Monster Jam Madness

PODCAST FOR WEEK 2 FINALLY UP!

2010-01-27T18:35:00.000-08:00

It's up! Make sure to check the video during the whole show!

Lot of Updates, Check out First Podcast!

2010-01-12T20:22:00.000-08:00

Travis Sewilo, MJM media director, and Brad Shaw teamed up this week to bring you the RETURN of the MJM Podcast! This show will be brought to you every week to keep you up to date on the happenings of MJM, bringing you results, interviews, fan letters, news, and more!

Be sure to check the forum for results from Houston and Saginaw, also keep checking for updates on Atlanta taking place this weekend!

MJM begins tonight!

2010-01-03T09:59:00.000-08:00

The MJM season begins in Minneapolis, Minnesota & Williamsburg, Virginia. Both prove to be great shows, Minneapolis has proved to be a great one, and this one will be different as the legends like Dennis Anderson, Tom Meents hit the track, Mark Hall in Raminator who has been known for his great racing performance is also in Minneapolis. The course is going to be a Minneapolis Style course with the trucks starting nose to nose in the middle of the track and going into 3 car hits. Officials have brought out a couple bus stacks, plenty of carsets also for freestyle. Officials are just finishing up touches on the track, but it will be torn apart later tonight at 8:00 PM EST!

As we talk about Minneapolis, there is one another show. It's at the Williamsburg Civic Center in Virginia. The course is going to be a 3 hit Chicago style course with a van stack and FMX hill to hit in freestyle. Bounty Hunter, Iron Outlaw, King Krunch, Spiderman and 2 others are going to be there as Virginia will be treated to a great show.

The Road to Las Vegas is a long one, as MJM will be in 16 different states over the course of a good 2 month or so tour. Currently, MJM is looking at having a 16 truck field at the World Finals. They haven't made any official decisions on Vegas, but there will be trucks invited to the event starting in a few weeks, but if you want to be in Vegas, you have to complete the long task of making it through the grueling MJM tour. The Road To Vegas starts HERE!!!

MJM Exhibition from Arnhem, HUGE SUCCESS!

2009-12-14T14:40:00.000-08:00

On Sunday night the superstars of MJM returned to Arnhem once again for a night full of nothing but one of the best shows to ever hit Europe. Racing got going later than expected, but once it did start, things worth smooth as warm butter. The big news for the night and the remainder of the season was the debut of the Advance Auto Parts Grinder truck which was driven by Lupe Soza. The winner of racing was unsurprisingly Jimmy Creten in the Bounty Hunter, who seems to have an upper hand in tight turns like we saw last night. The freestyle competition would see a lot of spectacular runs, and the two best in the judges eyes came from SIR's Excaliber and Captain's Curse. It's apparent CVH feels right at home with SIR once again, and maybe Blackwell can push forth a bigger name in freestyle this season! Make sure you stay glued to the site later this week because the MJM podcast returns as well!

Big News Coming for Arnhem?

2009-12-09T08:00:00.000-08:00

As Ford has stepped down this year as one of the top sponsors of the MJM series, another long time MJM sponsor has taken it's place. Advance Auto Parts has stepped up as the title sponsor for this year, while MJM still remains to keep sponsorship with Ford. AAP wants to do something special as the new title sponsor this year, and they will be debuting a brand new truck this weekend in Arnhem for the MJM pre-season show. Nobody is sure of what this new truck is, or who will even be driving it.

Greg Johnson, Vice President of AAP had this to say, "As a national retailer, we are always looking to get our name out bigger and better. We have in a way been with MJM since it started, and now it's time for us to step it up. The decision to be the new title sponsor of MJM, and to bring forth a new truck to the series, is not only a way to benefit AAP, but a way to benefit the MJM series as well."

No driver has been announced yet, and there will not be one announced until the show Sunday in Arnhem. Tickets are nearly sold out, and the track set up began today as dirt is currently being layed out. Grab your tickets now for a chance to see the new AAP truck in Holland!

MJM to invade the Gelredome!

