Monster Jam World Finals Records & History - History of The Champions

History of The Champions

Tom Meents:

Trucks: Goldberg (2000–2001), Team Meents (2002), Maximum Destruction (2003–Present)

Championships: 10

World Finals Appearances: 13

Story of His Championships:

2000: It was the first ever Monster Jam World Finals and Tom Meents drove the Goldberg monster truck to a racing win. Then in freestyle he ripped off the front tire and did a flip, and lost by 3 points to Grave Digger.

2001: Tom was back in Goldberg and won the racing championship over Blue Thunder in the finals. Then in freestyle, he beat Grave Digger out by 2 points.

2002: Tom double-downed again, but this time in Team Meents. He won the racing over Bounty Hunter in the finals, and won the freestyle by 1 point over Grave Digger.

2004: Tom was now in Maximum Destruction, and did not win a World Championship in 2003. Then in 2004 he broke a tire early, and drove on three good tires, having the fourth jammed up inside the truck, but filled the full clock, and blew the engine, and won another World Freestyle Championship.

2006: Maximum Destruction filled in the 2005 Freestyle in Las Vegas, but in 2006 won it all. He lost to Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger who then won the Championship. In freestyle he had his teammate Neil Elliot drive Maximum Destruction 2 onto the floor and jump it, winning again.

2009: Tom Meents came into World Finals X, and qualified #2, and later the next night fanned racer after racer, and won in the Finals after Captain's Curse flipped into the safety barriers.

2011: After a great season Tom Meents drove Maximum Destruction to a racing victory after beating Jimmy Creten in the Bounty Hunter. 2012: Tom Meents was on a roll in Maximum Destruction during 2012 and he defeated the stunner in Monster Energy Damon Bradshaw. Earning his first double digit world championship. Dennis Anderson:

Championships: 4

Trucks: Grave Digger (2000–2002, 2004–Present)

World Finals Appearances: 11

Story of His Championships:

2000: The first ever Monster Jam World Finals saw bad news for Dennis Anderson and his Grave Digger is racing, losing to King Krunch early on in the event. But in freestyle, Dennis beat out fifteen other monster trucks and got a perfect score, the only time it has ever been done.

2004: Grave Digger was piloted by Pablo Huffaker in 2003, because Dennis Anderson broke his arm in early January 3. Dennis was in Grave Digger in 2004, and Pablo was in Blacksmith in the 5th World Finals ever. Grave Digger and Blacksmith fought in the final race for the 2004 Racing Championship, and Dennis pulled it off.

2006: After a loss to Madusa in the final race in the World Finals 2005, Dennis had to face the fast Bounty Hunter for the Championship. It was close until the end. Jimmy in Bounty Hunter told everyone he had the fastest truck their, but Grave Digger was behind, and sped past Bounty Hunter proving Jimmy wrong.

2010: At the 12th edition of the world finals the greatest rivalry in motorsports was renewed in the final race and it was Dennis and the Grave Digger pulling off his 3rd racing title and 4th overall.

Debra Micelli:

Trucks: Madusa (2000–2005, 2009–present)

World Finals Appearances: 9

Story of Her Championships:

2004: Madusa and Debra Micelli (also known as Madusa) rolled over and broke in the first round of racing in the 2004 Monster Jam World Finals, after she beat the 2003 Racing Champion Brian Barthel in Little Tiger. In freestyle she lost the body on the truck and knocked Bounty Hunter off a trailer which he was stuck on, then she flipped over backwards and kept going until she was shut down. She scored a 31, along with Maximum Destruction and El Toro Loco, and the three of them became co-champions.

2005: Madusa (Debra Micelli), was the first woman monster truck driver ever, and was the first monster truck woman driver to ever win a championship in either racing or freestyle. She drove her truck Madusa into a final race against the 2004 Racing Champion Grave Digger and won the 2005 Racing Championship.

John Seasock:

Trucks: Sudden Impact (2000–2003), Batman (2007–2010)

Championships: 2

World Finals Appearances: 8

Story of His Championships:

2007: John Seasock had been to 4 of the World Finals before (2000–2003), but had not been back in a few years. In the winter season of 2006 he climbed into the Batman monster truck and got a World Finals birth. He got eight fastest in the qualifying and made it to the 2007 Monster Jam Championship Race against the 2004 and 2006 Racing Champion. Grave Digger was celebrating its 25th Anniversary, and had not been driven by Dennis all year because of his arm.

