Monster Jam roars into Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum this weekend, featuring legendary trucks like Gravedigger and Megalodon alongside a new team competition format that pairs monster trucks with motocross riders for the first time.
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The current points leader, Team Gravedigger, includes driver Weston Anderson and motocross rider Noah Bakken, who jumped from third to first place last weekend. Anderson will compete in three different competitions, while Bakken handles two events, totaling 15 competitions across three shows.
The new team format pairs monster truck drivers with motocross riders, with each bike designed to look like a monster truck. Local Wisconsin siblings Makayla and Brandon Tulachka from Kewaunee are competing on the circuit.
"They are very, very Wisconsin — very Wisconsin-esque, I'll say," Anderson said. "They're very down-to-earth people. I love them to death."
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Anderson praised the Milwaukee venue's dirt conditions, noting that the same dirt from last year will be used again.
"The dirt here is a little bit slick, so we can throw the truck around, drift around, and not have to worry about flipping over," Anderson said. "The dirt we go to each and every weekend is different, each city."
For Bakken, who has never competed at Fiserv Forum before, the venue's size creates opportunities for more entertaining performances.
"Honestly, the bigger the better," Bakken said. "The more room we have, the more entertaining it's going to be, and obviously packed full of Monster Jam fans."
The team competition adds a new dynamic for fans, who can now cheer for both truck and motocross performances simultaneously.
"It's not just me on Team Gravedigger anymore," Anderson said. "They get to cheer on not only me in the truck, but they get to cheer on Noah on the dirt bike too, and that's something we've never had before."
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