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Monster Jam World Finals XII

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Monster Jam World Finals XII (Also written as Monster Jam World Finals 12) was the twelfth-annual Monster Jam World Finals, held on March 25-26, 2011 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event featured a twenty-four truck lineup and was broadcasted on both the Speed Channel and CBS after the event took place. Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction earned his ninth world championship by defeating Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter in racing. Meanwhile, a tie would occur in the freestyle competition between Cam McQueen in Nitro Circus and Jim Koehler in Avenger. However, Avenger would ultimately win the world freestyle championship via the tiebreaker.


Lineup[]

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(Note: * indicates a truck/driver's first World Finals appearance).

(Note: ** indicates a truck/driver's only World Finals appearance).

(Note: *** indicates a truck/driver's last World Finals appearance).

  1. Backdraft** - Jeremy Slifko**
  2. Amsoil Shock Therapy*** - Jon Zimmer
  3. Brutus - Chris Bergeron
  4. Spider-Man - Chad Tingler
  5. Stone Crusher - Steve Sims
  6. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly
  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle*** - Pablo Huffaker
  8. Iron Man - Lee O'Donnell
  9. Nitro Circus*** - Cam McQueen
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    Special Monster Jam juice boxes given out at the event.

  10. Batman - Norm Miller*
  11. Captain's Curse - Alex Blackwell
  12. Superman - Chad Fortune
  13. Mohawk Warrior* - George Balhan
  14. El Toro Loco - Marc McDonald
  15. Air Force Afterburner*** - Damon Bradshaw
  16. Avenger - Jim Koehler
  17. Madusa - Debra 'Madusa' Miceli
  18. Monster Mutt - Charlie Pauken
  19. Grave Digger the Legend* - Adam Anderson
  20. Lucas Oil Crusader* - Linsey Weenk
  21. Advance Auto Parts Grinder - Frank Krmel (racing)/Lupe Soza (freestyle)
  22. Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten
  23. Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents
  24. Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson

Track layout[]

The track for World Finals XII featured a step-up ramp in the center. Instead of the traditional car pads, the racing ramps would come in the form of dirt ramps. The left side of the track featured a dirt bus ramp, a car pad plateau, and a container that was used as a backflip ramp. The right side of the track featured a cross-section step-up ramp and a car pad plateau, followed by another step-up obstacle with two box vans that were added later into the event. Meanwhile, the far side of the track featured a three jammer stack obstacles merged into each other, and a single jammer stack was featured on the near side of the track.

Special paint schemes[]

The paint scheme used by Avenger this year was a special candy apple red paint scheme. Other trucks that received special paint schemes were Backdraft, which received a special white paint scheme, and Brutus, which received a new updated paint scheme featuring a slightly darker tone of brown on the fur, an orange collar, bloodshot eyes, and excessive saliva drooling from the mouth. Meanwhile, World Finals XII was notable for featuring the debut appearance of Ryan Anderson in Son-Uva Digger.

Qualifying times[]

  1. Grave Digger - 15.69
  2. Maximum Destruction - 15.70
  3. Lucas Oil Crusader - 16.13
  4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 16.23
  5. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 16.28
  6. El Toro Loco - 16.34
  7. Monster Mutt - 16.37
  8. Superman - 16.41
  9. Bounty Hunter - 16.44
  10. Spider-Man - 16.45
  11. Advance Auto Parts Grinder - 16.60
  12. Stone Crusher - 16.62
  13. Air Force Afterburner - 16.63
  14. Nitro Circus - 16.72
  15. Captain's Curse - 16.73
  16. Batman - 16.94
  17. Mohawk Warrior - 17.03
  18. Madusa - 17.50
  19. Backdraft - 17.78
  20. Amsoil Shock Therapy - 18.69
  21. Brutus - 21.50
  22. Iron Man - dnf
  23. Grave Digger the Legend - dnf
  24. Avenger - dnf

Racing[]

Round 1[]

Batman vs. Avenger

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Bounty Hunter vs. Mohawk Warrior

Stone Crusher vs. Amsoil Shock Therapy Note: Both trucks were unable to return for round 2, resulting in Mohawk Warrior advancing as the fast loser.)

