Monster truck jam style series#
However, both of the series abruptly ended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Dragon would be placed on hiatus for the time being due to budget cuts by FELD Entertainment as a result of the pandemic.
Monster truck jam style driver#
Meanwhile, Migues would compete on the Arena Championship Series on Nitro Menace again, with Get Er Done driver Mitch Tulachka filling in for him for the series’ Hartford shows.
In 2020, Zimmer would resume running the standard Dragon, retiring the ice variant, where he would compete on Stadium Championship Series Red. This would be the last show for the Ice Dragon. The truck's highest performance at the event would be making it to the semi-finals of Vegas racing and would finish 9th in the overall standings. Zimmer and the truck would later compete at the inaugural All-Star Challenge that October in Las Vegas for Team Ice. Coty Saucier would also drive the truck for the Fire & Ice encore for Day 1 of the event. Migues would finish in 4th on his series, and Zimmer would finish in 2nd to Todd LeDuc on his series and would later be invited to compete at World Finals XX in the main field. Grant Acres would also drive the ATV Dragon on the series. Meanwhile, a second Dragon would be added to the team, competing on the Arena Championship Series by Darren Migues on the Nitro Menace chassis. In 2019, Zimmer drove the new Dragon Ice on Stadium Championship Series 3 for Team Ice, rivaling Cory Rummell in Megalodon Fire for Team Fire and rivaling Todd LeDuc in the points series.
Later that month, an ice variant of the truck would be showcased at Licensing Expo 2018 and later revealed at the 2019 Season Kickoff as well. Later, at the first stop of that year's international tour in Frankfurt, Germany on May 12th, Dragon would receive an all-new body style, being a custom 3D dragon. Zimmer and the truck would finish in 3rd place and would eventually get an invite to World Finals XIX. In 2018, Dragon would receive a new chassis, as Zimmer and the truck competed in Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series 4. Morgan Kane drives the truck in Beijing China. Meanwhile, Liddycoat competed exclusively on that year’s international tour, and would later leave the team and FELD Entertainment, allowing Zimmer to assume full-time driving duties. Zimmer and Dragon would be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals XVIII. Zimmer would finish 2nd on the series, four points behind Charlie Pauken. Zimmer competed on Stadium Championship Series 4, with Dustin Brown filling in for him in the series' Minneapolis and San Diego events as Zimmer would be filling in for an injured Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger. In Osaka, Japan, the truck would be driven by Bari Musawwir.Ī second Dragon was added to the team for the 2017 season, being driven by Jon Zimmer. They would qualify 8th, but lose in round 1 and they would place 24th in freestyle. However, they would win the said competition, defeating Tyler Menninga in Blue Thunder and earning the thirty-second and final spot in the main field. Liddycoat and Dragon would again compete in the Young Guns Shootout at World Finals XVII the following year. Both truck and driver would be invited to compete in the Young Guns Shootout at World Finals XVI, losing in round 1.
Monster truck jam style full#
Liddycoat winning the World Finals XVII YGS.ĭragon entered its first full year of competition in 2015, with Liddycoat behind the wheel. Several months later, Dragon would compete on that year’s Australian tour, with Scott Liddycoat driving, leaving and retiring its predecessor Dragon's Breath. Despite this, the truck would also be featured in Monster Jam’s inaugural show at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the following weekend, where it would perform a full freestyle exhibition. The truck would perform a freestyle encore later that night with Charlie Pauken driving, only to crash after hitting its first obstacle. The truck was first unveiled to the public on June 14th, 2014, as part of that year’s Path of Destruction Tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Dragon was originally meant to compete during the 2014 first quarter season, but was not finished in time, and was postponed for the time being.
0 kommentar(er)