2008: Once again, John had to go through a hard field of veterans, defeating Taz, Air Force Afterburner and Captain's Curse brought him into the final round once more.His opponent, Jimmy Creten in the Bounty Hunter who had made it close the last couple final rounds he'd been in.Once again, John did the impossible and became the second out of two back to back title winners.

Pablo Huffaker:

Trucks: Blacksmith (2001–2002, 2004–2006) Grave Digger (2003), Captain's Curse (2007), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (2009–present)

World Finals Appearances: 10

Story of His Championship:

2007: Pablo Huffaker had been to the World Finals before. Once he made it to the championship, but lost only to Grave Digger. He had never won a championship until he changed Blacksmith into Captain's Curse. Pablo scored 34, and won over by 4 points to Grave Digger, and was named the World Freestyle Champion.

Jim Koehler:

Trucks: Avenger (2000–Present)

Championships: 2

World Finals Appearances: 12

Story of His Championships:

2003: Jim Koehler is the only driver to make it to all the World Finals with only one monster truck. In 2003 Jim drove Avenger to a championship by one point over El Toro Loco who won it in 2004, the next year, when Avenger broke early.

2011: Jim and his candy apple red Avenger went out for freestyle and put on one heck of a show. He would be tied with Cam McQueen, who was in the hot seat all night, and finally at the end of the night after the tie breaking rules went into play both were still tied when the highest score was put in, but when the lowest score went in it was Jim Koehler who came out the winner.

Jimmy Creten:

Trucks: Bounty Hunter (2002–Present)

World Finals Appearances: 10

Story of His Championship:

2005: Jimmy Creten and his truck Bounty Hunter have been known for racing, until the 2005 Monster Jam World Finals. Jimmy has been to the Semi-Finals in the World Finals 7 times, and in the Championship race 5 times (Team Meents in 2002, Wolverine in 2003, Grave Digger in 2006, Batman in 2008 & Maximum Destruction in 2011.) In 2005 Jimmy Creten did a wild freestyle getting a 31, Blue Thunder came out later & tied Bounty Hunter with 31, At the end of freestyle the first & so far only tie breaker was used giving Bounty Hunter a 37 & Blue Thunder a 36.

Lupe Soza:

Trucks: El Toro Loco (2003–2009), Grinder (2010–present)

World Finals Appearances: 9

Story of His Championship:

2004: Lupe had been to the World Finals in 2003 and lost the freestyle win by 1 point. In 2004 he drove El Toro Loco to a three-way tie with Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction, and Debra Micelli in Madusa.

Brian Barthel:

Trucks: Wolverine (2001–2003), Little Tiger (2004)

World Finals Appearances: 4

Story of His Championship:

2003: Brian Barthel had been to the Monster Jam World Finals two times before he won it. Wolverine and Bounty Hunter faced in the finals, and they both lost it in the turn, but Wolverine got the win.

Damon Bradshaw:

Trucks: A.F Afterburner (2007–2011) Monster Energy (2012-present)

World Finals Appearances: 6

Story of His Championship:

2009: Damon Bradshaw came out 14th for freestyle, and scored a 36, which outscored the runner up, Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter, by 4 points, winning his first championship in only his 3rd year in the World Finals.

Charlie Pauken:

Trucks: Nitro Machine (2000), Monster Mutt (2006–present)

World Finals Appearances: 7

Story of His Championship:

2010: Charlie Puaken came out and just went BIG. All the trucks that went before him broke or didn't knock Balhan off the hot seat. He got the biggest air ever recorded in the Monster Jam World Finals. Finally the scores were in, it was a 39. He knocked George Balhan out of the hot seat by 8 points. At the end of the night Charlie Puaken was the newest World Champion.

Cam McQueen:

Trucks: Pastrana 199 (2008-2009), Nitro Circus (2010-2011), Northern Nightmare (2012-present)

World Finals Appearances: 5

Story of His Championship:

2011: McQueen went out 1st in the line up and sat in the Hot Seat the whole night but got company with Jim Kohler and Kohler ended up winning the 2011 title

2012: McQueen came out with a brand new truck and all of Canada following him in Vegas, McQueen did a front flip and a back flip and ended up taking the championship with a 6 point blow out.

References www.monsterjamonline.com/results