Monster Mutt Dalmatian is a custom 3D dog concept monster truck owned by FELD Motorsports. It is the first spinoff of Monster Mutt, and has been driven primarily by multiple female drivers since its debut in 2007, with its most notable being Candice Jolly and Cynthia Gauthier. Only 4 male drivers have driven the truck. It currently is driven by Loghan Ashline. Monster Mutt Dalmatian has also competed in every Monster Jam World Finals since its debut until 2019, and again in 2024. The truck has even been featured in multiple Monster Jam merchandise and video games.
History[]
Monster Mutt Dalmatian originally debuted in 2007 at Houston, Texas with Candice Jolly behind the wheel. The truck would compete in Monster Jam World Finals VIII, with Chad Tingler driving.
Tingler would again drive the truck at Monster Jam World Finals IX the following year. During the event, the truck would become the only one to completely jump over the triple bus stack obstacle in the freestyle competition, and would ultimately finish third. This moment made the DVD & yearbook covers for that year.
Meanwhile, Jolly began competing in the World Finals the following year. In Panama 2009, Paul Cohen drove the truck. For the show in Costa Rica in 2009, Kim Crosby drove the truck.
Beginning in 2013, a second Monster Mutt Dalmatian would be added to the team, with Taryn Laskey driving the truck. Laskey would go on to compete in the Young Guns Shootout at Monster Jam World Finals XIV, while Jolly competed in the main event. She would also receive a new chassis in June. In Stafford Springs 2013, Anna Mercedes Morris drove the truck. Meanwhile, Laskey would continue to drive the truck until her departure by the end of the 2014 season.
Dawn Creten would fill in for Candice Jolly in London, Ontario in 2014.
Rookie Cynthia Gauthier takes the place of Laskey for the 2O15 season and would compete in the Young Guns Shootout at Monster Jam World Finals XVI.
In 2016, Monster Mutt Dalmatian received a new design, featuring a custom 3D dog body style. Gauthier competed in the Monster Jam AMSOIL Series East, and later the Young Guns Shootout at Monster Jam World Finals XVII, with Jolly again competing in the main event.
In 2017, Jolly competed in Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series 4, while Gauthier competed in the Monster Jam Triple Threat Series West. Meanwhile, Chad Tingler would briefly return to drive the truck at Monster Jam’s inaugural event in Saudi Arabia. In 2018, Jolly competed in Stadium Championship Series 2. During the series, Jolly would win the Two-Wheel Skills Challenge in the second San Diego event, and later an overall event championship in Vancouver. Meanwhile, Gauthier competed in the Triple Threat Series West again, with Blake Granger filling her in as she briefly filled in for Brianna Mahon in Whiplash, due to Brianna suffering an injury following a crash on a backflip ramp in Anaheim.
Two additional trucks were added to the team for the 2019 season. The first was driven by Kristen Hope on the Razin Kane chassis, and competed in Monster Jam Triple Threat Series East. The second was driven by Kaylyn Migues on the Jailbird chassis, and competed in the Arena Championship Series. Meanwhile, Monster Mutt Dalmatian would receive a Fire & Ice counterpart, Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice, which was driven by Gauthier in Stadium Championship Series 1. As for Jolly, she competed in Stadium Championship Series 2, but would later compete in various events as part of that year’s International tour. Migues would win two overall event championships in Washington, D.C. and Nampa, respectively. Gauthier would win three freestyle championships in Anaheim, Tampa, and the first Detroit event, and would also win the Two-Wheel Skills and overall event championships in the second Detroit event. Gauthier would be invited to compete in the main event and High Jump competitions at Monster Jam World Finals XX in Orlando, while Migues was invited to compete in the Showdown. Gauthier would go on to win the high jump competition, and would later compete in the All-Star Challenge that October. She continued to drive Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice until the end of the 2019 season.
