Blake Granger (born May 27th, 1990) is a monster truck driver out of Lafayette, Louisiana. He competes on the international tour in El Toro Loco & Max-D. He won the 2019 ATV racing championship as a fill-in for Jared Eichelberger.
Career[]
Blake began competing in the 2017 More Monster Jam East tour. He drove Max-D for Colton Eichelberger in a few cities, as Colton was driving Tom Meents' truck, due to Tom having a lower back injury.
In 2018, Blake drove Monster Mutt Dalmatian for Cynthia Gauthier, who was driving Whiplash for Brianna Mahon.
In 2019, Blake drove Max-D once again, as a fill-in for Jared Eichelberger in the 2019 Monster Jam Triple Threat East Series, as Jared was taking some time to be with his wife. At World Finals 20 he won the ATV competition, becoming the first fill-in driver to win a world championship.
In 2022, Blake made his return to Monster Jam (after having been off for 2021) on Arena Tour Central, where he finished 4th. Brenden Rassel would drive for him in Lincoln.
In 2023, Blake drove Max-D for international events.
In 2024, Blake will drive El Toro Loco for arena shows on the international tour and drive Max-D for the stadium shows. Blake drives Max-D for Colton in Orlando and Jacksonville, even picking up a skills win in Jacksonville. In San Jose, Costa Rica, he won the skills challenge with a 9.998 at show 1, the highest scored ever recorded since the Judgeszone.com voting system has been used. He beat Randy Brown's high score of 9.986 that he got in freestyle at the Saturday night show in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2018. He would drive Max-D in Hartford, before returning back to the international tour full-time. He was the first to do the backflip at the debut show of the Monstergon in Birmingham, United Kingdom. He also was the first ever event champion of the Ramped Up series. In Hamburg, Germany, he drove Megalodon for Charlie while he was driving Matt Cody's Grave Digger because Matt was competing in Green Bay. He will make his World Finals debut that same year, since he was crowned the International Champion.
World Finals appearances[]
- 2019 - Max D (DDS, Speedsters, and ATV) (won ATV)
- 2024 - Max-D (Main Field)
Trivia[]
- Blake is the ex-husband of former El Toro Loco and current Soldier Fortune driver, Kayla Blood.
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