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Nicole Michelle Johnson




 Nicole Johnson at photo shoot in California in 2012
Born
January 16, 1974 (age 40)
Ventura County, CA, US
Residence
Las Vegas, US
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Brigham Young University
Occupation
Monster Truck Driver
Spouse(s)
Frank Johnson
Children
2
Nicole Michelle Johnson (born January 16, 1974) is an American professional monster truck driver and competition rock crawler.[1] Born in Oxnard, California and residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, the mother of two boys is the driver of the Scooby-Doo Monster Jam truck, which is owned and operated by Feld Motorsports, a division of Feld Entertainment.


Contents  [hide]
1 Life and career 1.1 Early Years
1.2 Off Road Career
2 References
3 External links

Life and career[edit]
Early Years[edit]
Born Nicole Michelle Jardin on January 16, 1974 in Oxnard, CA to parents Thomas and Georgia[2] who divorced when she was young, Nicole spent weekends and summers in Hawaii with her father, who was a diesel mechanic by trade.[3] She was often around cars and learned mechanics from her dad, who had her driving a go-kart powered by a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine when she was five years old.[4]
Nicole is a convert to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction management in 1996.[5]
At age 19, she married Frank Ralph Johnson on August 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA. The number 814, representing their anniversary, was later used as the couple's team number at rock crawling competitions.[6] The couple moved to Las Vegas after graduation in 1996, and have resided there ever since.[7] Nicole and Frank have two sons.[1]
Off Road Career[edit]



 Nicole Johnson at Monster Jam in 2012 as driver of Scooby-Doo monster truck
As a young couple, Nicole and Frank often spent weekends four wheeling in their 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser.[5] Avid four wheelers since the beginning of their marriage, Nicole served as Treasurer of the Southern Nevada Landcruiser Association, the Las Vegas-based chapter of the Toyota Landcruiser Association, in 1997 to 1998, alongside Frank who served as the organization's President.[3][8] In 2001, Frank became a spotter for the Red Bull Rock Crawling team and Nicole cheered him from the sidelines. By 2004, in her first competition, Nicole drove a friend's vehicle at the Pro Rock Women's National Championships, spotted by Frank. The couple placed first at the event, which sparked the creation of their rock crawling team together, known as Johnson Motorsports.[1][3][5]
In 2007, Nicole turned pro and competed through 2010 in the Pro Modified class at the World Extreme Rock Crawling Competition Series (known as W.E. Rock).[6] From 2008 through 2010, she raced King of the Hammers. In 2008, she became the first female finisher of the race,[9] was awarded "Fastest Queen" for her finish in 2010, and remains the only female to finish the race twice. Nicole also raced a partial season in 2010 at the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series in the Limited Buggy class.[10] In 2008, Nicole and Frank were featured on Modern Marvels on the History Channel.[5] At the 2010 SEMA Show, Nicole met monster truck legend Dennis Anderson, creator of Grave Digger Monster Truck, and his son, Ryan Anderson, who introduced her to Feld Entertainment personnel. Two weeks after meeting the Andersons, in November 2010, Nicole test drove a monster truck and accepted the job with Monster Jam, which began six weeks later.[5]
Nicole joined Monster Jam in January 2011 driving Tasmanian Devil, a 1,475 horsepower monster truck based around the Warner Brothers cartoon character of the same name.[11] She made Monster Jam history in Trenton, NJ on January 7, 2011 as the first female rookie driver to win racing in a debut performance.[12] During the same ten-week season, she won racing nine times, breaking the record for the most racing wins in a single season by a rookie or a female.[13] By the end of her rookie year in 2011, Nicole was honored as the recipient of the Monster Jam Rising Star Driver Award and was a nominee for the 2011 Monster Jam Rookie of the Year Award.[14]
Scheduled to continue a second season in Tasmanian Devil, by January, 2012, Nicole was selected to pilot Advance Auto Parts Grinder, a truck representing Monster Jam's title sponsor, when its regular driver, Frank Krmel, was injured pre-season.[15] Nicole filled in for five weeks, then returned to Tasmanian Devil for the remainder of the 2012 season.[16] At the March, 2012 Monster Jam World Finals held in Las Vegas, NV, Nicole was one of eight drivers selected to race the inaugural Young Guns Shootout and returned to her seat in Grinder. Nicole was defeated in the final round of racing by Bari Musawwir, driver of Spider-Man.[17]
By January 2013, Nicole had become one of the "most enthusiastic and popular Monster Jam drivers" and was selected to pilot and debut the Warner Bros. Consumer Products Scooby-Doo Monster Jam truck.[18] At the 2013 Monster Jam Awards Ceremony, Nicole was presented with the Crash Madness of the Year Award[19] for a racing wreck, in which she was uninjured, earlier in the season in New Orleans, LA at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.[20]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c Dostal, Erin (July 18, 2011). "Nicole Johnson: Contractor, mother, monster truck driver" Vegas Inc. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "Nicole M Jardin, Born 1/16/1974 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c Jock, Chad (September 2008). "Outstanding Standouts" DirtSports Magazine. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ "Driver Bio: Nicole Johnson" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c d e BYU Alumni Association (Summer 2012). "Smashing Success" BYU Today. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
6.^ Jump up to: a b (2008). "W.E.ROCK Western U.S. Nationals Pro Modified Teams List" werocklive.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ Elfman, Doug (March 18, 2013). "Las Vegas woman snacks on monster trucks" Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ SNLC Welcome. snlc.org. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ DirtNewz.com & Pirate4x4.com Staff (February 21–22, 2008) 2008 King of the Hammers. pirate4x4.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ (June 18, 2010). "Nicole Johnson: A short course off-road rookie relates" racer.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "Tasmanian Devil Truck Bio" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Smith, Mitch (January 7–8, 2011). "Results: Trenton, NJ - Sun National Bank Center Results" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Smith, Laura (July 3, 2012). "From mom to monster truck driver" The Digital Universe. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ Douglass, Scott (November 22, 2011). "Year Two Will Be Another Big Step Forward For Nicole Johnson" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Monster Jam Media (January 3, 2012). "Nicole Johnson Filling in for Injured Frank Krmel" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Parks, Dustin (February 28, 2012). "Team Grinder to Split Driving Duties at Young Guns Shootout and World Finals XIII" All About Horsepower. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ (February 6, 2013). "2013 Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam World Finals Young Guns Shootout Line-up Announced" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ Monster Jam Media (December 6, 2012). "Scooby-Doo Joins Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ Monster Jam Media (March 24, 2013). "Drivers & Crews Recognized At The 2013 Monster Jam Awards Ceremony" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Jewett, Larry (February 23, 2013). "Results: New Orleans, LA - Mercedes-Benz Superdome" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
External links[edit]
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Nicole Johnson (monster truck driver)
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Nicole Michelle Johnson




 Nicole Johnson at photo shoot in California in 2012
Born
January 16, 1974 (age 40)
Ventura County, CA, US
Residence
Las Vegas, US
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Brigham Young University
Occupation
Monster Truck Driver
Spouse(s)
Frank Johnson
Children
2
Nicole Michelle Johnson (born January 16, 1974) is an American professional monster truck driver and competition rock crawler.[1] Born in Oxnard, California and residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, the mother of two boys is the driver of the Scooby-Doo Monster Jam truck, which is owned and operated by Feld Motorsports, a division of Feld Entertainment.


