2009 World Champions Crowned at Monster Jam® Awards Banquet

Aurora, Ill (March 29, 2009) - Sunday night's 2009 Monster Jam® Awards Banquet, from the Imperial Palace's Legends Theater in Las Vegas, NV, capped off an outstanding 2009 Monster Jam season that concluded with Saturday night's Monster Jam NGK Spark Plugs World Finals at Sam Boyd Stadium.

In total 19 awards were given away, highlighted by the crowning of Monster Jam NGK Spark Plugs World Finals Racing Champion Tom Meents driving Maximum Destruction®, and the new Monster Jam NGK Spark Plugs World Final Freestyle Champion, Damon Bradshaw.

Award Winners at the 2009 Monster Jam Awards Banquet:

• Tom Meents, Maximum Destruction® - Donut of the Year
• John Zimmer, Shock Therapy - Rising Star
• Dave Rapach, Rap Attack - Arena Wheelie of the Year
• Frank Krmel, Donkey Kong^TM - Extreme Air Award
• Dennis Anderson, Grave Digger® - Stadium Wheelie of the Year
• Jeremy Slifko, Backdraft - Rookie of the Year
• The Entire Monster Jam Family - Guts and Grit Award
• Steve Koehler, Wrecking Crew and Andy Slifko, Eradicator - Save of the Year
• Charles Benns, Pit Bull - Humanitarian of the Year
• Alex Blackwell, Captain's Curse® and Rod Schmidt, Grave Digger - Fan-tastic Award
• Charlie Pauken, Grave Digger® - Arena Freestyle of the Year
• Jim Koehler, Avenger - Sportsman of the Year
• Charlie Pauken, An escalade - Crash Madness Award
• Dennis Anderson, Grave Digger® - Stadium Freestyle of the Year
• Howie Dalton, Grave Digger® - Mechanic of the Year
• Tom Meents, Maximum Destruction® - "Wow" Factor Award
• Monster Trucks Ltd - Team of the Year
• Tom Meents, Maximum Destruction® - 2009 Monster Jam Racing World Champion
• Damon Bradshaw, US Air Force Afterburner® - 2009 Monster Jam Freestyle World Champion

Highlights from the 2009 Monster Jam season and the Monster Jam NGK Spark Plugs World Finals can be viewed Sunday, April 12 at Noon EST, on the CBS Sports Spectacular Monster Jam show.  The event will also air on Speed TV in May 2009, check your local listings for date and times.

The Monster Jam NGK Spark Plugs World Finals returns to Sam Boyd stadium in Las Vegas on March 26-27, 2010.  Once again, the world's top monster trucks will take to the toughest track for the greatest monster truck event in the world.  The coveted Double Down packages, which include sideline jackpot seats to Saturday's show, access to Friday's qualifying, a Double Down t-shirt, Monster Jam World Finals DVD, barbeque and more will be available during the pre-sale which begins April 6^th, 2009.  For pre-sale information and details on how to purchase the 2010 Double Down packages visit www.MonsterJamOnline.com.

For a complete recap of the Monster Jam NGK Spark Plugs World Finals results log onto www.MonsterJamOnline.com.

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