Alex Bardin (born March 20, 1996) is a monster truck driver out of Rockport, Texas. He is the current driver of Stone Crusher and he formerly drove El Oso Loco and Thunder Chicken for Harper Motorsports.
Career[]
Alex made his Monster Jam debut in 2019, driving Red Baron for 2Xtreme Racing as the teammate to Jeff Souza's Jekyll & Hyde in Salinas, then later drove Bounty Hunter as the teammate to Tanner Root. In Coldwater, Michigan & Union Grove, Wisconsin, he drove Outlaw.
In 2023, Alex started driving the new Shark Attack for Harper Motorsports.
In 2024, Alex made his first quarter debut in Monster Jam driving Stone Crusher on Arena Championship Series Central as the teammate to Frank Krmel's Zombie on Hooked. He would grab a racing win during one of the Pittsburgh shows. This would be his first win in Monster Jam. At show 2 in Louisville, he landed his first backflip. He finished in 6th place on the central arena tour. He would grab his first freestyle win in Southaven and land his second backflip in that same event. He later drove Just Get Er Done II in Duluth and Savannah, Georgia since Brandan was driving Megalodon because Mikayla went back to nursing school. For 2025, he is not scheduled to compete in Monster Jam, making it the first time the team does not compete in the first quarter of the season.
Trivia[]
- His name would be misspelled as ''Barden'' on the Monster Jam website, but would later be fixed.
- Alex was billed as "Alex Rodriguez" from Mexico when he drove El Oso Loco.
- Dennis Anderson & Tom Meents are his role models.
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