Unusual Monster Truck Incidents

There have been various monster truck accidents throughout the years of monster truck history. While there have been few injuries, there have also been a handful of unusual accidents as well. NOTE: None of the incidents below were fatal.

Anaheim 2017 (Show 2)
The second stop at Anaheim for the Fox Sports 1 West Series had 2 consecutive races where both trucks crashed.

The first race was between Grave Digger 32 and Time Flys. Grave Digger hit the edge of the final ramp awkwardly, and nosed into the landing ramp, rolling over breaking the forelink bar. Meanwhile, Time Flys clipped the cars in the turn, and spun on his side, until the truck managed to get back onto it's wheels.

The second race, which was the race directly after Grave Digger/Time Flys' race), was between Monster Energy, and El Toro Loco. On the final jump, Monster Energy landed sideways, and snapped the wheel off, plowing the truck into the ground. El Toro Loco, avoiding the crashed Monster Energy, swerved out of the way, and turned too hard, causing it to roll over as well.

Backwards Bob
In 2015, Backwards Bob was destroyed in an accidental trailer fire. Nobody was injured in the incident, and the truck's teammate, Grave Digger, was salvaged from the wreck. The truck later returned with a spare body on a backup PEI chassis. The incident bared similar resemblance to that of Fire Core crusher, as listed below.

Bigfoot
In January 2010, at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie Oklahoma, Bigfoot, driven by Rodney Tweedy, was reaching its final moments of freestyle when the truck to a sharp, right-hand turn and tilted onto its two left wheels. The truck rolled for the side-wall, directly where spectators were sitting (since this was not a Monster Jam event, none of the seats were closed off, as they are in Monster Jam). Just moments before what would have been a collision with the wall itself, the truck then rolled onto its roof (it is possible Tweedy did this on purpose, to prevent the truck from violently colliding with the wall). And one of the tires collided with a hand-rail just inches from where spectators were sitting. No spectators were injured nor was Tweedy. It was reportedly his first time ever rolling over in a monster truck.

Bigfoot and Carolina Crusher
During a race (possibly in Montreal at the Olympic Stadium as judged by the looks of the stands), Bigfoot and Carolina Crusher crashed in during the same race in nearly the same way at nearly the exact same time. Because of the strange timing and resemblance of the two crashes, this remains one of the strangest crashes in monster truck history.

Bigfoot and Nightmare
During a race between Bigfoot and Nightmare, both trucks landed awkwardly, and ended up crashing together. Bigfoot shot to the end of the track, and landed rear tires first. The sudden landing jolted the rear wheels up. The truck suddenly overbalanced, and flipped over. Nightmare on the other hand, landed in such a way that broke the rear axel. The truck suddenly swerved left, out of control. The truck hit the next set of cars very awkwardly, which sent it into a skywheelie. The truck then bounced sideways, and into the side protection, feet from the fans. No one was seriously injured, but Bigfoot sustained heavy damage, and Nightmare more so.

Bear Foot and Carolina Crusher
During a race in Lebanon, Bear Foot clipped Carolina Crusher after it lost control. Bear Foot struck Carolina crusher hard, which caused it to over balance at high speed,and roll violently after the finish line. It is unknown if Gary Porter was hurt in the crash.

Blacksmith
During the Monster Jam World Finals 2, Blacksmith was racing against Blue Thunder in the semi-finals. Blacksmith won, but the truck overturns and rolled a few times before rolling over and landing in-between two dumpsters. Driver Pablo Huffaker was uninjured in the crash. Despite attempts to retrieve the truck from where it came to rest, they were unable to, and the truck was left their for the rest of the night. Huffaker would borrow Ragin Steel for freestyle.

Boogey Van
Boogey Van was involved in a infamous accident in Pontiac where the truck had crashed full on into the stadium wall, resulting in the impact knocking off both the front right, and rear right tires. It destroyed 14 feet of the stadium wall and Pam was in the hospital for four days as a result of the impact.

