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Dragon is a custom dragon monster truck owned by FELD Motorsports, and is currently driven by Coty Saucier. The truck was created as the spiritual successor to Dragon's Breath. Since its debut, the truck has become a fan favorite in Monster Jam, and has competed in every Monster Jam World Finals since winning the 2016 Young Guns Shootout championship.

History[]

2014[]

Dragon was originally meant to compete during the 2014 first quarter season, but was not finished in time, and was postponed for the time being. The truck was first unveiled to the public on June 14th, 2014, as part of that year’s Path of Destruction Tour in East Rutherford. The truck would perform a freestyle encore later that night with Charlie Pauken driving, only to crash after hitting its first obstacle. Despite this, the truck would also be featured in Monster Jam’s inaugural show in Foxborough the following weekend, where it would perform a full freestyle exhibition. Several months later, Dragon would compete on that year’s Australian tour, with Scott Liddycoat driving, leaving and retiring its predecessor Dragon's Breath.

2015[]

Dragon entered its first full year of competition, with Liddycoat behind the wheel. Both truck and driver would be invited to compete in the Young Guns Shootout at World Finals XVI, losing in round 1.

2016[]

Liddycoat would again compete in the Young Guns Shootout at World Finals XVII. However, they would win the said competition, defeating Tyler Menninga in Blue Thunder and earning the thirty-second and final spot in the main field. Dragon would qualify 8th, but would lose in round 1 and would place 24th in freestyle. Bari Musawwir drove the truck in Osaka, Japan.

2017[]

A second Dragon was added to the team for the 2017 season, being driven by Jon Zimmer. Zimmer competed on Stadium Championship Series 4, with Dustin Brown filling in for him in the series' Minneapolis and San Diego events as Zimmer would be filling in for an injured Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger. Zimmer would finish 2nd on the series, four points behind Charlie Pauken. Zimmer and Dragon would be invited to compete at World Finals XVIII. Meanwhile, Liddycoat competed exclusively on that year’s international tour, and would later leave the team and FELD Entertainment, allowing Zimmer to assume full-time driving duties. Morgan Kane would drive the truck in Beijing, China.

2018[]

Dragon would receive a new chassis, as Zimmer and the truck competed on Stadium Championship Series 4. Zimmer and the truck would finish in 3rd place and would eventually get an invite to World Finals XIX. Later, at the first stop of that year's international tour in Frankfurt, Germany on May 12th, Dragon would receive an all-new body style, being a custom 3D dragon. Later that month, an ice variant of the truck would be showcased at Licensing Expo 2018 and later revealed at the 2019 season kickoff as well.

2019[]

Zimmer drove the new Dragon Ice on Stadium Championship Series 3 for Team Ice, rivaling Cory Rummell in Megalodon Fire for Team Fire and rivaling Todd LeDuc in the points series. Meanwhile, a second Dragon would be added to the team, competing on the Arena Championship Series by Darren Migues on the Nitro Menace chassis. Grant Acres would also drive the ATV Dragon on the series. Migues would finish in 4th on his series, and Zimmer would finish in 2nd to Todd LeDuc on his series and would later be invited to compete at World Finals XX in the main field. Coty Saucier would also drive the truck for the Fire & Ice encore for day 1 of the event. Zimmer and the truck would later compete at the inaugural All-Star Challenge that October in Las Vegas for Team Ice. The truck's highest performance at the event would be making it to the semi-finals of Vegas racing and would finish 9th in the overall standings. This would be the last show for the Ice Dragon.

2020[]

Zimmer would resume running the standard Dragon, retiring the ice variant, where he would compete on Stadium Championship Series Red. Meanwhile, Migues would compete on the Arena Championship Series on Nitro Menace again, with Just Get Er Done driver Mitch Tulachka filling in for him in Hartford, Connecticut. However, both of the series abruptly ended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Dragon would be shelved for the time being due to budget cuts by FELD Entertainment as a result of the pandemic. Zimmer would eventually leave FELD and begin crewing for Over Bored Motorsports.

2022[]

Former Monster Energy driver Coty Saucier took over driving the driving duties for Dragon, after the Monster Energy contract expired. He would compete on Arena Series East, finishing 3rd in the series points standings. Randy Brown would also drive the truck as a fill-in for Coty for the Macon events for unknown reasons. During the series, Coty would have a very notable rivalry with rookie driver Weston Anderson in Grave Digger 37, who would eventually win the series. Coty and the truck would be invited to compete at World Finals XXI. Although not winning anything, he would be the second fastest qualifier and get eliminated in round 2 by Cory Rummell in Megalodon, and would notably start off freestyle and would do a clean and successful run with a bicycle, stoppie, and backflip to a small moonwalk, getting a decent score. Coty would later drive Dragon in New Orleans with it being his hometown, where he would win almost every competition (with the exception of two-wheel skills), giving him the overall event championship. Tony Ochs later drove the truck in November's Dominican Republic visit.

