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Monster Jam World Finals XIII

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Monster Jam World Finals XIII (also written as Monster Jam World Finals 13) was the thirteenth-annual Monster Jam World Finals, held on March 23-24th, 2012 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. A twenty-four truck lineup was featured for the main event, with an eight-truck lineup being featured for the recently-introduced Young Guns Shootout competition. The event was broadcast on the Speed Channel after it took place. Bari Musawwir in Spider-Man won the inaugural Young Guns Shootout Championship, defeating Nicole Johnson in Advance Auto Parts Grinder. For the main event, Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction earned his tenth world championship by defeating Damon Bradshaw in Monster Energy in racing. Meanwhile, Cam McQueen in Northern Nightmare won the freestyle competition with a score of 38.

Young Guns Shootout lineup[]

(Note: * indicates a truck/driver's first Young Guns Shootout appearance).

(Note: ** indicates a truck/driver's only Young Guns Shootout appearance).

  1. Advance Auto Parts Grinder** - Nicole Johnson**
  2. El Toro Loco* - Becky McDonough*
  3. Iron Man* - Scott Buetow**
  4. Razin Kane* - JR McNeal*
  5. Spider-Man** - Bari Musawwir**
  6. Stone Crusher** - Morgan Kane*
  7. Titan* - Donald Epidendio*
  8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles** - Joey Parnell**

World Finals lineup[]

(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 - John Seasock (Racing only)/Lupe Soza (Freestyle only)
  2. Avenger - Jim Koehler
  3. Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten
  4. Brutus*** - Chris Bergeron***
  5. Captain America* - Chad Fortune
  6. Captain's Curse - Pablo Huffaker
  7. El Toro Loco - Marc McDonald
  8. Grave Digger 30th Anniversary - Dennis Anderson
  9. Grave Digger the Legend - Adam Anderson
  10. Iron Man - Lee O'Donnell
  11. Lucas Oil Crusader - Linsey Weenk
  12. Madusa - Madusa
  13. Maximum Destruction - Tom Meents
  14. Metal Mulisha* - Todd LeDuc*
  15. Mohawk Warrior - George Balhan
  16. Monster Energy* - Damon Bradshaw
  17. Monster Mutt - Charlie Pauken
  18. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly
  19. Northern Nightmare* - Cam McQueen
  20. Spider-Man - Chad Tingler
  21. Son-Uva Digger* - Ryan Anderson*
  22. Stone Crusher - Steve Sims
  23. Team Hot Wheels* - Neil Elliott
  24. Wolverine - Alex Blackwell

Track layout[]

The track layout for Monster Jam World Finals XIII was similar to the track layout used for the previous event, but with a steeper and longer center ramp, and the triple jammer having a different style center ramp. The backflip trailer was moved from the right to the left side with a small pad and big air jump. The right side featured an identical big air jump to the left side with a rounded jump with a stone wall on one side and an arena style jump. A pond was also placed in the center of the turn against the wall protection. A waterfall was also built into the wall protection above the pond. For freestyle the graffiti box-truck from the pit-party was placed next to the backflip trailer.

Special paint schemes[]

  • Avenger ran a special yellow paint scheme for the World Finals.
  • Bounty Hunter ran a special half blue and half-transparent body for the event.
  • Grave Digger ran a special chrome green body for racing and a chrome purple body for freestyle.
  • Grave Digger Grandma debuts. *Encore.
  • Mega Bite debuts. *Non competing.
  • Mechanical Mischief runs playing card wheels. Non competing.
  • Obsession debuts a new scheme. *Non competing.

Results[]

Young Guns Shootout[]

Round one[]

Stone Crusher vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Titan vs. Spider Man

Iron Man vs. Advance Auto Parts Grinder

El Toro Loco vs. Razin Kane

Semi-finals[]

Stone Crusher vs. Spider Man

El Toro Loco vs. Advance Auto Parts Grinder

Championship race[]

Advance Auto Parts Grinder vs. Spider Man

Young Guns Shootout encore[]

Following the Young Guns Shootout, all eight competitors came out onto the track and performed donuts.