Contents  [hide]
1 Life and career 1.1 Early Years
1.2 Off Road Career
2 References
3 External links

Life and career[edit]
Early Years[edit]
Born Nicole Michelle Jardin on January 16, 1974 in Oxnard, CA to parents Thomas and Georgia[2] who divorced when she was young, Nicole spent weekends and summers in Hawaii with her father, who was a diesel mechanic by trade.[3] She was often around cars and learned mechanics from her dad, who had her driving a go-kart powered by a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine when she was five years old.[4]
Nicole is a convert to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction management in 1996.[5]
At age 19, she married Frank Ralph Johnson on August 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA. The number 814, representing their anniversary, was later used as the couple's team number at rock crawling competitions.[6] The couple moved to Las Vegas after graduation in 1996, and have resided there ever since.[7] Nicole and Frank have two sons.[1]
Off Road Career[edit]



 Nicole Johnson at Monster Jam in 2012 as driver of Scooby-Doo monster truck
As a young couple, Nicole and Frank often spent weekends four wheeling in their 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser.[5] Avid four wheelers since the beginning of their marriage, Nicole served as Treasurer of the Southern Nevada Landcruiser Association, the Las Vegas-based chapter of the Toyota Landcruiser Association, in 1997 to 1998, alongside Frank who served as the organization's President.[3][8] In 2001, Frank became a spotter for the Red Bull Rock Crawling team and Nicole cheered him from the sidelines. By 2004, in her first competition, Nicole drove a friend's vehicle at the Pro Rock Women's National Championships, spotted by Frank. The couple placed first at the event, which sparked the creation of their rock crawling team together, known as Johnson Motorsports.[1][3][5]
In 2007, Nicole turned pro and competed through 2010 in the Pro Modified class at the World Extreme Rock Crawling Competition Series (known as W.E. Rock).[6] From 2008 through 2010, she raced King of the Hammers. In 2008, she became the first female finisher of the race,[9] was awarded "Fastest Queen" for her finish in 2010, and remains the only female to finish the race twice. Nicole also raced a partial season in 2010 at the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series in the Limited Buggy class.[10] In 2008, Nicole and Frank were featured on Modern Marvels on the History Channel.[5] At the 2010 SEMA Show, Nicole met monster truck legend Dennis Anderson, creator of Grave Digger Monster Truck, and his son, Ryan Anderson, who introduced her to Feld Entertainment personnel. Two weeks after meeting the Andersons, in November 2010, Nicole test drove a monster truck and accepted the job with Monster Jam, which began six weeks later.[5]
Nicole joined Monster Jam in January 2011 driving Tasmanian Devil, a 1,475 horsepower monster truck based around the Warner Brothers cartoon character of the same name.[11] She made Monster Jam history in Trenton, NJ on January 7, 2011 as the first female rookie driver to win racing in a debut performance.[12] During the same ten-week season, she won racing nine times, breaking the record for the most racing wins in a single season by a rookie or a female.[13] By the end of her rookie year in 2011, Nicole was honored as the recipient of the Monster Jam Rising Star Driver Award and was a nominee for the 2011 Monster Jam Rookie of the Year Award.[14]
Scheduled to continue a second season in Tasmanian Devil, by January, 2012, Nicole was selected to pilot Advance Auto Parts Grinder, a truck representing Monster Jam's title sponsor, when its regular driver, Frank Krmel, was injured pre-season.[15] Nicole filled in for five weeks, then returned to Tasmanian Devil for the remainder of the 2012 season.[16] At the March, 2012 Monster Jam World Finals held in Las Vegas, NV, Nicole was one of eight drivers selected to race the inaugural Young Guns Shootout and returned to her seat in Grinder. Nicole was defeated in the final round of racing by Bari Musawwir, driver of Spider-Man.[17]
By January 2013, Nicole had become one of the "most enthusiastic and popular Monster Jam drivers" and was selected to pilot and debut the Warner Bros. Consumer Products Scooby-Doo Monster Jam truck.[18] At the 2013 Monster Jam Awards Ceremony, Nicole was presented with the Crash Madness of the Year Award[19] for a racing wreck, in which she was uninjured, earlier in the season in New Orleans, LA at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.[20]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c Dostal, Erin (July 18, 2011). "Nicole Johnson: Contractor, mother, monster truck driver" Vegas Inc. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "Nicole M Jardin, Born 1/16/1974 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c Jock, Chad (September 2008). "Outstanding Standouts" DirtSports Magazine. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ "Driver Bio: Nicole Johnson" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c d e BYU Alumni Association (Summer 2012). "Smashing Success" BYU Today. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
6.^ Jump up to: a b (2008). "W.E.ROCK Western U.S. Nationals Pro Modified Teams List" werocklive.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ Elfman, Doug (March 18, 2013). "Las Vegas woman snacks on monster trucks" Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ SNLC Welcome. snlc.org. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ DirtNewz.com & Pirate4x4.com Staff (February 21–22, 2008) 2008 King of the Hammers. pirate4x4.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ (June 18, 2010). "Nicole Johnson: A short course off-road rookie relates" racer.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "Tasmanian Devil Truck Bio" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Smith, Mitch (January 7–8, 2011). "Results: Trenton, NJ - Sun National Bank Center Results" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Smith, Laura (July 3, 2012). "From mom to monster truck driver" The Digital Universe. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ Douglass, Scott (November 22, 2011). "Year Two Will Be Another Big Step Forward For Nicole Johnson" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Monster Jam Media (January 3, 2012). "Nicole Johnson Filling in for Injured Frank Krmel" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Parks, Dustin (February 28, 2012). "Team Grinder to Split Driving Duties at Young Guns Shootout and World Finals XIII" All About Horsepower. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ (February 6, 2013). "2013 Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam World Finals Young Guns Shootout Line-up Announced" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ Monster Jam Media (December 6, 2012). "Scooby-Doo Joins Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ Monster Jam Media (March 24, 2013). "Drivers & Crews Recognized At The 2013 Monster Jam Awards Ceremony" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Jewett, Larry (February 23, 2013). "Results: New Orleans, LA - Mercedes-Benz Superdome" Monster Jam. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
External links[edit]
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Adam Anderson (monster truck driver)
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Adam Anderson (born December 5, 1985 in Norfolk, VA) is an American professional monster truck driver. He currently drives the monster truck Grave Digger, The Legend on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit.
Career[edit]
Adam Anderson is the son of monster truck pioneer Dennis Anderson. He worked on the trucks with his father for many years before joining him in the USHRA Monster Jam circuit in 2005, driving his own truck, Taz, a truck based on the Looney Tunes character. In 2006 he received the Monster Jam Most Improved Driver honors. In 2011 he rebuilt TAZ to Grave Digger The Legend.
In 2007, when his father broke his right shoulder driving Grave Digger and was forced to sit out the majority of the season, Adam was selected and stepped in to drive the truck in his father's stead.
On March 29, 2008, at Monster Jam's World Finals 9 in Las Vegas, Anderson in Taz, became the youngest Monster Jam World Champion by winning the Freestyle competition, the first of his career.
On March 23, 2013, Anderson won his second Monster Jam World Finals championship in the racing portion of Monster Jam World Finals 14. He became only the fourth driver in history to win both a racing and freestyle championship at the Monster Jam World Finals. The other three were Tom Meents, his father, and Debra Miceli.
Personal[edit]
Anderson currently resides in Currituck, North Carolina, and recently became engaged.[citation needed] At the Monster Jam World Finals in 2012, Dennis Anderson announced that Adam will be making him a grandfather. Adam's child with Brianne is due in August 2012.
External links[edit]
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Dennis Anderson
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Dennis Anderson

Born
October 24, 1960 (age 53)
Norfolk, United States
Occupation
Monster Truck Creator, Owner and Driver
Dennis Anderson (born October 24, 1960)[1] is a professional monster truck driver. He is the creator and driver of "Grave Digger" on the USHRA Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam circuit. Originally from Norfolk, Virginia, he now resides in Poplar Branch, North Carolina.[1] In Poplar Branch, he has his own shop where he signs autographs and shoots videos for MTV, SPEED, TNT, and other TV channels. He also has a wide display of monster trucks including many Grave Diggers, one Taz, and one Fanta monster truck. He is always favored among a Monster Jam crowd.