Air Force Afterburner vs. Brutus

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Nitro Circus vs. Iron Man

Advance Auto Parts Grinder vs. Backdraft

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Spider-Man vs. Madusa

Captain's Curse vs. Grave Digger the Legend

Round 2[]

Grave Digger vs. Batman

Superman vs. Bounty Hunter

Monster Mutt Dalmatian vs. Mohawk Warrior

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle vs. Air Force Afterburner

Lucas Oil Crusader vs. Nitro Circus

El Toro Loco vs. Advance Auto Parts Grinder

Monster Mutt vs. Spider-Man

Maximum Destruction vs. Captain's Curse

Quarter-finals[]

Grave Digger vs. Bounty Hunter

Mohawk Warrior vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

Lucas Oil Crusader vs. El Toro Loco

Spider Man vs. Maximum Destruction

Semi-finals[]

Bounty Hunter vs. Mohawk Warrior

Lucas Oil Crusader vs. Maximum Destruction

Championship race[]

Bounty Hunter vs. Maximum Destruction

Freestyle order[]

  1. Nitro Circus
  2. Batman
  3. Spider-Man
  4. Monster Mutt Dalmatian
  5. Iron Man
  6. Backdraft
  7. Superman
  8. Brutus
  9. Amsoil Shock Therapy
  10. Stone Crusher
  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  12. Captain's Curse
  13. Madusa
  14. Avenger
  15. Bounty Hunter
  16. El Toro Loco
  17. Lucas Oil Crusader
  18. Mohawk Warrior
  19. Advance Auto Parts Grinder
  20. Monster Mutt
  21. Air Force Afterburner
  22. Grave Digger the Legend
  23. Maximum Destruction
  24. Grave Digger

Freestyle[]

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  1. Avenger - 32 [Tiebreaker score: 47]
  2. Nitro Circus - 32 [Tiebreaker Score: 46]
  3. Air Force Afterburner - 30
  4. Iron Man - 28
  5. Bounty Hunter - 28
  6. Mohawk Warrior - 28
  7. El Toro Loco - 27
  8. Lucas Oil Crusader - 27
  9. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 25
  10. Stone Crusher - 24
  11. Madusa - 22
  12. Grave Digger - 21
  13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle - 20
  14. Superman - 19
  15. Amsoil Shock Therapy - 19
  16. Batman - 18
  17. Maximum Destruction - 16
  18. Brutus - 13
  19. Grave Digger the Legend - 13
  20. Backdraft - 11
  21. Captain's Curse - 10
  22. Monster Mutt - 9
  23. Advance Auto Parts Grinder - 8
  24. Spider Man - 4

Encore[]

Monster Truck Son Uva Digger 2011

Son Uva Digger's debut run for the encore.

A total of three encores were featured in World Finals XII. The first encore was performed by all three drivers of the Advance Auto Parts Grinder team - Lupe Soza, Frank Krmel, and John Seasock - performing a triple freestyle performance. Following that, all three drivers of the Maximum Destruction team - Tom Meents, Neil Elliott, and Kreg Christensen - also performed a triple freestyle performance, with Elliott and Christensen proceeding to drive over Meents' truck, crashing in the process. The third and final encore for the night featured the debut of Ryan Anderson in Son-Uva Digger. Anderson and the truck performed a special freestyle performance, which included the cleanest backflip of the night.

Other awards[]

