It’ll also occur in San Antonio 2015, and Miami 2020. This normally doesn't happen in Monster Jam. During the qualifying runs of Ice Cream Man and Wrecking Crew, the lights used for intros were still on.Max-D: Decade of Destruction - Kreg ChristensenĬaptain America vs.Grave Digger the Legend - Adam Anderson.Attendees will see the 2023 debut truck appearance of the all-new mechanical beast ThundeROARus. Wolverine - Dustin Brown (freestyle only) 2 days ago &0183 &32 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) At Monster Jam®, world champion athletes and their 12,000-pound monster trucks tear up the dirt in wide-open competitions of speed and skill.The KMC XD Series offers hard-wearing wheels for extra duty, including specialty dually and beadlock styles. The Guinness organization is undertaking verification procedures and is expected to officially confirm the world record in the coming weeks.ĪBOUT KMC: For more than 30 years, KMC has been producing quality, cutting-edge designs for lifted, lowered and stock trucks and SUVs. The new record was set following criteria determined by the official Guinness World Records guidelines. He has an impressive 55 race wins, 12 final round victories, and an outstanding 62 total freestyle wins within seven years of monster truck competition. Sylvester is the owner/operator of the Bad Habit monster truck in the Monster Jam series, is the newly crowned Young Guns World Champion. "That guy's still alive?" asked Foust, who flew a trophy truck 332-ft at an Ind圜ar stunt in 2011. "Holy s**t, that is amazing," said Robbie Maddison, who jumped a dirt bike 378-ft, nine-inches in 2012. "I've driven a monster truck and it's the most violent thing you've ever done," said Pastrana, who landed a 269-ft rally car jump off the Long Beach Pier in 2009. Previous distance jump record setters Travis Pastrana, Robbie Maddison and Tanner Foust chimed in before the stunt to offer their support to driver Sylvester. "It's if they've got the balls to hit a jump at 85 miles per hour, and as far as I know there's not anybody ready to step up and take that kind of a chance yet." "It's not a matter of the difficulty," says Sylvester. Sylvester, who first claimed the record in 2010 with a 208-foot jump, says he expects this distance jump achievement to stand for a long time. If you crash at that speed and from that height it's pretty devastating," said Sylvester. I can't really think of anything else that would be higher risk than that. "The level of risk is about as high as you can go in a monster truck. The jump was a massive air that that saw the Bad Habit truck over-rotate and come down hard on its front wheels - a close call, but Sylvester was able to save the landing. "The current land-speed record in a monster truck is only 86 mph."īefore climbing into the enormous truck on September 1, Sylvester pledged to keep trying until "we break the record, or break the truck." It took weeks of preparation and careful planning but the driver was able to claim the record on his first try. In a stadium format, you're not going even half the speed I was doing for the record jump," said Sylvester. "Nobody ever hits a jump going that fast in a monster truck. He crushed the previous distance record by 23 feet.Īlthough monster trucks regularly get air during shows, this jump attempt was unique, calling for high speeds and enough height to clear a three-story building. KMC Wheels today releases its exclusive online video of the stunt.ĭriver Joe Sylvester topped 85-mph in his 10,000 pound monster truck to launch into the record books September 1. (September 10, 2013) - The Bad Habit Monster Truck crushed the distance jump world record with a 237-foot, 6-inch jump at the Cornfield 500. Joe Sylvester lands 237-foot, 6-inch jump to claim new world recordĬOLUMBUS, Penn. VIDEO: Bad Habit Monster Truck jumps into the record books
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