Participating in motorsports most of our careers we have always interacted with fans. The official website of the instigator monster truck. Instigator, muddy girl, backdraft, and general hazzard. He last drove grinder sponsored by advance auto parts, and is a two time monster. The driver for backdraft would be his son, jeremy slifko when he turned 18 years old. Over the years, hes transitioned from a dirt bike to a 10,000 lb. No more than two 2 moving violations while operating a personal or commercial motor vehicle in the last three 3 years. Club online interviewed monster jam competitor jim koehler, who explained that you become a monster truck driver by building or purchasing a truck, entering competitions and winning events. Easler has been driving monster trucks for five years and. Worlds best driver movie hot wheels worlds best driver hot. Backdraft is a fire truck style monster truck using. Dr hang with my very special two boys, cayden and landon. Earth shaker monster truck monster trucks, monster truck.
Plus, you can meet the drivers and see the trucks up close at the preevent autograph pit party. A minimum of 30 months of experience working in a fulltime class a tractortrailer driving position in the last 3 years. Concerts laredo tx live music laredo tx sames auto. It was an exciting first quarter with some ups and downs but an overall fun experience for the team. Yah, its not really the biggest track since its held in an small arena, but you cant deny the killer air. In 2018, barry leader was placed behind the wheel of instigator. See these incredible 10,000 pound, car crushing giants compete in racing, wheelie contests, and then rock the house with amazing freestyle action during the mtd tour. Once the surface has been scratched, theres a complexity that betrays the events primal simplicity. Nitro menace monster truck driver darren migues waves to the crowd after winning the racing competition at wells fargo arena during monster jam on. It is driven by former grave digger driver cole venard. After running a few variants of designs over the past few seasons the team decided an all new look was in order for.
Jester wraps up monster jam stadium championship series 1 march 6, 2018 in seven weeks the jester monster truck team went from coast to coast and back again for ten events in seven cities on the monster jam stadium championship series 1. The monster truck driver im very to the point, jon zimmer says. He drove until 20, where paul breaud bought the truck for his instigator team. Xtreme monster sports is a professional monster truck motorsports company that specializes in monster truck entertainment. Toxic monster truck official site of the toxic monster truck. Historically, additional vehicles for the drivers to. Im also adding the trucks they have driven minus fillins and world finals trucks. Instigator, mopar magic and superman freestyle highlights. Lionel piloted instigator until 2012, when he sold it to new owner driver paul breaud from. Girl, 16, crushes competition in monster trucks and math sfgate. The whole monster jam lineup ranges from some pretty normal looking trucks to the dogthemed monster mutts, the sharkthemed megalodon and, of course, the superherothemed wonder woman. Id like to start a list of retiredpassed monster truck drivers starting aroound 2008. Carolina crusher driven by gary porter, grave digger driven by jon zimmer, higher education driven by jim tracey, black stallion driven by matt cody, fluffy driven by kevin king, backdraft driven by ty cornelius, instigator driven by paul breaud, barbarian driven by devin jones, nea driven by norm miller, monster mutt driven by bryce kenny. See these incredible 10,000pound, car crushing giants compete in racing, wheelie contests, and then rock the house with.
Voted 1994 sportsman of the year and monster truck of the year by the mtra monster truck racing association. Backdraft is a fire truck style monster truck using a 540 ci engine. Read more another successful peisamson open house in 2017 october 21, 2017. Instigator monster truck instigator is a ford superduty monster truck owned by paul breaud and driven by barry leader.
Monster truck display for reserves at airshow 919th special. You have taken us by surprise with your excitement and generosity. The truck made its debut late 2014 with a concussion built chassis and competed in monster jam. Samson finished 3rd on the 1997 special events points series his highest finish ever in that series.
If you love monster trucks, then you have no doubt heard of the instigator. No matter what it is that youre into, theres definitely a monster jam truck out there thats going to capture your imagination and make you a fan. Riders get the thrills of monster truck competition from a vehicle designed with safety first in mind. Advance discount tickets are available online at, all ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 18007453000, or at the appalachian wireless continue reading.
Monster truck instigator on 360 degree video youtube. Join facebook to connect with instigator monster truck and others you may know. Xtreme monster sports inc was started in feb 2011 by paul breaud a former electrical engineer. Rap attack monster truck throwdown monster truck events. Lionel easler kicks the monster tires into place on his truck the instigator. Higher education monster truck takes on instigator in a jump contest. Jimmy creten, ben winslow, kreg christianson, corey clark, darren migues, jay mcpherson, jr mcneal. What are your favorite things to do in your down time. As a very busy summer season got underway for 2018 the samson monster truck racing team decided to change things up a bit for the trucks appearance.
