Tom Meents

Fourteen Monster Jam World Finals championships, more than any other driver: six in racing, six in freestyle and two in the two-wheel skills challenge. Sources that say twelve are counting only racing and freestyle.

Monster Patrol from 1993 to 1998, Bulldozer in 1999, Goldberg in 2000 and 2001, Team Meents in 2001 and 2002, and Maximum Destruction, later Max-D, from 2003 until 2024.

He was the first to attempt one. He landed a backflip at his own shop in Paxton, Illinois, though the rear king pins broke, and his first public attempt in 2009 over-rotated onto the roof. He was also the first to land a double backflip, at the 2013 World Finals.

Yes, at MetLife Stadium in June 2015, the first on a monster truck. It missed a Guinness World Records title because he bounced into an over-rotation and his front tyres did not touch the ground as the rules required.

He announced in August 2023 that 2024 would be his final competitive season. During that farewell tour he crashed at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, landing nose first and then on the roof, and dislocated his neck. His stepson Colton Eichelberger drove in his place.

He has stayed with Monster Jam as Professor of Monster Jam University, where drivers are trained, and as a stunt coordinator. He received a Lifetime Achievement award in 2024.

Yes, throughout his career. In his first event driving Bulldozer in 1999 he beat Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger on national television, and the two attempted to drive over each other's trucks in the encore at the 2001 World Finals.

Maximum Destruction, shortened to Max-D, the spiked truck Meents debuted in 2003 and drove for twenty-one seasons. It is one of the most recognised trucks in Monster Jam.