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Monster Jam World Finals XIV

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Monster Jam World Finals XIV (Also written as Monster Jam World Finals 14) was the fourteenth Monster Jam World Finals, held on March 22-23rd, 2013 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contrary to the previous World Finals, this event featured a twenty-eight truck lineup, as well as a twelve-truck lineup for the Young Guns Shootout. The event was broadcast on the Speed Channel after it took place. Joe Sylvester in Bad Habit won the Young Guns Shootout championship, defeating Morgan Kane in Iron Man and earning the twenty-eighth and final spot in the main field. For the main event, Adam Anderson in Grave Digger the Legend won the racing competition, defeating Marc McDonald in El Toro Loco. Meanwhile, Tom Meents in MaX-D won the freestyle competition with a score of 34.

Young Guns Shootout lineup[]

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

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

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

  1. Bad Habit** - Joe Sylvester**
  2. Barbarian** - Devin Jones**
  3. Crushstation* - Greg Winchenbach*
  4. El Diablo* - JP Ruggiero*
  5. El Toro Loco (Yellow) - Becky McDonough
  6. Hooked* - Steven Sims*
  7. Iron Man - Morgan Kane**
  8. Monster Mutt Dalmatian* - Taryn Laskey*
  9. Nitro Hornet* - Daron Basl*
  10. Razin Kane - JR McNeal
  11. Titan*** - Donald Epidendio***
  12. Wolverine** - Dustin Brown*

Main event 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. Bad Habit* - Joe Sylvester (Young Guns Shootout champion)*
  4. Batman*** - Norman Miller (racing only)***/Carl Van Horn (freestyle only)***
  5. Blue Thunder - Pablo Huffaker
  6. Bounty Hunter - Jimmy Creten
  7. Captain America - Chad Fortune
  8. Captain's Curse - Alex Blackwell
  9. El Toro Loco (Black) - Marc McDonald
  10. Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson
  11. Grave Digger the Legend - Adam Anderson
  12. Iron Man - Lee O'Donnell
  13. Lucas Oil Crusader - Linsey Weenk
  14. Madusa - Madusa
  15. MaX-D: Decade of Destruction - Tom Meents
  16. Metal Mulisha - Todd LeDuc
  17. Mohawk Warrior - George Balhan
  18. Monster Energy - Damon Bradshaw
  19. Monster Mutt - Charlie Pauken
  20. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly
  21. Northern Nightmare - Cam McQueen
  22. Scooby-Doo!* - Nicole Johnson*
  23. Son-Uva Digger - Ryan Anderson
  24. Spider-Man - Bari Musawwir
  25. Stone Crusher - Steve Sims
  26. Superman - Jon Zimmer
  27. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm- Scott Buetow*
  28. Zombie* - Sean Duhon*

Track layout[]

The track for World Finals XIV featured a step-up plateau in the center with the racing lanes on each side of the ramp. The left side of the truck featured a step-up ramp with a car plateau and the traditional backflip trailer. Unlike the previous World Finals, however, two backflip trailers were featured on both sides of the track, with the right side of the track mirroring the obstacles on the left. Meanwhile, the far end of the track featured a shipping container and a backflip wall, the latter of which was used exclusively for the encore.

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Special paint schemes[]

The paint scheme used by Avenger this year was a special dark red scheme. Other trucks that received special paint schemes were Bounty Hunter, which featured a special gray paint scheme, and Max-D, which received a special paint scheme by Spectra Chrome in celebration of a "Decade of Destruction."

Results[]

Young Guns Shootout[]

Round one[]

El Diablo vs. Barbarian

Razin Kane vs. Bad Habit

Nitro Hornet vs. El Toro Loco (Yellow)

Monster Mutt Dalmatian vs. Crushstation

Round two[]

Titan vs. Barbarian

Wolverine vs. Bad Habit

Hooked vs. Nitro Hornet

Iron Man vs. Crushstation

Semi-finals[]

Titan vs. Bad Habit

Nitro Hornet vs. Iron Man

Championship race[]

Bad Habit vs. Iron Man

Young Guns Shootout encore[]

Similar to the previous Young Guns Shootout encore, all twelve competitors were featured performing donuts.

