Monster Jam University

Monster Jam University is a term used in Monster Jam. It is the name of the Monster Jam training institution located at the Team Meents shop in Paxton, IL. It was started in the summer of 2014, originally to train the drivers of the original #MoreMonsterJam tour. Tom Meents is the instructor and is referred to as "The Professor." All the drivers on the AMSOIL Series have sense trained at the facility, where they learn how to drive the ATV's and Speedsters and home their skills in their trucks. The rookie drivers coming into Monster Jam are also sent to train at the facility as well. The facility is not just for rookies. Any monster jam driver can go to the University, whether it's to train to drive a race truck, learn to drive for the AMSOIL Series, or just practice and learn more in the off season. Past graduate's include Morgan Kane, Colton Eichelberger, Coty Saucier, Becky McDonough, Tony Ochs, and other newer drivers. The drivers tend not to train with the truck's their going to drive. Retired trucks are sent to the compound to be used to test and train with (such as BJ Johnson's Mohawk Warrior, Grave Digger's 22 and 24 and several others.) Carl Van Horn, Ryan Anderson, Scott Liddycoat, and Rod Schmidt all trained to drive the Monster Jam Rockets at the University as well. The University even has it's own dedicated track construction crew and tech officials with all the needed construction and safety equipment needed to construct and maintain the test tracks.