Qualifying times[]

  1. Metal Mulisha - 16.201
  2. Captain's Curse - 16.201
  3. Monster Energy - 16.272
  4. Grave Digger the Legend - 16.329
  5. Team Hot Wheels - 16.350
  6. Lucas Oil Crusader - 16.425
  7. Son-Uva Digger - 16.432
  8. Maximum Destruction - 16.481
  9. El Toro Loco - 16.648
  10. Bounty Hunter - 16.714
  11. Advance Auto Parts Grinder - 16.724
  12. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 16.725
  13. Northern Nightmare - 16.757
  14. Grave Digger - 16.780
  15. Wolverine - 16.893
  16. Monster Mutt - 16.980
  17. Brutus - 17.059
  18. Mohawk Warrior - 17.193
  19. Madusa - 17.456
  20. Iron Man - 17.505
  21. Avenger - 17.717
  22. Stone Crusher - 17.753
  23. Captain America - 18.159
  24. Spider-Man - dnq

World Finals racing[]

Round one[]

Monster Mutt vs. Spider Man

El Toro Loco vs. Brutus

Iron Man vs. Monster Mutt Dalmatian

Avenger vs. Northern Nightmare

Stone Crusher vs. Grave Digger 30th Anniversary

Advance Auto Parts Grinder vs. Madusa

Bounty Hunter vs. Mohawk Warrior

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Wolverine vs. Captain America

Round two[]

Metal Mulisha vs. Spider Man

Maximum Destruction vs. El Toro Loco

Team Hot Wheels vs. Iron Man

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Grave Digger the Legend vs. Northern Nightmare

Monster Energy vs. Grave Digger 30th Anniversary

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Lucas Oil Crusader vs. Advance Auto Parts Grinder

Son Uva Digger vs. Bounty Hunter

Captain's Curse vs. Wolverine

Round three[]

Spider Man vs. Maximum Destruction

Team Hot Wheels vs. Grave Digger the Legend

Monster Energy vs. Lucas Oil Crusader (crashes)

Son Uva Digger vs. Wolverine

Semi-finals[]

Maximum Destruction vs. Grave Digger the Legend

Monster Energy vs. Wolverine

Championship race[]

Maximum Destruction vs. Monster Energy

Freestyle order[]

  1. Wolverine
  2. Madusa
  3. Spider-Man
  4. Monster Mutt Dalmatian
  5. Brutus
  6. Metal Mulisha
  7. Northern Nightmare
  8. Captain America
  9. Iron Man
  10. Stone Crusher
  11. Bounty Hunter
  12. El Toro Loco
  13. Captain's Curse
  14. Mohawk Warrior
  15. Monster Mutt
  16. Son-uva Digger
  17. Monster Energy
  18. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
  19. Grave Digger the Legend
  20. Lucas Oil Crusader
  21. Grave Digger 30th Anniversary
  22. Advance Auto Parts Grinder
  23. Maximum Destruction
  24. Avenger

Freestyle scores[]

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  1. Northern Nightmare- 38
  2. Bounty Hunter- 32
  3. Stone Crusher- 30
  4. Son-uva Digger- 30
  5. Team Hot Wheels- 30
  6. Grave Digger the Legend- 30
  7. El Toro Loco- 27 (stuck on the trailer, later got knocked down by the purple Grave Digger during the encore.)
  8. Monster Energy- 27
  9. Brutus- 26
  10. Mohawk Warrior- 25 (note, George did two consecutive backflips after time expired)
  11. Captain America- 25
  12. Grave Digger 30th Anniversary- 25
  13. Spider Man- 24
  14. Metal Mulisha- 23
  15. Iron Man- 23
  16. Lucas Oil Crusader- 21
  17. Wolverine- 18
  18. Advance Auto Parts Grinder- 18
  19. Monster Mutt- 16
  20. Maximum Destruction- 16
  21. Captain's Curse- 15
  22. Avenger- 13
  23. Madusa- 11
  24. Monster Mutt Dalmatian- 4

Freestyle encore[]

Grave Digger encore

Ryan Anderson was in the flipped over truck on the ground, moments after the injury. Dennis Anderson (in the purple truck next to him), landed on his truck.

