Wild Flower is a 1932 Ford Coupe monster truck owned by Living the Dream Racing and driven by Rosalee Ramer. It competed alongside its teammate Time Flys, which is driven by Rosalee's father, Kelvin. Both trucks have not competed since the COVID-19 pandemic due to the Ramer's focusing attention to their towing company. They both have hinted towards a return to monster trucks, but a date has not been set in stone.
History[]
2014[]
Wild Flower was originally created in 2014 and first unveiled to the public at the World Finals XV pit party on March 20th. The truck would begin competition later in the season, competing in local events with Rosalee Ramer driving.
2015[]
Rosalee Ramer did not meet the age requirements imposed by Monster Jam at the time, so Wild Flower would be shelved for a majority of the 2015 season as the chassis was used to compete as Detour, with Jeff Souza driving. Jeff would drive Wild Flower as well. Ramer would later take over the full-time driving duties for Wild Flower in September 2015.
2016[]
Ramer entered her first full year of competition with Monster Jam. Both truck and driver would later be invited to compete in the Young Guns Shootout at World Finals XVII.
2017[]
Wild Flower competed on FS1 Championship Series West along with Time Flys. During the series, Ramer and the truck would win two wheelie competitions in Glendale and Houston. They would finish tenth in the standings, and would later be invited to compete at World Finals XVIII, finishing in seventh place in freestyle.
2018[]
Wild Flower would then compete on Stadium Championship Series 2. Both Ramer and the truck would again be invited to compete at World Finals XIX and would also win that year’s Extreme Air Award. At one of the later Turlock shows, Kelvin Ramer would drive the truck as Rosalee was in Michigan.
2019[]
Wild Flower competed in Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series 2. During the series, Ramer and the truck would win the donut competition in Anaheim and finished seventh in the standings. They would later be invited to compete in both the main event and the high jump competition at Monster Jam World Finals XX in Orlando. The truck would not compete in the high jump.
2020[]
Wild Flower competed on Stadium Championship Series Yellow. During the series, Ramer and the truck would score their first major freestyle championship in Anaheim. After the series abruptly ended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wild Flower would be placed on hiatus and would get a complete chassis rebuild.
2022-2023[]
A new design was announced to be under construction. In late 2023, a new engine was built for the truck.
World Finals appearances[]
Year | Driver | Results | |||
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2014 | N/A | Reveal and display only | |||
2016 | Rosalee Ramer | Young Guns Shootout: defeated in round 1 by Blue Thunder | |||
2017 | Qualifying: 26th (16.966) | Racing: defeated in round 1 by FS1 Cleatus | Freestyle: 7th (8.155) | ||
2018 | Qualifying: 29th (17.482) | Racing: defeated in round 1 by Son-uva Digger | Freestyle: 14th (7.153) | ||
2019 | Qualifying: 24th (14.416) | Racing: defeated in round 1 by Zombie Fire | Freestyle: 22nd (5.865) |
Trivia[]
- With the body style being a 1932 Ford Coupe, Wild Flower has the oldest body style of any monster truck.
- A Hot Wheels 1:64 scale diecast of Wild Flower was planned to be released in 2018, but was cancelled for unknown reasons.
- Wild Flower has been planned since 2011. In a Monster Blog post from 2011, Kelvin Ramer said that he was building a 3rd truck that was going to look like Time Flys, but with the body being roofless and the nose being slanted “banana style”. Wild Flower would be delayed until 2014 and Detour would run as the placeholder.
- The truck got its name after its theme song, which Rosalee first heard on her dad’s hauler’s radio.
- Wild Flower originally featured signature pink flower rim covers. Following a failed corkscrew attempt at World Finals XVIII, which resulted in the covers breaking in the process. The truck has since featured standard green rims.
- For a brief period throughout the 2018 season, Wild Flower featured BKT tires that were borrowed from Grave Digger.
- Wild Flower originally featured a gray canopy. Beginning in 2016, it was later replaced by a pink piece of fiberglass.
- During World Finals XX, a second Wild Flower was featured on the Time Flys chassis. This truck was used as a backup truck and was intended to be used in the high jump competition, but was unable to compete due to mechanical issues.