Black Stallion

Black Stallion is a Ford F-150 monster truck driven by Michael Vaters and Matt Cody 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 game Monster Truck Madness 2. Vaters also ran the Thunder Nationals series, where a large chunk of his success came from.

2000s
Vaters dominated the Thunder Nationals series, and had multiple appearances in the Monster Jam World Finals, and was also featured in the video games Monster Jam Urban Assault, and Path of Destruction

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