Contents  [hide]
1 Career
2 Injuries
3 Hallmarks
4 Awards
5 References
6 External links

Career[edit]
Dennis started out as a mud bogger with his original Grave Digger in 1981. This truck was a 1952 Ford pickup truck, later converted to a silver and blue 1951 Ford Panel Truck. At one local show, a scheduled monster truck failed to show up and Anderson, who already had large tractor tires on the truck, offered to crush cars in the absence of the full-size monster. The success of the vehicle led Anderson to pursue monster trucks as a career.
In 1986 Grave Digger underwent a transformation to complete monster truck and first received its distinctive black graveyard paint scheme. In 1987 and 1988 Anderson drove the truck primarily at TNT Motor sports races. In 1988 Anderson beat Bigfoot in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on a show taped for ESPN.
Anderson moved to Grave Digger 2 in 1989, with a new 1950 Chevrolet panel van body. TNT began promoting Grave Digger heavily, especially for races on the Tuff Trax syndicated television series and ESPN's Powertrax. This was helped by Bigfoot running a limited schedule in the 1989 championship. He was currently sixth in the standings in the 1990 TNT series when he decided to build Grave Digger 3 due to a wreck.
When TNT became a part of the USHRA in 1991, Anderson began running on the USHRA tour and debuted his first four-link truck, Grave Digger 3.
In late 1998, Anderson sold the Grave Digger team to USA Motorsports, leading to controversy and accusations of rigged races due to Anderson driving for the same company that runs the events.[citation needed] In 1999 he won his first championship in the USHRA series. In 2001, he drove Mr. Destruction into a wall of cars as a special stunt for the Louisiana Superdome show. Anderson won the inaugural Monster Jam World Finals freestyle championship in 2000, and scored a racing championship win at the 2004 World Finals. Anderson currently drives Grave Digger 30. He won another racing championship at the 2006 World Finals driving Grave Digger 20. Anderson has also won the 2010 World Finals Racing Championship also driving Grave Digger 20.
Anderson is currently a co-host on History Channel's Around the World in 80 Ways.
Injuries[edit]
Anderson has had several injuries over his career. In late 1991 he broke his kneecap when he hit a wall at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, forcing him to sit out the 1992 winter season. He recovered and beat Jack Willman Jr. in Taurus at Carter Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. Later in 1992, a hard side hit on the wall of Louisville Motor Speedway in Louisville, Kentucky broke several ribs near his backbone and caused recurring problems throughout his career. A nose-dive, AKA the lawn dart, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in 1999 aggravated the injury and caused Anderson to miss several shows over the next couple of years. He reinjured himself at a Special Events show in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. A broken hand from a non-driving accident in Philadelphia in 2003 sat him out for half of that year. Another was an injury that was less known about was an injury to his right wrist during the summer of 2006 in a non monster truck accident. Anderson's most recent injury is an arm injury at the Metrodome in late 2006, meaning his son Adam Anderson drove Grave Digger at shows in early 2007.
Hallmarks[edit]
Anderson has often crashed or damaged his truck early in racing rounds due to his driving style. For this reason, he had a nickname of "One Run Anderson".
Back in his early mud bogging days, he was known for running full throttle, flinging mud everywhere. He would either make a mess going through, or break the truck from heavy strain during most events. Coincidentally and fitting enough, his most recent work has brought Anderson 'full circle'- back to the mud- a custom built monster mud truck called King Sling. The truck, a 1941 Willys truck with custom-cut tractor tires and modern chassis and suspension components, carries twice the horsepower at half the weight of his monster truck Grave Digger. The truck is a favorite exhibition vehicle at mud bogs as it is a combination of monster mud vehicle with the monster mud driver.
Awards[edit]
USHRA Racing Champion - 1999
USHRA World Finals Freestyle Champion - 2000
USHRA World Finals Racing Champion - 2004, 2006, 2010
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Dennis Anderson". MonsterJam.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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Kim Crosby
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Kim Crosby

Born
December 8, 1964 (age 49)
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
10 race(s) run over 3 year(s)
Best champ.
 finish
72nd – 2004
First race
2004 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
Last race
2006 ATT 250 (Milwaukee)

Wins
Top tens
Poles
0 0 0

Statistics current as of March 3, 2013.
Kim Crosby (born December 8, 1964 in Tallahassee, Florida) is a American stock car racing driver, professional driving instructor, and monster truck driver. She is a former competitor in the NASCAR Busch Series.


Contents  [hide]
1 Career
2 Motorsports career results 2.1 NASCAR 2.1.1 Busch Series

3 External links

Career[edit]
Before she became a NASCAR driver, she served as a middle school principal in Slidell, Louisiana, resigning in December 2004 to focus full-time on her racing career. Kim has a Masters Degree in Educational Administration.
Crosby originally was a drag racer, competing in the NHRA and IHRA for fifteen years. She began oval racing in 2000 at the Buck Baker Driving School, where she graduated in the advanced class. She would later return to work at the school as an instructor at the school's satellites at Bristol Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, and Darlington Raceway. She also ran the Florida Fast Trucks Series. Kim has also completed the Advanced Driving School at Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.
In 2003, she made her debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, where her best finish came in her first start, a 21st at Kentucky Speedway. She ran two more races that year in the ARCA series. In 2004, she was signed to drive the #28 for Black Cat Racing, but left the team during Speedweeks. She ended up making her Busch Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway, finishing 20th in the #51 Boudreaux's Butt Paste Dodge owned by Ware Racing Enterprises. She ran three more races for Ware that season, her best finish coming in her Talladega debut. She closed out the year running for ORTEC Motorsports, finishing 38th at the Aaron's 312.
She signed to drive for GIC-Mixon Motorsports in 2005, driving the #24 Butt Paste Chevrolet. Her best finish with this team was a 35th at Atlanta Motor Speedway. By mid-season, she left GIC and signed to drive the #26 Chevrolet for Keith Coleman Racing, finishing 28th at Daytona International Speedway. After a very tumultuous time with KCR, Crosby resigned from the team to pursue other opportunities.
In 2006, it was announced she would run a part-time schedule for Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly. She made her first and only start for the team in June at the Milwaukee Mile, starting 41st after crashing the ill-handling car during qualifying, then finishing 40th after suffering electrical problems and being forced to the garage early in the race. The team shut down shortly thereafter due to business and sponsorship issues, allowing Kim only the one ill-fated start for the team.
In 2008 she was listed as one of the drivers for the #15 truck for Billy Ballew Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (Now Camping World Truck Series) as a teammate to Kyle Busch. Sponsorship never materialized, however, and Kim was unable to make a start for the team.
As of 2009, Crosby has been a driver for Monster Jam, piloting the monster trucks known as Monster Mutt Dalmatian and Madusa (normally driven by fellow extreme athlete Debra Miceli) in Central America as part of Monster Jam's World Tour. She continues to pursue sponsorship for her own Monster Jam theme truck and plans to reenter the NASCAR ranks if the right opportunity arises.
Crosby is an avid outdoorswoman. When not racing, she prefers to be hunting, fishing, hiking, kayaking and camping. She currently resides in Kentucky.
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Chad Fortune
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Chad Fortune

Born
August 13, 1967 (age 47)
Roswell, Georgia
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Ring name(s)
Chad Fortune
 Travis
Billed height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Billed weight
240 lb (110 kg)
Chad Fortune (born August 13, 1967) is a monster truck driver, former professional football player and former professional wrestler in both WWF and WCW.


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1 Football career
2 Professional wrestling
3 Monster trucks
4 In wrestling
5 References

