{"id":7130,"date":"2022-11-11T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.monsterjam.com\/2016-season-kickoff-recap\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:00:10","slug":"2016-season-kickoff-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/2016-season-kickoff-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Season Kickoff Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like always, things are BIG here at Monster Jam. We\u2019ve had a busy week with exclusive content just for our fans and we\u2019re not even close to done! In case you missed any of our announcements, you can catch them all in the full video above.<\/p>\n<p>Recap:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>More Monster Jam is adding a second tour, hitting stops on both the East Coast and the West Coast<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The FS1 Championship Series will return for 2016, with multiple stops across the U.S.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>There will be many all-new concept trucks and some fan favorites will be getting makeovers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Three-time Monster Jam World Finals Champion, Adam Anderson, will be stepping into the role of Grave Digger driver, alongside his dad<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Colton Eichelberger and Jared Eichelberger will be joining Team Max-D\u00ae<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Morgan Kane and Cole Venard will be joining Team Grave Digger\u00ae<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>We\u2019ll be bringing the GIRL POWER in 2016, adding two new female drivers to the athlete roster<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ll keep sharing more announcements as we lead up to 2016! Stay tuned to MonsterJam.com, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/monsterjam\" title=\"Facebook\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/monsterjam\" title=\"Twitter\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/monsterjamlive\" title=\"Instagram\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/monsterjamlive\" title=\"YouTube\">YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like always, things are BIG here at Monster Jam. We\u2019ve had a busy week with exclusive content just for our fans and we\u2019re not even close to done! In case you missed any of our announcements, you can catch them all in the full video above. 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