Aurora, Ill (December 8, 2011) – Feld Motor Sports® announced today that they have teamed up with Marvel Entertainment, LLC to expand the line of branded monster trucks for the 2012 Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam® season to five. Joining the likes of the Spider-Man™ and the two Iron Man™ monster trucks will be none other than the First Avenger, Captain America, as well as the most popular member of the X-Men, Wolverine.
The relationship between Marvel and Monster Jam dates back to 2001 when they teamed up on the creation of the original Spider-Man and Wolverine monster trucks. Since the partnership’s inception, Marvel Super Heroes have continued to make their mark on the Monster Jam circuit, culminating in the re-launch of Spider-Man and debut of Iron Man in 2010.
Chad Fortune moves into the seat of the new Captain America ride for 2012.
The 2012 season proves to be a ground-breaking year for the Monster Jam and Marvel partnership as it will mark the first year that five Marvel themed monster trucks will be competing on the Monster Jam tour at one time. Beginning January 6, all five Marvel Super Hero monster trucks will be set to compete at numerous Monster Jam events each weekend throughout the country.
Captain America will make its Monster Jam debut at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK. New to the scene in 2012, it will sport its trademark shield and red, white, and blue super-soldier theme. The 2003 Monster Jam World Finals℠ Racing Champion, Wolverine, is making its return to Monster Jam after eight seasons and is ready to dominate once again. The driving forces behind these two super heroes are none other than Monster Jam veterans Chad Fortune in Captain America and Alex Blackwell in Wolverine.
Alex Blackwell jumps behind the wheel or Wolverine as it returns to the Monster Jam truck lineup.
In addition to seeing the 10,000lb super hero monster trucks up close, fans will have the opportunity to purchase merchandise of their favorite Marvel-themed monster trucks including Hot Wheels® die casts, apparel, plush toys, and more.
Monster Jam is the largest touring monster truck property in the world, entertaining over 4,000,000 fans at 350 performances in 10 countries. Monster Jam events can be seen on SPEED and CBS Sports. For more information, log on to www.MonsterJam.com for the complete schedule and to purchase tickets for the select cities your favorite super heroes will be in. Also be sure to check us out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mjonline for all the latest news and photos of your favorite trucks.
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Marvel Super Hero Monster Truck Touring Schedule |
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Wolverine |
Captain America |
| Jan 6,7,8 – Council Bluffs, IA – Mid-America Center | Jan 6,7 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center |
| Jan 14,15 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome | Jan 14 – Atlanta, GA – Georgia Dome |
| Jan 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Metrodome | Jan 21 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium |
| Jan 27,28 – Louisville, KY – Freedom Hall | Jan 28 – Orlando FL – Florida Citrus Bowl |
| Feb 4 – Houston, TX – Reliant Stadium | Feb 4 – Houston, TX – Reliant Stadium |
| Feb 10,11 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena | Feb 11 – Anaheim, CA – Angel Stadium |
| Feb 17,18,19 – Worcester, MA – DCU Center | Feb 18 – Los Angeles, CA – Dodgers Stadium |
| Feb 24,25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Energy Solutions Arena | Feb 25 – Oakland, CA – O.co Coliseum |
| March 3 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field | March 3 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium |
| March 9,10,11 – Reno, NV – Livestock Events Center | March 10 – Syracuse, NY – Carrier Dome |
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Iron Man |
Spider-Man |
| Jan 7 – Houston, TX – Reliant Stadium | Jan 6,7,8 – Rochester, NY – Blue Cross Arena |
| Jan 6,7 – Evansville, IN – Ford Center | Jan 14 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field |
| Jan 13, 14, 15 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome | Jan 20,21,22 – Sacramento, CA – Power Balance Pavilion |
| Jan 14, 15 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome | Jan 28 – Anaheim, CA – Angel Stadium |
| Jan 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Metrodome | Feb 3,4 – Fargo, ND – Fargo Dome |
| Jan 20,21 – Milwaukee, WI – Bradley Center | Feb 11,12 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center |
| Jan 28 – Anaheim, CA – Angel Stadium | Feb 17,18,19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center |
| Jan 27, 28 – Little Rock, AR – Verizon Arena | Feb 24,25,26 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena |
| Feb 4 – St. Louis, MO – Edward Jones Dome | March 3 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium |
| Feb 3,4,5 – Chattanooga, TN – UTC Arena | March 9,10,11 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Convention Center |
| Feb 10,11 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place | March 16,17 – Dayton, OH – Nutter Center |
| Feb 11,12 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center | |
| Feb 18 – Los Angeles, CA – Dodgers Stadium | |
| Feb 17,18,19 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena | |
| Feb 25 – Arlington, TX – Cowboy Stadium | |
| Feb 25, 26 – Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Arena | |
| March 3 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium | |
| March 3, 4 – El Paso, TX UTEP Sun Bowl | |
| March 10 – Syracuse, NY – Carrier Dome | |
| March 9,10 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center | |
| *All schedules subject to change | |
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com.
