Metal Mulisha

Background Information
Owner(s)	Brian Deegan (Name) FELD Motorsports (Truck)
Driver(s)	Todd LeDuc (2012-2016) Brian Deegan (various) Matt Buyten (2017) Fill-in drivers Morgan Kane (Foxborough 2014) Scott Buetow (Auckland 2014) John Seasock (Charlotte 2015) BJ Johnson (Hamilton 2015) Lee O'Donnell (Foxborough 2015)
Debut	November 3rd, 2011
Retirement	March 25th, 2017
Truck Overview
Body Style(s)	2008 Ford F-150
Chassis	CRD (2012-2016) CRD generation 2.1 (2017)
Engine	540ci merlin
Transmission	Coan 2-speed
Tires	66" 2nd generation BKT (2016-2017) 66" 1st generation BKT (2015) 66" Dneproshina (2013-2015) 66" S.I.R./China (2012-2013) 66" Goodyear (2011)
Miscellaneous
Theme Song(s)	"That's How We Roll (aka "Mulisha Song") by Your Machine
Sponsor(s)	Metal Mulisha

Metal Mulisha was a 2008 Ford F-150 monster truck owned by FELD Motorsports and sponsored by the clothing brand of the same name. The truck was mainly driven by Todd LeDuc from 2012-2016, although Brian Deegan himself drove the truck at select Monster Jam events. The truck won two world championships, freestyle in 2014 and racing in 2015, both under LeDuc. It was also driven by Matt Buyten, who drove the truck during its final year of competition in 2017.

History

2011

Metal Mulisha was originally first unveiled to the public at the 2011 SEMA Show at Las Vegas, Nevada in November.

2012

It was eventually announced that the truck would begin competition, with former Blue Thunder driver Todd LeDuc as the main driver. Deegan drove the truck in Los Angeles, Detroit, Syracuse, and the December Minneapolis show. Metal Mulisha would go on to have a strong season in its debut year, with LeDuc and the truck being invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals XIII.

2013

LeDuc and Metal Mulisha would again have a strong season with Deegan competing in Anaheim and Detroit. Following World Finals XIV, the chassis was shipped overseas to run as Monster Energy.

2014

The Metal Mulisha team would experience a great amount of success for the 2014 season, as Todd LeDuc would win the World Freestyle Championship at World Finals XV. LeDuc's freestyle performance would begin with the biggest leap of the night (with a hang time of approximately four seconds), as well as two successful backflips. Deegan would compete in only Anaheim. In Foxborough, Morgan Kane drove the truck. Following the World Finals, Metal Mulisha would compete in that year's Australian tour on the Scooby-Doo! chassis. Scott Buetow drove the truck in Auckland, New Zealand.

2015

John Seasock drove the truck in Charlotte, and BJ Johnson drove it in Hamilton, Ontario. LeDuc would win another world championship in 2015, this time being in racing, defeating Ryan Anderson in Son-uva Digger. Todd competed on Team Bad Boys in Ocala, Florida against Team Grave Digger. Lee O'Donnell drove the truck in Foxborough.

2016

Deegan drove the truck in Anaheim and Glendale, which would mark his final shows in Monster Jam. LeDuc and Metal Mulisha would again be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals XVII, and would come close to defending their title as racing champion, however ended up losing to Morgan Kane in Grave Digger.

2017

Metal Mulisha received a new paint scheme for the 2017 season. That same year, LeDuc would move to Monster Energy to replace Damon Bradshaw, who retired by the start of the season. Meanwhile, rookie driver Matt Buyten took over the driving duties as both truck and driver competed in Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series 4. Buyten finished 6th in the series standings and would later be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals XVIII. The truck retired following the World Finals, due to the sponsorship contract ending.

