Monster Jam World Finals XVI (Also written as Monster Jam World Finals 16) was the sixteenth Monster Jam World Finals, held on March 26-28th, 2015 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. A thirty-two truck lineup was featured for the main event, with six of the competitors being those who finished in the top four of the Fox Sports 1 Championship Series standings and those who finished in the top two of the More Monster Jam series standings. Meanwhile, a sixteen-truck lineup was featured for the Young Guns Shootout. The event was broadcast on Fox Sports 1 after it took place. Coty Saucier in Monster Energy won the Young Guns Shootout championship, defeating Colt Stephens in New Earth Authority and earning the thirty-second and final slot in the main field. For the main event, Todd LeDuc in Metal Mulisha won the world racing championship, defeating Ryan Anderson in Son-Uva Digger. Meanwhile, Mike Vaters II in Overkill Evolution won the world freestyle championship with a score of 33.5.
Lineups[]
(Note: * indicates a truck/driver's first Young Guns Shootout/World Finals appearance).
(Note: ** indicates a truck/driver's only Young Guns Shootout/World Finals appearance).
(Note: *** indicates a truck/driver's last Young Guns Shootout/World Finals appearance).
Young Guns Shootout[]
- Monster Energy*** - Coty Saucier***
- Dragon - Scott Liddycoat
- Scooby-Doo!* - Bailey Shea*
- El Toro Loco (Yellow) - Becky McDonough
- Blue Thunder* - Dalton Millican**
Hurricane Force breaking a wheel off during qualifying.
- Mohawk Warrior - BJ Johnson***
- El Diablo*** - JP Ruggiero***
- Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Cynthia Gauthier*
- Madusa** - Brianna Mahon**
- Xtermigator*** - JR McNeal***
- Hooked*** - Steven Sims
- The Patriot** - Andrew Peckham**
- New Earth Authority* - Colt Stephens**
- Hurricane Force* - Steven Thompson*
- Trouble Maker** - Travis Groth
- Heavy Hitter*** - Derick Anson***
Main field[]
- Max-D - Tom Meents
- Grave Digger - Dennis Anderson
- Metal Mulisha - Todd LeDuc
- Grave Digger the Legend*** - Adam Anderson
- Overkill Evolution - Mike Vaters II
- Son-Uva Digger - Ryan Anderson
- Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly
- Team Hot Wheels Firestorm - Scott Buetow
- Bounty Hunter 20th Anniversary - Jimmy Creten
- Northern Nightmare - Cam McQueen
- Captain's Curse - Alex Blackwell
- Mohawk Warrior - George Balhan
- Fox Sports 1 Cleatus - Frank Krmel
- Monster Mutt Rottweiler*** - Rod Schmidt***
- Scooby-Doo! - Nicole Johnson
- Lucas Oil Crusader - Linsey Weenk
- Zombie Hunter** - Lee O'Donnell
- Zombie - Bari Musawwir
- El Toro Loco (Black) - Marc McDonald
- Soldier Fortune* - Chad Fortune
- Avenger - Jim Koehler
- Stone Crusher*** - Steve Sims***
- Titan - Donald Epidendio
- Barbarian*** - Devin Jones***
- Doom's Day* - Pablo Huffaker
- Max-D (Red) - Neil Elliott (Fox Sports 1 Series champion)
- Monster Energy (Escalade) - Damon Bradshaw (Fox Sports 1 Series first runner up)
- Monster Mutt - Dustin Brown* (Fox Sports 1 Series second runner up)
- Grave Digger (Green) - Charlie Pauken (Fox Sports 1 Series third runner up)
- Max-D (Gold) - Morgan Kane* (More Monster Jam Series champion)
- Grave Digger (Purple) - Colton Eichelberger* (More Monster Jam Series runner up)
- Monster Energy (F-150) - Coty Saucier (Young Guns Shootout champion)
Track layout[]
In comparison to the previous World Finals, the tracks for World Finals XVI did not feature any vehicles embedded in the obstacles, as they consisted of ramps that were constructed entirely out of dirt. Meanwhile, the track itself featured the traditional step-up plateau as the center ramp, with the traditional racing lanes on each of its sides. Next to each racing lane would be a series of dirt hills, followed by a plateau. The near end of the track featured a shipping container backflip ramp, with the far end featuring the backflip wall. The track for the freestyle competition consisted of two dirt sections, both of which contained a series of dirt hill ramps. A small set of crush cars would also be placed somewhere in front of the backflip wall.