Qualifying times[]

  1. Max-D: Decade of Destruction - 16.409
  2. Iron Man - 16.438
  3. Captain's Curse - 16.483
  4. Blue Thunder - 16.496
  5. Grave Digger the Legend - 16.575
  6. El Toro Loco - 16.583
  7. Metal Mulisha - 16.585
  8. Son-Uva Digger - 16.617
  9. Grave Digger - 16.678
  10. Bounty Hunter - 16.684
  11. Monster Mutt - 16.947
  12. Mohawk Warrior 16.992
  13. Lucas Oil Crusader - 17.088
  14. Stone Crusher - 17.109
  15. Spider-Man - 17.123
  16. Northern Nightmare - 17.176
  17. Monster Energy - 17.220
  18. Superman - 17.410
  19. Batman - 17.446
  20. Advance Auto Parts Grinder - 17.545
  21. Bad Habit - 17.583
  22. Zombie - 17.606
  23. Madusa - 17.618
  24. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 17.677
  25. Captain America - 17.757
  26. Scooby-Doo - 18.199
  27. Avenger - 18.298
  28. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm - 18.733

World Finals racing[]

Round one[]

Northern Nightmare vs. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm

Grave Digger vs. Bad Habit

Son Uva Digger vs. Advance Auto Parts Grinder

Grave Digger the Legend vs. Monster Energy

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Avenger clips the inside of Thunder Alley.

Mohawk Warrior vs. Monster Mutt Dalmatian

Lucas Oil Crusader vs. Captain America

Stone Crusher vs. Scooby-Doo!

El Toro Loco (Black) vs. Superman

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Monster Mutt vs. Madusa

Bounty Hunter vs. Zombie

Metal Mulisha vs. Batman

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Spider Man vs. Avenger (crashes in Thunder Alley)

Round two[]

MaX-D vs. Northern Nightmare

Grave Digger vs. Son-Uva Digger

Grave Digger the Legend vs. Mohawk Warrior

Captain America vs. Blue Thunder

Captain's Curse vs. Stone Crusher

El Toro Loco (Black) vs. Monster Mutt

Bounty Hunter vs. Metal Mulisha

Spider-Man vs. Iron Man

Round three[]

MaX-D vs. Son Uva Digger

Grave Digger the Legend vs. Blue Thunder

Stone Crusher vs. El Toro Loco (Black)

Bounty Hunter vs. Spider-Man

Semi-finals[]

MaX-D vs. Grave Digger the Legend

El Toro Loco (Black) vs. Spider-Man

Championship race[]

Grave Digger the Legend vs. El Toro Loco (Black)

Freestyle order[]

  1. Zombie
  2. Bad Habit
  3. Superman
  4. Scooby-Doo!
  5. Captain's Curse
  6. Madusa
  7. Blue Thunder
  8. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
  9. Batman
  10. Captain America
  11. Spider-Man
  12. Metal Mulisha
  13. Monster Mutt Dalmatian
  14. Mohawk Warrior
  15. Bounty Hunter
  16. Stone Crusher
  17. Iron Man
  18. Avenger
  19. MaX-D: Decade of Destruction
  20. Advance Auto Parts Grinder
  21. Monster Mutt
  22. Lucas Oil Crusader
  23. Grave Digger the Legend
  24. El Toro Loco (Black)
  25. Son-uva Digger
  26. Monster Energy
  27. Grave Digger
  28. Northern Nightmare

Freestyle scores[]

