Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog was a 1950 Mercury monster truck owned by FELD Motorsports. It was driven by Dustin Brown out of Tampa, Florida. The truck was originally created in 2016 as the third spinoff for Monster Mutt, but would only compete for four months before being retired in April of that season.
History[]
Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog was first announced in 2015 as part of the 2016 Monster Jam Season Kickoff. The truck later made its debut on January 9, 2016 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia with Dustin Brown behind the wheel. Throughout the 2016 season, Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog competed exclusively in the Fox Sports 1 Championship Series, winning the racing competition at the series’ opener in Atlanta, as well as the donut competition in St. Louis. The truck would finish fourth in the series standings, and would later be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals XVII. During the World Finals, Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog would be eliminated in round 1 of racing by George Balhan in Mohawk Warrior. The truck would also finish twenty-sixth in freestyle. Following the World Finals, Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog competed in select Monster Jam events, with its final show being on April 26 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida. Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog was eventually retired afterward, and the chassis was then converted into Jon Zimmer’s Dragon for the 2017 season. It would eventually be retired after Dragon received a new chassis, which in turn was previously Grave Digger XXVI.
Events competed[]
| 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Driver | Notes |
| January 9th | Atlanta, GA | Dustin Brown | Debut, Won Racing |
| January 16th | Tampa, FL | ||
| January 23rd | Orlando, FL | ||
| January 30th | Indianapolis, IN | ||
| February 6th | Houston, TX | ||
| February 13th | Anaheim, CA | ||
| February 20th | St. Louis, MO | Won Donuts | |
| February 27th | Detroit, MI | ||
| March 5th | Syracuse, NY | ||
| March 17th-19th | Las Vegas, NV (World Finals XVII) | ||
| April 1st-3rd | Allentown, PA | ||
| April 15th-16th | Evansville, IN | ||
| April 22nd-24th | Ocala, FL | Final event | |
World Finals appearances[]
| Year | Driver | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dustin Brown | Qualifying: 13th (16.279) | Racing: defeated in round 1 by Mohawk Warrior | Freestyle: 26th (15.5) |
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Trivia[]
- Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog was heavily influenced from the canceled Junkyard Dog. Interestingly enough, the theme of the said truck was reused for the creation of Monster Mutt in 2003.
- There was only ever a single body created for Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog. Regardless if the truck crashed or rolled over, the same body would be repaired and stitched back together, further adding to the "junkyard" theme.
- The chassis was previously Dustin Brown’s Monster Mutt chassis, which was done so Brown could continue using his chassis, as well as the previous 1950 Mercury design.
- When first introduced, Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog did not use its own theme song, as it used the same theme as Monster Mutt. Beginning in World Finals XVII, Junkyard Dog would receive its own theme song, being a remix of Givin the Dog a Bone by AC/DC, with the theme opening with a segment from Who Let the Dogs Out? by Baha Men (Similar to the theme songs of the other Monster Mutt spinoffs). Meanwhile, only the chorus of the former song is played on loop due to its graphic nature.
- Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog is the only Monster Mutt spinoff to not use a custom 3D body style, which was used by the other trucks. Despite this, the truck was featured with a custom 3D body style when displayed on the World Finals XVII pit party map. Dustin also didn't care for the new 3D look for the Monster Mutt's. That's why he used the Mercury chop top body style.
- Out of all the Monster Mutt spinoffs, Junkyard Dog was the shortest-lived, having existed for only four months (106 days).
- To add to that, Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog has the second-shortest lifespan out of all trucks to be created by Monster Jam, with 106 days of competition, the first being nWo with 70 days.
- After Monster Mutt Junkyard Dog's chassis was converted into Dragon, Brown would drive the latter truck for two shows in 2017, as its original driver, Jon Zimmer, was filling in for Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger, who had sustained an injury in Tampa earlier that year.
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