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Monster Jam World Finals XI (Also written as Monster Jam World Finals 11) was the eleventh-annual Monster Jam World Finals, held on March 26-27th, 2010, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event featured a twenty-four truck lineup and was broadcasted on the Speed Channel after the event took place. Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger earned his third world racing championship by defeating long-time rival and defending racing champion Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction. Meanwhile, Charlie Pauken in Monster Mutt would win their first world championship in freestyle with a score of 39.

Field of trucks[]

(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. Advance Auto Parts Grinder* - Lupe Soza
  2. U.S. Air Force Afterburner - Damon Bradshaw
  3. An Escalade*** - George Balhan
  4. Amsoil Shock Therapy* - Jon Zimmer*
  5. Avenger - Jim Koehler
  6. Batman - John Seasock
  7. Blue Thunder - Linsey Weenk
  8. Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten
  9. Captain's Curse - Alex Blackwell
  10. El Toro Loco - Marc McDonald
  11. Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson
  12. Gunslinger*** - Scott Hartsock***
  13. Iron Man* - Lee O'Donnell
  14. King Krunch*** - David Smith***
  15. Madusa - Madusa
  16. Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents
  17. Monster Mutt (on Grave Digger XXII) - Charlie Pauken
  18. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly
  19. Nitro Circus - Cam McQueen
  20. Spider-Man - Chad Tingler
  21. Stone Crusher - Steve Sims
  22. Superman - Chad Fortune
  23. Taz - Adam Anderson
  24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Racesource) - Pablo Huffaker


Track layout[]

The track used for World Finals XI featured a double-plateau obstacle, with a step-up ramp (Nicknamed the "Rocky Mountain Double" by Linsey Weenk). In the center was a step-up fountain obstacle, with a 30-foot trailer and double-valley obstacle featured on the right side of the track. On the far end was a van stack with a box van.

Special paint schemes[]

The paint scheme used by Avenger this year was a special black and white paint scheme (Dubbed the "Rat Rod" by Mark Schroeder). Meanwhile, El Toro Loco featured a sponsorship by the U.S. Air Force Reserve, and U.S. Air Force Afterburner displayed the letters "JB" on the side panels, which was done to pay tribute to former crew member Jesse Barden, who passed away during the 2009 off season. Maximum Destruction also began using its signature orange bead locks on the wheels. Multiple special paint schemes were also unveiled during the event's encore performances. Madusa would receive a special Susan G. Komen-sponsored Breast Cancer Awareness paint scheme, which was run exclusively for this event. The event also marked the official debut of Mohawk Warrior, which served as the successor to George Balhan's previous truck, An Escalade. Meanwhile, two retro paint schemes for Grave Digger were also unveiled, being red and blue.

Qualifying times[]

  1. El Toro Loco - 16.00
  2. Maximum Destruction - 16.00
  3. Taz - 16.00
  4. Amsoil Shock Therapy - 16.03
  5. Grave Digger - 16.03
  6. Blue Thunder - 16.19
  7. U.S. Air Force Afterburner - 16.32
  8. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 16.44
  9. Iron Man - 16.50
  10. Batman - 16.63
  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 16.66
  12. Madusa - 16.72
  13. Captain's Curse - 16.78
  14. Nitro Circus - 16.87
  15. Monster Mutt - 16.88
  16. An Escalade - 16.88
  17. King Krunch - 16.93
  18. Superman - 17.15
  19. Advance Auto Parts Grinder - 17.84
  20. Avenger - 17.87
  21. Stone Crusher - 18.25
  22. Gunslinger - 21.43
  23. Bounty Hunter - DNQ
  24. Spider-Man - DNQ

Results[]

Racing[]

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Madusa’s racing crash.

Round one[]

An Escalade vs. Spider Man

Iron Man vs. King Krunch

Avenger vs. Madusa (crashes)

Stone Crusher vs. Captain's Curse (crashes)

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Captain’s Curse’s racing crash.

Gunslinger vs. Nitro Circus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. Advance Auto Parts Grinder

Batman vs. Superman

Monster Mutt vs. Bounty Hunter

Round two[]

El Toro Loco vs. Spider Man

Monster Mutt Dalmatian vs. King Krunch

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Taz’s racing crash.

Grave Digger vs. Avenger

Amsoil Shock Therapy vs. Stone Crusher

Gunslinger vs. Taz (wins, but crashes and cannot return)

Blue Thunder vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Air Force Afterburner vs. Batman

Maximum Destruction vs. Bounty Hunter

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King Krunch’s racing crash.