In 2020, the team was reduced back to two trucks. Gauthier would resume using the standard Monster Mutt Dalmatian body as she competed in Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series Green, with Jolly filling her in for several events. Gauthier would go on to win two freestyle championships in the series, in Anaheim and Miami. Meanwhile, Migues competed in the Arena Championship Series yet again. After the entire Monster Jam season abruptly ended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Monster Mutt Dalmatian was put on hiatus for the time being due to budget cuts by FELD Entertainment as a result of the pandemic. Jolly would eventually announce her retirement by the start of the 2021 season.[1]
For the 2021 season, Monster Mutt Dalmatian received a Gears & Galaxies counterpart, being Monster Mutt Dalmatian Galaxy. The truck would first be driven by Linsey Read on the Scooby-Doo chassis for select events, beginning at the final shows of the 2021 Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series in Arlington. As Read continued to drive the truck in various events throughout the season, Gauthier would eventually return to driving the truck in June. However, it was later announced Gauthier would begin driving a new truck for the 2022 season, being Lucas Oil Stabilizer. Despite this, Gauthier would briefly drive the truck in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, due to the Stabilizer truck not being completely finished with testing. The truck would later make a quick return on Whiplash under Brianna Mahon in Monster Jam's first ever show in London, England. Monster Mutt Dalmatian was driven by Linsey Read in Arlington, Glendale & Orlando in October. Cynthia Gauthier would temporarily return to Dalmatian for the Australian Tour, where she would complete the first backflip in Australia in three years at Melbourne and would later win the freestyle and overall event championship in Sydney in a very muddy event. She also competed in Tampere, Finland & Arnhem, Holland.
In 2023, the truck returns to full-time competition with former Scooby-Doo! driver Bailey Shea, who made her Monster Jam return for the first time since 2017, competing on Arena Series West with the TTM Kamikaze chassis as the teammate to David Olfert's Velociraptor. She finished 5th below her teammate. Former FTI Torque driver Jamie Sullivan also joins the team, competing on Arena Series Central. Jamie finished 7th in between the TK Motorsports trucks in the final standings. The truck also did international events with Myranda Cozad, her notably winning freestyle in Cape Town. Brianna Mahon returns from maternity leave & drives the truck in Rosemont & Hampton. Jamie competed on Team Neon for the Superstar Challenge in Anaheim on November 11. Bailey announces her retirement in November.
In 2024, Jamie Sullivan continues to compete on Arena Championship Series Central, currently holding fourth place behind Weston Anderson, Fernando Martinez, and Brianna Mahon. However, Joe Dennis would take over for the Belmont Park and Pittsburgh events due to Jamie suffering an injury in Newark, making him the truck's fourth male driver to date. Chelsea VanCleave would later take over in Pittsburgh after Joe crashed onto the wall in the Friday night show. Loghan Ashline would have a turn in the truck in Columbia as Jamie would drive Lucas Stabilizer in place of Linsey Read in Syracuse. Jamie finished in 4th place on the central arena tour and made her first World Finals appearance. She was the first woman to compete in the skills challenge. She won the Rising Star award with Dalton Widner. Loghan drives the truck in the Summer.
In 2025, Jamie will leave the team to debut a second Sparkle Smash on Arena Series Central. The truck will run on Arena Series East with an unknown driver.