Events competed

2012
Date	Event	Driver	Notes
January 6-8th	Council Bluffs, IA	Todd LeDuc	Won Racing, Show 1
January 14th	Houston, TX
January 21st	San Diego, CA
January 28th	Phoenix, AZ
February 4th	St. Louis, MO
February 11th	Anaheim, CA
February 18th	Los Angeles, CA	Brian Deegan
February 25th	Oakland, CA	Todd LeDuc	Won Racing
March 3rd	Detroit, MI	Brian Deegan
March 10th	Syracuse, NY
March 16-17th	Nampa, ID	Todd LeDuc	Won: Racing, Show 3 Freestyle, Show 2
March 24th	Las Vegas, NV (World Finals XIII)
June 2nd	Baltimore, MD
June 9th	Philadelphia, PA
June 16th	East Rutherford, NJ
December 1st	Minneapolis, MN	Brian Deegan

2013
Date	Event	Driver	Notes
January 4-5th	Birmingham, AL	Todd LeDuc
January 11-12th	Knoxville, TN		Won Donuts, both shows
January 19-20th	Toronto, ON
January 26th	Phoenix, AZ
February 2nd	Houston, TX
February 9th	Anaheim, CA	Brian Deegan
February 15-17th	Spokane, WA	Todd LeDuc
February 23-24th	Winnipeg, MB		Won Freestyle, Show 1
March 2nd	Detroit, MI	Brian Deegan
March 9th	Syracuse, NY	Todd LeDuc
March 23rd	Las Vegas, NV (World Finals XIV)
December 7th	Minneapolis, MN

2014
Date	Event	Driver	Notes
January 3-5th	Tacoma, WA	Todd LeDuc
January 10th	Anaheim, CA	Brian Deegan
January 18th	San Diego, CA	Todd LeDuc
January 25th	Phoenix, AZ
February 1st	Houston, TX
February 7-9th	Rosemont, IL		Won: Wheelies, Shows 2 and 3 Racing, Shows 1 and 5 Freestyle, Show 2
February 15-16th	Portland, OR
February 22nd	Oakland, CA		Won Racing
March 1-2nd	El Paso, TX
March 7-9th	Reno, NV		Won: Wheelies, Show 1 Racing, Show 1
March 21-22nd	Las Vegas, NV (World Finals XV)		Won Freestyle Championship
June 14th	East Rutherford, NJ
June 21st	Foxborough, MA	Morgan Kane
September 27th	Brisbane, Australia	Todd LeDuc
October 4th	Melbourne, Australia		Won Freestyle, Show 2
October 11th	Adelaide, Australia		Won Freestyle
October 18th	Sydney, Australia
November 1-2nd	Auckland, New Zealand	Scott Buetow

2015
Date	Event	Driver	Notes
January 9-10th	Charlotte, NC	John Seasock	Won: Obstacle Course, Shows 2 and 3 Freestyle, Show 2
January 17th	Houston, TX	Todd LeDuc
January 31st	San Diego, CA
February 6-8th	Denver, CO
February 14-15th	Portland, OR		Won: Wheelies, Show 1 Racing, Show 1
February 21st	Oakland, CA		Won Racing
February 28th	Vancouver, BC
March 7-8th	El Paso, TX		Won Racing, Show 2
March 13-14th	Fresno, CA		Won: Obstacle Course, Show 3 Donuts, Show 1 Freestyle, Shows 1 and 3
March 27-28th	Las Vegas, NV (World Finals XVI)		Won Racing Championship
April 11th	Santa Clara, CA		Won Racing
April 17-19th	Ocala, FL		Won Racing, Show 1
April 25-26th	Hamilton, ON		BJ Johnson
June 13th	East Rusterford, NJ	Todd LeDuc
June 20th	Foxborough, MA		Lee O'Donnell
October 3rd	Brisbane, Australia	Todd LeDuc	Won Donuts and Freestyle
October 10th	Melbourne, Australia
October 17th	Sydney, Australia		Won Donuts
October 24th	Perth, Australia