  • Stadium Wheelie – George Balhan - Mohawk Warrior - St. Louis
    • Nominees:
      • Jeff Bainter - Captain USA - Oakland
      • Damon Bradshaw - U.S. Air Force Afterburner - St. Louis
      • Lupe Soza - Advance Auto Parts Grinder - St. Louis
      • Tom Meents - Maximum Destruction - El Paso
      • Alex Blackwell - Captain's Curse - Arnhem
      • Lupe Soza - El Toro Loco - Mexico City
  • Rising Star – Darren Migues - Stone Crusher
  • Arena Wheelie – Chad Fortune - Superman - Louisville
  • Extreme Air – Adam Anderson - Grave Digger The Legend - Toronto
    • Nominees:
      • Dennis Anderson - Grave Digger - Tampa #1
      • Chad Tingler - Grave Digger - Arlington
      • Tom Meents - Maximum Destruction - Philadelphia
  • Sky High – Neil Elliott - Maximum Destruction - Houston #3
    • Nominees:
      • Marc McDonald - El Toro Loco - Detroit
      • Adam Anderson - Grave Digger the Legend - Toronto
      • Jim Koehler - Avenger - Jacksonville
  • Donut – Marc McDonald - El Toro Loco - Macon
  • Rookie – Bari Musawwir - El Toro Loco / Nick Owens - Iron Outlaw
  • Save – Lupe Soza - Advance Auto Pars Grinder - Philadelphia
    • Nominees:
      • Damon Bradshaw - U.S. Air Force Afterburner - Arlington
      • Chris Bergeron - Brutus - Houston #1
      • Tom Meents - Maximum Destruction - El Paso
      • Tony Farrell - Grave Digger the Legend - Tacoma
      • Ryan Huffaker - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Houston #2
      • Tom Meents - Maximum Destruction - Arlington
  • Humanitarian – Candice Jolly - Monster Mutt Dalmatian / Brandon Lambert - Maximum Destruction
  • Arena Freestyle – Adam Anderson - Grave Digger The Legend - Lexington
    • Nominees:
      • Carl Van Horn - Grave Digger - Rosemont
      • John Seasock - Advance Auto Parts Grinder - Nashville
      • Dana Creech - Monster Mutt - Rosemont
      • Marc McDonald - El Toro Loco - Albuquerque
      • Jeremy Slifko - Backdraft - Louisville
      • Charlie Pauken - Grave Digger - Birmingham, UK
  • Sportsman – Jim Koehler
  • Crash Madness - Tom Meents - Maximum Destruction - Arlington
    • Nominees:
      • Chris Lagana - Michigan Ice Monster - Toronto
      • Chad Tingler - Monster Mutt - Philadelphia
      • Tony Farrell - Grave Digger the Legend - El Paso
  • Stadium Freestyle - Charlie Pauken - Grave Digger - Arnhem
    • Nominees:
      • Damon Bradshaw - U.S. Air Force Afterburner - San Antonio
      • Adam Anderson - Grave Digger the Legend - Oakland
      • Tom Meents - Maximum Destruction - Detroit
      • Lupe Soza - Advance Auto Parts Grinder - Miami
      • Darren Migues - Stone Crusher - Houston #2
      • Dennis Anderson - Grave Digger - Houston #1
  • UTI Technician - Jon Zimmer - Ams Oil Shock Therapy / Mark Hanson - Advance Auto Parts Grinder
  • Wow Factor - Scott Buetow - Iron Man - Manchester
    • Nominees:
      • Dennis Anderson - Grave Digger - Atlanta
      • Tom Meents - Maximum Destruction - Detroit
      • Charles Benns - Monster Mutt Rottweiler - Houston #2
      • Dennis Anderson - Grave Digger - St. Louis
      • Tom Meents - Maximum Destruction - Tampa #2
  • Team - Monster Trucks LTD. (Sims)
    • Nominees:
      • Hall Bros. Racing
      • Grave Digger the Legend/Monster Mutt Rottweiler
      • Advance Auto Parts Grinder & Iron Man
      • Central Coast 4WD
      • Maximum Destruction/El Toro Loco
      • Grave Digger the Legend/Iron Man
  • Leadership – Scott Douglass

Trivia[]

  • This event marked the last of the following occurrences:
    • The last World Finals to feature feature more than two colors on the track.
    • The last World Finals, until 2018, in which a majority of the trucks would remove a majority of their bodies for qualifying.
  • Dennis Anderson had to switch to Grave Digger XXIV, which was Chad Tingler's truck, in freestyle due to his truck, Grave Digger XX, blowing an engine in racing, as well as the amount of time required to fully replace the engine.
  • This is the only World Finals to have the exact same racing matchup happen twice in the same year.
  • This is the only World Finals so far to have a competitor who came out first sit in the Hot Seat for the whole event, being Cam McQueen in Nitro Circus.
  • This was the second time, after World Finals IX, at the World Finals were both Adam Anderson and Jim Koehler would get DNF's in qualifying.
  • This was the second time, after World Finals XI, at the World Finals were George Balhan takes off the steering wheel and raises it through the roof hatch during donuts.
  • The first two hits on the backflip ramp resulted in chassis damage. Nitro Circus broke a part of the bumper area and Brutus had a partial roof collapse.
  • Brutus driver Chris Bergeron attempted to drive through/over the backflip ramp. This resulted in a crash leading to the chassis damage mentioned above.
  • According to Jim Koehler, Feld reportedly wanted Jeremy to run a red body for Backdraft when he asked if he could run a different scheme. Jeremy would run a white body, much to Feld's chagrin.
  • This is the last World Finals to date where the winning freestyle run would not have a backflip or backflip attempt.

Pit party (Non-competing trucks)[]

Monster Jam World Finals by Year
I (2000) • II (2001) • III (2002) • IV (2003) • V (2004) • VI (2005) • VII (2006) • VIII (2007) • IX (2008) • X (2009) • XI (2010) • XII (2011) • XIII (2012) • XIV (2013) • XV (2014) • XVI (2015) • XVII (2016) • XVIII (2017) • XIX (2018) • XX (2019) • XXI (2020/2022) • XXII (2023) • XXIII (2024)
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