2009-12-06T14:19:00.000-08:00

MJM kicks off its season with a preseason event across the pond, in Arnhem, Holland. Home of the Gelredome. MJM workers have already invaded the Gelredome, which plays a role to various big concerts and bands, and also hosts some major soccer tournaments. The place holds about 30,000 seats for monster truck action and I can guarantee you the place will be sold out on Sunday. Before we get into more in depth info of Sunday's event. MJM officials also caught up with Jon Zimmer over the phone.

MJM: Alright, over the phone, I have caught up with Jon Zimmer, driver of the Amsoil Shock Therapy owned by Sudden Impact Racing and Brandon Legarde. Thanks for the interview Jon.

JZ: Thanks for having me, it's a pleasure.

MJM: What is your goal for Sunday's event in Europe being that it is just a preseason event?

JZ: We are trying some new stuff out with the both trucks. They just got done being rebuilt last week, never ran since then. We have some new parts, a new driver, other than that things are the same. The only goal is to drive as hard as normal to test the durability of the new parts to our high demands.

MJM: Who is your toughest competitor out there?

JZ: Everybody. There is not one set person you pick out and say, "I have to keep my eye on them," when your running the Monster Jam series, everybody is tough, everybody wants to win just as much as you do, but if I had to pick I have to say my team mate Carl Van Horn, it won't take him long to get this Excaliber truck dialed in.

MJM: As we look ahead into the 2010 MJM season, what tracks will pose as a challenge for you and what tracks will be one that you are looking forward to?

JZ: Every track, in some way or another, will be posing a challenge to us. We really aren't sure what the tracks will even look like until we arrive to the events that morning. I don't have an "unlucky" venue, I'm not supersticious, we just take everything as it comes.

MJM: As we finish up this interview, what is your ultimate goal for you looking ahead?

JZ: My ultimate goal in winning the World Finals, as long as I'm there, the team is there, Carl is there, we have a good shot. Our team is full of talent, and we will always be trying as hard as we can.

MJM: Alright Jon, thanks for the interview and we wish you the best of luck!

As we look ahead to Sunday's event, the track is slated to be a St. Louis Style course, other then that we are not sure what else will be there on the track. We do know that Grave Digger, Bounty Hunter, Amsoil Shock Therapy, Taz, Air Force Afterburner, Excaliber, Captain's Curse along with many others will be in the show. Go to the MJM Forum at MTM2Draggers.net for more info on the event!

MJM Sign-Ups open!

2009-11-30T17:50:00.000-08:00

Thats right, sign-ups for Monster Jam Madness are now open. We already have the likes of Dennis Anderson, Jimmy Creten, Jon Zimmer, and last years World Finals Freestyle Champion, Damon Bradshaw. Along with that, we have some up and coming stars such as Ed Eckert in Full Boar, Linsey Weenk is still a rising star bound to get a World Finals title, and Alex Blackwell in Captain's Curse. We also have some veterans of the sport like Allen Pezo in Predator, who has been in the industry for 25+ years. Bookings will be starting later this month, and the action will be commencing for competitors on January 3rd, where we start in Minneapolis, MN and Williamsburg, VA. Be sure to check out the MJM Website and MJM Forum at http://www.mtm2draggers.net/ for more info!

MJM embarks its return!

2009-11-28T12:32:00.000-08:00

MJM is back, not really but technically it is. The name is back, but that is about it. MJM was started in 2008 ran by Jordan Robson. He ran a Summer tour deal, and decided to take a break from MJM. In October of 2008, he decided to bring MJM back for a 3 month stint which carried over into Europe and ended in St. Louis, MO.

Now, with the complextion and ideas of MJM different, Austin Grams has decided to team up with Jordan Robson, along with help from Travis Sewilo and Josh Rhodes, they plan to step up the bar of MJM even more with week by week jam packed Monster Jam action, all over the country following the real Monster Jam Schedule.

With that said, the 2010 MJM Schedule has been posted at MTM2Draggers.net and with a link here at our site, go check it out along with other new updates.