Iconic Monster Trucks
Truck Name↕ | Original Driver↕ | Debut Year↕ | Base Vehicle↕ | Team↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bigfoot | Bob Chandler | 1975 | Ford F-250 | Bigfoot 4x4 Inc | The original monster truck, first car crush 1981, 21 generations built, inspired the entire sport |
Grave Digger | Dennis Anderson | 1982 | 1950 Chevy panel truck | Feld Motor Sports | Most famous monster truck ever, purple flames and green ghost graphics, Monster Jam mainstay |
Maximum Destruction (Max-D) | Tom Meents | 2000 | Custom chassis | Feld Motor Sports | Metal spike design, 11 Monster Jam World Finals championships, Tom Meents flagship truck |
USA-1 | Everett Jasmer | 1980 | Chevy pickup | USA-1 Racing | Red white and blue rival to Bigfoot, starred in Monster Trucks vs Robots VHS, 1980s icon |
King Krunch | Jeff Dane | 1981 | Dodge pickup | Independent | Early monster truck pioneer, 48-inch tires, performed at 1980s Motocross events |
Bearfoot | Fred Shafer | 1982 | Chevy pickup | Shafer Racing | Brown grizzly bear livery, 1980s TNT Motorsports mainstay, fierce Bigfoot rival |
Carolina Crusher | Gary Porter | 1985 | Chevy pickup | Porter Motorsports | Orange and blue paint, USHRA champion, gold standard of the late 1980s and 1990s |
Monster Patrol | Paul Shafer | 1987 | Ford F-150 | Shafer Racing | Police car theme with light bar, Bigfoot racing team member, popular 1990s truck |
Predator | Allen Pezo | 1988 | Ford Ranger | Pezo Motorsports | Green dinosaur body, fan favorite, Pezo family tradition, still runs at events |
Sudden Impact | Thomas Kringel | 1989 | Chevy pickup | Kringel Racing | Red chrome flames, European circuit star, German-American crossover |
Black Stallion | Michael Vaters | 1991 | Ford F-150 | Vaters Motorsports | Black horse mascot, Monster Jam veteran, Michael Vaters over 30 years in sport |
El Toro Loco | Lupe Soza | 2001 | Custom chassis | Feld Motor Sports | Angry bull head body, yellow and red, two-time Monster Jam World Freestyle Champion |
Son-uva Digger | Ryan Anderson | 2009 | Custom chassis | Feld Motor Sports | Grave Digger spinoff driven by Dennis Anderson's son, green flames, new-gen star |
Megalodon | Alx Danielsson | 2016 | Custom chassis | Feld Motor Sports | Giant shark body with teeth, newest Monster Jam crowd favorite, 2018 World Finals runner-up |
Zombie | Bari Musawwir | 2013 | Custom chassis | Feld Motor Sports | Green zombie hand bursting from truck, first Black driver to win Monster Jam event 2016 |
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