Monster Jam has released the lineups for 2025 after teasing us with baby photos of the drivers to make a little guessing game. They also released the schedules to go along with them. It is noted that these are subject to change as certain drivers don’t have a truck and some don’t have a driver. Also, certain stops haven’t been added yet as it is still early for some. Let’s get into it!
Graphics from the Monster Jam Website
Stadium Tour East is certainly an interesting lineup with some familiar faces on this tour and some new ones as well. Starting in San Diego, CA, and ending in East Rutherford, NJ. An east tour having its first three weeks in California is an interesting move. Locations aside, a few new faces have sprouted up being Armando Castro and Dalton Widner. Armando Castro fresh off his Arena Championship and Two-Wheel Skills win is certainly a great addition to the lineup. We have been saying for years at MonsterTalk that Armando deserves stadiums and he is finally getting that opportunity. Dalton Widner has seemingly replaced David Olfert in Velociraptor for his spot on stadiums. Dalton is another driver who deserves the spot after his World Finals performance and 2024 Arena Championship Series performance. A couple of drivers who are back for 2025 are Cynthia Gauthier and Kevin Crocker. Cynthia was out for the 2024 season as she was pregnant and is now back in the Lucas Stabilizer for 2025. Kevin Crocker was last seen in 2020 in Monster Jam driving El Toro Loco for Team Scream and he is now driving Megalodon for the team. Cory Rummel said he is taking a break from touring and we will see if Kevin Crocker can live up to his performances. Camden Murphy in a TBA truck, will it be Spider-Man like he is running for the fall stadium shows or an entirely new one? Joe Foley is back in Axe on Stadiums for 2025. A bunch of returning faces: Tyler Menninga, Colt Stephens, Bari Musawwir, Jim Koehler, Chris Koehler, and Mike Christensen.
Graphics from the Monster Jam Website
Arena Tour East has the weakest lineup of the Monster Jam series for 2025. The series starts in Greenville, SC, and ends in Pensacola, FL. This series will be a battle between Krysten Anderson and Tony Ochs all season. MJ Solorio and Brandan Tulachka will also be battling for the top spots in this series. The Hall Brothers team will bring the always reliable Raminator and Rammunition to the series with Mark Hall and Kurt Kraehmer behind the wheel. Mikayla Tulachka is here in Megalodon for a new season in 2025 on Arena East and Monster Mutt Dalmatian with a TBD driver which we speculate is either Loghan Ashline, Chelsea VanCleave, or an entirely new driver. Arena Tour East is certainly going to be a competitive points battle.
Graphics from the Monster Jam Website
Arena Tour Central has the most surprises of all other series for the 2025 season. Starting in Nashville, TN, and ending in Lexington, KY. Matt Cody will make his 2025 Arena Championship series debut as he was a fill-in for Brandon Vinson last year. He put on stellar performances then that led him to keep the lead for the series championship. Maybe, he can get that series championship and get an invite to World Finals 24 this time around. Fernando Martinez is back on Arena Central in El Toro Loco and Angelina Nock is here in Megalodon for her sophomore season in 2025. Jamie Sullivan gets the call to drive the 2nd Sparkle Smash for 2025 and she deserves it. She has been the most improved driver for 2024 and maybe her improvement can get her a championship. The Send It Motorsports team is here for 2025 on Arena Central with Terminal Velocity making its return with Jon Zimmer Jr and Jon Zimmer driving Zombie as a bit of a surprise. Speaking of surprises, Krazy Train and Plane Krazy will make their full-time debut with Monster Jam for the 2025 season with Triton Robbins and Montana Robbins. Krazy Trains’ last Monster Jam appearance was in 2017. It seems that the Robbins have replaced the Monster Trucks Unlimited team for 2025. This will be the Arena Championship series to watch!
Graphics from the Monster Jam Website
Stadium Tour West is the series to watch for 2025. Starting in Anaheim, CA, and ending in Inglewood, CA, with a mid season drive from Tampa to Anaheim will probably not be terribly fun. The big guns are back as Adam Anderson, Ryan Anderson, and Tristan England will battle for that top spot. We have some new faces in Zack Garner in Wild Side making his Stadium Championship series debut. You can not say he doesn’t deserve it after his Racing Championship at World Finals 23. Mike Pagilaurlo in Excaliber makes his full-time debut for 2025. He did decent last year, let’s see if he can do any better. Fun fact, the last time Excaliber competed full-time in Monster Jam was in 2012 with Kevin Koszala behind the wheel. You can also never count out Bryce Kenny in a TBA truck. What could this mean, we will have to find out later this year. Kayla Blood and Todd Leduc look to have better seasons than they did last year performance-wise. Jamey Garner is back in the crazy bull El Toro loco and Cole Venard in Black Pearl is here once again for 2025. Matt Pagliarulo and Nick Pagliarulo are back once again in Jester and Kraken. After a disappointing performance last season hopefully, they will do better in 2025.
Graphics from the Monster Jam Website
Arena Tour West has got a lot of talent. Starting in Salt Lake City, UT, and ending in Cincinnati, OH. Ironic that a west tour’s last seven stops all basically all on the east coast. Weston Anderson in Grave Digger makes his first venture into the West Coast for the 2025 season. He will certainly do better on the bigger floors like Tacoma and Fargo where he can send it and have more room. Ashley Sanford in Megalodon appears yet again on Arena West for the third year in a row. She will hopefully have another good season. Dragon with Coty Saucier will give Weston some competition for 2025. Brianna Mahon in Scooby-Doo! is here for 2025. She will also shine on these bigger floors as the most experienced driver on the tour. Team Throttle Monster is back on Arena West with their 4 trucks as Devin Winfield and Bertro Trevino in Velociraptor and Monster Mutt Rottweiler return. Joe Urie makes his first full-time start on a series for Team Throttle as last year he was a fill-in for James Calhoun. Tim Hall Jr. in Jurassic Attack makes his Monster Jam Arena Championship series debut. Hopefully, he can fill those big shoes that were left by Dalton Widner. A great lineup for the 2025 Arena West Championship.
All of the Championship Series are absolutely stacked, and we cannot wait to see the outcomes of these intriguing Points Series!