Special bodies[]
- Madusa debuted the 15th anniversary Madusa body.
- Avenger ran a special white body.
- Titan ran a chrome yellow body.
- Coty Saucier's Monster Energy debuted the new Ford F-150 body.
- Bounty Hunter ran a special half blue half yellow 20th anniversary body.
- Grave Digger 25 would run a special purple body.
- Grave Digger 27 ran a green body.
- Neil Elliott's Max-D debuted the candy apple red paint scheme.
- Morgan Kane's Max-D would debut the gold paint scheme.
- Hooligan debuts. Non-competing.
Results[]
Young Guns Shootout[]
Round one[]
Monster Energy vs. Hurricane Force
Blue Thunder (broke) vs. El Diablo
Scooby Doo vs. Hooked
Dragon vs. The Patriot
El Toro Loco vs. Xtermigator
Trouble Maker vs. New Earth Authority
Mohawk Warrior vs. Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Heavy Hitter vs. Madusa
Round two[]
Monster Energy vs. El Diablo
Scooby Doo vs. The Patriot
Xtermigator vs. New Earth Authority
Heavy Hitter vs. Mohawk Warrior (crash)
Semi-finals[]
Monster Energy vs. The Patriot
New Earth Authority vs. Heavy Hitter
Championship race[]
Monster Energy vs. New Earth Authority
Young Guns Shootout encore[]
The Young Guns Shootout encore featured all of the Young Guns Shootout competitors except for Monster Energy, Mohawk Warrior, and Heavy Hitter performing donuts. Afterward, N.E.A. and El Diablo performed simultaneous back flips.
Qualifying times[]
- Metal Mulisha - 15.918
- Monster Energy (Bradshaw) - 16.167
- Monster Energy (Saucier) - 16.245
- Max-D (Elliott) - 16.319
- Grave Digger the Legend - 16.326
- El Toro Loco - 16.424
- Son-Uva Digger - 16.474
- Captain's Curse - 16.515
- Doom's Day - 16.558
- Mohawk Warrior - 16.697
- Grave Digger (Pauken) - 16.740
- Lucas Oil Crusader - 16.750
- Grave Digger (Anderson) - 16.785
- Northern Nightmare - 16.832
- Soldier Fortune - 16.835
- Grave Digger (Eichelberger) - 16.867
- Max-D (Kane) - 16.875
- Titan - 16.952
- Bounty Hunter - 16.989
- Monster Mutt - 16.996
- Zombie - 16.997
- Zombie Hunter - 17.062
- Monster Mutt Rottweiler - 17.107
- Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 17.188
- Max-D (Meents) - 17.367
- Team Hot Wheels Firestorm - 17.621
- Barbarian - 17.630
- Fox Sports 1 Cleatus - 17.711
- Avenger - 18.004
- Scooby-Doo - 18.089
- Stone Crusher - 18.213
- Overkill Evolution - 18.456
World Finals racing[]
Round one[]
Metal Mulisha vs Overkill Evolution
Grave Digger (Eichelberger) vs Max-D (Kane)
Doom's Day vs Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Captain's Curse vs Max-D (Meents)
Grave Digger the Legend vs Fox Sports 1 Cleatus
Lucas Oil Crusader vs Zombie
Grave Digger (Anderson) vs Monster Mutt
Max-D (Elliott) vs Avenger
Monster Energy (Saucier) vs Scooby Doo
Northern Nightmare vs Bounty Hunter
Grave Digger (Pauken) vs Zombie Hunter
El Toro Loco vs Barbarian
Son-Uva Digger vs Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
Mohawk Warrior vs Monster Mutt Rottweiler
Soldier Fortune vs Titan
Monster Energy (Bradshaw) vs Stone Crusher
Round two[]
Metal Mulisha vs Grave Digger (Eichelberger)
Doom's Day vs Max-D (Meents)
Lucas Oil Crusader vs Grave Digger the Legend
Monster Mutt vs Max-D (Elliott)
Monster Energy (Saucier) vs Bounty Hunter
Grave Digger (Pauken) vs El Toro Loco
Son-Uva Digger vs Monster Mutt Rottweiler
Soldier Fortune vs Monster Energy (Bradshaw)
Round three[]
Metal Mulisha vs Max-D (Meents)
Lucas Oil Crusader vs Monster Mutt
Monster Energy (Saucier) vs El Toro Loco
Son-Uva Digger vs Monster Energy (Bradshaw)
Semi-finals[]
Metal Mulisha vs Monster Mutt (Crash)
Son-Uva Digger vs Monster Energy (Saucier) (Red-Lighted)
Championship race[]
Metal Mulisha vs Son-Uva Digger
Racing encore[]
Racing encore.