Round three[]

El Toro Loco vs. King Krunch (crashes)

Grave Digger vs. Amsoil Shock Therapy

Gunslinger vs. Blue Thunder

Air Force Afterburner vs. Maximum Destruction

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El Toro Loco’s racing crash.

Racing semi finals[]

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Dennis Anderson on his way to his racing championship.

Grave Digger vs. El Toro Loco (crashes)

Blue Thunder vs. Maximum Destruction

Championship race[]

Grave Digger vs. Maximum Destruction

Freestyle order[]

  1. Superman
  2. Amsoil Shock Therapy
  3. Gunslinger
  4. Madusa
  5. Batman
  6. Monster Mutt Dalmatian
  7. An Escalade
  8. Iron Man
  9. Avenger
  10. Nitro Circus
  11. Spider-Man
  12. Stone Crusher
  13. Captain's Curse
  14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  15. Advance Auto Parts Grinder
  16. Bounty Hunter
  17. Monster Mutt
  18. Blue Thunder
  19. Air Force Afterburner
  20. Taz
  21. Maximum Destruction
  22. Grave Digger

Freestyle[]

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Monster Mutt's huge jump, with reference points to show the true height.

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Avenger’s largest jump.

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Gunslinger on the van stack.

  1. Monster Mutt - 39
  2. An Escalade - 31
  3. Air Force Afterburner - 31
  4. Stone Crusher - 28
  5. Advance Auto Parts Grinder - 28
  6. Maximum Destruction - 28
  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 26
  8. Bounty Hunter - 26
  9. Iron Man - 25
  10. Avenger - 25
  11. Blue Thunder - 25
  12. Superman - 15
  13. Madusa - 12
  14. Spider Man - 12
  15. Grave Digger - 11
  16. Nitro Circus - 10
  17. Captain's Curse - 9
  18. Gunslinger - 8
  19. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 8
  20. Amsoil Shock Therapy - 4
  21. Batman - 4
  22. Taz - 4
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    Gunslinger on the right side of the double valley hill.

  23. El Toro Loco - DNF
  24. King Krunch - DNF

Encore[]

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Frank Krmel’s Blue Thunder crash.

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Cult Energy Activator during the encore.

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Ryan & Dennis doing the fountain crash.

For the encore, 10 (to celebrate 10 years of Monster-Jam World Finals) non-competing trucks freestyle encore (they were coined as "non-competing" trucks, as the judges did not rate the freestyles). Trucks are listed in the order that they freestyled.

  1. Scarlet Bandit - Dawn Creten
  2. The Patriot - Dan Rodoni
  3. Cult Energy Activator - Sean Duhon (broken right front spindle)
  4. Wrecking Crew - Chris Bergeron (on Brutus)
  5. Blue Thunder - Frank Krmel (crash)
  6. Madusa (Flame) - Madusa (crash)
  7. Mohawk Warrior - George Balhan (official debut; also performed on the Obsession chassis)
  8. Retro Grave Digger (Red) (on Grave Digger 14) - Ryan Anderson (crash)
  9. Retro Grave Digger (Blue) (on Grave Digger 12) - Adam Anderson (crash)
  10. Grave Digger 19 - Dennis Anderson (crash)

Other awards[]

Trivia[]