Football career[edit]
Fortune played tight end at the University of Louisville from 1986-1989.[1] Following his college career he signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts but was released prior to the start of the 1990 season.[2] Fortune spent time on the practice squad of both the Miami Dolphins[3] and Colts during the 1990 season.[4] He competed in the Philadelphia Eagles 1991 training camp, but the team released him to clear a roster spot for Kenny Jackson.[5]
Fortune was signed at various points of 1992 NFL preseason, with the Washington Redskins,[6] Dallas Cowboys,[7] and Chicago Bears. He was on the Bears practice squad at the start of the 1992 season, missing some time due to an allergic reaction caused by a bee sting.[8] Fortune was promoted to the main roster, and spent part of the 1992 season as the team's 3rd string tight end.[9]
Fortune was also a starting Tight End for the Frankfurt Galaxy during both their 1991 and 1992 seasons.[10]
Professional wrestling[edit]
In 1994, Fortune would start his wrestling career in Minnesota's AWA. He would reunite with Erik Watts as they were teammates of the University of Kentucky.
Fortune, under the ring name "Travis", and Erik Watts, under the ring name Troy, performed in the WWF as Tekno Team 2000.[11] Wearing silver smocks and tight zubaz, their gimmick was that they represented the cutting edge of cyberculture. Their tag team made its debut on the May 27, 1995 episode of Superstars in a victorious effort against Brooklyn Brawler and Barry Horowitz.[12] They wrestled two more matches on TV the following month before disappearing from television until July 1995 for the In Your House Pay-Per-View acting as lumberjacks for the main event. After the Pay-Per-View they disappeared off of television for a year being sent to USWA, only to resurface back on WWF television in 1996. They got a WWE Tag Team title shot against the Bodydonnas. They still failed to achieve any success and both men were released from the WWF.
Fortune signed a WCW contract in 1997. He wrestled mainly on the taped shows such as WCW Worldwide. He and Dale Torborg were briefly a tag team known as "The Pit Crew".[13] Fortune was one of many wrestlers released by WCW in October 1999.[14]
Bill Goldberg also gives credit to Fortune for serving Goldberg his first official wrestling loss in his autobiography, I'm Next.
Monster trucks[edit]
In 2000, SFX Entertainment (recently Live Nation, now Feld Entertainment) signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling to bring WCW-based trucks to their USHRA Monster Jam series, which gave Fortune, through wrestling, his start in monster trucks. He was initially an unnamed "spokesman" for the nWo truck, who would give antagonistic interviews while the driver, Rob Knell, acted as being focused on the truck. Many in the industry were vocal against the use of professional wrestling gimmicks for drivers, and the truck only lasted one season.
The following year, Fortune began driving the WCW Nitro Machine truck in the winter season, then bounced around trucks during the summer.[15] He gave Karl Malone a ride in the WCW Nitro truck and the two became friends.[16] In 2002, when Karl Malone signed a deal with SFX/Clear Channel to create a truck called Power Forward. Fortune was chosen as the driver and drove the truck for three years, reaching the World Finals in 2002 and 2003.[17]
In 2005, Fortune got the call up to drive the newly created Superman truck. Based on his professional wrestling background, he decided to dye his hair black and alter his look to match the character of Superman. He has been fairly successful in the truck, and has made the final rounds of several stadium events. He was given the "Most Improved Driver" award for 2005.[17] For the 2012 Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam Season, Chad will now drive Captain America, one of the two new Marvel comic trucks coming back onto the circuit along with Alex Blackwell who will be driving Wolverine. It has been announced that Sean Duhon will take over the seat of Superman for 2012.
In wrestling[edit]
Finishing moves Twisting flying crossbody
With Troy Simultaneous vertical suplex / diving crossbody combination[18]

References[edit]

Portal icon Professional wrestling portal
1.Jump up ^ Louisville UofLSports.com - University of Louisville Official Athletic Site
2.Jump up ^ For the RecordWashington Post. August 18, 1990
3.Jump up ^ Dolphins Defense Next Test for Cards Victor Lee, Palm Beach post November 1, 1990 Mentions release
4.Jump up ^ Wagner Might Be Cure For Bears' Receiving IllsDan Pompei. Chicago-Sun Times.September 8, 1992. Section Fortune for Bears.
5.Jump up ^ Special Team for Him Jets assistant Roberts has soft spot for Birds Kevin Mulligan. Philadelphia Daily News. August 3, 1991.
6.Jump up ^ Redskins notebook: Team gives boot to 12, including punter. Richard Justice. Washington Post. August 25, 1992.
7.Jump up ^ Signings of Rice, three key Redskins, may affect game, salaries Richie Whittstar. Fort Worth Star-Telegram August 26, 1992,
8.Jump up ^ Stinson Bares Latest Predictions Dan Pompei. Chicago-Sun Times. October 1, 1992. Mentions injury.
9.Jump up ^ Behind the wheel is an ex-Chicago Bear Nancy Moffett, Chicago Sun-Times May 23, 2003
10.Jump up ^ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/8527119 "Europass: Wrestling with NFL Europe success" Carlson, Mike. June 05, 2005. Accessed July 09, 2007
11.Jump up ^ Online World of Wrestling
12.Jump up ^ Chad Fortune - Biography
13.Jump up ^ Online World of Wrestling
14.Jump up ^ `Halloween Havoc' may be a timely WCW treat Blackjack Brown. Chicago Sun-Times. October 24, 1999.
15.Jump up ^ http://www.monsterjamonline.com/drivers/Driver.2003-10-28.5220 Chad Fortune Monster Jam bio.
16.Jump up ^ http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Mar-22-Fri-2002/weekly/18295311.html Ken White "Wild Ride" Las Vegas Review-Journal March 22, 2002. Accessed July 14, 2007.
17.^ Jump up to: a b Monsterjamonline
18.Jump up ^ "Other arena's finishing movelist".



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Courtney Jolly
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Courtney Jolly (born September 18, 1986 in Naples, Florida) is a former professional monster truck driver who drove Pastrana 199 on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit.[1]
Career[edit]
Courtney Jolly, a former beauty queen, comes from a family which is heavily involved in racing and motor sports. "I've been at the track since I was in diapers", she has been quoted as saying. She previously raced swamp buggies, and finished second in the Immokalee Raceway points series in the IHRA Drag Racing Combo class, two places ahead of her father. Both of her parents are racers, and her sister Candice Jolly is also a professional monster truck driver. One sister is a former national go-kart racing champion. Two other sisters are horse barrel racers.
Her introduction to the world of monster trucks came when she sang the National Anthem at a Monster Jam event at Florida Sports Park in her hometown of Naples. She was given a pit pass and subsequently met driver Alex Blackwell, who let her sit in his truck. She immediately decided that she wanted to drive a monster truck, and returned the next day hoping to drive a truck into the venue before singing the anthem. Monster Jam Senior Director of Operations Mike Wales later arranged for her to test drive a monster truck in North Carolina and he decided that she had what it took to drive competitively. Wales has referred to Jolly as the Danica Patrick of the monster truck circuit.
She began driving professionally in the Monster Jam circuit while still attending college at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Jolly lost most of the function in her right hand in a go-kart crash at age twelve. The accident broke her right arm above the elbow, requiring eight inches of steel and eight screws to repair it, and severing a few nerves. The handicap forced her to switch from doing everything right-handed to left-handed, including racing. Pastrana 199 was one of two trucks on the Monster Jam tour with controls built for lefties.[citation needed].
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.offroaders.com/directory/monster_trucks/Pastrana-199.htm
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Jim Koehler
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Jim Koehler born on July 13, 1966 is a professional monster truck driver. He currently drives Avenger on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit.


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1 Career
2 Trademarks
3 Awards
4 Team
5 External links

Career[edit]
Koehler completed Avenger in 1997. Both driver and truck were relative unknowns until a breakout appearance at the Minneapolis Monster Jam event in the Metrodome in November, 1999. The event included the USHRA's first judged freestyle competition, and Koehler scored a 29 out of a possible 30 points to finish behind Tom Meents in Bulldozer with a high-energy run that showed the influence of Meents and Dennis Anderson. When the event aired on TNN in January, the run, combined with Koehler's high-energy pit interviews made him an overnight star on the Monster Jam circuit.
Later that season, Koehler made the highlight reel again in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans with a massive cartwheel crash in the final round of racing against Rob Knell and NWO. That run added to Koehler's already growing reputation as a "wildman", and it earned him a berth in the first ever Monster Jam World Finals thanks to fan votes.
Koehler continued to maintain his wild reputation, however did not win many freestyles due to often hurting the truck before the end of the allotted time. Some also felt that he was underscored on freestyles due to early draws. However, he was an annual World Finalist and is one of the few drivers to be invited to all twelve. A body change from a Chevy S-10 to a 1957 Chevy Bel Air also helped to increase his popularity. During this time he also expanded his team to include Brutus, owned and driven by Chris Bergeron.
In 2003, Koehler won the biggest award of his career, the Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Championship. It pushed Koehler's popularity through the roof and he has won several freestyles since. He also won this award in 2011, after a 32 point tie with nitro circus. On November 14, 2009 he drove the Aussie Avenger in the South Pacific World Finals 2 and won freestyle.
Unlike other owner/drivers, the monster truck is not Koehler's primary job. He owns and operates a marina in Chesterfield, near his hometown of Columbus, Michigan.
Trademarks[edit]
Koehler's freestyles are typically full of momentum and very hectic. He will often hit obstacles at unconventional angles and will "cross-thread" the track, similar to Anderson and Meents. Avenger's soft suspension often leads to the truck getting into contorted positions which other trucks cannot manage. Koehler uses this to his advantage, and his strongest move is his ability to save the truck from a rollover, which results in long "side surf" two-wheel runs.
At the World Finals, Koehler has built up a long standing tradition of swimming in the pool on the track, sometimes even bringing scuba gear. He has also carried over this tradition to a normal show when he dived into the Ride Now! Pool at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.
Off the track Koehler is well known for being fan friendly and for his high-energy interviews. He has come to be known among fans by the nickname "Mr. Excitement".
Awards[edit]
USHRA Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Champion - 2003, 2011
In 2009, Jim Koehler and Aussie Avenger won the South Pacific World Finals II Freestyle in Australia. In 2010, Jim Koehler won the freestyle World Finals in Australia.
Team[edit]
1997–Present: Avenger (owner and driver: Jim Koehler)
2003–2013: Brutus (Past owner and driver: Chris Bergeron)
2007–Present: Wrecking Crew (owner: Jim Koehler and driver: Steve Koehler)
2007–present: Spike Unleashed (owner:Jim Koehler and driver: Scott Anderson) 2012- present : mega bite Brad Allen
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Tom Meents
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July 10, 1967 (age 47)
Paxton, Illinois, U.S.
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Tom Meents (born July 10, 1967) is a professional monster truck driver. He currently drives Maximum Destruction on the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam circuit. He has won eleven Monster Jam World Finals championships during his career (six in racing, five in freestyle).


