The ‘Road to World Finals’ nears an Exciting Conclusion

We are less than three months away from Monster Jam’s pinnacle event, World Finals XXIV, which takes place on July 4^th weekend at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT. This year, millions of fans around the globe have been treated to nearly every Monster Jam event thanks to our thrilling live streams on our YouTube channel as well as the ever-evolving additions to our Fast Channel partners. That means more fans have witnessed a ground-breaking season where history has or will be made on every series. If you haven’t been watching allow me to catch you up on the road so far…

 

Arena Championship Series West

Grave Digger’s Weston Anderson just made history, winning the fourth-straight series championship to start his career. A feat that may never be accomplished again. No driver has ever entered the sport with as much hype and promise as the youngest son of ‘The Icon” Dennis Anderson. Weston has lived up to the hype as the series points leader from the opening weekend in Salt Lake City and now will turn his attention to leaving Utah as a World Finals Champion when the season concludes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Meanwhile, the battle for second place continues to heat up between second-year driver Devin Winfield piloting Velociraptor and longtime veteran Coty Saucier, driving Dragon. What a story a would be for Winfield to continue his journey from volunteer to World Finals competitor, but Saucier will not go down easy as the former “Arena Racer of the Year” looks to lock up another opportunity to win a World Finals Championship.

 

Arena Championship Series East

Another feel-good story this season has been the rise of Monster Mutt Dalmatian driver Blake Granger in his quest for the first domestic series championship of his career. Not only does it look like he will be able to accomplish that feat, but he could make history becoming the first driver to win two championship series in a season, as he was also crowned the winner of the International Series. Granger now will head back to World Finals where mechanical issues limited his chances of winning a championship at SoFi Stadium last year, in his first opportunity in the main field. Don’t be surprised of the former Monster Jam ATV Racing World Finals Champion adds another trophy to his collection in Salt Lake City.  Like the west series, the battle for second place offers an exciting conclusion out east as ThunderROARus driver Tony Ochs looks to best second-year sensation MJ Solorio, the driver of El Toro Loco. Both phenomenal athletes will look to finish the season earning an at-large bid to compete for a World Finals Championship.

 

Arena Championship Series Central

The central series has been wildly entertaining throughout the 2025 championship season due to the incredible fight for the series win between Jon Zimmer Jr, Matt Cody, and Jamie Sullivan. While Zimmer has the lead, at the time of this writing, 77 points separates the top three drivers on this series, which could be made up in one weekend. The Terminal Velocity driver is looking to make history himself by becoming the first independent driver to win a championship series and earn an automatic bid to compete on the main field at World Finals XXIV. Grave Digger’s Matt Cody was crowned champion of the west series last year. But, due to taking over the points lead after the season has started, Cody displayed an amazing moment of sportsmanship when he conceded the automatic bid to the driver who finished in second. Now Cody looks to win another series and finally live the dream of driving Grave Digger on the biggest stage of them all. Jamie Sullivan is one of the biggest rising stars in the sport. When she competed a year ago at World Finals at SoFi Stadium, she turned in in a star-making performance in the JCB Racing competition. Now she looks to finish strong and bring the Sparkle Smash team a series win in its first season. No matter who wins the championship I’d expect multiple bids to be given out to drivers on what’s been arguably the most competitive series of the season.

 

Stadium Championship Series West

The JCB DIGatron Team has made a splash since entering Monster Jam one year ago. Driver Tristan England has set them up for a series championship now in year two, but Son-Uva Digger’s Ryan Anderson continues to put pressure on Tristan and his current seven-point series lead. England had an amazing career on the arena circuit where he won three series championships. Now he looks to bring his first stadium trophy home to Paris, Texas, which would earn him another opportunity to win the second World Finals Championship of his career. For Ryan Anderson, chasing another driver for a points lead is not a familiar situation as he has five series titles to his name to go along with four World Finals Championships, meaning the second-generation driver knows how to win in the clutch. Anderson is one of the best pure racers in the entire sport, and England is one of the most talented drivers in the skills competition, which would make freestyle the deciding factor in who heads to Salt Lake City is champion from the west.

 

Stadium Championship Series East

While the west series is close with that seven-point margin, the race on the east is even tighter as currently the chase for the championship sits at two-point differential. Zombie’s Bari Musawwir is one of the most decorated and popular superstars in Monster Jam. Winning nearly every award since his rookie season in 2011, both a series and World Finals Championship have eluded him. “Mr. Consistency” is having the best season of his career winning event championship after event championship but will the Guinness World Record holder finally be crowned a series champion? Not if Tyler Menninga has anything to say about it. The Grave Digger driver is on a quest of his own, to make history by winning the seventh series championship of his career. Make no mistake about it, Menninga is one of – if not the best – driver in Monster Jam, but mechanical issues involving the rear-steer of Grave Digger led to mid-season struggles for he and crew chief Matt Gaughan. As of late they seem to finally have the truck dialed in which could pose problems for Musawwir but, regardless, Grave Digger and Zombie are headed for an epic end-of-season clash for the series win.

 

If you want to stay on top of all the series action make sure you join us on the Monster Jam YouTube channel every weekend for all the coverage. And if you can’t make it to Salt Lake City, you can still catch all the World Finals action by firing up one of our Fast Channel partners.