Brutus
In Pontiac 2002, Brutus had driven out of the pits for freestyle when a tire rolled off two seconds after starting freestyle. The cause to this incident was because bolts hadn't been properly secured back on after a tire change, after the wheel nearly broke off during racing. As a result, the tire merely rolled away.

Burnin' Money & Monster Patrol
During a Monster Truck War show in Chile in 2010, during the intros, Burnin' Money accidentally hit one of Monster Patrol (Dabney)'s tires, causing the driver of Monster Patrol to fall and hit the floor. The driver of Monster Patrol was injured afterwards.

Captain's Curse
Alex Blackwell in Captain's Curse was in the final race at Monster Jam World Finals 10 going up against Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction. As the truck turned the corner in the left lane, the throttle stuck, causing the truck to flip violently up over the wall and into the stands. The section of seats the truck landed in were closed off, so nobody was injured. The crash was censored from the SPEED broadcast of the episode, likely due to controversy regarding two unrelated fatal monster truck incidents earlier that year. However, the crash was uploaded to YouTube and has over 4 million views also the unseen footage of the crash was only showed in europe. Dumpsters were placed on the edges of the stadium for all subsequent World Finals as a result of the incident. Amazingly enough, it is believed that this is the same chassis that ran as Blacksmith 8 years prior that crashed into the wall protection at World Finals 2.

Carolina Crusher and Snake Bite
During a race between Carolina Crusher and Snake Bite, Snake Bite lost control and crashed into Carolina Crusher, literally "crushing" the truck by going right over it. Carolina Crusher's fiberglass body was totally destroyed, but most of the chassis was still intact. No injuries happened from the accident.

Clydesdale, Master of Disaster, and Wild Hair
During a three way monster truck race between Clydesdale, Master of Disaster, and Wild Hair, a collision happened between Wild Hair and Clydesdale. Wild Hair, while attempting to stop after traveling too fast, swerved into the second lane, hitting Clydesdale, whom was tossed into the air, and into the wall. Nobody was seriously injured.

Crushstation
Crushstation ran over an announcer at a monster truck show in 2010. Thankfully, the announcer survived with only a broken pelvis.

Crushtation "Lobster Rolls"
Crushstation was involved in two separate incidents that have been dubbed the "Lobster Roll" incidents. One was in 2015 at Detroit, where the truck was doing a wheelie, and clipped a jammer stack. The truck proceeded to flip end over end twice down the track, before it launched into the air, landing on top of the dumpster at the wall of the track, then sliding over, and stopping on top of the Storm Damage monster truck. The truck would once again be involved in a similar accident, this time running the blue Crushstation body in Hartford Conneticut, The truck drove off of an omni ramp, and clipped the back of the truck. It rolled over, and flipped end over end, until it landed on top of the Instigator monster truck

Demon, Kimosabe, Showtime, and Weapon 1 Ride Truck
A devastating fire ravaged the 22,000 square foot shop of Trick Trucks, Inc. in Spring City, Pennsylvania on July 16, 1998. The monster trucks Rich Blackburne's Demon, Jack Brady's Kimosabe, Greg Peck's Showtime, and Bill Johnson's Weapon 1 ride truck were completely destroyed, along with shop machinery, parts and supplies. Fortunately no one was in the shop at the time and there were no injuries as a result of this blaze. The fire was caused from a faulty battery from a Power Wheels Bigfoot toy. The Toy Company had announced soon thereafter that the batteries in the trucks had been found to overcharge and combust, ultimately causing a fire. The toy trucks have since been recalled nationwide due to their apparent flaw, and Mattel is still selling the toys without further incident. Explosions were frequent as the shop contained racing fuel, welding, gas and propane tanks. Unexpected explosions came from the sixteen 66" Monster Truck tires that were stored in the shop after the air inside them became hot and expanded until they violently burst.

