Iron Man is a "2023 custom Mark VI" monster truck run by FELD Motorsports and owned by Marvel Comics. It was originally run from 2010-2014, based on the comic book character of the same name, as a part of Marvel's second contract with Monster Jam. It was primarily driven by Lee O'Donnell throughout its initial run, as well as Dustin Brown, Morgan Kane and Scott Buetow driving it during select seasons. The truck made its re-debut with the third renewal of the Marvel contract in 2023.
History[]
2009[]
Iron Man was announced to begin competing in 2010, alongside a revived Spider-Man, as a part of Marvel Comics' return to Monster Jam with their second contract.
2010[]
Iron Man made its debut on January 9th in Atlanta, Georgia with Lee O'Donnell driving. The truck later competed at the World Finals, losing in round 1, but finishing 9th in freestyle.
2011[]
Scott Buetow would debut a second Iron Man truck in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he would hit the van stack in freestyle, hit the brakes, stopping the truck on the front wheels. Lee would compete at the World Finals again, once again losing in round 1, but notably finishing 4th in freestyle.
In May, the truck would also make its international debut in Costa Rica. Interestingly, the truck emerged from a giant McDonald's box, seemingly done as a sponsorship for the international show.
2012[]
Lee and Scott continue to drive the truck. Scott later competes at the inaugural Youngs Gun Shootout at World Finals XIII, losing in round 1 to Nicole Johnson. Lee once again competed at the World Finals main field, losing in round 2 and finishing 15th in freestyle.
In September, Coty Saucier drove the truck in Arnhem, Holland after Scott fell ill following the first show.
2013[]
Morgan Kane takes over as the driver for the second truck after Scott left the team and moves to Team Hot Wheels Firestorm. Morgan later drove the truck at the Young Guns Shootout while Lee drove at the World Finals. Morgan would make it to the final round of the YGS, but would lose to Joe Sylvester. Lee would notably be the 2nd fastest qualifier, but would lose in his first race, then finished 5th in freestyle.
Later that year, Lee ran a unique design on Iron Man for the Path of Destruction Tour with a Mark 42 design to promote the Iron Man 3 movie.
2014[]
Dustin Brown takes over the second truck after Morgan left the team to drive Max-D.
World Finals XV controversy[]
At World Finals XV, there would be a very notable controversy during racing. Lee would make it to the semi-finals against Tom Meents. During the race, Tom would get shut off inadvertently resulting in Lee winning. However, they would controversially re-run the race where Tom would beat Lee, resulting in a frustrated Lee. Lee would later perform during the racing encore. The next day, he later finished in a four-way tie for 16th in freestyle.
At the end of the year, the FELD-Marvel contract expires, and the truck is retired.
2015[]
Lee's truck is converted to Zombie Hunter, while Dustin moved to Monster Mutt.
2016[]
The original Iron Man concept body would be modified and became Alien Invasion, with the most notable mold difference being the back of the truck being altered slightly and removing the rockets at the back sides.
2018[]
The truck was featured in a YouTube poll, asking fans what their favorite discontinued truck was.
2023[]
The third Marvel contract would be renewed with Monster Jam, with Iron Man making its return in London on July 15th, 2023, along with Black Panther, The Amazing Spider-Man and Thor. Here, it was driven Brandon Arthur, who went on to win racing.
2024[]
Brandon continued driving the truck for international events.
In Zurich, Switzerland, Brandon drove Iron Man at show 1, then switched to Spider-Man for the rest of the weekend, while still driving Iron Man as well.
In October, the truck made its US re-debut in Glendale, Arlington and Houston with Brandon driving. Meanwhile, Tony Ochs drove a second Iron Man on the Australian tour.
2025[]
In 2025, Arthur moves to a second JCB DIGatron, while Tony Ochs drives the truck in Stockholm, Sweden.
Drivers[]
Current drivers[]
- Brandon Arthur (Since 2023)
- Tony Ochs (2024 Australian tour & Stockholm 2025)
Former drivers[]
- Lee O'Donnell (2010-2014)
- Scott Buetow (2011-2012)
- Morgan Kane (2013)
- Dustin Brown (2014)
Fill-in drivers[]
- Coty Saucier (Arnhem 2012)
World Finals appearances[]
| Year | Driver | Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lee O'Donnell | Qualifying: 9th (16.50) | Racing: defeated in round 1 by King Krunch | Freestyle: 9th (25) | ||
| 2011 | Qualifying: 22nd (DNF) | Racing: defeated in round 1 by Nitro Circus | Freestyle: 4th (28) | |||
| 2012 | Qualifying: 20th (17.505) | Racing: defeated in round 2 by Team Hot Wheels | Freestyle: 15th (23) | |||
| Scott Buetow | Young Guns Shootout: defeated in round 1 by Scooby-Doo! | |||||
| 2013 | Lee O'Donnell | Qualifying: 2nd (16.438) | Racing: defeated in round 2 by Spider-Man | Freestyle: 5th (27) | ||
| Morgan Kane | Young Guns Shootout: defeated by Bad Habit in the finals | |||||
| 2014 | Lee O'Donnell | Qualifying: 7th (16.594) | Racing: defeated in semi-finals by Max-D1 | Freestyle: 16th (22.5) | ||
Notes[]
1Iron Man initially won, however lost a re-race after Max-D was shut down in the first race.
Trivia[]
- The second Iron Man chassis used by Buetow, Kane and Brown later became Brianna Mahon's first Scooby-Doo.
- In 2012, Iron Man, along with all other existing Marvel trucks at the time were originally scheduled to compete at a unique event called "Marvel Monster Trucks Live". The event, however, was eventually cancelled a year before it was meant to take place, likely because of the show being too complicated and expensive to create. A truck called War Machine was supposed to compete at the event. It was going to have a similar appearance to Iron Man, but with small changes.
Gallery[]
Generation 1[]
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