{"id":6855,"date":"2022-11-15T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.monsterjam.com\/2020-series-champions-announced\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:59:48","slug":"2020-series-champions-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2020-series-champions-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Series Champions Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six more Monster Jam driver athletes have secured a 2020 season championship<\/span><\/h2>\n

The touring season has ended due to the postponement of previously scheduled events from March and April. Four of the champions have added their third title to their respective resumes and the list also includes\u00a0a first-time champion. Each Stadium Championship Series held 10 events in 2020. Triple Threat Series championships were decided after more than 30 events, which encompassed over 250 competitions.<\/p>\n

Todd\u00a0LeDuc<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Todd<\/span>Todd\u00a0LeDuc\u00a0(Monster Energy\u00ae)<\/strong> has captured the title in Stadium Championship Series Red.\u00a0LeDuc\u00a0found himself\u00a0in second place behind Jim Koehler (Avenger) after the first stop in Anaheim. After the second stop in San Antonio,\u00a0LeDuc\u00a0left with an eight-point lead. The lead slipped to two points after Houston\u00a0and\u00a0LeDuc\u00a0fell a single point behind new leader Adam Anderson (Grave Digger\u00ae) following the Feb. 1 Tampa event. A strong weekend in Indianapolis, highlighted by a 7-0 Racing effort and two Racing Championships, saw\u00a0LeDuc\u00a0on top by 20 points.\u00a0The lead stretched\u00a0through appearances in Minneapolis and two stops in Atlanta, where the trail ended.\u00a0LeDuc\u00a0took the title by 45 points over runner-up Cole\u00a0Venard\u00a0(The Black Pearl). It was\u00a0LeDuc\u2019s\u00a0third championship, having won titles in 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\n

Neil Elliott<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Neil<\/span>Neil Elliott (Max-D\u2122) <\/strong>will reign as 2020 Stadium Championship\u00a0Series\u00a0Green champion, largely on the strength of his dominant performances in\u00a0the\u00a0Skills Competition. Elliott won seven of a possible 10 competitions.\u00a0Elliott left the opening event in Tampa in second place and gained the lead after the Saturday show in St. Louis. Misfortune arrived the following day, relegating Elliott back to the runner-up spot. He stayed there for three weeks until a return to Anaheim, a place where Elliott has historically\u00a0seen\u00a0success. Through the remaining events in San Diego, Miami and Jacksonville, Elliott held off challengers\u00a0for his third career championship.<\/p>\n

Charlie Pauken<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Charlie<\/span>The closest race of the season saw Charlie Pauken (Grave Digger\u00ae)<\/strong> prevail on Stadium Championship Series Yellow.\u00a0 Pauken was ranked fifth after the opening event in San Diego and slipped to as low as seventh place before a steady climb started in Oakland. He was finally able to grab the top spot by a single point after the Saturday night event in El Paso, then\u00a0hold off Camden Murphy (Bakugan\u00a0Dragonoid\u2122) for the title. It was the second time in his career Pauken won a championship after competing in El Paso, securing the 2017 championship at that location.<\/p>\n

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