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1 Career
2 Hallmarks
3 Awards
4 External links

Career[edit]
Tom Meents started out as a mud racer, driving his own vehicle, Shake Me. He had his first wreck when he rolled Shake Me over at a USHRA Mud Race in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He won the NMRO Open Class championship in 1992. He later teamed up with Paul Shafer to drive Shafer's Mud Patrol vehicle. Tom won the NMRO Class 5 championship in 1993 and 1994 and won the Class 6 championship in 1993. This also led to an opportunity to drive one of Shafer's Monster Patrol monster trucks, which Tom drove to a rapid rise in popularity. Unfortunately in one of Tom's first events in the Monster Patrol, he lost control and struck a fence, trapping and fatally wounding a young gentleman. Among his accomplishments in this truck was a victory at the USHRA U.S. Truck Fest in 1997.
Meents bought the truck and in 1999 was commissioned by PACE Motor Sports (FNA Live Nation, now owned by Feld Motor Sports, a division of Feld Entertainment) to run the Bulldozer monster truck, to help increase the truck's exposure. In his first event with Bulldozer, Meents defeated Dennis Anderson, driver of Grave Digger, on national television, becoming an instant star in the process. Meents would continue driving Bulldozer until December 1999 in Minneapolis, MN.
In 2000, Clear Channel (whom owned Monster Jam) commissioned Meents to drive a new truck, Goldberg, named and themed after the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) wrestler. Meents was extremely successful in the truck and rose to an even greater level of popularity, despite controversy over the truck's wrestling basis and unconventional looks. With Goldberg, Meents won the inaugural Monster Jam World Finals racing championship in 2000, and completed a full sweep of the event in 2001, winning racing and freestyle. This event was notable for the controversial encore, in which Dennis Anderson and Meents attempted to drive over each other's trucks at the end of the freestyle competition.
When WCW folded two days after the 2001 World Finals, Meents debuted Team Meents, which was a repaint of Goldberg with a similar design and lettering style. Meents again swept the World Finals in 2002 with this truck.
In 2003, the truck got a brand new image with the debut of Maximum Destruction. Meents' popularity has remained high with this truck, with several major stadium event victories, but he has not had the success in the World Finals he had with previous trucks. Despite berths in the first three World Finals since switching to "Max D.", he had only been able to score a co-championship in freestyle with Madusa driven by Debra Miceli and El Toro Loco driven by Lupe Soza in 2004. Finally, in 2006, Meents broke through and regained the Monster Jam world freestyle championship. Meents finally won another racing championship in 2009 at Monster Jam World Finals 10, using the same chassis that won the first championship. He regained this title once more at World Finals 12 in 2011, where he won in the championship race against Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter. In 2012 at the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam World Finals 13, Meents would defend his title once again, winning the championship race against Damon Bradshaw in Monster Energy. In 2013, the ten year anniversary of Maximum Destruction's debut year, at World Finals 14, Meents won his fifth freestyle title.
Hallmarks[edit]
Tom Meents has several signature moves in freestyle, including top speed "cyclone" donuts, "side surf" two-wheel driving, and roof and wing walks where he stands on the roof or wing (as on Monster Patrol) of the truck while it is still in motion. Another is Tom sticking his left hand out the window while flying through the air. Tom also has a reputation for hitting obstacles at unconventional angles and at higher speeds than other drivers. He is known for going into the crowd after a freestyle run and giving his helmet to a fan holding a Max D related sign.
Meents was the first person to attempt the monster truck backflip. He landed a perfect backflip at his shop in Paxton, IL, but the rear king pins broke off. Other than that, it was perfect. When he attempted it in public at the Monster Jam World Finals in 2009, he over-rotated and landed exactly on the tailgate, then rolled over backwards onto the roof.
Tom was the first person to ever attempt a double backflip in Monster Jam. Tom practiced the stunt at the shop, and results were never released to the public. Meents attempted it at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 16, 2012, but did one backflip in the air and then cork-screwed, landing on the hood of the truck.
Awards[edit]
USHRA U.S. Truck Fest Champion - 1997
Monster Jam World Finals Racing Championships - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2012
Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Championships - 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013
External links[edit]
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Debrah Miceli
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Debrah Miceli
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Miceli as Alundra Blayze in 1995

Birth name
Debrah Anne Miceli
Born
February 9, 1964 (age 50)[1]
Milan, Italy[2]
Resides
Citrus County, Florida[2]
Professional wrestling career

Ring name(s)
Madusa[1]
 Madusa Miceli[1][2]
 Alundra Blayze[1]
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Billed weight
150 lb (68 kg)[1]
Trained by
Eddie Sharkey[1][3]
Brad Rheingans[4]
Debut
1984[3]
Retired
2001[2]
Debrah Anne Miceli[5][6] (born Debra Lewandowski; February 9, 1964)[1] is an Italian-American Monster truck driver and former professional wrestler. She is best known under her ring names Madusa (shortened from Made in the USA)[2] or Alundra Blayze. Her early career was spent in the American Wrestling Association, where she once held the AWA World Women's Championship. In 1988, Miceli was the first woman to be awarded Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Rookie of the Year. The following year, she signed a contract with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, making her the first foreign wrestler to do so.
She later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where she was a member of the Dangerous Alliance, a group of wrestlers managed by Paul E. Dangerously. In 1993, she joined the rival World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the name Alundra Blayze. In the WWF, she feuded with Bull Nakano and Bertha Faye, while holding the WWF Women's Championship three times. Two years after joining the WWF, Miceli returned to WCW, showing up on an episode of Monday Nitro to throw the WWF Women's Championship belt into a trash can. For the next six years, she worked in WCW, where she feuded with Bull Nakano and Oklahoma, and became the first woman to hold the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. After training wrestlers such as Torrie Wilson, Stacy Kiebler, Nora Greenwald and others at the WCW Power Plant, she left the company in 2001.
Miceli competes in the world of monster trucks. She drives a truck named Madusa, and won the 2004 co-championship at the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle in the first-ever three-way tie. The following year, she was the only female competitor in the Super Bowl of Motorsports, and she won the Racing Championship in the Monster Jam World Finals.


