{"id":23810,"date":"2024-02-06T18:09:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T18:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/?p=23810"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T18:11:06","slug":"weekend-recap-championship-rivalries-shape-up-as-february-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/weekend-recap-championship-rivalries-shape-up-as-february-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Recap: Championship Rivalries Shape Up as February Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\nAll five Monster Jam tours were in action last weekend, with some Monster Jam drivers starting to open up gaps over their competitors in the points.\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<strong>Stadium Championship Series East \u2013 Indianapolis<\/strong>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\nTyler Menninga (Grave Digger) holds a 30-point lead over Tristan England (JCB DIGatron) who is performing strongly in his first year of stadium series competition. Menninga won both Overall Event Championships over the weekend, winning Racing and Skills on Saturday and then Racing and Freestyle on Sunday. Tom Meents (Max-D) won Freestyle on Saturday and Skills on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/tom-meents-injury-update\/\">but then sustained an injury.<\/a><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ICYMI: Cole Venard pulled off this WILD under-rotated backflip in Indy last night ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MonsterJam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MonsterJam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7i9D3PH61q\">pic.twitter.com\/7i9D3PH61q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterJam\/status\/1754216053994054048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<strong>Stadium Championship Series West \u2013 Anaheim<\/strong>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\nStadium Championship Series West currently sees the tightest title battle in Monster Jam, with Ryan Anderson (Son-uva Digger), Camden Murphy (Bakugan Dragonoid) and Adam Anderson (Grave Digger) all separated by just 18 points. Ryan Anderson had a strong weekend in Anaheim, taking the Overall Event Championship on Saturday and finishing second on Sunday. Bari Musawwir (Zombie) took the Overall on Sunday. The six competitions throughout the weekend saw six different winners: Ryan Anderson (Saturday Racing), Adam Anderson (Saturday Skills), Kayla Blood (Saturday Freestyle), Colt Stephens (Sunday Racing), Bari Musawwir (Sunday Skills) and Joe Foley (Sunday Freestyle).<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anaheim fans were treated to multiple Morgan &amp; Morgan backflips this weekend ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MonsterJam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MonsterJam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nAwvLAg2C4\">pic.twitter.com\/nAwvLAg2C4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterJam\/status\/1754670240917594378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<strong>Arena Championship Series Central \u2013 Belmont Park<\/strong>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\nWeston Anderson (Grave Digger) continued to pad his points lead in Arena Championship Series Central, but there were still several headlines to go around. First off is that Weston\u2019s Friday win was his 100th career Overall Event Championship. Weston took home three of the four Overall Event Championships on hand over the weekend, with Brianna Mahon (Scooby-Doo) breaking through to win Saturday evening. The other driver making headlines was Fernando Martinez (El Toro Loco), winning multiple competitions throughout the weekend which moved him up to second place in the points.<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brandan Tulachka with great awareness to secure the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreatClips?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GreatClips<\/a> 2wheel skills challenge win\u203c\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MonsterJam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MonsterJam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z2rEFaCKKj\">pic.twitter.com\/Z2rEFaCKKj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterJam\/status\/1753865073444172197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<strong>Arena Championship Series East \u2013 Providence<\/strong>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\nThe tight championship battle between Krysten Anderson (Grave Digger) and Armando Castro (El Toro Loco) swung in Krysten\u2019s favor in Providence, as she won two out of the four Overall Event Championships, extending her points lead to 16 over Armando, who took one Overall. The other Overall Event Championship went the way of Coty Saucier (Dragon) who is keeping both of them honest, just 40 points back. Five of the competitors in total took home wins over the weekend, with Angelina Nock (Megalodon) getting a Donuts win and Zack Garner (Wild Side) taking wins in Racing and Freestyle.<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are your Event <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1%EF%B8%8F%E2%83%A3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1\ufe0f\u20e3<\/a> highlights from Providence!<br><br>Zack Garner gets the racing win ? <br><br>Krysten Anderson gets the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreatClips?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GreatClips<\/a> 2wheel skills challenge &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BKTtires?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BKTtires<\/a> Freestyle &amp; the Overall Event win!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MonsterJam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MonsterJam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nAvZBgMZxk\">pic.twitter.com\/nAvZBgMZxk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterJam\/status\/1753692874263445525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<strong>Arena Championship Series West \u2013 Fargo<\/strong>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\nArena Championship Series West ran two events last weekend with Dalton Widner (Jurassic Attack) and Brandon Vinson (Grave Digger) taking the Overall Event Championships. Tony Ochs (ThunderROARus) placed second in both events, keeping him second place in the points championship, while MJ Solorio (El Toro Loco) managed to pick up a Donuts win.<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dalton Widner gets the job done with a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCBna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JCBNA<\/a> Racing win in Fargo ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MonsterJam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MonsterJam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JCB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JCBMachines?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JCBMachines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lfNrmSeheQ\">pic.twitter.com\/lfNrmSeheQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Monster Jam (@MonsterJam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterJam\/status\/1753865573082255408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All five Monster Jam tours were in action last weekend, with some Monster Jam drivers starting to open up gaps over their competitors in the points. &nbsp; 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