A major event with some of the largest trucks is set to make its way back to the Hostess City this Friday, kicking off a weekend-long motorsport competition.
While Savannahians are accustomed to seeing concerts, hockey, or volleyball at Enmarket Arena, driver Weston Anderson assures fans that Monster Jam will deliver a thrilling all-encompassing experience featuring premier competitive action.
“We are going to have eight of the top drivers in the country coming,” Anderson said.
Hailing from Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Anderson has been competing in Monster Jam since 2022, piloting the Grave Digger—a famed monster truck originally crafted by his father, Dennis Anderson.
“It’s almost breathtaking to even think that something like this could exist and that this wild job is still around after all these years,” Weston remarked.
Due to his lineage, monster trucks quickly began to play a large role in his life, and he was destined to become a driver himself, Weston told .
“We lived and breathed monster trucks,” Weston shared. “Growing up, Grave Digger was in the shop every week along with other trucks, directly next to my bedroom. I had no choice but to be surrounded by it.”
Even though he said he wouldn’t go skydiving and is afraid of the heights, the adrenaline rush is Weston’s favorite part of being a driver.
“Once you’re strapped into this 12,000-pound truck and leap 40 feet into the air, crashing and back-flipping, doing stunts no one dreamed possible in a monster truck—it sends chills down your spine. It’s an experience like no other.”
The Enmarket Arena won’t look the same when you arrive for the event since it undergoes a serious transformation to create the dirt track.
Anderson said fans may not know it, but Monster Jam owns dirt in each of its host cities. Around 100 dump trucks of dirt will be loaded into excavators and brought into the arena to create the track.
The weekend will include three main competitions. First, a head-to-head style racing bracket, followed by a two-wheel skills category and finishing with a Monster Jam Freestyle competition.
There is also an overall event winner that is determined by the tally of points awarded across the competitions.
Fans in the arena will have their own say for who the winner should be, Weston said, as they make up 35% of the vote.
The first event is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. with the weekend wrapping up with its last event on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 6:30 p.m.