The encore was the 30th anniversary celebration for Grave Digger. Multiple Grave Diggers hit the track, all of which with different paint designs, including a rebuilt version of the red Grave Digger 1, Grave Digger the Legend, the throwback "Grandma" Grave Digger (a rebuilt version of Grave Digger 1's final, black and green incarnation), and various 30th anniversary Grave Diggers (It is not quite known if Son Uva Digger was intended to be featured in the encore, but since the truck sustained damage from freestyle that night, it is most likely that it was planed for use, but left out due to the damage). Then, four of the Grave Diggers lined up to hit a trailer pulled out into the middle of the track, two on each side (also, during this, an additional Grave Digger came out and began doing donuts while igniting sparks everywhere). Then, all four Grave Diggers jumped the trailer, all crashing into and even colliding with each other. Two Grave Diggers, including Ryan Anderson's, crashed while the other two, including Dennis Anderson's, were able to continue (Dennis Anderson would also go on to knock El Toro Loco off of a van stack, left over from freestyle). All remaining trucks resumed freestyle until they all ended up on their roofs, except for one, which performed a spinning pirouette on a ramp just before ending its run. The encore was met with controversy as Ryan Anderson had seriously injured himself during the four truck trailer stunt. The Grave Digger that Dennis Anderson was driving landed on top of Ryan's truck after it rolled over, causing Ryan's neck injury. During the afterward interviews with the other drivers, an ambulance had to be brought out onto the track for him. He subsequently sat out until December 2012. What is most likely the reason of controversy was the risky nature of the stunt that caused Ryan's injury, since it was pretty much planned to have all of the Grave Diggers collide with each other, literally. Though it was not planned for any truck to land on top of another one.

  • Grave Digger #25 (purple body): Dennis Anderson
  • Grave Digger #22 (Grandma): Charlie Pauken
  • Grave Digger the Legend: Adam Anderson
  • Grave Digger #23 (30th body): Ryan Anderson
  • Grave Digger #24 (30th body): Chad Tingler
  • Grave Digger #19 (30th body with pyro): Randy Brown
  • Grave Digger #16 (30th body): Pablo Huffaker

Other awards[]

  • Arena Freestyle (Fan vote) – Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson) – Birmingham
    • Nominees:
      • Bad Habit (Joe Sylvester) - Kansas City
      • Grave Digger (Pablo Huffaker) - Roanoke
      • Monster Energy (Damon Bradshaw) - Milwaukee
      • Stone Crusher (Morgan Kane) - Washington D.C.
      • Grinder (Frank Krmel) - Rosemont
  • Stadium Freestyle (Fan vote) – Max-D (Neil Elliott) – Orlando
    • Nominees:
      • Max-D (Tom Meents) - St. Louis
      • Grave Digger the Legend (Adam Anderson) - Anaheim #3
      • Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson) - Atlanta
      • Avenger (Jim Koehler) - Toronto
      • Son-uva Digger (Ryan Anderson) - Anaheim #1
  • Arena Wheelie (Fan vote) – Grave Digger (Pablo Huffaker) – Corpus Christi / Northern Nightmare (Cam McQueen) – London
    • Nominees:
      • Iron Man (Scott Buetow) - Oklahoma City
      • Titan (Donald Epidendio) - Portland
      • Brutus (Chris Bergeron) - Pittsburgh
      • El Toro Loco (Becky McDonough) - Pittsburgh
  • Stadium Wheelie (Fan vote) – Grave Digger (Charlie Pauken) – Derby
    • Nominees:
      • Monster Energy (Damon Bradshaw) - San Antonio
      • Grinder (John Seasock) - St. Louis
      • Avenger (Jim Koehler) - New Orleans
      • Grave Digger (Charlie Pauken) - Houston #2
      • Superman (Chad Fortune) - Baltimore
  • Save (Fan vote) – El Toro Loco (Chuck Werner) – Jacksonville
    • Nominees:
      • Max-D (Neil Elliott) - Tampa #1
      • Grinder (John Seasock) - Syracuse
      • Mohawk Warrior (George Balhan) - Rosemont
      • Wrecking Crew (Steve Koehler) - Tampa #2
      • Max-D (Tom Meents) - Toronto
      • Grave Digger (Charlie Pauken) - Philadelphia
      • Max-D (Kreg Christensen) - Worchester
      • El Toro Loco (Chuck Werner) - Los Angeles
      • Grave Digger the Legend (Adam Anderson) - Minneapolis
      • Captain America (Chad Fortune) - Atlanta
      • Grave Digger the Legend (Adam Anderson) - Detroit
  • Donut – El Toro Loco (Marc McDonald) – Cedar Park
  • Crash Madness – Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson) – Jacksonville/ Max-D (Tom Meents) – St. Louis
  • Extreme Air Award – Avenger (Jim Koehler) – Tampa
  • WOW Factor - Grinder (Lupe Soza) – Atlanta
  • Rising Star Award – Stone Crusher (Morgan Kane)
  • Rookie of the Year – Razin’ Kane (J.R. McNeal) / Titan (Donald Epidendio)
  • Sportsman of the Year – Monster Trakker (Ron Duncombe)
  • Team of the Year – High Maintenance (Jeff & Jocelyn Perrin)
  • Humanitarian Award – SINN Racing
  • Mechanic of the Year – Monster Energy (Coty Saucier)/ El Toro Loco/Grave Digger (Aaron Basl)

