Jack Koberna (September 4th, 1958 - January 5th, 2024) was a monster truck owner and driver out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was the owner of Koberna Racing, which included Tuff E'Nuff and Cyborg, which he primarily drove. He has also owned the Surf Monster, The Monster Bus & The Bus ride trucks, as well as The Savage Beast & Thugger.
Career[]
Before getting involved in monster trucks, Jack was a mud bogger, like many drivers. He started his monster truck career by driving The Beast in 1982.
In 1990, Jack built and drove Grave Digger 4 for Dennis Anderson, mainly out west where he was based out of. Later that year, he would win in Tokyo.
In 1991, Jack left the Grave Digger team to debut Cyborg, it was the only two-wheel drive monster truck, which didn't help in freestyle as would get stuck easier than others.
In 1992, Jack purchased the original Tuff E’Nuff chassis from Pablo Crusz.
In 1999, Jack and his truck would compete at “World Finals 0” technically making this his only World Finals appearance.
In 2008, Koberna sold the second Tuff E’Nuff chassis to Crashmasters Racing, who would continue to campaign the Tuff E’Nuff name until 2010, when they converted the truck into Ice.
In 2015, Cyborg re-debuted with a rebuilt chassis to make it 4-wheel drive, as opposed to the original being 2-wheel drive.
In 2017, Cyborg was put on indefinite hiatus and later retired, the truck was put up for sale in 2020.
In 2018, Jack was inducted into the International Monster Truck Hall of Fame.
Death[]
On January 5th, 2024, Jack passed away from a heart attack. He was 65 years old.
World Finals appearances[]
- 1999 - Cyborg
Trivia[]
- His truck said ''You don't know Jack'' on it.
- Jack's name was once misspelled as "Jack Kobevna" during an episode of Inside Monster Jam.
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