Michael Pagliarulo (Born April 16th, 2004) is a monster truck driver out of Osteen, Florida. He is the driver of Excaliber, and occasional fill-in driver for Jester. He plans to be the driver of the new truck Wreckreation however, the truck has not competed since its debut. He is also the son Matt Pagliarulo and brother to Nick and Brooke Pagliarulo.
Career[]
2016[]
Mike began his driving career driving the Lil' Bully mini truck.
2022[]
Mike would make his Monster Jam debut in Pensacola and Duluth, driving Jester. He would later make his stadium debut at the October Orlando show in Kraken.
2023[]
Mike would drive Jester during Stadium Tour Red's arena stops in Biloxi, Raleigh, and Southaven. He would take his first Monster Jam win in Raleigh, winning the two wheels skills challenge during the Sunday show. He drove the truck again in South Carolina for an independent show. In April, he drove Vendetta in Atlanta. In Cleveland, Michael drove Jester and finished 2nd in freestyle to his brother Nick in Kraken. He also did his first backflip at that show. Michigan Ice Monster made its debut in Delmar, Delaware. In August, he started driving Excaliber for select events along with Chuckie Pauken. In December, he debuted Wreckreation.
2024[]
In January, Mike made his first quarter Monster Jam debut by filling in for his brother in Kraken because Nick's wife had a baby, before his return in Tampa. Mike drove The Rod Ryan Show for the Sunday Houston show. Michael would remain on the tour, however, driving The Black Pearl as a fill-in for an injured Cole Venard in Minneapolis at the Sunday show until March. Mike drove a Stepps-Towing design in Orlando and Jacksonville. On April 5th, he debuted Freedom Flyer at the Freedom Factory show. He would return to Stadium Tour East to drive Jester in Denver and Philadelphia for the remaining stops on the series. He won the 2024 Rookie of the Year award with Fernando Martinez. In June, he drove Excaliber in Nashville for the truck's stadium debut. At the Buck Motorsports Park event, he drove Jester & Excaliber. In November, he drove Freedom Flyer again at the Freedom Factory event.
2025[]
In 2025, he drives Excaliber on the West stadium tour & finishes 7th. At a non points event in Kansas City, he got his first career overall event championship at show 3. He would get his first stadium freestyle win at show 1 in Miami. He would then follow up with another freestyle win a few events later at one of the Minneapolis shows. In Denver, he used the 1987 version of Excaliber. He used that body again at an independent weekend in Arizona. Mike would win everything at show 1. Mike would get invited to World Finals XXIV in July and make his World Finals debut with the original gray design for the Friday show. The body was destroyed in freestyle, so for day 2, the 1987 design was used for racing.
World Finals appearances[]
- 2025 - Excaliber (Main field)
Trivia[]
- Mike's most prized possession is his pinball machine.
- Mike did double duty at Buck Motorsports Park in 2024.
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