Trivia[]

  • The fastest qualifier was Todd LeDuc in Metal Mulisha, with a 16.201 second lap.
    • Pablo Huffaker in Captain's Curse also ran a 16.201 second lap, but since LeDuc did it first, he got the Double Down award.
    • This is the first World Finals where the times were measured to the nearest thousandth of a second.
  • Nicole Johnson's Grinder was run on the Tasmanian Devil chassis.
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  • After the Young Guns Shootout encore, Nicole Johnson's Grinder broke its transmission cooler, followed by the transmission itself and burst in smoke. The smoke got so big, it almost covered half of Sam Boyd Stadium. Johnson was unharmed by the event and the smoke would eventually disappear a few moments after.
  • Monster Mutt Dalmatian earned a spot in The Doghouse (getting a 4 in freestyle) making the total 7 since World Finals 9. This would be the last truck to ever end up in The Doghouse with original judging system.
  • Since World Finals 12, Cam McQueen has sat in the hot seat for 40 straight freestyle runs.
  • Maximum Destruction went into the championship round race with a damaged rear shock. During the winning pass the rear suspension broke even further. The team worked on the truck during freestyle and planned to use Kreg Christensen's Maximum Destruction in case the truck wasn't able to be repaired. Fortunately, the truck was fixed and was able to freestyle only to break a 4-link bar and the front steering mid-run.
  • This was the third World Finals where the fastest qualifier (Metal Mulisha) was eliminated in their first race.
  • This World Finals featured the first appearances of 4 trucks (Northern Nightmare, Monster Energy, Metal Mulisha and Captain America). Additionally, Son-uva Digger first appeared as a competitor after debuting in the encore the year prior, Team Hot Wheels returned to the World Finals after its predecessor had last appeared in 2007 and Wolverine returned for the first time since 2003, nine years prior.
  • Brian Deegan was supposed to drive Metal Mulisha in the main field of this World Finals, with Todd LeDuc competing in the Young Guns Shootout. However, Deegan suffered a non monster truck related injury just a day before the World Finals, and the decision was made to put LeDuc in the main field.
  • This was the first World Finals since World Finals 8 in 2007 where the defending freestyle champion came out last.
  • This was the last World Finals appearance of the original Red Captain's Curse truck, as the said truck changed its color from Red to Black on World Finals 14 onwards.
    • This was also the last World Finals appearance of the original Maximum Destruction truck, as the truck would unveil a new scheme for the said truck on the same World Finals onwards.
  • Mike Harper, driving Outlaw, ran laps during practice for the event, similar to Mark Schroeder 3 years earlier. Footage of these practice laps was posted to YouTube in August of 2014 and can be viewed here.
  • This was the first World Finals since 2004 to not have at least one DC truck competing in the event.
  • This would be the final event for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Pit party (Non-competing trucks)[]

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