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  1. MaX-D: Decade of Destruction - 34
  2. Blue Thunder - 30
  3. Superman - 28
  4. Stone Crusher - 27 
  5. Iron Man - 27
  6. Lucas Oil Crusader - 27  
  7. Team Hot Wheels Firestorm - 25
  8. Metal Mulisha - 25
  9. Grave Digger the Legend - 25
  10. Monster Energy - 24
  11. Grave Digger - 24
  12. Zombie - 23
  13. Avenger - 23
  14. Son-uva Digger - 23
  15. Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 22
  16. Northern Nightmare - 22
  17. Bad Habit - 21
  18. El Toro Loco - 20
  19. Captain's Curse - 19
  20. Captain America - 18
  21. Madusa - 16
  22. Monster Mutt - 12
  23. Mohawk Warrior - 8
  24. Advance Auto Parts Grinder - 8
  25. Scooby-Doo! - 7
  26. Spider-Man - 7
  27. Batman - 6
  28. Bounty Hunter - dnc

Encore[]

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The encore for World Finals XIV celebrated the tenth anniversary (Dubbed as a "Decade of Destruction") for Team Max-D. The encore began with Neil Elliott, Kreg Christensen, and Chuck Werner all performing backflips in sync off of the backflip wall at the far end of the track all in their respective Max-D trucks. Afterward, Tom Meents (With his Max-D truck perched atop a Max-D-themed dump truck) came out, and attempted a double backflip, almost successfully executing the stunt.

Other awards[]

  • Wheelie (online fan vote) – Monster Mutt (Neil Elliott) – Arnhem
  • Stadium Wheelie (online fan vote) – Wrecking Crew (Steve Koehler) – Toronto
  • Rising Star – Barbarian (Devin Jones) / Team HW Firestorm (Scott Buetow)
  • Arena Wheelie – Bad News Travels Fast (Brandon Derrow) – Charleston, WV
  • Arena Freestyle (online fan vote) – Crushstation (Greg Winchenbach) – Milwaukee
  • Donut – Grinder (John Seasock) – Richmond, VA
  • WOW Factor – Monster Energy (Damon Bradshaw) – San Diego / Lucas Oil Crusader (Linsey Weenk) – San Diego
  • Save – Max-D (Tom Meents) – Orlando / King Krunch (David Smith) – Arlington
  • Extreme Air – Avenger (Jim Koehler) – Arlington
  • Rookie - Wolverine (Dustin Brown)
  • Sportsman (Driver vote) – Avenger (Jim Koehler)
  • Stadium Freestyle – Grave Digger (Charlie Pauken) – Phoenix
  • Crash Madness – Scooby-Doo (Nicole Johnson) – New Orleans
  • UTI Technician of the Year – Grave Digger The Legend (Cole Venard)
  • Team of the Year – Monster Mutt Dalmatian / Lucas Oil Crusader

Trivia[]

  • This event marked the first World Finals in which the Young Guns Shootout champion would earn the final slot in the main field.
  • This event marked the only World Finals to feature a twenty-eight truck lineup for the main event.
  • This event marked the last of the following occurrences:
    • The last World Finals (so far) to have any of the competitors not compete in the freestyle competition, being Bounty Hunter, which blew an engine during the racing competition.
    • The last World Finals to be announced by Mark Schroeder.
    • The last World Finals to be broadcasted on the Speed channel.
  • This would originally be the last World Finals to have all competitions held on the same day, until 2023, where World Finals XXII would unexpectedly have all competitions be held one day. Ironically, the change would be made a decade after World Finals XIV.
  • Superman was run on the Wolverine chassis for both racing and freestyle competitions, due to the former truck's chassis blowing an engine during qualifying.
  • Carl Van Horn filled in for Norm Miller during the freestyle competition due to Miller falling ill prior to said competition.
  • Iron Man was offered a second qualifying run, however, driver Lee O'Donnell declined the offer, and Meents would finish as the fastest qualifier.
  • Bad Habit used the incorrect theme song during its freestyle performance. This was caused by an audio glitch in the computer (which was used to play the theme songs during the freestyle performances) during the performance, in which it would play "Under The Knife" by Rise Against but instead, it played "Sound Off" by TRAPT (Razin Kane's theme).
  • Similar to World Finals VI, this event served as a "transitional year" in which the number of slots in the main field would increase by having four additional slots added, before transitioning to a new standard number of slots the following year.

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) • XXIV (2025)
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