Donkey Kong- 26 (crash) Black Stallion- 25 (crash)

Stone Crusher- 24 (crash) Safe Auto Minimizer- 24 (crash)

Team Suzuki- 23

Pastrana 199- 20

An Escalade- 18 (crash)

Air Force Afterburner- 18 (crash)

Avenger- 17 (crash)

Batman- 16 (crash)

King Krunch- 13 (crash)

Bounty Hunter- 12 (crash)

Superman- 8 (crash)

Maximum Destruction- 6 (crash)

Destroyer- 5 (crash)

Iron Outlaw- 4

Encore
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Randy Brown freestyled Between rounds and after Backwards Bob and Spitfire. It was rolled during it's second apperance.

Debut of Backwards Bob and Dragon's Breath (as Spitfire). Spitfire rolled after hitting a Maximum Destruction left on the track from freestyle and Backwards Bob shread off a tire. Second Maximum Destruction, crashing immediately in an almost identical fashion to the original freestyle earlier that night.

Other Awards
Rising Star – Ed Eckert

Extreme Air – Dennis Anderson

Arena Wheelie – Neil Elliott

Stadium Wheelie – Bobby Parr

Save – Don Frankish

Rookie – Kristy Edge

Crash Madness – Neil Elliott

Sportsman – Trey Myers

Stadium Freestyle – Dennis Anderson

Mechanic – Eric Schweikard

WOW Factor – Tom Meents

Team – Monster Trucks Ltd (Sims)

Pit Party (Non-Competing Trucks)
Airborne Ranger

Arachnaphobia

D'Sturbed

Deal Breaker

Dragon Slayer

Iron Warrior

Jetix

Jurassic Attack

Kaptain Insano

Maniac

Martial Law

Maverik Monster Trakker

McGruff

Natural High

Obsession

Pitbull

Sheer Insanity

Sin City Crusher Stone Crusher Ride

Sudden Impact

TNT

Traxxas T-Maxx

War Wizard (Ride Truck)

Wrecking Crew