Monsters on the Beach

Monsters on the Beach (formerly Thunder on the Beach) is a monster truck event held on the beach of Wildwood, NJ. It originally began in 1995 and is still held each year to this day.

King of the Beach Champions
This is a list of all previous King of the Beach champions. Thunder on the Beach originally started in 1995, but the 'King of the Beach' points system did not begin until 2001.

After the death of Walking Tall driver Maxie Broaddus's death in 2015, the title of King of the Beach ended and was given to him in his memory. Since 2018, the new title has been 'Beast of the Beach'.

2001- Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter (Bigfoot 11: Dan Runte runnerup)

2002- Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter (Destination Bigfoot 11: Dan Runte runnerup)

2003- Bigfoot 11: Dan Runte (Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter runnerup)

2004- Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter (Firestone Bigfoot 14: Dan Runte runnerup)

2005- Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter (Firestone Bigfoot 16: Dan Runte runnerup)

2006- Summit Racing Bigfoot 16: Dan Runte (Raminator: Mark Hall runnerup)

2007- Maximum Destruction: Neil Elliot (Bigfoot 14: Rick Long runnerup)

2008- Stone Crusher: Steve Sims (Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter runnerup)

2009- Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter (Avenger: Jim Koehler + Brutus: Chris Bergeron runnerups)

2010- Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter (Brutus: Chris Bergeron runnerup)

2011- Grave Digger 25: Gary Porter (Avenger: Jim Koehler runnerup)

Lineups
1995

Bigfoot 10: Lonny Childress

Carolina Crusher: Gary Wiggins

Devil's Dodge: John Seasock

Equalizer: David Morris

Grave Digger 7: Dennis Anderson

Monster Patrol 2: Tom Meents

Nitemare 2: Gary Bauer

Predator 4: Allen Pezo

Snake Bite: Ricky Rattler

UFO: Bob Fisher

Warrior: Joey Fizano

Wildfire: Calvin Carrington

1996

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September 27-28, 1997

Sudden Impact: John Seasock

Virginia Giant: Deil Wilson

Hollywood Hogan: Sky Hartly

Towasaurus Wrex: Jeff Bursey

Thrasher: Pat Summa

Monster Patrol: Tom Meents

Grave Digger 12: Dennis Anderson

Equalizer: David Morris

Bigfoot: Eric Tack

Carolina Crusher: Gary Porter

War Wagon: Jeff Cook

Liquidater: ???

September 25-27, 1998

Bigfoot: ???

Undertaker: ???

Black Stallion: ???

Nitemare: ???

Carolina Crusher: ???

Wild Thang: ???

Grave Digger: ???

Liquidator: ???

Sudden Impact: ???

Monster Patrol: ???

Eradicator: ???

June 18-20, 1999

Bigfoot: ???

Rap Attack: ???

Sudden Impact: ???

Carolina Crusher: ???

Liquidator: ???

Black Stallion 2000: ???

Predator: ???

Eradicator: ???

October 1-3, 1999

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2000

Wild Thang: ???

Sudden Impact: ???

Monster Patrol: ???

Carolina Crusher: ???

Bear Foot: ???

Bigfoot Firestone: ???

Black Stallion 2000: ???

Predator: ???

2001

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2002

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2003

Backdraft: ???

Black Stallion: Michael Vaters

The Broker: ???

Carolina Crusher: Michael Harper

Grave Digger: Gary Porter

Sudden Impact: ???

Spiderman: Brandon Harrington

2004

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: ???

Carolina Crusher: Michael Harper

Universal Monsters Frankenstein (Monster Patrol): ???

Grave Digger: Gary Porter

Black Stallion: Michael Vaters

Bigfoot: ???

Bear Foot: ???

2005

Bigfoot: ???

Black Stallion: ???

Eradicator: ???

Grave Digger: ???

Iron Warrior: ???

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: ???

Stone Crusher: ???

September 30-October 1, 2006

Summit Bigfoot: Dan Runte

Grave Digger: Gary Porter

Raminator: Mark Hall

Rammunition: Geremie Dishman

The Broker: ???

Stone Crusher: ???

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: ???

September 28-30, 2007

Avenger: Jim Koehler

Brutus: Chris Bergeron

Maximum Destruction: Neil Elliot

Bigfoot: Rick Long

Grave Digger: Gary Porter

Raminator: Mark Hall

Rammunition: Geremie Dishman

September 27-28, 2008

Avenger: ???

Brutus: ???

Batman: John Seasock

Grave Digger: ???

Monster Mutt: ???

Raminator: ???

Virginia Giant: ???

October 2-4, 2009

Brutus: Chris Bergeron

Stone Crusher: Carl VanHorn

Avenger: Jim Koehler

Mopar Magic: Ricky Ownley

War Wizard: Randy Moore

Monster Mutt: Whit Tarlton

Grave Digger: Gary Porter

October 1-3, 2010

Black Stallion: Mike Vaters

Avenger: Jim Koehler

Spiderman: Whit Tarlton

Bad Habit: Joe Sylvester

Brutus: Chris Bergeron

Gunslinger: Scott Hartsock

Grave Digger 12: Gary Porter (Final event for Grave Digger 12)

September 30-October 2, 2011

Avenger: Jim Koehler

Brutus: Chris Bergeron

Grave Digger 25: Gary Porter

Gunslinger: Scott Hartsock

Mopar Magic: Bryan Wright

Spiderman: Whit Tarlton

Stone Crusher: Steve Sims

September 28-30, 2012

Avenger: Jim Koehler

E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot 18: Dan Runte

Stone Crusher: Steve Sims

Brutus: Chris Bergeron

Backdraft: Jeremy Slifko

Monster Magic: Bryan Wright

Gunslinger: Scott Hartsock

Eradicator: Andy Slifko

September 27-29, 2013

Bigfoot 11: Kevin Kozala

Stinger: Zane Rettew

War Wizard: Darren Goin

Gunslinger: Scott Hartsock

Snake Bite: Rick Long

XDP: Dave Radzirez

Instigator: Paul Breaud

Toxic: Travis Petri

September 26-28, 2014

Bigfoot: Dan Runte

Equalizer: Mike Hawkins

Snakebite: Josh Gibson

Gunslinger: Scott Hartsock

Avenger: Jim Koehler

Brutus: Brad Allen

Black Stallion: Steven Thompson

Higher Education: Matt Cody

August 28-30, 2015

Bigfoot 19: Darron Schnell

Bigfoot 15: Josh Gibson

Avenger: Jim Koehler

Brutus: Brad Allen

Black Stallion: Matt Cody

Higher Education: Jimmy Tracey

Red Solo Truck: Brandon Budd

Equalizer: Mike Hawkins

Walking Tall: Maxie Broaddus

August 19-21, 2016

Bigfoot: Darron Schnell

Snakebite: Vinny Venom

Avenger: Cory Rummell

Wrecking Crew: Mike Thompson

Equalizer: Mike Hawkins

Red Solo Truck: Brandon Budd

Crushstation: Greg Winchenbach

Lumberjack: Tom Durkee

September 29-October 1, 2017

Avenger: Jim Koehler

Basher: Richie Yatsko

Bigfoot 19: Darron Schnell

Brutus: Brad Allen

Heavy Hitter: Derick Anson

Jester: Matt Pagliarulo

September 29-30, 2018

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