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1 Professional wrestling career 1.1 American Wrestling Association (1986–1989)
1.2 All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (1989–1991)
1.3 World Championship Wrestling (1991–1993)
1.4 World Wrestling Federation (1993–1995)
1.5 World Championship Wrestling (1995-2001)
2 Monster trucks
3 Personal life
4 In wrestling
5 Championships and accomplishments 5.1 Professional wrestling
5.2 Motorsports
6 Notes
7 External links

Professional wrestling career[edit]
American Wrestling Association (1986–1989)[edit]
Main article: Diamond Exchange
In 1984, Miceli trained with Eddie Sharkey in Minneapolis, Minnesota and began working on the independent circuit for $5 a match.[3] In 1986, she started wrestling in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) feuding with Sherri Martel[7][8] as Madusa Miceli.[3] After Martel left the AWA, she replaced her as "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly's manager, who often teamed with Nick Kiniski as "The Perfect Tag Team".[9] In a tournament final, she won the AWA World Women's Championship over Candi Devine on December 27, 1987.[1] At that time Madusa also began managing the AWA World Heavyweight Champion Curt Hennig.[1] She later lost the title to Wendi Richter on November 26, 1988.[10] Hennig and Madusa joined the Diamond Exchange,[11] a stable led by Diamond Dallas Page that included Badd Company.[12] With Badd Company she faced the team of the Top Guns (Ricky Rice and Derrick Dukes) and Wendi Richter at the only AWA pay-per-view SuperClash III.[13] Both Badd Company’s Tag-Team Title and Wendi Richter’s AWA World Women's Championship were on the line, but since Richter pinned Miceli, Badd Company remained the champions.[14] In 1988, Miceli was also the first woman to be awarded Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Rookie of the Year.[3]
All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (1989–1991)[edit]
Miceli wrestled a six-week tour for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling at the beginning of 1989,[3] where she won the IWA Women's title from Chigusa Nagayo before dropping it back to her the very next day. She then began training in Japan, learning the Japanese wrestling style, as well as Muay Thai, kickboxing, and boxing.[3] She eventually signed a three-year deal with All Japan, which made her the first non-Japanese wrestler to do so.[3] In addition, she worked for the TWA, feuding with Luna Vachon, whom she faced in a Hair vs Hair Mixed Tag Team match in September 1991.[15] Miceli and her partner Eddie Gilbert defeated Vachon and Cactus Jack, which resulted in Vachon having her head shaved.[15]
World Championship Wrestling (1991–1993)[edit]
Main article: Dangerous Alliance
She then went to WCW and helped Paul E. Dangerously form his Dangerous Alliance.[16] She acted primarily as Alliance member Rick Rude's manager.[1] On October 25, Dangerously kicked her out of the Dangerous Alliance at Halloween Havoc.[1] She, however, defeated him by count-out on November 18, 1992 at the Clash of the Champions.[1]
World Wrestling Federation (1993–1995)[edit]



 Miceli as Women's Champion.
In 1993, the WWF reinstated its Women's Championship, a title that had been vacant since 1990,[17] and Miceli was brought in by the company to revive the women's division.[18] She debuted under the ring name Alundra Blayze,[1] because WWF owner Vince McMahon did not want to pay Miceli to use the name Madusa, which she had trademarked.[4] She wrestled in a six-woman tournament to crown a new Women's Champion, and in the finals, she pinned Heidi Lee Morgan on December 13 to win the title.[17]
After the tournament, Miceli asked WWF management to bring in new women for her to wrestle.[18] In mid-1994, Bull Nakano joined the WWF roster and began feuding with Miceli, who was still using the name Alundra Blayze. Blayze defeated Nakano at SummerSlam, but lost the belt to her on November 20, 1994 in Japan at the Big Egg Wrestling Universe event.[19] Five months later on April 3, 1995, Blayze regained the title from Nakano on an edition of Monday Night Raw.[20] As part of the storyline, immediately following the win, she was attacked by Bertha Faye, who broke her nose.[21] In reality, the storyline was written so Miceli could take time off to get breast implants and a nose job.[21] She returned to the ring in August 1995, losing the Women's Championship to Faye at SummerSlam on August 27.[20] Two months later, she won the title a third time, defeating Faye on October 23.[22] In December, due to financial troubles the WWF was having at the time[23] she was released from her contract and was stripped of the title following her jump to rival company World Championship Wrestling, and the WWF Women's Championship remained vacant until 1998.[22]
World Championship Wrestling (1995-2001)[edit]
In December 1995, Miceli signed with WCW, and as part of a storyline by booker Eric Bischoff,[5] showed up on WCW Monday Nitro on December 18, where she threw the WWF Women's Title belt into a trash can.[3] She would later admit she regretted the action and would not have done it had Bischoff not coerced her to.[24] Miceli immediately began using the Madusa name again, and the company brought in Bull Nakano to feud with her; they battled in a match at Hog Wild in August 1996.[25] Due to pre-match stipulations, Madusa was allowed to destroy Nakano's motorcycle after the match.[25]
The company then decided to establish the WCW Women's Championship, but Madusa lost to Akira Hokuto in the finals of the tournament to crown the first champion on December 29 at Starrcade.[26] On June 15, Hokuto retained the title against Madusa at The Great American Bash in a Title vs. Career match.[1][27] The latter then took a nearly two-year hiatus from the company.
Madusa returned to WCW in April 1999 as part of Randy Savage's faction Team Madness with Gorgeous George and Miss Madness.[28] After that storyline ended, Madusa entered into a tournament for the WCW Championship, but she was defeated and eliminated from the tournament.[29] She was later re-entered into the tournament in a match against Evan Karagias, but was eliminated the next week.[29] After her elimination, Madusa put all her focus on managing Karagias.[30] After Karagias won the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship at Mayhem,[31] he was found flirting with Spice of the Nitro Girls.[32] At Starrcade, however, Spice gave Karagias a low blow during the match, and Madusa pinned him to become the first female ever to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship.[33][34] Spice them aligned herself with Madusa and became her manager for a short time.[35]
In January 2000, Madusa developed a rivalry with Oklahoma.[36] In a farcical Evening Gown match on an episode of WCW Thunder on January 12, Madusa defeated Oklahoma by stripping off his dress, but he attacked her after the match.[37] She eventually lost the Cruiserweight belt to Oklahoma at Souled Out on January 16, 2000.[1][33]
In the meantime, Miceli became an instructor at the WCW Power Plant, where she helped train women such as Nora Greenwald (Molly Holly) to wrestle.[38] Before WCW's collapse, she engaged in a brief feud with Torrie Wilson and Shane Douglas, who defeated her and partner Billy Kidman at Fall Brawl in a Mixed Tag Team Scaffold match.[39] Madusa took a big bump during this match and wasn't seen again on WCW TV.[1] She left the company when she heard that Vince McMahon, the owner of the World Wrestling Federation, was going to buy WCW.[40] Because she had a previous falling-out with McMahon, she opted not to stay with the company.[40] She retired from professional wrestling for good in 2001 because she did not like the direction in which women's wrestling was going; according to her, it was becoming less about real wrestling and more about Bra and Panties matches.[2][40]
Monster trucks[edit]