2023[]

Coty drives Dragon on Arena Series Central. Notably during the series, rookie Brandon Arthur would fill-in for Coty in Providence, Rhode Island after Saucier tested positive for COVID-19. Despite finishing the series in 5th, he would later be invited to compete at World Finals XXII. There, Saucier qualified second fastest with a 20.001 time, but fell in round 2 of racing to Brandon Vinson and Grave Digger. In San Juan, he did an encore at one of the shows since 3 of the trucks were unable to freestyle.

2024[]

Coty would compete on Arena Tour East. Chelsea VanCleave would drive for Coty in Cleveland, making her the truck's first female driver. Joe Dennis fills in for Coty while he drives Max-D for the last 5 stadiums shows on the Stadium Tour East while Blake Granger was competing on the International Tour. Joe helped Dragon finish 4th in the final standings. Tony Ochs drives the truck, this time in Huntsville and Salinas. Coty would be invited to World Finals XXlll in Los Angeles. The regular version, along with the Ice & Fire elemental designs appear in Monster Jam Showdown.

2025[]

Coty competes on the West arena tour for the first time since Amsoil Series West in 2016. He would finish 3rd in the final standings. Coty is invited to compete in the World Finals.

Drivers[]

Current drivers[]

Former drivers[]

Temporary drivers[]

World Finals appearances[]

Year Driver Results
2015 Scott Liddycoat Young Guns Shootout: defeated in Round 1 by The Patriot
2016 Young Guns Shootout: defeated Blue Thunder in the finals
Qualifying: 8th (16.179) Racing: defeated in round 1 by Lucas Oil Crusader Freestyle: 24th (18.5)
2017 Jon Zimmer Qualifying: 11th (16.487) Racing: defeated in round 1 by Overkill Evolution

(disqualified, red-lighted)

Freestyle: 26th (6.289)
2018 Qualifying: 24th (16.884) Racing: defeated in round 3 by Mutant Freestyle: 6th (8.452)
2019 Qualifying: 20th (13.856) Racing: defeated in round 3 by Bakugan Dragonoid Freestyle: 23rd (5.237)
2022 Coty Saucier Qualifying: 2nd (30.753) Racing: defeated in round 2 by Megalodon Freestyle: 11th (7.373)
2023 Qualifying: 2nd (20.001) Racing: defeated in round 2 by Grave Digger Freestyle: 8th (7.795)
2024 Qualifying: 9th (19.123) Racing: defeated in round 2 by Scooby-Doo! Freestyle: 7th (7.812)
2025 Qualifying: Racing: Freestyle:

All-Star Challenge appearances[]

  • 2019 - Jon Zimmer (Team Ice)

Video game appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • Dragon featured a flamethrower that was installed on the front of the chassis, which was used to make the truck appear to "breathe" fire. It is unknown when it was removed.
  • Although not stated publicly, fans have pointed out that the 3D dragon mold is very similarly molded to the 3D Monster Mutt bodies.
  • Dragon's Breath was originally retired at the end of the 2011 season, but due to Dragon not being finished for the 2014 season, the truck would be revived for the time being until the truck was finished.
    • Dragon's Breath was originally called "Spitfire" and debuted in 2008 at the World Finals IX encore. However, the truck had to be renamed due to copyright issues from an unknown party. This also caused the original debut encore to be omitted from the DVD and TV broadcast.
  • At pit parties, Dragon features eyes on the windows, although they are removed from the truck in actual competition to increase visibility.
  • During international shows throughout 2017 and 2018, Dragon would run green wheels and beadlocks and occasional golden horns.
  • The first chassis for Zimmer's Dragon was originally used for Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog, while his second chassis was originally Grave Digger XXVI.
  • Although Coty Saucier would make his full-time debut driving Dragon in 2022, he did drive Dragon Ice for the World Finals XX racing encore in 2019.
  • Dragon was the first truck to be judged using both professional and fan judges at World Finals XXI.

Gallery[]

Main gallery[]

Dragon Ice[]

Merchandise Gallery[]

Miscellaneous[]

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