The racing encore featured some of the Young Guns Shootout competitors on the track with Son-Uva Digger and Metal Mulisha, while Dragon, a blue N.E.A. Police and a red El Toro Loco hit a ramp, one after another.
- New Earth Authority (Blue): Chuck Werner
- Dragon: Scott Liddycoat
- El Toro Loco (Orange): Lupe Soza
Freestyle order[]
- Monster Mutt Rottweiler
- Fox Sports 1 Cleatus
- Scooby-Doo!
- Grave Digger (Eichelberger)
- Monster Energy (Saucier)
- Titan
- Zombie
- Max-D (Kane)
- Stone Crusher
- Monster Mutt
- Bounty Hunter
- Mohawk Warrior
- Barbarian
- Overkill Evolution
- Doom's Day
- Captain's Curse
- Zombie Hunter
- Soldier Fortune
- Monster Mutt Dalmatian
- Grave Digger (Pauken)
- Avenger
- Northern Nightmare
- Grave Digger (Anderson)
- Max-D (Elliott)
- Monster Energy (Bradshaw)
- Lucas Oil Crusader
- El Toro Loco (Black)
- Grave Digger the Legend
- Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
- Son-uva Digger
- Max-D (Meents)
- Metal Mulisha
Freestyle scores[]
- Overkill Evolution - 33.5
- Son-Uva Digger - 31.5
- Grave Digger 27 (Pauken) - 30.5
- Max-D 3 (Meents) - 30.5
- Grave Digger the Legend - 30
- Monster Energy (Saucier) - 29.5
- El Toro Loco - 29
- Metal Mulisha - 28.5
- Monster Energy (Bradshaw) - 27.5
- Max-D 4 (Kane) - 26.5
- Lucas Oil Crusader - 26
- Max-D 6 (Elliott) - 24.5
- Titan - 24.5
- Monster Mutt Rottweiler - 23
- Avenger - 22
- Monster Mutt - 22
- Grave Digger 25 (Eichelberger) - 21.5
- Soldier Fortune - 20
- Monster Mutt Dalmatian - 20
- Fox Sports 1 Cleatus - 17
- Captain's Curse - 15.5
- Zombie Hunter - 14.5
- Grave Digger 30 (Anderson) - 14.5
- Stone Crusher - 14
- Bounty Hunter 20th Anniversary - 13
- Team Hot Wheels Firestorm - 13
- Zombie - 12
- Northern Nightmare - 11.5
- Mohawk Warrior - 8.5
- Scooby Doo - 7
- Barbarian - 6.5
- Doom's Day - 6
Freestyle encore[]
The encore logo.
Zombie crashing into another Zombie.
The freestyle encore featured three different zombie monster trucks sitting on one side of the track, with two of those jumping at three more zombie monster trucks, where one was positioned on a jump and the other two crashed into it. All six zombie trucks had different designs, hairstyles, arms, and some zombies had fake people on them. Fans response to the encore was mixed. Fans criticized the idea of having trucks drive right over and crush each-other, its short duration (as all of the trucks broke or crashed rather early in the encore), as well as the stadium's lighting during the encore. Although fans appreciated its intended setting, they also complained that it made the encore rather difficult to see and has even raised safety concerns regarding poor visibility of the track.