 Debra Meceli's monster truck, MadUSA, at Monster Jam in the Edward Jones Dome, Saint Louis, MO. The truck is stopped, balanced on its rear end.
Miceli entered the monster truck business under Dennis Anderson in 1999.[2][3] She made her first American hot rod appearance at the Trans World Dome.[41] Afterward, she purchased her own truck and named it Madusa, as she still held the rights to the name.[2][40] She began winning freestyle competitions in 2001.[41] Miceli won the 2004 co-championship at the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle in the first-ever three-way tie.[2][41] On March 2005 in Las Vegas, she beat her trainer Dennis Anderson in the final bracket of the Monster Jam World Finals for the Racing Championship,[41] thus making her the first woman to win the Monster Jam World Finals racing championship.[1] Also in 2005, she was the only female competitor in the Super Bowl of Motorsports.[2]
As of January 2008, she is also the Executive Vice President of the Major League of Monster Trucks.[42] In 2009, she returned to Monster Jam for the first time since 2006.[43]
Personal life[edit]
Miceli was born in Milan, Italy, but raised in several foster homes in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[3][40] Miceli is Jewish.[44] Before entering professional wrestling, she participated in both gymnastics and track, and at age 14, she worked at an Arby's fast-food restaurant.[3][4][40] During the beginning of her wrestling career, Miceli also worked as a nurse part-time.[4]
Her first, brief marriage was in 1991 to fellow pro-wrestler Eddie Gilbert (wrestler). In June 1997, she met National Football League player Ken Blackman, and they married seven months later on February 14, 1998.[1][28] They shared homes in both Cincinnati and Homosassa, Florida.[28] In 1998, they opened a motorcycle shop called Spookee Custom Cycles, which made motorcycles for other NFL players such as Kimo von Oelhoffen, Darnay Scott, Bradford Banta, and Dan Wilkinson.[28] The couple later divorced.[2]
In February 2004, Madusa provided commentary for boat races.[1] She also planned to write a book pertaining to her years in professional wrestling.[1]
In 1995, she appeared in the movie Shootfighter II, Death Match, and Intersanction II. In Japan, she released a CD of songs sung in Japanese.[4] Miceli owns a grooming, pet spa, and doggy bakery called Koolkats and Hotdogs in Lecanto, Florida.[2][45]
On June 25, 2011, Miceli married Alan Jonason, Sergeant Major in the United States Army in Memphis, Tennessee.[6]
On January 7, 2012, Miceli announced in a YouTube video that she still has the original WWE Women's Championship belt. She also stated that if she was to ever wrestle again she would want to defend that title against Beth Phoenix.[46]
In wrestling[edit]
Finishing moves Airplane spin[8]
Bridging German suplex[1]
Signature moves Diving crossbody[47][48]
Electric chair drop[49]
Handstand headscissors takedown to an opponent sitting on the top turnbuckle[50][51]
Legsweep[52]
Multiple kick variations Front drop,[7][48][52][53] sometimes from the second rope[49][50][51][53]
Multiple shoot,[47][49][51][54] sometimes finished with a spin sole[49][53]
Spin[51][52][55]
Spinning heel[1]
Multiple suplex variations Belly to back[56]
Gutwrench[52]
Northern Lights[54]
Snap[1][8][13][47]
Super[52]
Powerbomb[51]
Running kneeling mat slam[47][51][54]
Spinning toe hold[8][55]
Stinger splash[55]
Tossing her opponent around the ring by the hair
Managers Diamond Dallas Page[11]
Paul E. Dangerously[57]
Spice[35]
Wrestlers managed The Dangerous Alliance[16]
Curt Hennig[1]
Evan Karagias[30]
"Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly[9][58][59]
The Perfect Tag Team (Kevin Kelly and Nick Kiniski)[60][61]
Rick Rude[3]
"Macho Man" Randy Savage[28]
Greg Valentine[62]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

Professional wrestling[edit]
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling IWA World Women's Championship (2 times)[1][28]
Tag League the Best (1989) – with Mitsuko Nishiwaki[63]
American Wrestling Association AWA World Women's Championship (1 time)[1][28]
International World Class Championship Wrestling IWCCW Women's Championship (1 time)[1]
World Championship Wrestling WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[1][3]
World Wrestling Federation WWF Women's Championship (3 times)[1][28][64]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI Rookie of the Year (1988)[2][3]

Motorsports[edit]
United States Hot Rod Association USHRA Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Co-Championship (2004)[41]
USHRA Monster Jam World Finals Racing Championship (2005)[41]

Notes[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Madusa's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m Brink, Graham (January 21, 2005). "Have truck, will crush". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Eck, Kevin. "Madusa's Bio". Madusa.com. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Carolan, Vinnie and Ed Symkus (2004). Wrestle Radio U.S.A.: Grapplers Speak. ECW Press. pp. 99–108. ISBN 1-55022-646-0.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Bischoff, Eric (2006). Controversy Creates Ca$h. Simon and Schuster. p. 187. ISBN 1-4165-2729-X.
6.^ Jump up to: a b "Debrah & Alan". alananddebrah.ourwedding.com. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
7.^ Jump up to: a b American Wrestling Association (1986). "Madusa Miceli vs Sherri Martel". AWA.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c d American Wrestling Association (1987-05-02). "Madusa Miceli vs Sherri Martel". AWA SuperClash 2.
9.^ Jump up to: a b "Kevin Wacholz profile". OWOW. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
10.Jump up ^ "Wendi Richter's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
11.^ Jump up to: a b "DDP's career". Wrestling museum. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
12.Jump up ^ American Wrestling Association (1988). "Badd Company vs Rock 'n' Roll RPMs". AWA.
13.^ Jump up to: a b American Wrestling Association (1988-12-13). "Badd Company & Madusa Miceli vs The Top Guns & Wendi Richter". AWA SuperClash 3.
14.Jump up ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "AWA SuperClash Results (III)". Retrieved 7 April 2007. "Ricky Rice, Derrick Dukes, & Wendi Richter beat Paul Diamond, Pat Tanaka, & Madusa Micelli beat (5:43) when Richter pinned Micelli."
15.^ Jump up to: a b Shoot with Gangrel and Luna Vachon (DVD). RF Video.
16.^ Jump up to: a b Reynolds, R.D. and Randy Baer (2003). WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling. ECW Press. p. 123. ISBN 1-55022-584-7.
17.^ Jump up to: a b "Alundra Blayze's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
18.^ Jump up to: a b Reynolds, R.D. and Blade Braxton (2007). The Wrestlecrap Book of Lists!. ECW Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 1-55022-762-9.
19.Jump up ^ "Bull Nakano's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
20.^ Jump up to: a b "Alundra Blayze's second reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
21.^ Jump up to: a b Laroche, Stephen (January 9, 2001). "SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Rhonda Sing / Monster Ripper". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Alundra Blayze's third reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
23.Jump up ^ http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wherearetheynow/alundrapart1
24.Jump up ^ Fisherman, Scott (2009-08-11). "Monster move for Madusa". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 2009-08-17.[dead link]
25.^ Jump up to: a b Reynolds, R.D. and Bryan Alvarez (2004). The Death of WCW. ECW Press. p. 76. ISBN 1-55022-661-4.
26.Jump up ^ Furious, Arnold (2006-12-25). "The Furious Flashbacks – WCW Starrcade ’96". 411mania. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
27.Jump up ^ "Great American Bash PPV History: All-Time Results". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
28.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Murphy, Mike (1999-06-11). "Blackman wed to WCW star". The Cincinnati Post (E. W. Scripps Company). Archived from the original on 2004-12-25.
29.^ Jump up to: a b Reynolds, R.D. and Bryan Alvarez (2004). The Death of WCW. ECW Press. p. 221. ISBN 1-55022-661-4.
30.^ Jump up to: a b "Evan Karagias's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
31.Jump up ^ Powell, John (November 22, 1999). "Hart executes sixth world title reign". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
32.Jump up ^ Wade. "WCW Monday Nitro - December 13, 1999". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
33.^ Jump up to: a b "Cruiserweight Championship: Title History". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
34.Jump up ^ Powell, John (December 20, 1999). "Goldberg screwed at Starrcade". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
35.^ Jump up to: a b "Spice's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
36.Jump up ^ Wade. "WCW Monday Nitro - January 10, 2000". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
37.Jump up ^ Wade. "WCW Thunder - Wednesday, January 12, 2000". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
38.Jump up ^ Spears, Jim (January 4, 2005). "Women's wrestlers today are tougher, better". The Times and Democrat. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
39.Jump up ^ Powell, John (September 18, 2000). "Orndorff injured at Brawl". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
40.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Di Cresce, Greg (February 6, 2004). "Madusa a natural for monster trucks". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
41.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Madusa bio". Monster Jam Online. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
42.Jump up ^ "MLMT Pre-event Truck Display Program announced". Major League of Monster Trucks. January 1, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-22.[dead link]
43.Jump up ^ "Monster Jam legends return to Rogers Centre for action filled tour stop". Rogers Centre. January 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
44.Jump up ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/madusa-miceli/37/9b5/250
45.Jump up ^ "Monster move for Madusa". MiamiHerald.com. 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-13.[dead link]
46.Jump up ^ "Awesome Merchandise... oh and the T-shirt!!". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
47.^ Jump up to: a b c d World Championship Wrestling (1996-01-29). "Madusa vs Sister Sherri". WCW Monday Nitro.
48.^ Jump up to: a b World Championship Wrestling (1996-08-15). "Madusa Miceli vs Bull Nakano". WCW Clash of the Champions XXXIII.
49.^ Jump up to: a b c d World Championship Wrestling, TNT (1999-11-22). "Asya /w Saturn Vs Madusa /w Evan Karagias". WCW Monday Nitro.
50.^ Jump up to: a b World Championship Wrestling (1997-04-06). "Akira Hokuto Vs Madusa". WCW Spring Stampede.
51.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f World Championship Wrestling (1997-06-15). "Title Vs Career Match; Akira Hokuto(c) Vs Madusa". WCW Great American Bash.
52.^ Jump up to: a b c d e World Championship Wrestling, TNT (1996-08-05). "Malia Hosaka Vs Madusa". WCW Monday Nitro.
53.^ Jump up to: a b c World Championship Wrestling (2000-01-16). "Oklahoma Vs Madusa(c) /w Spice". WCW Souled Out.
54.^ Jump up to: a b c World Championship Wrestling (2000-01-19). "Sherri Martel Vs Madusa". WCW Thunder.
55.^ Jump up to: a b c World Championship Wrestling (1997-05-18). "Luna Vachon Vs Madusa". WCW Slamboree.
56.Jump up ^ World Championship Wrestling (2000-01-12). "Oklahoma(c) Vs Madusa /w Spice; Evening Gown Match". WCW Thunder.
57.Jump up ^ "Paul Heyman's proflle". Obsessed With Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
58.Jump up ^ American Wrestling Association (1987). "Kevin Kelly w/ Nick Kiniski & Madusa Miceli vs Rich Winter". AWA.
59.Jump up ^ American Wrestling Association (1988-02-12). "Kevin Kelly w/ Madusa Miceli vs Curt Hennig". AWA.
60.Jump up ^ American Wrestling Association (1988-02-02). "Kevin Kelly & Nick Kiniski w/ Madusa Miceli vs Olsen & Smith". AWA.
61.Jump up ^ American Wrestling Association (1988). "Kevin Kelly & Nick Kiniski w/ Madusa Miceli vs VanHorn & Jake Milliman". AWA.
62.Jump up ^ Wrestle America, June 1993 issue, (page 18).
63.Jump up ^ "The Best Tag Team League 1989". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
64.Jump up ^ "Women's Championship: Title History". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
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Gary Porter
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Gary Porter is an American monster-truck driver that races on the United States Hot Rod Association circuit. He is a member of the Grave Digger team.


