Black Stallion

Black Stallion is a Ford F-150 monster truck driven by Michael Vaters out of Hagerstown, Maryland. Vaters is one of the longest driving performers, with over 30 years behind the wheel.

1980s
Black Stallion began as a street legal truck before becoming a leaf spring truck, performing car crushes along the East Coast

1990s
Vaters moved up to a tube chassis truck in 1996 called Black Stallion 2000 and was featured in the games Monster Truck Madness 2 and Monster Truck Madness 64. Vaters also ran the Thunder Nationals series, where a large chunk of his success came from. Vaters competed with his then-wife, Pam, who ran the truck Boogey Van.

2000s
Vaters dominated the Thunder Nationals series, and had multiple appearances in the Monster Jam World Finals, and was also featured in the video game Monster Jam: Urban Assault. Vaters unveiled Iron Warrior, a teammate truck for Black Stallion.

2010s
In 2011, Vaters began a partnership with Safety-Kleen products, debuting a brand new look for Black Stallion which is run to this day.

In 2015, Matt Cody ran a Black Stallion on his Iron Warrior chassis as Vaters ran the third Monster Mutt Rottweiler on his Black Stallion chassis.

In 2016, two Black Stallions were run as Vaters went back to driving the name while Cody continued to run Black Stallion on his chassis. Vaters competed at the 2016 Fox Sports 1 Series.

In 2017, Cody ran a Blue Thunder body on Iron Warrior for the More Monster Jam Tour making Vaters the only one left driving the name. Vaters competes at one of the Monster Jam Stadium Tours.

In 2018, Vaters ran the truck on another Monster Jam Stadium Tour.