2016
Date	Event	Driver	Notes
January 16th	Anaheim, CA	Brian Deegan
January 23rd	San Diego, CA	Todd LeDuc	Won Racing and Freestyle
January 30th	Glendale, AZ	Brian Deegan
February 5-7th	Fargo, ND	Todd LeDuc	Won: Wheelies, Shows 2 and 3 Freestyle, Show 3
February 13th	Arlington, TX		Won Freestyle
February 20th	Oakland, CA		Won Donuts
February 27th	Vancouver, BC		Won Racing
March 5-6th	El Paso, TX		Won Freestyle, both shows
March 18-19th	Las Vegas, NV (World Finals XVII)
April 9th	Santa Clara, CA
April 23rd	East Rutherford, NJ
June 18th	Nashville, TN
June 25th	Foxborough, MA

2017
Date	Event	Driver	Notes
January 28th	Detroit, MI	Matt Buyten
February 4th	Tampa, FL
February 11th	Minneapolis, MN
February 19th	San Diego, CA
February 26th	Anaheim, CA
March 4-5th	El Paso, TX
March 24-25th	Las Vegas, NV (World Finals XVIII)		Final event

World Finals appearances

Year	Driver	Results
2012	Todd LeDuc	Qualifying: 1st (16.201)	Racing: defeated in Round 2 by Spider-Man	Freestyle: 14th (23)
2013		Qualifying: 7th (16.585)	Racing: defeated in Round 2 by Bounty Hunter	Freestyle: 7th (25)
2014		Qualifying: 10th (16.808)	Racing: defeated in Round 2 by Iron Man	Freestyle: 1st (37.5)
2015		Qualifying: 1st (15.918)	Racing: defeated Son-uva Digger in the finals	Freestyle: 8th (28.5)
2016		Qualifying: 5th (16.000)	Racing: defeated in the finals by Grave Digger	Freestyle: 7th (29.5)
2017	Matt Buyten	Qualifying: 21st (16.772)	Racing: defeated in Round 1 by Team Hot Wheels Firestorm	Freestyle: 19th (7.094)

Video game appearances

• Monster Jam (mobile game)
• Monster Jam Battlegrounds
• Monster Jam: Crush It!

Trivia

• All three drivers for Metal Mulisha came from the Metal Mulisha race team. Two of them, Brian Deegan and Matt Buyten, were originally from the Metal Mulisha motocross team, with Todd LeDuc coming from the off-road racing team.
• Brian Deegan was originally planned to compete in Monster Jam World Finals XIII, with Todd LeDuc competing in the inaugural Young Guns Shootout. However, Deegan would suffer an injury before the event, which resulted in him being unable to compete. This resulted in LeDuc competing in the main event, with Joey Parnell in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles taking LeDuc's initial spot in the Young Guns Shootout.
• The 2017 redesign of Metal Mulisha was done due to guns being displayed on the side panels of the truck's original paint scheme, which in turn was due to FELD Entertainment (the promoter of Monster Jam) censoring firearms, as well as any connection with firearms on trucks.
• The truck's theme, "Thats How We Roll" by Your Machine was made specifically for the truck as its theme song.

Gallery

Concept art.

Concept art 2.

Render.

Metal Mulisha at SEMA 2011.

Metal Mulisha, circa early 2012.

Metal Mulisha crushing a car.

Metal Mulisha's massive leap at the start of its winning freestyle performance at Monster Jam World Finals XV.

Metal Mulisha after the freestyle competition at the Monster Jam World Finals XVI awards ceremony.

Metal Mulisha, circa 2015.

2017 Metal Mulisha original render.

Metal Mulisha under Lee O'Donnell in Foxborough 2015.

Metal Mulisha, circa 2016.

Metal Mulisha, circa 2017.

Metal Mulisha competing in Monster Jam World Finals XVIII.

Logo.

Summersault in Glendale.

Merchandise gallery

2011 Hot Wheels 1:64 scale.

2012 Hot Wheels 1:64 scale.

2013 Hot Wheels 1:64 scale.

2014 Hot Wheels 1:64 scale render.

2017 Hot Wheels 1:64 scale.

2018 Hot Wheels 1:64 scale.

2017 Hot Wheels 1:24 scale.