Past drivers[]
- Candice Jolly (2007-20)
- Chad Tingler (World Finals VIII, World Finals IX & Saudi Arabia 2017)
- Kim Crosby (Costa Rica 2009)
- Paul Cohen (Panama 2009)
- Anna Mercedes Morris (Stafford Springs 2013)
- Taryn Laskey (2013-14)
- Dawn Creten (London, Ontario 2014)
- Cynthia Gauthier (2015-21; International events 2022)
- Blake Granger (2018 fill-in)
- Kristen Hope (2019)
- Kaylyn Migues (2019-20)
- Linsey Read (2021-2022)
- Brianna Mahon (London 2022, Rosemont 2023 & Hampton 2023)
- Myranda Cozad (2023 International tour)
- Bailey Shea (2023)
- Joe Dennis (Belmont Park & Pittsburgh 2024 show 1)
- Chelsea VanCleave (Pittsburgh 2024)
- Jamie Sullivan (2023-2024)
List of trucks that have run as Monster Mutt Dalmatian[]
- Razin Kane (Kristen Hope) as Monster Mutt Dalmatian (RKMT)
- Jail Bird (Kaylyn Migues) as Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Migues)
- Kamikaze (Bailey Shea) as Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Team Throttle Monster)
World Finals appearances[]
| World Finals | Year | Driver(s) | Appearance | Performance |
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| Monster Jam World Finals VIII | 2007 | Chad Tingler | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals IX | 2008 | Chad Tingler | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals X | 2009 | Candice Jolly | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals XI | 2010 | Candice Jolly | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals XII | 2011 | Candice Jolly | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals XIII | 2012 | Candice Jolly | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals XIV | 2013 | Candice Jolly | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals XV | 2014 | Candice Jolly | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals XVI | 2015 |
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Gauthier:
Jolly:
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| Monster Jam World Finals XVII | 2016 |
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Gauthier:
Jolly:
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| Monster Jam World Finals XVIII | 2017 |
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Gauthier:
Jolly:
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| Monster Jam World Finals XIX | 2018 | Candice Jolly | Main field |
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| Monster Jam World Finals XX | 2019 |
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Jolly:
Migues:
Gauthier:
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All-Star (Superstar) Challenge appearances[]
- 2019 - Cynthia Gauthier (Ice) (Team Ice)
- 2023 - Jamie Sullivan (Team Neon)
Video game appearances[]
- Monster Jam (video game)
- Monster Jam: Urban Assault
- Monster Jam: Path of Destruction
- Monster Jam (mobile game)
- Monster Jam Battlegrounds
- Monster Jam: Crush It!
- Monster Jam Steel Titans
- Monster Jam Steel Titans 2
- Monster Jam Showdown
Trivia[]
- The theme for Monster Mutt Dalmatian is actually a remixed version of "It Takes Two" by DJ Rob Base, including segments of the songs "Who Let the Dogs Out?" Baha Men, "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton, and Digga Digga Dog by Oren Waters from 102 Dalmatians.
- Chad Tingler and the truck, along with Cam McQueen, hold the record of the highest scored freestyle run to start a World Finals freestyle competition with the original scoring system, him scoring a 32 in 2008 & Cam McQueen doing so in 2011 when he drove Nitro Circus.
- Chad Tingler in Monster Mutt Dalmatian was the only truck & driver to start a World Finals freestyle 2 years in a row, those being in 2007 & 2008.
- Candice Jolly and the truck would be the last truck to be scored with a four at the World Finals making her the final driver to end up in the "Wolf Pack" with the original scoring system in 2012, with it being replaced with judgeszone.com in 2017.
- The most popular video on Monster Jam's YouTube channel used to be Monster Mutt Dalmatian's freestyle performance from Monster Jam World Finals XI, with over 57 million views until it was beaten by a highlight video of the league's Singapore event in 2019.
- Linsey Read was originally planned to drive Monster Mutt Dalmatian in 2023 on Arena Series East, as the original Warner Bros. contract had ended. causing Scooby-Doo! to potentially be retried at the end of 2022. However, the contract would be renewed, allowing the truck to continue running with Brianna Mahon as the driver.
- In the European episodes of Monster Jam, the truck was simply referred to as 'Monster Mutt' with the Dalmatian aspect rarely, if ever acknowledged.
- Monster Mutt Dalmatian & Megalodon were featured on Monster Jam's YouTube banner photo for a long time. It was changed in 2024 for the World Finals in Los Angeles.
- In Monster Jam Showdown, the regular version is a playable truck, along with the Ice & Galaxy versions.
Gallery[]
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Merchandise gallery[]
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