Desert Storm
Desert Storm was a monster ride truck that was famous for its rollover on a beachside. The truck slipped on the sand on a dune, and overbalanced, and rolled on its side before sliding down the small slope in the sand. No injuries were reported.

​El Toro Loco and Avenger
During qualifying in Atlanta in 2014 Avenger collided with El Toro Loco. Going into the final turn Avenger high sided and as Jim Koehler attempted to save the truck he went inbetween the turning cars and back towards the one racing jump, where Chuck Werner was finishing his qualifying pass in El Toro Loco. Avenger then drove straight into the left side of El Toro and proceded to bounce off (similar to Titan at World Finals XV) and flip. Even though both trucks were damaged (El Toro minorly and Avenger severley), both drivers walked away uninjured, El Toro would return for round one of racing and Avenger was back for freestyle.

El Toro Loco and Bounty Hunter
At Monster Jam World Finals 5, Bounty Hunter (driven by Jimmy Creten became stuck on the large trailer obstacle, where Lupe Soza in El Toro Loco would jump it in freestyle. El Toro Loco, with great speed, jumped the trailer, narrowly avoiding contact with the Bounty Hunter truck, and leaving it in the exact same place after jumping it. El Toro Loco would then crash, causing the back axle and tires to come loose. El Toro Loco would end up in a three-way-tie (the first and so far only time this has happened at the World Finals) along with Madusa, who later knocked down the Bounty Hunter truck from its place.

Fire core Crusher
FireCore Crusher was destroyed in a trailer fire on July 15th 2013. The truck had actually been stolen by Coxx along with Burnin' Money and was renamed from Sin City Crusher. He was confronted a year in 2014 later and forced to return Burnin' Money.

Grave Digger 3
In 1992, Grave Digger 3 was involved in a serious accident during a race against Taurus at a show in Providence Rhode Island; the truck was being driven that day by driver Lyle Hancock. The truck bounced over a set of crush cars and was thrown forward, then back onto its back two tires, and then forward again, being flung up the side wall, colliding with a camera and nearly hit spectators in the first few rows of seats.Amazingly enough, the camera that it collided with was not destroyed, nor was the camera operator injured. Hancock was also uninjured while two spectators received minor injuries from debris. More humorously, according to Dennis Anderson commentating on footage of the crash, another spectator near the crash ended up spilling popcorn all over himself.

Grave Digger 9
In 1998, a 28 year old women passenger's arm was crushed after the Grave Digger 9 truck flipped over on a beach side in Virginia Beach Virginia. A driver at the event claimed that he saw a wave of water wash up on the shoreline, which is what turned the truck over, although no other witnesses saw this. There were 13 riders in total on the truck at the time of the incident and a total of them seven were injured. The other six were treated and later released, theses six passengers were aged 2-52. A lawsuit was filed, but it was ultimately dismissed, as the driver was not found to be at fault.

Grave Digger 14 (1)
In 2003 in New Orleans, during freestyle, Dennis Anderson was involved in a very odd incident in which he gassed the truck at a ramp, which launched it into the air. He landed on the front tires, which pushed the truck into an odd pogo, where it keeled over, and slammed against a barrier, roof first. This broke Dennis' arm, and pulled him from the rest of the 2003 season.

Grave Digger 14 (2)
In 2003, at the Monster Jam World Finals 4 practice, Pablo Huffaker drove Grave Digger 14. However, Pablo wasn't the same height as Dennis, and had trouble steering the truck. As a result, the truck crashed through Thunder Alley, and into a tree. Pablo used his regular truck, Grave Digger 16 for the rest of the show.

Grave Digger 19
In 2004 in New Orleans during freestyle one of the tires caught fire. At the end of his freestyle Dennis Anderson launched into a high speed donut, half-way through the left rear wheel came completely off the truck. It then went off the track where the grease on the inside of the wheel assembly burst into flames from the heat generated. The tire came to rest with the fire on the underside, extinguishing the fire.

