Minneapolis 2008 (Show 1) was an event hosted by Monster Jam that took place on January 19, 2008 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the 2008 season. This was the second Minneapolis show of the season, but the first one of the calendar year overall. It was also the first Minneapolis show to feature a sixteen truck lineup
Field of trucks[]
- Freedom Force - Jim Hochstatter
- Bad News Travels Fast - Bruce Haney
- Martial Law - Paul Strong
- Mechanical Mischief - Jim Burns
- Jurassic Attack - Kristy Edge
- Maniac - Don Frankish
- Devastator - Mark Schroeder
- Sudden Impact - Jon Zimmer
- Backdraft - John Killinger
- Eradicator - Andy Slifko
- El Matador - Daron Basl
- Rolling Thunder - Jim Bendzick
- Captain's Curse - Alex Blackwell
- T-Maxx - Carl Van Horn
- King Krunch - David Smith
- Grave Digger - Rod Schmidt
Racing[]
Round 1[]
T-Maxx vs. Freedom Force
Jurassic Attack vs. Rolling Thunder
King Krunch vs. Sudden Impact
Grave Digger vs. Backdraft
Mechanical Mischief vs. Maniac
Eradicator vs. Bad News Travels Fast
Captain's Curse vs. Devastator
El Matador vs. Martial Law
Round 2[]
T-Maxx vs. Jurassic Attack
King Krunch vs. Grave Digger
Mechanical Mischief vs. Eradicator
Captain's Curse vs. El Matador
Note: Captain's Curse advances to the semi-finals after Grave Digger breaks the rear end and is unable to return.
Semi-finals[]
T-Maxx vs. Captain's Curse (Fast loser)
Eradicator vs. El Matador
Finals[]
T-Maxx vs. El Matador
Freestyle[]
- Captain's Curse - 30
- El Matador - 28
- Devastator - 24
- Eradicator - 23
- Rolling Thunder - 22
- T-Maxx - 21
- Backdraft - 15
- Bad News Travels Fast - 12
- Martial Law - 12
- Jurassic Attack - 9
- Mechanical Mischief - 7
- Freedom Force - 6
- Grave Digger - 4
- King Krunch - DNR
- Maniac - DNR
- Sudden Impact - DNR