The truck was originally owned and driven by lionel easler from 20062011 until breaud bought the truck in 2012. The quality craftmanship can be seen in every detail of this awesome machine. Monster jam birmingham, al jan 2011, instigator freestyle duration. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Girl, 16, crushes competition in monster trucks and math. Dec 31, 2016 after a career as an electrical engineer paul breaud decided to try his hand at operating a monster truck. Traxxas monster truck tour bangor, me monsters monthly. Higher education monster truck 1520 follow me on instagram. Crushstation won all 3 wheelie, 3 freestyles, and 2 racing competitons.
Pit party pass must be accompanied by an event ticket. Easler started out racing promodified stadium trucks tough trucks after attending a monster jam event in 2000. My dad has been racing with monster jam for 7 years i started crewing for him 4 years ago. Dont crash, warned mike vaters, black stallions builder and driver. What is your favorite part about competing in a monster truck. I was a crew person until he bought my truck a year and a half ago. Trying to do something in the truck that the fans really get a thrill from. Finals in racing on sunday was crushstation vs lumberjack, greg winchenbach got the win only by inches. A cursory glance would make it seem like becoming a competitive monster truck driver takes nothing more than a big truck, some piles of dirt, and a daredevils mentality.
When i decided to test drive a monster truck, i had no idea how hard it would be. Instigator debuted in 2006 with driverowner lionel easler, who used to race stadium trucks. Monster jam returns to mobile civic center this friday. After a career as an electrical engineer paul breaud decided to try his hand at operating a monster truck. Nov 25, 2010 dont crash, warned mike vaters, black stallions builder and driver. Girl, 16, crushes competition in monster trucks and math youngest female monster truck driver is also among nations top math students and is looking toward studying at mit by justin berton. What a great weekend with the traxxas monster truck tour. They must know how to maneuver the truck into the unloading and loading positions. I also purchased hercules from tim tesmer and began my monster truck career in 1991. Traveling and meeting new people from all over the country. As far as we know this is the first attemptt to capture what goes in in a real monster truck from the perspective of the driver via 360 degree video. Our ride truck are specially constructed replicas of our competition trucks that we built for the express purpose of giving rides to fans. Instigator debuted in 2006 with driver owner lionel easler, who used to race stadium trucks. We do events such as corporate functions, carnivals, fairs, etc where we may be from one day to a week or more.
Monster jam driver brianna mahon is one of the few female monster truck drivers in the world. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and. Most monster truck drivers begin their careers on the day they finish building their own custom trucks. In june of 1997 dan was awarded a patent from the united stated patent and trademark office in washington d. Advance discount tickets are available online at, all ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 18007453000, or at the appalachian wireless continue reading traxxas monster truck. This is an ongoing list of current and former monster trucks with their drivers. Husband and wife leave married bliss behind when they. We purchased instigator in 2011 and thats how i got started. It is the teammate to jamey garners over bored and is the third truck in their stable. John seasock born july 3, 1965 was a professional monster truck driver. It is bodied as a 2014 to 2018 chevrolet silverado standard cab pickup. Birmingham, al 2016 legacy arena at bjcc monster jam. Truck drivertractortrailer drivers must have knowledge of commercial driving regulations in order to transport all types of goods from livestock to materials over longdistance hauls.
Instigator is a ford super duty monster truck owned by paul breaud and driven by bill solly. Pages in category monster truck drivers the following pages are in this category, out of total. Monster truck lineup instigator, x maxx, lumberjack, crushstation, and more. America loves horsepower page 7 curators of popular. Dr spaghetti and meatballs and of course my salads. Backdraft monster truck was built in 2005 by andy slifko using the chassis of his old eradicator monster truck. Lionel easlers ford super duty called the instigator. Take a tour in this new battle of police monster truck games to feel real powers and knacks which are under your belt in the form of powerful police truck robot of robot truck games. Real robot games present newly designed full compact form of modern us police monster truck robot that has powers to control highly sensitive situations of police robot games.
Be a conveyor in speedful city traffic in carriage truck driving simulator games. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Instigator bounds over some sacrificial junkers at a monster jam show. A panel of judges assign points to each performance and the driver with the most points is declared the winner. Monster jam instigator, mopar magic, superman jacksonville. Monster truck driving is not for the faint of heart. Midnight rider is a 1930s ford monster truck formerly owned and driven by tom herzog. What is your favorite part about competing in monster jam. What it takes to be a monster truck driver business insider. No serious traffic violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle in the last three 3 years. Tom has also been a driver for zane rettews master of disaster. Paul breaud interview driver of instigator monster truck. Concerts laredo tx live music laredo tx sames auto arena.
They have anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 horsepower, are capable of speeds of up to 160 kmh and fly distances up to 40 metres long and 10 metres. Since high school, jon zimmer knew that racing was in his blood. Traxxas monster truck tour will be coming to pikeville, ky february 9th and 10th, 2018 at the east ky expo center at 7. Xtreme monster sports inc, 8721 woodbine rd, airville, pa. Erie, pa update instigator monster truck posted august 17, 2010 by.