  • This event marked the first of the following occurrences:
    • The first World Finals in which George Balhan was eliminated in round 1 of racing.
    • The first World Finals to showcase awards ceremony nominees outside of the World Champions, instead of simply displaying the winners of said awards.
    • The first World Finals to feature encore performances in the DVD release.
    • The first World Finals to mention the non-nompeting trucks in some way, shape, or form in the DVD release of the truck parade.
    • The first World Finals to have its DVD release utilize a native 16:9 widescreen format, something that the TV broadcasts had been doing since 2008.
    • The first World Finals to have protective barriers in front of the grandstands.
    • The first, and only World Finals to have a Blu-ray DVD release.
  • This is the only World Finals where multiple trucks (in this instance, three: Batman, Taz, and Amsoil Shock Therapy) were given a freestyle score of 4, the lowest possible score, ending them up in The Doghouse. This World Finals also had the most single digit scores with 6. Also, the first 6 trucks that went out for freestyle crashed or broke about 30 seconds in. It is likely due to the controversially difficult freestyle track that caused this, as almost all either broke or crashed early in their runs.
  • This World Finals marked the largest gap in points between 1st and 2nd place, an astonishing 8 points separating Charlie Pauken's score of 39 and George Balhan's score of 31.
    • This subsequently marked the second World Finals in a row where the freestyle champion would have been able to win with just their regulation score. In 2009, Damon Bradshaw had a regulation score of 33, beating out the 32 of Jimmy Creten, while this year, Pauken had a regulation score of 35, 4 points higher than the next highest score of 31.
  • George Balhan's new Mohawk Warrior truck's debut performance was actually on the Obsession chassis. Wrecking Crew was performed on Brutus' chassis as well, while being driven by Chris Bergeron, Brutus', at the time, regular driver.
  • This was the last World Finals to have the trailer obstacle to be jumped through. The following World Finals featuring the trailer obstacle was used to do backflips.
    • However, this was the first World Finals to have ramps that were truly capable of (unofficial) Mini-Flips, although both attempts on them were accidental and unsuccessful.
  • The throwback Grave Digger trucks used in the encore were actually modified Grave Digger bodies and used old Grave Digger chassis.
  • With a total of five crashes, World Finals XI featured the most crashes during the racing competition in World Finals history.
  • The freestyle average score for World Finals XI, excluding DNS trucks (El Toro Loco and King Krunch) was an 18.59, the lowest in World Finals regular judging history.
    • Including the trucks that could not compete, this average drops to a 17.04.
  • King Krunch missed freestyle due to extensive damage to the chassis and other components. El Toro Loco was originally thought to be repaired in-time for freestyle, however additional damage was discovered after the initial repairs were complete.
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The Taz hood by the tree.

  • A Taz hood was placed against the tree the truck collided with during racing the year before during the Double Down track walk.
  • Monster Energy (Gordon) was planned to debut at the pit party, but the truck was never finished and pulled from the field of displays.
  • The blue dice marked a return for this event, but it was never knocked down.
  • In the freestyle home DVD, Blue Thunder’s freestyle onboard crash was played on the replay of Bounty Hunter’s freestyle crash, despite Blue Thunder’s freestyle happening after Bounty Hunter’s. This is due to Bounty Hunter's onboard camera being lost during a crash in qualifying.
  • During the initial qualifying run, Dennis Anderson’s lap time was a 16.32, the same as Damon Bradshaw’s, which would’ve put him at the #7 seed. However, at the end, it was recalculated to a 16.03, the same as Jon Zimmer’s, putting him in the #5 seed. It is unknown which time was correct.
  • This was the first World Finals to showcase its nominees for its awards ceremony outside of the World Finals racing & freestyle champions, instead of just showcasing the winners of said awards.
  • Kreg Christensen's name is repeatedly spelled wrong in the awards ceremony presentation on the home DVD.
    • The first E in his last name instead uses "IA". (Christiansen is how it was spelled.)
  • Rich Hilgendorf’s name is also repeatedly spelled wrong in the awards ceremony presentation.
    • The first I in his last name is replaced by an E. (Helgendorf)
  • In the introductions to the trucks on the TV racing broadcast, Damon Bradshaw is mistakenly listed as qualifying 21st, when in actuality he qualified 7th. This is likely a copy-paste error, as Steve Sims (who actually qualified 21st with an 18.25), was in the exact same spot as Bradshaw in the screen listing before him.
  • Sometime in-between the downtime between qualifying and the Saturday pit party, Amsoil Shock Therapy lost a motor and had to replace it with Excaliber’s motor.
  • On the TV freestyle broadcast, Grinder's TV clock was 15 seconds ahead of its actual clocked run, Monster Mutt's TV clock was 15 seconds behind of its actual clocked run, and the U.S. Air Force Afterburner's TV clock was 25 seconds behind of its actual clocked run.
    • This is likely due to when each truck ended its Bonus Time and give off the illusion that the full run was being scored.
  • There were actually two delivery trucks that were signed by fans in the Jack in the Box graffiti zone. However, only one was ever used for freestyle.
  • The double-valley obstacle had a cement truck incorporated into it. An overturned cement truck was placed in the middle of the valley portion of the jump.
  • During Blue Thunder's encore performance, a pair of track workers were placing the balloon box for Madusa, when the truck rolled close to where the pair was standing.
  • During the encore one of the track crew's recovery front loaders experienced mechanical issues. At one-point sparks could be seen emanating from the machine.

Pit party (Non-competing trucks)[]

  • These trucks did perform during the 10 truck encore; though were still "non-competing" since their freestyles were not scored.
  • This truck was actually used for Mohawk Warrior's debut performance during the encore.
  • This truck was actually used for Breast Cancer Madusa's performance.
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) • XXIV (2025)
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