Dumpsters

In all Monster Jam events today, dumpsters are placed among the sides of the stadium near the walls to prevent trucks from crashing into the stands (despite common practice also involving closing off several sections of seats near the wall). Dumpsters first came into use in Monster Jam in 2009 after Captain's Curse crashed into the stands of Sam Boyd Stadium at Monster Jam World Finals 10. Since their introduction, they have prevented quite a few trucks from going into the stands. In 2014, Titan was prevented from going into the stands when it slammed into a dumpster during the 2014 Young Guns Shootout, in the exact same place the Captain's Curse crash took place. A decent sized dent was put into the dumpster. Also, dumpsters were responsible for preventing Lucas Oil Crusader from going into the stands of AT&T Stadium in Arlington Texas in 2017 (strangely enough, not only did driver Linsey Weenk make it into the top 8 fastest times, but was able to return and actually win racing that night, albeit with a rather damaged shell).