Warped Motor Sports is a monster truck team owned and operated by Jay Snyder out of Gaithersburg, Maryland since 2018. The team has competed in various leagues over the years such as the Toughest Monster Truck Tour, Monster Truck Throwdown, Monster Jam, Renegade Monster Truck Tour, and All Star Monster Truck Tour.
History[]
2018[]
Former driver Jay Snyder came out of retirement and would acquire Toxic from Gilbert Motorsports. The truck would then be driven by his son, Cory Snyder. In May, the team officially debuted at the Monsters on the Beach event in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2020[]
In the fall of 2020 a brand-new Toxic, dubbed “Toxic 2.0” would debut featuring the very first TMS Signature Series chassis and an updated body style at the Metal Shop in Delaware. The truck made its competition debut in Georgia at the Renegade season finale.
2021[]
While going through a learning curve and working out bugs in Toxic 2.0, The original Toxic would be brought back out to compete while changes and improvements were made to the new chassis. Toxic 2.0 would also make a brief appearance at Monster Jam in Baltimore that year as well, marking their final appearance for the tour. Jay Snyder also came out of driving retirement to pilot the PEI at Gaithersburg MD and the TMS at Swedesboro NJ.
2022[]
Cory and Toxic would compete in the inaugural All Star Monster Truck Tour Championship Series, and would finish in third place. Later in the year, Preston Pérez would join the team and took over driving duties for Toxic. Meanwhile Jay would purchase the Illuminator name back from Jeffery Gottwald, whom he had sold to in 2014. Cory would then move to Illuminator, while Preston drove Toxic.
2023[]
The original Toxic chassis ran as Little Boy Blue for an HBO show called ''The Righteous Gemstones''. In September, both trucks and drivers were invited to compete at the Monsters on the Beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, where Preston Pérez in Toxic won the “Beast of the Beach” championship while Cory finished runner-up. In October, Toxic 2.0 would run as Smokin' for one show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, driven by Cory.
2024[]
In July, a one-off identity was run on the current Illuminator chassis in Fredericksburg, Maryland named White Lightning. The truck featured no body but instead had white LED lights wrapped around the chassis. In November, the team announced that they will scale back from full-time competition in mid 2025 after the upcoming 2025 All Star Monster Truck Tour Championship Series.
2025[]
The team competed on the 2025 All Star Monster Truck Tour Championship Series. Preston won the series, with Cory finishing in second. Afterwards, Pérez left the team to join Aimes Unleashed & drive Culture Shock. In May, Cory debuted a brand new Ford Raptor body for Toxic 1. He stuck with driving Toxic for the remainder of the year, jumping from the PEI to the TMS, but mostly in the former. Meanwhile, Daniel Donnelly drove Illuminator at most of the remaining 2025 stops, except for Tappahannock VA, where Travis Mowery drove the truck. The season concluded in Wildwood beach, NJ with Cory driving Toxic 2.0.
2026[]
Cory is set to drive Toxic 1 while Daniel drives Illuminator, however Cory will pilot Illuminator in Frederick MD and Lancaster PA, notably the only events on their schedule where Toxic will be absent.