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The End of an Era (READ)
a year ago
Since the late 80s all the way to just this year... One driver in the monster truck world stood out during my lifetime above ALL the rest....
Tom Meents....
He was truly an ambassador in monster trucks and especially in Monster Jam. From his mud racing in Shake Me debut in 1988... to winning the NMRO Mud Racing championship in Mud Patrol in 1993, to his debut driving Paul Shafer's Monster Patrol in 1994, to beating Bigfoot in the 1ST EVER Thunder on the Beach in 1995, to his nationally televised victory at Orlando driving Bulldozer in 1999, to winning the INAUGURAL Monster Jam World Finals at Las Vegas in 2000, to me personally get to see him win Freestyle at Atlanta in 2004, to winning at Minneapolis in honor of his father last year, and everything in between... The man has done it all.
He'll be well known as "Maximum Destruction" and for his competitive nature on the track... and he'll always be an inspiration to me... and many other monster truck fans. He was instrumental in monster trucks' rise in popularity.... and while he'll be missed by many.... He'll still be around to teach new drivers at Monster Jam University.
#thankyoutom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4j9Knucqfs (not my video)
Tom Meents....
He was truly an ambassador in monster trucks and especially in Monster Jam. From his mud racing in Shake Me debut in 1988... to winning the NMRO Mud Racing championship in Mud Patrol in 1993, to his debut driving Paul Shafer's Monster Patrol in 1994, to beating Bigfoot in the 1ST EVER Thunder on the Beach in 1995, to his nationally televised victory at Orlando driving Bulldozer in 1999, to winning the INAUGURAL Monster Jam World Finals at Las Vegas in 2000, to me personally get to see him win Freestyle at Atlanta in 2004, to winning at Minneapolis in honor of his father last year, and everything in between... The man has done it all.
He'll be well known as "Maximum Destruction" and for his competitive nature on the track... and he'll always be an inspiration to me... and many other monster truck fans. He was instrumental in monster trucks' rise in popularity.... and while he'll be missed by many.... He'll still be around to teach new drivers at Monster Jam University.
#thankyoutom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4j9Knucqfs (not my video)