Grave Digger 20
In 2006, during the last Potiac Silverdome show in Detroit, Michigan, Grave Digger 20 was involved in a wild wreck. The truck lost control of it's rear steering on the last jump, and it caused Grave Digger to swerve, and tip over. The truck proceeded to cartwheel, nearly hitting opponent Iron Outlaw, before it launched it's self into a dumpster, and tipping back onto all four wheels, taking the dumpster with it. The truck was fine, as was Dennis, and both made a comeback for Freestyle.

Grave Digger 30th Anniversary Encore
During the encore at the Monster Jam World Finals 13, Son-Uva Digger driver Ryan Anderson was injured in the final stunt, where four Grave Digger trucks performed a simultaneous backflip off a railcar. Ryan Anderson's truck did not complete the flip, and landed on the rollcage, the impact which, was enough to break Ryan's back. Ambulances were called, and Ryan was escorted from the track. He eventually made a full recovery.

Grave Digger/Hooked
During racing at Indianapolis in 2016, Grave Digger lost control, and jumped into Hooked's lane, whom landed directly on top of Grave Digger. Neither drivers were injured, and the trucks were eventually repaired.

Goldberg
During Monster Jam World Finals 2 racing, Goldberg hit a yellow turning pole, which launched into the air, and struck a waterpipe, causing water to leak all over the right-side racing lane. While racing initially continued with the water leakage as normal, officials eventually agreed to alter the racing circuit. The trucks would instead start inside the stadium corridor, rather than outside like they usually did. This in turn caused some confusion involving Brian Barthel, driving Wolverine, who initially didn't see the flag waver signal the start of the race (the starting lights were outside the stadium therefore could not be used).

Gunslinger/Brutus
During a race in New Orleans, 2005, Brutus took off with a wheelie, and lost control of steering as the two trucks went over a main table top. Gunslinger was clipped by Brutus, and flipped over. Neither drivers were injured, But Gunslinger could not return for freestyle, resulting in a very angry Scott Hartsock.

Hurricane Force
At a Monster Jam show at Minneapolis in 2017, the front axle of Hurricane Force completely separated from the rest of the truck after a hard landing.

Jailbreak
Jailbreak was involved in an unusual accident in 2006 when the truck broke a water pipe inside a Georgia arena. The show the incident took place at had a concrete floor without any dirt at all. During a race, the truck jumped the cars, then came down hard after the car pile and struck the floor with enough force to break a water pipe that was underneath the surface of the track. Nobody was injured as the driver got out of the truck very quickly, but the show was delayed for about an hour to make repairs to the broken floor.

Jester
In St. Louis 2017, Jester was involved in a strange race against Monster Energy, where the truck rolled over two times. The first time, Jester was leading against Monster Energy, but he took the turn too tightly, clipping a car, and pulling the truck over on the front left wheel, saving it perfectly. Positioned towards the finish ramp, the truck gassed at it, and clipped the side of the ramp, immediately flipping the truck sideways, where it broke a wheel off, and destroyed the body. Surprisingly, Jester returned for freestyle.

King Krunch
King Krunch was involved in an accident where the truck endo'd over, and landed in such a way that most of the chassis was destroyed. Scott was minorly injured in the accident.

King Krunch
King Krunch was involved in a strange incident that nearly led to a collision, or an impact in the wall, in 1998. During a race against Gunslinger, on the final jump, King Krunch had a steering failure, and a throttle stick. The truck rocketed just behind Gunslinger, and the engine was killed by an R.I.I switch, causing the truck to spin out before it could make contact with the wall.

King Kong
King Kong was racing against Carolina Crusher at a speedway in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. The trucks raced across the crush cars where King Kong, the victor of the race, jumped a concrete barrier, took down a "76" gasoline sign, overturned, and landed upside down between two police cars. Thankfully, nobody was in the police cars and the driver escaped from the truck within 10 seconds and was uninjured. The police cars, however, were completely totaled, and were reportedly brand new police cars as well.