About Feld Motor Sports, Inc.
Feld Motor Sports®, Inc. is the world leader in specialized arena and stadium-based motor sports entertainment. Feld Motor Sports, Inc. productions include Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam®, Monster Energy Supercross, AMA Arenacross Series, Nuclear Cowboyz℠, and IHRA® Nitro Jam®. Feld Motor Sports, Inc. is a division of Feld Entertainment, the world’s largest producer of live family entertainment. For more information on Feld Entertainment, visit www.feldentertainment.com.
More bull **** trucks from a Feld. What’s next star trek trucks lol, dose Feld even give a crap about the independent trucks, guess not so screw Monster Jam and there wwe like bull ****. Anny one who likes this is not a real monster trucks fan and has no clue
i guess captains curse is gone. no shows for it on monster jams website. chad fortune is not a favorite of mine neather is linsey weenk or frank kremal. i hope to see sean duhon and super man at world fianls 13 this march
@Mikey: If Feld didn’t care about the independent trucks they wouldn’t be at the World Finals or even in Monster Jam. Also Wolverine was already a truck. It even has a 2003 World Finals Racing Championship, so I would rethink your comment.
Nick
Give us all a break. What is the percentage of Indy trucks at the WF compared to the rubber stamp trucks there? Oh here’s a better one…. “Big announcement from Feld folks make sure to check in on xx-xx-2011 for the announcement. Here it is…the truck named after our major sponsor is the first truck to be invited to the WF. Yeah not stacked at all and they sure are taking care of the indies.
But back on topic those are HIDEOUS looking. So glad that legit teams are going unemployed so they can push another batch of COMIC BOOK trucks.
Have you looked lately at the World Finals Results:
Jimmy Creten- Freestyle Champion
Jim Koehler- 2 time Freestyle Champion
Madusa- Racing and Freestyle Champion
Dawn Creten- Would HAVE WON if she had finished Bonus.
Every year there has been a least 6-7 indy trucks and next year there will be 7-8.
*Wolverine is the same as it was from 2001-2005.*
So your saying Wolverine was HIDEOUS back then.
I for one am glad they, apparently, retired the Superman body. It had been around unchanged for too long.
Actually Superman is returning for 2012. It will be driven by Sean Duhon.
Thanks Nick, but dang. I wish they’d just get rid of it. Sean Duhon…was he the driver of Cult Energy Activator truck? Name sounds familiar.
Nick, this is not the best article to post this to, but since you mentioned Jimmy Creten, do you (or anyone else) know if all the Bounty Hunter trucks are actually owned by Jimmy? The best I can tell there must be at least three Bounty Hunters. That makes me wonder if he struck a deal with MJ on using the body with other drivers. Just curious.
ATL – As from what I heard Jimmy owns them all.
Nick come on seriously?! Wolverine was hideous when it first came out and yup it’s hideous now. Now as for your stats….. Let’s look at all of them not just the ones you choose to pick out. First Madusa is a Feld truck. Not an indy, don’t know where you got that one. Dawn coulda shoulda woulda but didn’t. I think she is a heck of a driver and has great equipment but if she doesn’t hold a title. Now that knocks your stats down to two indy champs by your records. You seem to forget Brian Barthell won a racing title as Wolverine (his chassis don’t know about body ownership). We are coming up to WF XIII. So we have 12 WF’s thats 24 champions. Out of 24 you have 4 total titles. Im not seeing the scales tipping towards the fair side yet. Now if you look at this years WF, you have 24 trucks. 6 are indy trucks and 18 are Feld. Again how is that in anyway NOT STACKED? But it’s cool. Instead of having a few more indy teams there you had Monster Mutt, MM Dalmation, TMNT, Ironman, Spiderman, and 3 Diggers.
I agree the Wf is a blast, but, let’s not fool ourselves in believing it is not a showcase for their trucks. How many rookie indy teams get in yearly as compared to rookie trucks that Feld owns?