Contents  [hide]
1 History
2 World Finals appearances
3 Hallmarks
4 See also
5 Notes

History[edit]
Porter's involvement in monster truck began in 1981 when he opened Porter's 4x4 Shop in Wadesboro, North Carolina, with his brother. In 1985, they built their first truck to promote the business and compete in local shows. Soon afterward, they modified the truck, and Porter began his monster-truck racing career. In 1987, he started competing in a monster truck called the Carolina Crusher with TNT Motosports.[1] The Porters participated in exhibitions from 1985 to 1988. He placed fourth in 1988, second in 1989, and third in 1990.
Beginning in 1991, Porter raced in the USHRA/Camel Mud & Monster Series. The Carolina Crusher placed sixth and became the series champion of the Special Events season. In 1992, the Porters decided to build a second truck to be able to compete in three different monster truck series. A third Carolina Crusher appeared for the 1994 season, as did a new shop to host Carolina Crusher Racing. The trucks made 125 appearances in 1994. 1995 saw Carolina Crusher finish fourth in the Special Events Penda Points series and winning a race. Gary continued to race Carolina Crusher until after its sale to Paul Shafer in 1999.
In 2000, Clear Channel Entertainment hired Porter to drive various trucks for them, notably Ragin' Steel and Spider-Man. The following year, at the behest of longtime friend and rival Dennis Anderson, he began driving Grave Digger 12, which is similar to his last incarnation of Crusher.
World Finals appearances[edit]
Porter was in Monster Jam World Finals 2 driving Spider-Man. He was eliminated in the first round by Avenger, but returned when Avenger broke down. He was eliminated in the second round by Destroyer. He later finished seventh in freestyle with a score of 31.
In World Finals 9, he was involved in an encore driving the new Spitfire truck.
Hallmarks[edit]
Porter tends to have a tremendous amount of respect for his equipment and is typically considered to be the tamest in freestyle of all the Digger drivers. At the same time, his truck-control abilities are exceptional, and he has been a USHRA-points champion many times.
Off the track, Porter is regarded as one of the sport's true gentlemen. The 1992 USHRA Yearbook referred to him as "Mr. Nice Guy".
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John Seasock
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John Seasock (born July 3, 1965) is a professional monster truck driver. He currently drives Grinder for Advance Auto Parts, and is a 2 time Monster Jam World Finals Racing Champion.


Contents  [hide]
1 Career
2 Trademarks
3 Awards
4 External links
5 References

Career[edit]
Seasock began his interest in monster trucks when he saw Bigfoot at the Philadelphia Spectrum. In 1990 he became a full time driver with his first Sudden Impact, a red Ford F-150 which was leaf-sprung.
In the middle of the 1990s, Seasock drove for several teams, including a stint in the Devil's Dodge truck, before buying the Storm Warning vehicle and renaming it to Sudden Impact. It was the first truck to sport the recognisable teal paint scheme.
He continued in that truck until 1999 when he purchased the Liquidator from Bob Fisher and also renamed it Sudden Impact. This truck went through several revisions and paint schemes through its lifespan. It also brought Seasock to stardom on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit, helping him receive four World Finals berths and become one of the more well-known truck/driver combinations in the series.
In 2004 Seasock's team became a part of Chiller Motorsports to form Sudden Impact Racing. Seasock stepped aside from Sudden Impact and climbed into T-Maxx, splitting up a combination known to fans for many years.
Seasock returned to Sudden Impact for the 2006 winter season, but left the team in April. He has since joined Live Nation, and had been driving various trucks for them, including Team Suzuki,[1] El Toro Loco, and Inferno. For the 2007 winter season, he became the driver of Batman. In this truck, Seasock scored the biggest win of his career as he won the 2007 Monster Jam Racing Championship.[2] In 2008, he repeated the feat, becoming only the second back-to-back racing champion.[2]
Trademarks[edit]
Seasock's freestyles have a high rate of momentum but are more controlled and do not feature many unconventional hits. Despite this, Seasock often relies on big jumps, slap wheelies and donuts to receive increasingly consistent high scores. Seasock's signature freestyle move is the "roof walk", which involves him standing on the roof of the truck and acknowledging the fans while the truck is still in motion.
Off the track, Seasock is very well known for his fan interaction, including attending weekly chat sessions on his team's website. He is also an avid street bike rider.
Awards[edit]
Monster Truck Racing Association (MTRA) Sportsman of the Year: 1997, 1998, 2000
USHRA Sportsman of the Year: 2001
MTRA Most Improved Team: 1999
MTRA Safety Award: 2000
USHRA World Finalist: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
USHRA Monster Jam Racing Champion: 2007, 2008
External links[edit]
USHRA Driver Profile
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ {{Currently drives one of three Grinder trucks on the MJ circuit. cite news |url=http://www.ushra.com/results/Result.2006-05-25.0114 |publisher=USHRA |title=Bangor, ME 2006 Results |date=June 3, 2006 }}
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Bobby Z (monster truck driver)
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Bobby Z (born Bobby Zoellner on September 6, 1964 in Elmhurst, Illinois) is a monster truck driver. He was the driver of Monster Mutt on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit.[1][2][3][4]
Trucks he has driven[edit]
Monster Mutt
Blue Thunder
Skoal Bandit
Skoal Crusher
Skoal Bandit 2
Giant
Overkill
Nitemare
Bulldozer
Monster Patrol
Spider-Man
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "What's On: Powerful pooch's 30ft leaps thrill the crowds.(Features)". Birmingham Evening Mail (England). August 18, 2005. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
2.Jump up ^ "MONSTERJAMONLINE". Retrieved June 17, 2006.
3.Jump up ^ Monster Jam European Tour (in Czech)
4.Jump up ^ "Monster Jammin'," U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service January 12, 2007
External links[edit]
USHRA Bio
offroaders.com
informationdelight.info
iconsportsmedia.com
Scale Auto Magazine
mtaofnj.org "Friday, November 8 Th. 2003 - A work party consisting of Vinny, Bobby Z. and myself continued working on the truck"
iberkshires.com
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