Kreg D. Christensen (born May 5th, 1965) is a monster truck owner/driver out of South Willard, Utah. He is the owner of Kreg Christensen Motorsports (Team KCM) and drove its flagship truck, Dragon Slayer. He is also known for driving a lot of trucks including: Max-D, Iron Outlaw, Wicked and Donkey Kong.
In addition, he is also known for his work in Australia, having built and driven multiple monster trucks for different Australian companies, including: Extreme, Wicked, Cranky Yankee, Aussie Reaper and Dino Patrol.
Kreg holds the unofficial world record for having driven the most monster trucks, with the most recent truck as of 2024, Tiger Shark, being the 67th known truck.
Career[]
Prior to monster trucks, Kreg competed in the Camel Mud and Monster tour for years.[1]
Mark Prichard sold his Hawk truck to Kreg and would use some of the parts on Dragon Slayer.[1] Kreg formed Team KCM in 1993 when he built the team's first truck, Dragon Slayer, which he would drive until 2008. From 1993-2008, the team built several other trucks, which was mostly driven by the Christensen's.
In 2008, Kreg was hired to drive 2Xtreme Racing's Iron Outlaw and would win the racing competition in Houston, Show 1. From that point on, Team KCM went on a several year hiatus. Between 2008 and 2009, he began driving in Australia, piloting trucks such as Scooby-Doo!, Taz and Monster Patrol. At the South Pacific World Finals 1, he drove MotorStorm.
In 2009, Kreg was hired by Tom Meents, the owner of Max-D, to fill-in for Neil Elliott. Kreg would notably struggle the entire year and would often roll over early into his freestyles simply by turning the truck, this most likely being down to Kreg being unfamiliar with the Meents chassis.
In 2010, Kreg left Maximum Destruction and drove Donkey Kong up to its retirement on the same year. That same year, he built Extreme and competed in Australia, making it the first KCM truck he built for himself since the Team KCM hiatus began.
In 2011, Kreg went back to driving Maximum Destruction as a full-time driver. This time his Maximum Destruction truck was given a different chassis compared to the Meents one most notable for being a rear-engine Max-D, which Kreg was able to handle better. He built two more trucks for Monster Events (then EMT Events), being Cranky Yankee and the new Scooby-Doo!.
In 2012, Team KCM was officially revived after Wicked, the first truck of the team to debut since the retirement of Dragon Slayer in 2008. The truck exclusively ran in Australia as Kreg was still running Max-D in the US. In 2014, he left Monster Jam to drive Wicked full time (still in Australia).
In 2015, Kreg built two more Wicked trucks, both having red frames. One of these was the American Wicked, while the other was the replacement for the first Wicked, which in turn, became Raptor's Rampage in Australia. Later on, more trucks were added to the fleet, such as American Soldier and Vendetta, which helped Team KCM's return in the United States.
In 2017, Kreg brought back Dragon Slayer. He stopped driving in Australia after 2018.
In 2019, Kreg debuts Dino Patrol in December at the Extreme Sports Festival in Abu Dhabi.
In 2020, Kreg drove Jail Bird in Tremonton, Utah.
In 2022, Kreg drove Demo Derby for the HWMT Live Glow Party in Ontario, Canada. At the end of the year, Kreg would retire from driving. However, his retirement was short-lived as he returned in 2023 and now drives 5 Alarm along with Cody Holman, Joe Cypher & others.
In 2024, Kreg began driving Tiger Shark, making it the 67th known truck he's driven.
World Finals appearances[]
- 2008 - Iron Outlaw
- 2011 - Maximum Destruction (encore only)
- 2013 - Maximum Destruction (encore only)
Trivia[]
- His truck, Dragon Slayer appears in There Goes a Monster Truck.
- Kreg Christensen has a net worth of $20,000,000.
- His bio features his date of birth as January 1, 2010, which is incorrect.[1]
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