u/reallymkpunk

Ok so I can't say who but a driver let me know that Anaheim is set to have a special event at the Glendale pit party.

Well it is that time of year again. Time to start figuring out the World Finals line-ups. Now every year it seems line-ups in the World Finals are not always based on the best driver statistically. But many of us fans wish they were. For this list of trucks and drivers I'm looking at a few things:

1. champion provisionals for the recent World Finals Racing and Freestyle drivers.

2. tour champions since the last World Finals (I'm going by clinched for now since Arena East and Stadium West aren't)

3. overall year performance in the season through Sabermetrics. For those of you who never heard of it, is the empirical, statistical analysis of monster trucks (racing wins, skills scores, freestyle performance and strength of competition) designed to objectively evaluate driver performance.

With that said, here is my 27 truck and drivers moving into the main show on July 3rd and 4th:

Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Blake Granger (International Tour/Monster Jam World Final Freestyle Champion Provisional)

JCB DIGatron - Tristan England (Stadium Series East Champion Provisional)

Grave Digger - Weston Anderson (Freestyle Mania Champion Provisional)

El Toro Loco - Armando Castro (Fall Stadium Series Champion Provisional)

Megalodon - Jon Zimmer Sr. (Monster Jam World Final Racing Champion Provisional)

Avenger - Jim Koheler

Bailey Circuit - Cory Rummel

Classroom Crusher - Camden Murphy

Dragon - Coty Saucier

Earth Shaker - Alex Bardin

El Toro Loco - MJ Solorio

Excaliber - Mike Pagliarulo

Grave Digger - Adam Anderson

Grave Digger - Tyler Menniga

JCB DIGatron - Tony Ochs

Jurassic Attack - Tim Hall Jr.

Krazy Train - Triton Robbins

Lucas Stabilizer - Cynthia Gauthier

Mayhem - Chris Koheler

Shell Shock’ed - Dalton Widner

Son-Uva Digger - Ryan Anderson

Sparkle Smash - Jamie Sullivan

Tech Deck Wreck Deck - Bryce Kenny

Terminal Velocity - Jon Zimmer Jr.

ThunderROARus - Colt Stephens

Wild Side - Zach Garner

Zombie - Bari Musawwir

LCQ:

Classroom Crusher - Charlie Pauken III

El Toro Loco - Fernando Martinez

El Toro Loco - Jamey Garner

El Toro Loco - Joe Foley

Grave Digger - Krysten Anderson

Grave Digger - Matt Cody

Megalodon - Kevin Crocker

Plane Krazy - Montana Robbins

Sparkle Smash - Kayla Blood

ThunderROARus - Carson Williams

Vendetta - Mike Christensen

Zombie - Brandon Tulachka