- Zombie (Standard)- Bari Musawwir
- Zombie (Standard)- Sean Duhon
- Zombie (Skeleton)- Jon Zimmer
- Zombie (Female)- Carl Van Horn
- Zombie (Burned)-Lupe Soza
- Zombie (Biker)- Chuck Werner[1]
Other awards[]
- Arena Save of the Year – Jon Zimmer, Grave Digger
- Stadium Wheelie of the Year – George Balhan, Mohawk Warrior
- Donut of the Year – Lee O’Donnell, Rod Ryan Show
- Rising Star(s) of the Year – Coty Saucier, Monster Energy & Dustin Brown, Monster Mutt
- Arena Wheelie of the Year – Matt Cody, Black Stallion
- WOW Factor(s) – Adam Anderson, Grave Digger The Legend & Neil Elliott, Max-D
- Arena Freestyle of the Year – Charlie Pauken, Grave Digger
- Stadium Save of the Year – Tom Meents, Max-D
- Rookie(s) of the Year – Brianna Mahon, Scooby Doo & Colton Eichelberger, Grave Digger
- UTI Technician(s) of the Year – Chris Fryman & Cameron Migues
- Stadium Freestyle of the Year – Ryan Anderson, Son-uva Digger
- Crash Madness of the Year – Chad Fortune, Soldier Fortune (New Orleans)
- Sportsman of the Year – Jim Koehler, Avenger
- Extreme Air of the Year – Jim Koehler, Avenger
- Team of the Year – Team Hot Wheels/Monster Mutt Dalmatian (John Sweeney/George Pallatino)
Trivia[]
- This event marked the first World Finals to have more than one truck of the same name competing (e.g., Three Grave Digger trucks, three Max-D trucks).
- This event marked the last of the following occurrences:
- The last World Finals (so far) in which all three Monster Mutt trucks competed together.
- The last World Finals in which trucks received single-digit scores in the standard six-judge scoring during freestyle, being Doom's Day, Barbarian, Scooby-Doo!, and Mohawk Warrior.
- This event, along with the previous World Finals, shared many similarities to World Finals V and VI. In this instance, a truck that was part of Team Grave Digger (Grave Digger in 2004, Grave Digger the Legend in 2014) would win the world racing championship, and a truck whose name started with the letter 'M' (Madusa in 2004, Metal Mulisha in 2014) would win the world freestyle championship. Then, exactly the next year, the truck that previously won the freestyle championship would win the racing championship (while also defeating a Team Grave Digger truck in the process) (Madusa defeated Grave Digger in 2005, Metal Mulisha defeated Son-Uva Digger in 2015), and an independently-owned truck that had not won any prior championship would win the world freestyle championship (Bounty Hunter in 2005, Overkill Evolution in 2015).
- An odd incident that happened during freestyle was when Bounty Hunter performed with two theme songs playing at once during the performance. This was caused by an audio glitch in the computer (used to play themes during the freestyles) during the run, in which it would play "Cowboys From Hell" by Pantera (Bounty Hunter's usual theme) and "Down With The Sickness" by Disturbed at the same time during the run. The cause of the glitch is unknown. This is so far the only time this has happened to any truck that performed in freestyle anywhere in Monster Jam.
- During the FS1 coverage for the first part of freestyle, the rest of Titan's freestyle after his backflip was cut and not shown due to there being a 43 minute time limit run time for the episode.
Pit party (Non-competing trucks)[]
- Arachnophobia The Last Ride
- Backwards Bob
- Big Bully
- Big Chief
- BKT Ride Truck
- Black Stallion
- Destroyer
- Double Trouble
- Enforcer
- Extinguisher
- The Felon
- Freedom Keeper
- Grave Digger XI
- Grave Digger XXIII
- Grave Digger XXVIII
- Hitman
- Hooligan
- Ice Cream Man
- Jester
- Knucklehead
- Lethal Weapon
- McGruff
- Mega Bite
- Midnight Rider
- Mighty Monster Bus
- Monster Patrol (Phelps)
- Nasty Boy
- Nitro Menace
- Obsessed
- Obsession
- Outlaw
- Park Patrol
- Play'n For Keeps
- Quad Chaos
- Rat Attack
- Razin Kane
- River Rat
- Sheer Insanity
- Shocker
- Sniper (Turner) (planned, and seen on roster, but was not completed in time for event, so it was not seen)
- Spike Unleashed
- Storm Damage
- Survivor
- T-Wrecks
- Terminator
- Thumper
- Thunder Chicken
- Time Flys
- TNT
- Unnamed & Untamed
- Wheels of Freedom
- Wild Flower
- Wild Thang
References[]
- ↑ Confirmed by Sean Duhon
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