Lil' Eagle/Eagle
After Eagle was sold, and became Lil' Eagle, It was involved in an accident where it's trailer tipped over. Only the truck was injured, as no real humans were injured.

Lucas Oil Crusader
In Arlington Texas 2017, Lucas Oil Crusader almost caused a repeat of the Captain's Curse WF10 crash when the truck experienced a major crash while qualifying alongside Gas Monkey Garage. On the final jump, the truck swerved into the dumpsters and violently wrecked while completely tumbling across one of the dumpsters. The truck would have very likely landed in the stands if it weren't for the dumpsters placed on the sides of the stadium (especially given the low wall height at AT&T stadium). The truck came to rest on all fours near the backflip ramp. Amazingly enough, Linsey Weenk made the top 8 fastest times and actually went on to win racing that night.

Madusa and Ice Cream Man
In Atlanta in 2013 Madusa collided with a parked Ice Cream Man. After Ice Cream Man had a short freestyle run in which the left rear wheel broke off, the truck was placed on the edge of the dirt for the remainder of the competition. A few competitors later Madusa came out and performed a wheelie off the biggest obstacle on the floor. Unfortunately she hit the obstacle partially side ways, and as she rode the wheelie the truck went off the course and straight into Ice Cream Man. Ice Cream Man had severe damage to it's right side and Madusa had damage to the front end.

Major Obsession
This truck is famous for its accident in Tacoma, where the throttle stuck during racing and hit a cement barrier placed about 5 feet from wall, which launched it up the stadium wall.

​Master of Disaster and Hotsy
Both Master of Disaster and Hotsy rolled during a race in 2017 in Tupelo, MS. As they entered the last turn Master of Disaster cut the turn too close and clipped the turn car and rolled before Paul Strong could recover. As Hotsy came across the finish line the truck clipped the pad in the center and rolled. Both trucks ended up on the same end of the track and right across from each other. This is only the third instance ever where both trucks rolled during a race and the first time ever in an arena.

Max-D: Decade of Maximum Destrution
In 2013 during a show in West Lebanon, Tom Meents and Max-D set a stack of two crush cars on fire. The show was during the trucks 10th Anniversary, so pyrotechnics were placed in parts of the body. At the start of his freestyle Meents set off the pyro, and when the truck hit the cars some of the sparks landed inside the first car car and set the interior on fire. Tom hit the flaming cars several more times. After his freestyle, the track crew attempted to extinguish the fire with fire hoses. After the fire could not be extinguished, the cars were moved and covered in dirt. The cars continued to burn after the conclusion of the show and it is unkown how the fire was exstinguished.

Max-D
In Glendale Arizona, in October of 2016, Jared Eichelberger, driving Maximum Destruction (The red Max-D body on the yellow Max-D truck's chassis), and a wheel broke off. This was because of a high jump, and hard landing. The wheel rolled off, and hit the back flip ramp at the end of the track. The wheel however, instead of bouncing off it, rolled up it, and came to a stop, perfectly placed on top of the middle of the ramp.

Maximum Destruction Vs. Batman
In 2009, at Indianapolis, Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction squared off against John Seasock in Batman in the finals. A new rule had been added that year, however, stating that the finals race of every show would not have 3 laps as usual, but instead have 5 laps. Tom Meents ended up finishing the first 4 laps before John Seasock, however, he had forgotten the added lap, and began celebrating by doing donuts and jumping obstacles. Seasock took the opportunity, and finished the 5th lap and ended up winning racing. Tom only found out after the race had concluded that he had actually lost the race, and began to drive off the course, embarrassed, only for his engine to catch fire and stall the truck.

