Monster Mutt

Monster Mutt is a custom bodied monster truck owned by FELD Entertainment driven by Tanner Root. It has competed in every Monster Jam World Finals since 2003 and even got the championship in 2010 under Charlie Pauken. Prior to it's 2016 re-design, the truck was notorious among drivers for having a small windshield and a smaller field of vision.

History

 * 2003 - Monster Mutt debuts under Chad Reed on the former Firemouth chassis. However, due to a family emergency, Todd Frolik would then take over as driver. Frolik drives Monster Mutt its first World Finals.
 * 2004 - Two Monster Mutts campaign driven by Bobby Zee and Bryan Winston.
 * 2005 - Monster Mutt began using it's trademark tail at the Monster Jam World Finals 6. George Balhan drives the truck in the European Tour.
 * 2006 - Charlie Pauken competes in the Monster Jam World Finals with Monster Mutt. Zee and Winston finish their year under Monster Jam.
 * 2007 - Mike Wine and Alex Blackwell takes over driving duties as Monster Mutt is featured in Monster Jam (video game). The spin off of Monster Mutt, Monster Mutt Dalmatian debuts.
 * 2008 - Whit Tarlton joins the team. Wine and Tarlton share driving duties with Alex Blackwell finishing his last year with the truck by driving for the European Tour. Monster Mutt is featured in Monster Jam: Urban Assault.
 * 2009 - Wine leaves the team to drive Backwards Bob. Lee O'Donnell took the reigns of Monster Mutt sharing the wheel with Tarlton.
 * 2010 - Lee leaves the team to drive Iron Man. Dana Creech takes over as the replacement for Lee. Paul Cohen and Ryan Anderson also makes their competition debut with Monster Mutt in Atlanta and San Diego respectively. Charlie Pauken wins the Monster Jam World Finals 11 freestyle championship with the Monster Mutt body on Grave Digger #22, scoring the second highest winning number in World Finals history. Chad Tingler runs the body on Grave Digger #14 for it's final run at the first stadium event in Philadelphia.
 * 2011 - Joe Miller joined the Monster Mutt team and shares driving duties with Creech and Tarlton. The second spin off of the truck Monster Mutt Rottweiler is debuted.
 * 2012 - Dana Creech stops driving for Monster Jam.3305765484 83829a32fd b.jpg
 * 2013 - Joe Miller stops driving Monster Mutt.
 * 2014 - Whit Tarlton finishes his last year driving in Monster Mutt.
 * 2015 - Dustin Brown starts driving an all new Monster Mutt chassis in the Fox Sports 1 Series where he would finish 3rd, getting a spot in World Finals 16.
 * 2016 - Another new chassis debuts along with a 3D body with Bryce Kenny driving. Charlie Pauken drives once again at Monster Jam World Finals 17. Jon Zimmer drives the truck in East Rutherford. The 2015 chassis becomes the trucks short lived third spin off Monster Mutt: Junkyard Dog.
 * 2017 - Kevin Crocker takes over as the driver of Monster Mutt and joins the Racesource Team, as Bryce Kenny moves to Mohawk Warrior. Charlie Pauken drives Monster Mutt at the Monster Jam World Finals 18. Cynthia Gauthier runs the truck for the European Tour, even performing a backflip in France. Tragically, former driver of Monster Mutt, Bryan Winston passes away
 * 2018 - Kevin Crocker drives again in the Monster Jam Arena Tour. Cynthia Gauthier drove Monster Mutt at the Monster Jam World Finals 19. After the Monster Jam Arena Tour, Kevin retired and former War Wizard driver Shane Phreed filled-in for him for a few shows. After the retirement of the trucks teammate Pablo Huffaker in May, Shane stepped away from driving the truck. Jack Monkhouse later competed on the Australian tour on the Buddy chassis.
 * 2019 - Tanner Root takes over driving duties and runs the truck on the Iron Outlaw chassis. He drives the truck on the Triple Threat Series East Tour.

List of Trucks That Have Run as Monster Mutt

 * Unknown Willman chassis (possibly Hot Wheels) (unknown driver)
 * Grave Digger 14 (Chad Tingler)
 * Grave Digger 22 (Charlie Pauken)
 * Grave Digger 27 (Charlie Pauken)
 * Buddy (Jack Monkhouse)
 * Iron Outlaw (Tanner Root)

World Finals Appearances

 * 2003 - Todd Frolik
 * 2004 - Bobby Zee
 * 2005 - Bobby Zee
 * 2006 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2007 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2008 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2009 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2010 - Charlie Pauken (won freestyle)
 * 2011 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2012 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2013 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2014 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2015 - Dustin Brown
 * 2016 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2017 - Charlie Pauken
 * 2018 - Cynthia Gauthier

Trivia

 * The truck spawned from the combination of two cancelled trucks, being the dog theme of Beware of the Junkyard Dog, and the supposed Mercury body of Hulk in 2003. The original bottom clip where the latter's teeth would have been set in (where the tongue is) can be seen in images of the truck at its debut show.
 * The truck has been driven at least once by approximately 30 drivers throughout the truck's career.
 * When the Grave Digger chassis ran the old body, the body was bolted on in a titled fashion to fit the rollcage.