Blake Granger (born May 27th, 1990) is a monster truck driver out of Lafayette, Louisiana. He won the 2019 ATV racing championship as a fill-in for Jared Eichelberger.
Career[]
Blake began competing in the 2017 More Monster Jam East tour. He drove Max-D for Colton Eichelberger in a few cities, as Colton was driving Tom Meents' truck, due to Tom having a lower back injury.
In 2018, Blake drove Monster Mutt Dalmatian for Cynthia Gauthier, who was driving Whiplash for Brianna Mahon.
In 2019, Blake drove Max-D once again, as a fill-in for Jared Eichelberger in the 2019 Monster Jam Triple Threat East Series, as Jared was taking some time to be with his wife. At World Finals 20, he won the ATV competition, becoming the first fill-in driver to win a world championship.
In 2022, Blake made his return to Monster Jam (after having been off for 2021) on Arena Tour Central, where he finished 4th. Brenden Rassel would drive for him in Lincoln.
In 2023, Blake drove Max-D for international events.
In 2024, Blake drove El Toro Loco for arena shows on the international tour and drove Max-D for the stadium shows. Blake drives Max-D for Colton in Orlando and Jacksonville, even picking up a skills win in Jacksonville. In San Jose, Costa Rica, he won the skills challenge with a 9.998 at show 1, the highest scored ever recorded since the Judgeszone.com voting system has been used. Weston Anderson would tie that score at show 2 in Southaven when he won freestyle. Blake beat Randy Brown's high score of 9.986 that he got in freestyle at the Saturday night show in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2018. He would drive Max-D in Hartford, before returning back to the international tour full-time. He was the first to do the backflip at the debut show of the Monstergon in Birmingham, United Kingdom. He also was the first ever event champion of the Ramped Up series. In Hamburg, Germany, he drove Megalodon for Charlie while he was driving Matt Cody's Grave Digger because Matt was competing in Green Bay. He made his World Finals debut in Los Angeles, since he was crowned the first ever International champion. He competed against his ex-wife, Kayla Blood. For the skills challenge, he ran the Fire body. For the racing & freestyle competitions, he ran the regular body. In Zurich, Switzerland, he drove Megalodon again. He won the Breakout Driver of the Year award with Brandan Tulachka. At London, England, he drove El Toro Loco for the first time at a stadium, since JCB DIGatron took Max-D's spot at the show. He drove Max-D for the last time in October for the Sydney, Australia show. The truck was retired after that.
In 2025, Blake drives Monster Mutt Dalmatian on Arena Championship Series East, making him the first male to drive the truck for a full points tour. He will also drive Megalodon for the international series. After the only international event in Stockholm, Sweden, he would be crowned the international series champion, and recieved the first bid to Monster Jam World Finals XXIV.
World Finals appearances[]
- 2019 - Max D (DDS, Speedsters, and ATV) (won ATV)
- 2024 - Max-D (main field) - Max-D Fire (Skills)
- 2025 - Monster Mutt Dalmatian (main field)
Trivia[]
- Blake is the ex-husband of former El Toro Loco and Soldier Fortune driver, Kayla Blood, who now drives Sparkle Smash.
- Blake was the last driver to ever drive Max-D.
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