Max-D (2017)
During a freestyle in Indianapolis, on February 11, 2017, Max-D was attempting to pull off a backflip in the middle of it's freestyle run. However, the truck hit the ramp at an odd angle, and ended up rotating incorrectly. This sent the truck flying off to the side, where it landed on top of the arena barriers, which separate the fans from dangerous sections of the arena. Nobody was injured.

Monster Mutt: Junkyard Dog and Overkill Evolution​
During qualifying of the 2016 Monster Jam Fox Sports 1 Championship Series in St. Louis Monster Mutt: Junkyard Dog and Overkill Evolution both crashed at nearly the same time. As they entered the second turn both trucks hicked up, both drivers originally recovered, but then both trucks twisted the other direction, went off the dirt on to the concrete where they eventually came to rest on their sides. This accident was similar to the simultaneous Bigfoot and Carolina Crusher crash. Both trucks were forced into the donut contest that night, which Monster Mutt: Junkyard Dog proceeded to win. This was the first time two trucks crashed together since a 1980's race between Bigfoot and Carolina Crusher, the only instance where both trucks in a qualifying pair rolled at the same time and the first of two, two truck crashes in 2016, the other involving Red Solo Truck and Snake Bite.

Napa
During a public, exhibit car crush at a NAPA auto parts store, the NAPA truck crushed a set of cars before plowing into a crowd of people, then the truck rolled onto some train tracks. Although there were injuries, this was a non-fatal event. It is also fortunate that no freight train came down the tracks the truck landed on, otherwise, the truck would have been destroyed.

Northern Nightmare (2014)
At the 2014 World Finals, Northern Nightmare attempted a reverse backflip. The truck landed on it's back, and Cam McQueen gassed the truck to save it. By straining the engine, and unknowingly breaking a fuel pump, a huge fire started in Northern Nightmare's cab. Cam was able to escape the truck within seconds, and the truck was extinguished immediatley.

Northern Nightmare (2016)
During Monster Jam World Finals 17 racing, a brake part from Northern Nightmare broke off the truck and was launched into the stands, striking a fan. Thankfully, he was not seriously injured.

Overkill
Overkill was involved in a trailer fire.

Predator Ride Truck
Predator lost a tire while giving rides to passengers. Nobody to knowledge was injured

Raging Bull
In August 2015, Raging Bull was doing an exhibition performance when one of the tires fell off of the truck from a hard hit, causing it to roll away and crash into a fence where spectators were standing, injuring nine people. Thankfully, nobody was killed.

Rambo
At a show, Rambo rolled over onto the stands of the arena. Nobody was injured.

Red Solo Truck/ Snake Bite
In Wildwood, NJ, in 2016, Red Solo Truck and Snake Bite were racing, and on the final jump, Red Solo Truck collided into Snake Bite in mid-air. Both trucks crashed into the ground, and ended up tumbling and flipping across the sand. Snake Bite driver Vinny Venom escaped from his truck uninjured just seconds after the violent wreck and went to check on Brandon Budd, who was also uninjured. It is considered to be one of the worst modern crashes.

Strangely, Red Solo Truck, which actually won the race, was able to return for the finals during that same show. The Snakebite chassis, however, experienced a significantly less convenient outcome and suffered severe damage and had to be sent to Concussion Motorsports to be rebuilt.It is also interesting to note that this is the only two-truck crash so far where the actions of the trucks influenced each-other's crashes, since Red Solo collided with Snake Bite, which caused both of them to crash. In the other two examples, Overkill Evolution and Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog as well as Carolina Crusher and Snakebite, the crashes were not directly caused by each-other and just happened to occur at the same time.

Sheer Insanity and TNT
On January 17, 2017, two trucks from Canada, Sheer Insanity and TNT were destroyed by a fire in their shop. Ged Barcroft and Kathy Wills survived after the fire.