Hey guys- Yes,the WF definitely showcases their trucks.Notice this year that Ford was no longer a major sponsor,and was Blue Thunder in Vegas? Nope. I told a little boy why Blue Thunder didn’t return to P.B. Stadium in Cincy this past summer because of Ford no longer sponsoring MJ, and he was pretty upset.MJ even had the Blue Thunder ride truck repainted white,with WF logos on it now-of course. Don’t we all remember Paul Shafer buying the Bear Foot and Carolina Crusher teams, and MJ told him he would run non-televised shows in 2000, and his trucks would not be in the world finals? He was so upset, he eventually pulled his trucks from MJ shows.So yes,MJ uses the WF to show off their stuff, or I call it, the Monster truck crash-fest nationals! I’ve taken many marketing and business classes in college, and MJ is just capitolizing off sponsorship money. I don’t know how they pay for 40 monster trucks, the semis, spare parts, uniforms, crew salaries,etc…
@Steve…Feld is in charge of many other national events other than MJ. But even then, you gotta factor in the main money maker here as well; MJ rakes in high amounts of cash off ticket sales (I would imagine)…add in the fact that MJ/Feld are in main control of many popular venues as well…and its simply easy to figure the situation out from there.
I’m not getting involved in the discussion about sponsorship, who’s owning all the trucks, and all that mumbo-jumbo. Every major team needs some kind of sponsorship to keep on competing, and as for Blue Thunder not being at the World Finals, the truck was there but was not competing, just there as one of the non-competing trucks they bring in for show. I was so glad to see Jeremy Slifko compete at the show this year as he deserved to go, and the push for him to go was immense.
I know that Jimmy owns all his trucks, not Feld, as he competes at non-Monster Jam events over the summer months. It’s nice to see a guy like Duhon, who drove extremely well for Sudden Impact Racing when he ran the Cult Energy Activator, get a chance to run a recognized truck. The young fans love the cartoon trucks, fans like us that have been around the sport a while want to see the independent drivers get their due and recognition.
It would not surprise me for WF XIII to see Bad Habit and Joe Sylvester get a nod to come, as he deserves a trip as an independent driver that drives his equipment to the limit.
Feld is the master of marketing. They are making huge bank on the tickets, but, the real money is the merchandise.
some guys in monster jam dont have sponsers. grave digger doesnt have sponsers nor destroyer stone crusher mopar magic and others.steve sims has a stone company and thaths how hw gets money for hills trucks along with pay from each show
Penda series real racing and a real points system just like the Pro MT days. unlike monster jam were you get invited. don’t care about comic book or cartoon trucks, wich i find stupid as hell and seems to take the seriousness out of thr sport . what’s wrong with a normal truck body? back in the 80’s didn’t have this bull shit, god i miss those days
Correct me if wrong but I believe Penda had certain invite trucks. I don’t remember all of the Pro MT stuff, but, I thought they had like half of the field was invited and the remaining half was “run whatcha brung”. I know a lot of people that refused to run ProMT. Two teams were heavily involved in the series and their trucks were invite trucks. To coin a phrase already used here, they felt the series was stacked. I mean think about it. You have to show up with no guarantee your are going to finish high enough to make purse money and two teams have 6-8 trucks running. You wouldn’t feel like you had much of a chance.
The problem with the racing series idea is the fact that it is hard to have teams commit when they can’t have a guaranteed pay. In the drag racing world they work their way up from paying for everything to race for free then make their way into the pro series where they have sponsorships that secure their finances. Monster trucks seem to have a lot harder time getting the sponsors. Yes the Cretens had major deals, Shafer had one with Dodge, and a few others pick up parts sponsors. With Feld the sponsors are guaranteed TV time on top of the exposure at the shows. Teams have a hard time guarantee’ing that. Without TV a racing series will have a hard time beimg able to guarantee they can have the big purse series. I know that I wouldn’t drive 14 hours to a race, where I have to try out, then have to place in certain brackets before I see any money back when I can take a contract show where it is a set fee for me showing up.
A real race series would be nice. It would definitely bring more legitimacy to the sport, than being labed a paid performer like pro wrestling. I find a NASCAR type of racing system would work and should be open to anny one with a monster truck. Of course there will be safety checks and all of the rules regulations like the MTRA. Also i’d make an old leaf sping trucks compete just for nostalgia. Annyhow the cartoon/comic book trucks i find is just for kid’s and not to be taken seriously and monster jam will put anny thing out there to sell and people will buy it.
I know for a fact its real racing 4wj,but a real series like nascar or any other racing you pay to play ( race),i don’t see that happening mt paying money for a so called real series.