Wild Side is a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD monster truck owned by Over Bored Motorsports out of Fortville, Indiana. It is driven by Zack Garner, son of team owner Jamey Garner. It is the third truck in the Over Bored Motorsports stable, behind Over Bored and Miss Over Bored, which are driven by Zack's parents, Jamey Garner and Deidra Garner.
History[]
2016[]
Wild Side debuted in 2016 on the original Over Bored chassis with Jamey Garner driving. Chris Bergeron and Sean Duhon would also share driving duties. Around that time, the truck would run as an alter-ego to Miss Over Bored.
2017[]
In 2017, Jamey’s son, Zack Garner, began driving the truck. Elliott Miller would also drive the truck on select occasions. In the year following, Miss Over Bored would move to The Black Pearl chassis, allowing Wild Side to be run full-time. Jay Beckner drives the truck at least once.
2020[]
A brand-new Wild Side was constructed for the 2020 season, featuring a new black Chevrolet Silverado body with orange and purple paint splatters. It would also receive a new Eddie Majka chassis, while the original one would be converted into Terminal Velocity in the summer. Wild Side competed in the Monster Jam Arena Championship Series, teaming up with Brandan Tulachka and Just Get Er Done II. In said series, Zack and the truck would win multiple competitions, resulting in them finishing third in the series standings.
2021[]
In 2021, Wild Side would begin competing in Monster Jam stadium events. During the league’s inaugural shows at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Zack and the truck would win the skills challenge during the Saturday evening show and would later win the overall event championship that night.
2022[]
In 2022, Wild Side competes in Monster Jam Arena Championship Series Central and will also make two appearances in Hampton and Little Rock on Arena Championship Series East. During said series, Zack and the truck would pick up multiple competition wins, as well as an overall event championship in Belmont Park. He would finish 6th.
2023[]
In 2023, Zack competes on Arena Championship Series Central & finished 3rd, behind his teammate Terminal Velocity. Jon Zimmer drives the truck in Columbia, Evansville and for some independent shows as well.
2024[]
In 2024, Zack drives the truck on Arena Series East as the teammate to Chad Tingler's Over Bored. At one of the shows, he did his first arena backflip. In Washington, D.C. on Sunday, he got a 1.000 in the donut contest. He would finish 3rd in the final standings, which was a tie for his career best. The truck made its World Finals debut in Los Angeles & also debuted a new holographic design. It would later win the world racing championship. Zack then won the Arena Freestyle of the Year award. Later, the truck made its first video game appearance in Monster Jam Showdown. The holographic body is used at every show now. In Evansville, Indiana for the Summer Smash shows, Zack won everything at both shows, that being the best trick & freestyle competitions. There was no racing.
In 2025, Zack will make his stadium tour debut on the West stadium tour.
Past/temporary drivers[]
- Chris Bergeron
- Sean Duhon
- Elliott Miller (2017 select shows)
- Jon Zimmer (2023 select shows)
- Marc McDonald (Miami, OK 2023)
World Finals appearances[]
- 2024 - Zack Garner (main field/skills) (won racing)
Video game appearances[]
Trivia[]
- The truck's current chassis originally debuted on The Black Pearl at the inaugural Monster Jam All-Star Challenge in October 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two months later, it would be run as Over Bored for Monster Jam's final stadium show of the year in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was done to break the chassis in to have it ready for the 2020 season.
- For the 2020 Monster Jam Arena Championship Series, Wild Side shared a trailer and would serve as a temporary teammate to Just Get Er Done II.
- During Wild Side's first Monster Jam stadium show appearance in Arlington, Texas, the truck would run tires from The Black Pearl. This was done in order to equip the truck with BKT tires for the show. Wild Side would again run The Black Pearl's tires at Monster Jam's inaugural shows at Atlanta Motor Speedway the following month.
- The design for the current truck was designed by Taylor Andes of Jam Customs LLC, who also happened to be a friend of the team.
- Beginning in 2022, Zack would bring a box of donuts on the track during donut competitions that he had in his truck and would occasionally eat one after his performances.
- Wild Side is the 3rd known truck to run a holographic design, behind Virginia Giant, Girl Power & Bad Company.
- The truck's theme song was originally used for Prowler from 2004-2006.
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