{"id":1043532,"date":"2026-09-04T20:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043532\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:17:22","slug":"monster-jam-returns-to-jacksonville-at-vystar-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043532\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Jam returns to Jacksonville at Vystar Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Monster Jam monster truck stunt show<\/a> is back in Jacksonville. Eventgoers can expect big trucks doing big tricks all weekend long.<\/p>\n

Typically, this event is held at Everbank Stadium, but because of the Stadium of the Future construction, it\u2019s been moved. <\/p>\n

Truckloads of dirt were wheeled into VyStar, but the big wheels everyone is interested in are 12,000-pound monster trucks!<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like taking a 12,000-pound truck and doing a backflip into a nose wheel combo or something crazy like that,\u201d said monster truck driver Tony Ochs.<\/p>\n

The Saturday and Sunday event features driver competitions in three categories: Racing, 2 Wheel Skills and Freestyle. Some of the stunts include back flips and vertical two-wheel tricks. <\/p>\n

The precursor event is the Pit Party, allowing fans to see trucks and drivers up close.<\/p>\n

One of the drivers they\u2019ll see is Krysten Anderson.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad took the very first red headlights for Gravedigger out of a school bus,\u201d said Anderson. <\/p>\n

Anderson drives the 45-year-old behemoth of a truck\u2014Gravedigger.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tires are huge; they\u2019re about five foot six. They\u2019re about as tall as I am. They\u2019re 700 pounds. The truck itself is almost 13,000 pounds. This thing is a machine!\u201d said Anderson. <\/p>\n

Anderson inherited Monster Jam\u2019s last hand-painted truck, as the only daughter of famous driver Dennis Anderson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was not the princess of the house. If my brother had it, I wanted it too, and I wanted it twice as fast and even bigger,\u201d said Anderson. <\/p>\n

\u201cI get to be a female face representing all of the little girls and the ladies who are in the stands, and I\u2019m driving the most iconic monster truck ever known,\u201d the monster truck driver continued. <\/p>\n

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