MONSTER JAM DRAWING TUTORIALS

Avenger

🏁 FAST FACTS:

💀 Custom-built by Jim Koehler in 1997 — named after his dad's drag racer

👤 Driver: Jim "Mr. Excitement" Koehler

🏠 Hometown: Columbus, Michigan

🏎️ Team: @teamscreamracing

🏆 2x World Finals Freestyle Champion

⚡ 27+ YEARS of crushing it in Monster Jam — one of the longest-running trucks EVER

🔥 Known for: wild driving style, insane saves, and leaving it ALL on the track

Earth Shaker

🔨 FAST FACTS:

🏗️ Construction-themed dump truck — the ONLY one in Monster Jam

🗓️ Debuted in 2017 under Tristan England

🏎️ 2026 Driver: Alex Bardin (@alexbardinmt)

🏁 Team: @teamthrottlemonster

⚡ 1,500 horsepower | 12,000 lbs of dirt-shaking power

🏆 Won JCB Racing in Oklahoma City 2026

Shell Shock'ed

🐢 FAST FACTS:

Dalton Widner's Story

📍 Knoxville, Tennessee kid who fell in love with monster trucks before kindergarten

🏈 Played D1 college football as an offensive lineman — so yeah, he knows about hitting hard

🏁 Won a Monster Jam race in just his SECOND ATTEMPT — beating Grave Digger in the finals!

🏆 2024 Monster Jam Rising Star

🏆 2024 JCB Arena Racer of the Year

🐢 His motto: "Break it, Fix it, Win, Repeat"

Megalodon

🦈 FAST FACTS:

🏆 2025 World Finals Racing Champ | Guinness World Record holder

🦈 Custom 3D shark-bodied truck — debuted 2017 in Nashville, TN

🏆 2025 World Finals Racing Champion

🏆 2x Triple Threat Series Champion

⚡ Holds a Guinness World Record for most monster trucks jumped!

🔥 One of the most promoted & fan-favorite trucks in Monster Jam history

🔥 @ashleynicolesanford — current (drag racer turned monster trucker!)

Grave Digger

☠️ FAST FACTS:

💀 Created in 1982 by Dennis Anderson from salvaged junkyard parts

🏴‍☠️ Name origin: other racers trash-talked his junk truck, Dennis said "I'll take this old junk and dig you a grave with it"

🏠 Home: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

🏆 Multiple World Finals Championships (Racing + Freestyle)

⚡ 44 trucks built over 43 YEARS — the most of ANY monster truck ever

🎵 Theme song: "Bad to the Bone" 🦴

🐂 Currently runs SIX active trucks with different drivers at events worldwide

💀 @adamanderson_gd — 5x World Champ (Dennis's son)

El Toro Loco

🐂 FAST FACTS:

🇪🇸 Name means "The Crazy Bull" in Spanish

🗓️ Debuted 2001 in Lafayette, Louisiana

🏆 2004 World Finals Freestyle Co-Champion

🏆 2025 Fall Stadium Series Champion

💨 Famous for "snorting" smoke out of its nose (button inside the truck!)

⚡ 25 YEARS of Monster Jam — one of the top merchandise sellers EVER

🐂 Expanded to a 7-truck fleet — more drivers than almost any truck in history

🔥 @armando_castro — lead driver, 2x WF Champ