Maximum Destruction (truck)
Maximum Destruction ost the Monster Jam in Stafford Springs, CT
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| Owner and driver information | |
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| Owner | Feld Motorsports |
| Driver(s) | Tom Meents, Neil Elliott, Colton Eichelberger, Jared Eichelberger |
| Home city | Paxton, Illinois |
| Truck information | |
| Year created | 2003 |
| Previous name(s) | Goldberg 2000-2001, Team Meents 2002 |
| Body style | Futuristic SUV |
| Engine | 540 ci merlin , Blown and Injected with Alcohol |
| Transmission | coan 2-speed |
| Tires | 66" BKT Tires |
Maximum Destruction, otherwise known as "Max-D", is a monster truck owned by Tom Meents that currently runs on the Monster Jam circuit.
In 1999, Clear Channel (now Feld Entertainment) signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling to create monster trucks based on popular professional wrestlers. In order to ensure the success of the truck of Goldberg, Clear Channel contracted the team of Tom Meents (who was already wildly popular from driving Monster Patrol and Bulldozer) to build and campaign the "Goldberg" truck. Meents debuted n the truck in January 2000 at the Georgia Dome, where he won racing and finished third in freestyle. As the year progressed, and as Dennis Anderson struggled in Grave Digger, Meents became almost unstoppable and capped the year by winning the very first Monster Jam World Finals Racing Championship. The following year saw a continuation of the dominance, when Meents won the world racing and freestyle championships. In late 2001, WCW was bought out by the World Wrestling Federation and the deal with Clear Channel was dropped. For 2002, Meents kept the same truck and body but renamed the truck Team Meents, even retaining much of Goldberg's color scheme and graphics. Once again, Meents swept both the racing and freestyle at World Finals 3.
2003 saw the truck change both name and image to become Maximum Destruction, a name which Meents had intended to run the year before until the September 11 attacks and he delayed those plans out of respect. The truck has remained significantly popular, and is often introduced with equal billing as Grave Digger. There are currently three Maximum Destruction trucks touring. Neil Elliott, Morgan Kane, and Tom Meents all currently drive a Maximum Destruction truck. Elliott's truck is a similar design to Meents', whereas Kane's is based on a center engine design CRD chassis, which a lot of monster trucks in Monster Jam use today.
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