{"id":6973,"date":"2022-11-14T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.monsterjam.com\/2017-season-underway\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:59:56","slug":"2017-season-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Season Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monster Jam\u00ae kicked off the new year with competition in six cities across the country. Fans in Des Moines, Charlotte, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Birmingham and Tulsa watched as the Road to Monster Jam World Finals\u00ae XVIII passed the first milestone.<\/p>\n<p>In Birmingham, Saturday shows were cancelled due to inclement weather. The Sunday program for the Triple Threat East Series\u00ae set the bar for competition to be witnessed throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville and Tulsa saw the debut of Megalodon\u2122 and it was a triumphant start as drivers Justin Sipes and Alex Blackwell picked up event championships. Tristan England drove EarthShaker\u2122 in Birmingham with an appreciative crowd marveling at the truck during the pre-show Pit Party.<\/p>\n<p>Each tour will take part in a program that awards points for each competition, crowning an event champion at the end of a show. The points will be tallied throughout the season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See the complete results for Week 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-US\/results\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monster Jam\u00ae kicked off the new year with competition in six cities across the country. Fans in Des Moines, Charlotte, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Birmingham and Tulsa watched as the Road to Monster Jam World Finals\u00ae XVIII passed the first milestone. In Birmingham, Saturday shows were cancelled due to inclement weather. The Sunday program for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2017 Season Underway | Monster Jam\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2017 Season Underway | Monster Jam\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monster Jam\u00ae kicked off the new year with competition in six cities across the country. Fans in Des Moines, Charlotte, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Birmingham and Tulsa watched as the Road to Monster Jam World Finals\u00ae XVIII passed the first milestone. In Birmingham, Saturday shows were cancelled due to inclement weather. The Sunday program for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Monster Jam\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-14T21:12:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-12T17:59:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/img_8437.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samuel Reiman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samuel Reiman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/\",\"name\":\"2017 Season Underway | Monster Jam\u00ae\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-14T21:12:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-12T17:59:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b88168977cce7c269d389a5cfe16a22\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2017 Season Underway\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/\",\"name\":\"Monster Jam\u00ae\",\"description\":\"The Most Action-Packed Motorsports Event on Four Wheels\",\"alternateName\":\"Monster Jam\u00ae\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b88168977cce7c269d389a5cfe16a22\",\"name\":\"Samuel Reiman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c42339ccd800859b7acdd5030f9e5505e30917c3d39cfe83d65842e45e17664d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c42339ccd800859b7acdd5030f9e5505e30917c3d39cfe83d65842e45e17664d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Samuel Reiman\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/author\/samuel-reiman\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Monster Jam\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/logo-mj-new.png\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?kgmid=\/g\/11m_5qjzhx\",\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?kgmid=\/m\/07chq27\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MonsterJam\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monsterjam\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MonsterJam\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterJam\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monster_Jam\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2017 Season Underway | Monster Jam\u00ae","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2017 Season Underway | Monster Jam\u00ae","og_description":"Monster Jam\u00ae kicked off the new year with competition in six cities across the country. Fans in Des Moines, Charlotte, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Birmingham and Tulsa watched as the Road to Monster Jam World Finals\u00ae XVIII passed the first milestone. In Birmingham, Saturday shows were cancelled due to inclement weather. The Sunday program for [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/","og_site_name":"Monster Jam\u00ae","article_published_time":"2022-11-14T21:12:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-12T17:59:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/img_8437.jpg"}],"author":"Samuel Reiman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samuel Reiman","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/","url":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/","name":"2017 Season Underway | Monster Jam\u00ae","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-14T21:12:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-12T17:59:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b88168977cce7c269d389a5cfe16a22"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2017-season-underway\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2017 Season Underway"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/","name":"Monster Jam\u00ae","description":"The Most Action-Packed Motorsports Event on Four Wheels","alternateName":"Monster Jam\u00ae","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b88168977cce7c269d389a5cfe16a22","name":"Samuel Reiman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c42339ccd800859b7acdd5030f9e5505e30917c3d39cfe83d65842e45e17664d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c42339ccd800859b7acdd5030f9e5505e30917c3d39cfe83d65842e45e17664d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Samuel Reiman"},"url":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/author\/samuel-reiman\/"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/#organization","name":"Monster Jam","url":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/logo-mj-new.png"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?kgmid=\/g\/11m_5qjzhx","https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?kgmid=\/m\/07chq27","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MonsterJam","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monsterjam\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MonsterJam","https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterJam","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monster_Jam"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7409,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions\/7409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}