Max-D and El Toro Loco Both Moving Up in the Championship Series

St. Louis marks the half-way point of the Monster Jam^® FOX Sports 1 Championship Series with a wild night at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis! Max-D^SM and Neil Elliott made a statement in racing, inching closer to an invite to the Monster Jam World Finals^SM XVI in Las Vegas.

Monster Energy and Damon Bradshaw moved into 2^nd place in the series with the night’s fastest qualifying time. Zombie^SM and Bari Musawwir grabbed a point, putting in the fastest time for the Monster Jam Obstacle Course. For the third time in the series, the final round of Monster Jam Racing saw Max-D going head to head with Lucas Oil Crusader^®. This time around it was Max-D taking the win, picking up 2 additional points for the Monster Jam FOX Sports 1 Championship Series.

The Monster Jam freestyle competition was intense, it had been a rough night for El Toro Loco^® and Chuck Werner, but he could not be beat in the freestyle competition. He brought huge air, a great combination of moves, and ended it all with a back flip. It was enough to give him a score of 40, and 2 points in the series for winning the Monster Jam Freestyle competition.

“It was a rough night for the bull, but I wasn’t going to leave without a trophy,” said Werner. “Next week in Anaheim, I plan to continue winning and getting that invite to the Monster Jam World Finals!”

On the line for the 16 Monster Jam trucks at the end of the 9-city Monster Jam FOX Sports 1 Championship Series are four automatic bids to Monster Jam World Finals XVI at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium on March 26-28, and the first ever series championship.

St. Louis Points Summary

Monster Jam Fastest Qualifier – Monster Energy (Damon Bradshaw): 1 point

Monster Jam Obstacle Course – Zombie (Bari Musawwir): 1 point

Monster Jam Racing – Max-D (Neil Elliott): 2 points

Monster Jam Freestyle – El Toro Loco (Chuck Werner): 2 points

Monster Jam ATV Racing Heat 1 Winner – Thunder 4×4: 1 point

Monster Jam ATV Racing Heat 2 Winner – War Wizard: 1 point

Monster Jam ATV Racing Main Event Winner – Monster Energy: 2 points

Monster Jam FOX Sports 1 Championship Series Point Standings

1. Lucas Oil Crusader^®(Linsey Weenk): 6 points
2. Monster Energy (Damon Bradshaw): 5 points
3. Monster Mutt^® (Dustin Brown): 4 points
4. Grave Digger^® (Charlie Pauken): 4 points
5. Max-D^SM (Neil Elliott): 3 points
6. El Toro Loco (Chuck Werner): 3 points
7. Hooked (Steven Sims): 2 points
8. Zombie^SM (Bari Musawwir): 2 points
9. Stone Crusher (Steve Sims): 1 point
10. Avenger (Jim Koehler): 0 points
11. Bad News (Brandon Derrow): 0 points
12. Madusa^®: 0 points
13. Thunder 4×4 (Jim Bendzick): 0 points
14. Titan (Donald Epidendio): 0 points
15. War Wizard (Darren Goin): 0 points
16. Wrecking Crew (Steve Koehler): 0 points

The Monster Jam FOX Sports 1 Championship Series makes its next tour stop at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, in Anaheim, California on February 7th. The entire 9-city tour can be watched only on FOX Sports 1, beginning next with Tampa airing February 1st.