Event: Monster Jam World Finals XII
Venue: Sam Boyd Stadium
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Date: March 24th, 2012
Racing Champion: Tom Meents – Maximum Destruction
Freestyle Champion: Cam McQueen – Northern Nightmare
Lineup (24 Trucks):
Avenger – Jim Koehler
Bounty Hunter – Jimmy Creten
Brutus – Chris Bergeron
Captain America – Chad Fortune
Captain’s Curse – Pablo Huffaker
El Toro Loco – Marc MacDonald
Grave Digger – Dennis Anderson
Grave Digger The Legend – Adam Anderson
Grinder – John Seasock
Iron Man – Lee O’Donnell
Lucas Oil Crusader – Linsey Weenk
Madusa – Debra Miceli
Maximum Destruction – Tom Meents
Metal Mulisha – Todd Leduc
Mohawk Warrior – George Balhan
Monster Energy – Damon Bradshaw
Monster Mutt – Charlie Pauken
Monster Mutt Dalmatian – Candace Jolly
Northern Nightmare – Cam McQueen
Son-uva Digger – Ryan Anderson
Spider-Man – Chad Tingler
Stone Crusher – Steve Sims
Team Hot Wheels – Neil Elliott
Wolverine – Alex Blackwell
Todd Leduc made the most of a last minute addition to the World Finals field, laying down the fastest qualifying time of the night.
Qualifying Results
1) Metal Mulisha – Todd Leduc – 16.201
2) Captain’s Curse – Pablo Huffaker – 16.201
3) Monster Energy – Damon Bradshaw – 16.272
4) Grave Digger The Legend – Adam Anderson – 16.329
5) Team Hot Wheels – Neil Elliott – 16.350
6) Lucas Oil Crusader – Linsey Weenk – 16.425
7) Son-uva Digger – Ryan Anderson – 16.432
8) Maximum Destruction – Tom Meents – 16.481
9) El Toro Loco – Marc MacDonald – 16.648
10) Bounty Hunter – Jimmy Creten – 16.714
11) Grinder – John Seasock – 16.724
12) Monster Mutt Dalmatian – Candace Jolly – 16.725
13) Northern Nightmare – Cam McQueen – 16.757
14) Grave Digger – Dennis Anderson – 16.780
15) Wolverine – Alex Blackwell – 16.893
16) Madusa – Debra Miceli – 16.943
17) Monster Mutt – Charlie Pauken – 16.980
18) Brutus – Chris Bergeron – 17.059
19) Mohawk Warrior – George Balhan – 17.193
20) Iron Man – Lee O’Donnell – 17.505
21) Avenger – Jim Koehler – 17.713
22) Stone Crusher – Steve Sims – 17.753
23) Captain America – Chad Fortune – 18.159
24) Spiderman – Chad Tingler – DNF
Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction was unstoppable tonight in Las Vegas, marching his way through the bracket to his 6th World Finals Racing Championship.
Racing Results
Round One
Spiderman (Tingler) def. Monster Mutt (Pauken)
El Toro Loco (MacDonald) def. Brutus (Bergeron)
Iron Man (O’Donnell) def. Monster Mutt Dalmation (Jolly)
Northern Nightmare (McQueen) def. Avenger (Koehler)
Grave Digger (Anderson) def. Stone Crusher (Sims)
Grinder (Seasock) def. Madusa (Miceli)
Bounty Hunter (Creten) def. Mohawk Warrior (Balhan)
Wolverine (Blackwell) def. Captain America (Fortune)
Round Two
Spiderman (Tingler) def. Metal Mulisha (Leduc)
Maximum Destruction (Meents) def. El Toro Loco (MacDonald)
Team Hot Wheels (Elliott) def. Iron Man (O’Donnell)
Grave Digger The Legend (Anderson) def. Northern Nightmare (McQueen)
Monster Energy (Bradshaw) def. Grave Digger (Anderson)
Lucas Oil Crusader (Weenk) def. Grinder (Seasock)
Son Uva Digger (Anderson) def. Bounty Hunter (Creten)
Wolverine (Blackwell) def. Captain’s Curse (Huffaker)
Quarter-Finals
Maximum Destruction (Meents) def. Spiderman (Tingler)
Grave Digger The Legend (Anderson) def. Team Hot Wheels (Elliott)
Monster Energy (Bradshaw) def. Lucas Oil Crusader (Weenk)
Wolverine (Blackwell) def. Son Uva Digger (Anderson)
Semi-Finals
Maximum Destruction (Meents) def. Grave Digger The Legend (Anderson)
Monster Energy (Bradshaw) def. Wolverine (Blackwell)
Finals
Maximum Destruction (Meents) def. Monster Energy (Bradshaw)
Cam McQueen in Northern Nightmare laid down an incredible performance, complete with backflip, and won his first Monster Jam World Finals title!
Freestyle Results
1) Northern Nightmare – Cam McQueen – 38
2) Bounty Hunter – Jimmy Creten – 32
3) Son Uva Digger – Ryan Anderson – 30
4) Team Hot Wheels – Neil Elliott – 30
5) Grave Digger The Legend – Adam Anderson – 30
6) Stone Crusher – Steve Sims – 30
7) Monster Energy – Damon Bradshaw – 27
8) El Toro Loco – Marc MacDonald – 27
9) Brutus – Chris Bergeron – 26
10) Mohawk Warrior – George Balhan – 25
11) Grave Digger – Dennis Anderson – 25
12) Captain America – Chad Fortune – 25
13) Spiderman – Chad Tingler – 24
14) Metal Mulisha – Todd Leduc – 23
15) Iron Man – Lee O’Donnell – 23
16) Lucas Oil Crusader – Linsey Weenk – 21
17) Grinder – Lupe Soza – 18
18) Wolverine – Alex Blackwell – 18
19) Maximum Destruction – Tom Meents – 16
20) Monster Mutt – Charlie Pauken – 16
21) Captain’s Curse – Pablo Huffaker – 15
22) Avenger – Jim Koehler – 13
23) Madusa – Debra Miceli – 11
24) Monster Mutt Dalmation – Candace Jolly – 4
(Photos by Ross Z. Bonar & Jeff Luckey)
I was there for the first time. Any word on Ryan Anderson’s condition?
it was rod who was injured. he got the wind knocked out of him when him and gary ran together. ryans truck was trashed. damaged the chassie
Thanks Peter, but I don’t buy that he had the wind knocked out of him. The EMS put him on a back board and put him in a neck brace. That’s a lot of overkill for getting the wind knocked out of you, I don’t care what Dennis said.
well. ryan is also hurt. monster jam just released a statement saying he is ok starting physical therapy and will return to driving soon.
i miss understood dennis it was ryan. rod is fine. RYAN BROKE HIS NECK. it was one of the hardest crashes ever it bent the roll cage. ryan is going to be ok. thank goodness.
i talked to roger stidell about his destoyer crash in medford. he said he lived up to the trucks name. also talked to tony canedo and told him he needs some momentum in his runs. Then talked to donald epindonino about the redmond crash since he was in the young guns shoot out since it was his first year doing mon ster jam. no one was in his line so we walked around the front of the truck and talked about the damage.