Snake Bite
Snake Bite was involved in a famous crash in 1991 in Union Grove Wisconsin, where the truck, being driven by Colt Cobra and racing against Fred Shafer in Bear Foot in Round 1, jumped the "hydra barriers" (plastic units filled with water: water could even be seen splashing out during the collision) and crashed into a concessions stand shed in a nearby parking lot. The shed was completely destroyed, but thankfully no people were inside it at the time of the crash, so nobody was injured. On the other hand, a 2,000lbs industrial freezer, which was inside the shed, was destroyed in the crash, left out in full view partially crushed by the front tires from the truck's resting position, where the truck was left throughout the rest of the show.

Stinger
At a Monster Jam Show at an arena, Stinger went onto the protective barriers.

Stone Crusher
At the last Pontiac show in Detroit, Michigan, in 2006, Gary Wiggins in Stone Crusher was involved in an incident during freestyle. The truck, on it's last jump, performed a skywheelie. The truck over-rotated, and ended up landing directly on the tailgate. Wiggins broke his back on landing, and had to be taken out of the truck via medical help, and was put on a stretcher. He eventually made a full recovery.



Thrasher Vs. Black Stallion
At a show during racing, Black Stallion broke it's forward gear, and was due to race against Thrasher. In order to race, and entertain the audience, Michael Vaters raced the truck over the cars in reverse, while Thrasher ran the race normally.

Titan
During qualifying at Monster Jam World Finals 15, Titan crashed hard into the wall in the left lane, destroying the chassis. Fortunately, driver Donald Epidendio was not injured in the crash. The chassis was destroyed in the incident, so a new one had to be built. For the World Finals, Donald used a spare Mohawk Warrior chassis as a backup. This crash bares similarity to the infamous crash of Captain's Curse seven years prior (as listed above). The truck had crashed into a dumpster, which likely prevented it from going into the stands like Captain's Curse.



Titan
At a monster truck show, Titan caught fire.

Tropical Thunder
During a race against Bigfoot, Tropical Thunder lost control, rolled over, lost both front wheels, and crushed the chainlink fence between the track, and audience. Nobody was hurt.

​War Wizard
In Pontiac 2006, War Wizard would have a destructive incident during the qualifying portion of the show. Due to the truck swerving on the final jump, War Wizard would jump up, and land on a motocross hill with half of the truck. The impact ended up knocking Randy Moore out, and the truck continued driving down the track until it slammed into the wall protection at the end of the course. The truck was unable to compete for freestyle, and serious repairs were required for it's next show.

Only about a week later, during the 2006 Atlanta show War Wizard was totaled. On the first hit in freestyle the truck landed at such an awkward angle that nearly every shock was ripped off and the chassis was severely damaged. Randy Moore ended up buying the Total Chaos chassis in order to run the rest of the year.

Wild Stang
Wild Stang is known for a famous crash which occurred in Cayuga Ontario Canada during Labor Day weekend in 1988. The truck did a car crush, doing a wheelie, then came crashing down and flipped forward, leaving driver Barry Packard (NOTE: some sources say it was Cliff himself driving) trapped underneath the truck. The incident was similar to that of Paula Harbuck's crash in Bear Foot (which is the first recorded monster truck crash), however, while Harbuck was stuck for only a short time, Packard was stuck for an entire 45 minutes before being finally freed. Thankfully, he was not seriously injured in the crash. In the early days of monster truck competition, crashes were seldom and so trucks were not particularly designed with crashes in mind. Also, with today's monster trucks weighing in at 10,000lbs, old school monster trucks were much heavier than that, with some weighing in as heavy as 13,000lbs, 33% or 1/3 heavier than today's standard. This incident could very well be the main driving force to evolve the design of the monster truck to achieve higher standards of safety.

​Wrecking Crew
In Atlanta in 2013 Steve Koehler rolled Wrecking Crew in the same place twice. The truck rolled in the same spot in the same turn in both qualifying and round one of racing. Even though the truck had heavy damage it came back for freestyle, where it broke again.