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El Toro Loco (truck)
Encyclopedia
El Toro Loco is a monster truck
currently racing in the USHRA Monster Jam
series. It is currently driven by Marc McDonald
, Aaron Basl,Chuck Werner and Becky McDonough and was at a time driven by Lupe Soza, and Nathan Weenk, and is owned by Live Nation
. It features one of the first 3-D
body shells, with horns sticking out the front. This body was originally designed for Bulldozer
, and was found a second use for El Toro Loco. As El Toro Loco has increased in popularity, it has become the primary truck for the body style.
In 2004, El Toro Loco was a Monster Jam World Finals
Freestyle
Co-Champion with Madusa and Maximum Destruction all tied with a 31.
Monster Jam World Finals
scores.
Racing: lost in Round 1 to Black Smith
Freestyle: 36
Racing: lost in Round 1 to King Krunch after crashing in the turn
Freestyle: tied for co-championship with 31
Racing: lost in Quarter-Finals to Madusa
Freestyle: 8
Racing: lost in Round 2 to Pastrana 199
Freestyle: 11
Racing: lost in Round 1 to Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Freestyle: 17
Racing: lost in Round 1 to Black Stallion
Freestyle: 28
Racing: lost in Round 2 to Blue Thunder but defeated the reigning Monster Jam World Racing Champion (at the time) John Seasock in Batman in Round 1.
Freestyle: 20
Racing: Lost in Round 4 (semi-finals) to eventual title winner Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger. Crashed at the end of race. Did not Freestyle due to damage caused by the crash in racing.
Racing: Lost in Round 3 to Lucas Oil Crusader
Freestyle: 27 (24 in regulation time with 3 bonus points)
March 18 and 19th in Montgomery, Alabama, El Toro Loco made great showing by winning on Friday night AND Saturday night, deafeating Grave Digger, Rammunition, Bad News, Triple XXX and Raminator. Bari Musawwir piloted El Toro to a "Triple Down" Victory on Saturday night by winning the Race, Donut, AND freestyle competitions. This is Musawwir's first year driving El Toro Loco. Musawwir was recruited into the monster truck world by Monster jam officials after they watched him compete at a R/C truck competition.
Monster truck
A monster truck is a pickup truck, typically styled after pickup trucks' bodies, modified or purposely built with extremely large wheels and suspension...
currently racing in the USHRA Monster Jam
Monster Jam
Monster Jam is a live motorsport event tour and television show operated by Feld Entertainment. The series is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association and takes place primarily in the United States and around the world...
series. It is currently driven by Marc McDonald
Marc McDonald
Marc B. McDonald is an American who was Microsoft's first salaried employee . He is credited with designing the FAT File System for Standalone Basic which was the file system for the MS-DOS operating system and Microsoft Windows...
, Aaron Basl,Chuck Werner and Becky McDonough and was at a time driven by Lupe Soza, and Nathan Weenk, and is owned by Live Nation
Live Nation
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. It features one of the first 3-D
Dimension
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body shells, with horns sticking out the front. This body was originally designed for Bulldozer
Bulldozer (truck)
Bulldozer is a monster truck that races in the USHRA Monster Jam series. It is currently driven by Alex Blackwell. It features one of the first 3-D body shells, with horns sticking out the front. In this respect it resembles El Toro Loco...
, and was found a second use for El Toro Loco. As El Toro Loco has increased in popularity, it has become the primary truck for the body style.
In 2004, El Toro Loco was a Monster Jam World Finals
Monster Jam World Finals
The Monster Jam World Finals is an annual monster truck event held in late March at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV. It is the championship event of the USHRA Monster Jam series. It consists of racing and freestyle segments, and the winner of each is considered the series champion in that...
Freestyle
Freestyle (monster trucks)
Freestyle, in Monster Truck competition, is an event where the goal is to perform tricks and stunts with the truck in order to demonstrate driver skill and truck capability. Some freestyle events are judged competitions, while others are merely exhibitions....
Co-Champion with Madusa and Maximum Destruction all tied with a 31.
History
The El Toro Loco truck has only won one world championship but it was won numerous big events all over the country with drivers Lupe Soza, Joey Parnell, Bari Musawwir, and Chuck Werner.Monster Jam World Finals
Monster Jam World Finals
The Monster Jam World Finals is an annual monster truck event held in late March at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV. It is the championship event of the USHRA Monster Jam series. It consists of racing and freestyle segments, and the winner of each is considered the series champion in that...
scores.
- World Finals 4 (2003):
Racing: lost in Round 1 to Black Smith
Freestyle: 36
- World Finals 5 (2004):
Racing: lost in Round 1 to King Krunch after crashing in the turn
Freestyle: tied for co-championship with 31
- World Finals 6 (2005):
Racing: lost in Quarter-Finals to Madusa
Freestyle: 8
- World Finals 7 (2006):
Racing: lost in Round 2 to Pastrana 199
Freestyle: 11
- World Finals 8 (2007):
Racing: lost in Round 1 to Monster Mutt Dalmatian
Freestyle: 17
- World Finals 9 (2008):
Racing: lost in Round 1 to Black Stallion
Freestyle: 28
- World Finals 10 (2009):
Racing: lost in Round 2 to Blue Thunder but defeated the reigning Monster Jam World Racing Champion (at the time) John Seasock in Batman in Round 1.
Freestyle: 20
- World Finals 11 (2010):
Racing: Lost in Round 4 (semi-finals) to eventual title winner Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger. Crashed at the end of race. Did not Freestyle due to damage caused by the crash in racing.
- World Finals 12 (2011)
Racing: Lost in Round 3 to Lucas Oil Crusader
Freestyle: 27 (24 in regulation time with 3 bonus points)
- Monster Jam in Montgomery, AL
March 18 and 19th in Montgomery, Alabama, El Toro Loco made great showing by winning on Friday night AND Saturday night, deafeating Grave Digger, Rammunition, Bad News, Triple XXX and Raminator. Bari Musawwir piloted El Toro to a "Triple Down" Victory on Saturday night by winning the Race, Donut, AND freestyle competitions. This is Musawwir's first year driving El Toro Loco. Musawwir was recruited into the monster truck world by Monster jam officials after they watched him compete at a R/C truck competition.