| El Toro Loco (Red: Original/Orange) | |
|---|---|
 All 6 of the current drivers El Toro Loco's. | |
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Owner |
FELD Motorsports |
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Drivers |
Kayla Blood, Armando Castro, Becky McDonough, Bryan Wright, Chuck Werner and Mark List. |
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Body Style |
Custom Bull |
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Engine |
540ci Merlin, |
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Transmission |
Coan 2-Speed |
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Tires |
66" Terra |
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Debuted |
2001 |
| El Toro Loco (Yellow) | |
|---|---|
 Becky McDonough and Kayla Blood's El Toro Loco | |
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Owner |
FELD Motorsports |
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Drivers |
Becky McDonough and Kayla Blood. Lupe Soza (Salinas 2015) |
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Body Style |
Custom Bull |
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Engine |
540ci Merlin, |
|
Transmission |
Coan 2-Speed |
|
Tires |
66" Terra |
|
Debuted |
2013 |
| El Toro Loco (Black) | |
|---|---|
 Marc McDonald's El Toro Loco | |
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Owner |
FELD Motorsports |
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Driver/s |
Marc McDonald, Chuck Werner (Salinas 2015) Dan Evans (Hidalgo 2016) |
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Body Style |
Custom Bull |
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Engine |
540ci Merlin, |
|
Transmission |
Coan 2-Speed |
|
Tires |
66" Terra |
|
Debuted |
2013 |
El Toro Loco is a monster truck that drives on the Monster Jam circuit. It is owned by FELD Motorsports and driven by Marc McDonald, Chuck Werner, Becky McDonough, Mark List, Kayla Blood & Armando Castro. The truck resembles Bulldozer. El Toro Loco has been featured at every Monster Jam World Finals since 2003. El Toro Loco is featured in various monster truck video games: Monster Jam: Path of Destruction, Urban Assault, and Monster Jam: The Video Game.
History
In 2001, El Toro Loco debuted. It was driven by Lupe Soza.
In 2003, he made his first World Finals appearance, with a freestyle many thought should have won the event.
In 2004, Lupe Soza tied Madusa and Maximum Destruction with a 31 for his Freestyle Championship
In 2007-2009, Lupe Soza drove a special Advanced Auto Parts variant of El Toro Loco.
In 2008, FELD Motorsports built two more El Toro Loco trucks. One was ran by Nathan Weenk and toured with Randy Brown while the other was ran by Paul Cohen. Lupe's El Toro Loco gets a slight change in color.
In 2009, Chris Baker drove Randy Brown's El Toro Loco.
In 2010, Lupe Soza left the El Toro Loco team to drive the new Advance Auto Parts Grinder monster truck. Marc McDonald took his place. Chuck Werner began driving El Toro Loco for Team Meents.
In 2011, Bari Musawwir joins the El Toro Loco team.
in 2012, Bari Musawwir left the El Toro Loco team to drive Spider-Man. Becky McDonough and Aaron Basl join the El Toro Loco team. Morgan Kane drives an El Toro Loco in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 2013, Marc McDonald and Becky McDonough get new looks. Marc's in black, while Becky's is yellow. Dan Rodoni struck a deal with FELD where he would drive El Toro Loco for the 1st quarter on his chassis.
In 2014, Lupe Soza returns to El Toro Loco after Grinder is discontinued. He would drive an orange one. Aaron Basl also leaves El Toro Loco to drive Wolverine. It is announced that Becky McDonough will drive the yellow El Toro Loco is #MoreMonsterJam.
In 2015, Becky McDonough begins driving El Toro Loco in #MoreMonsterJam. She gets her 4th invitation to the Young Guns Shootout.
In 2016, Kayla Blood would drive the yellow El Toro Loco for the West Coast More Monster Jam tour. Also, Mark List joins team El Toro Loco in the orange truck. Dan Evans filled in for Marc McDonald in Hidalgo, Texas. Tristan England took over the More Monster Jam El Toro Loco from Mark List part way through the season. Becky competes for the 5th time in the young guns shoot-out. Becky McDonough would run an orange body on the El Diablo chassis for two weeks in April, for shows in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Evansville, Indiana. She would win six straight wheelie contests with the truck.
In 2017, The Yellow El Toro Loco is shelved while Marc McDonald still drove the black one for the first few shows. Marc went back to the red/orange in Jacksonville. Armando Castro joins the team. In March, the black body was used again for Joe Sylvester in Saudi Arabia.
In 2018 Marc McDonald left the team to drive FS1 Cleatus. Becky McDonough, Armando Castro, Mark List and Kayla Blood all return. A deal is made between Monster Jam and Steve Sims to run an El Toro Loco body on Hooked.
World Finals Appearances
2003- Lupe Soza
2004- Lupe Soza (Won its world title)
2005- Lupe Soza
2006- Lupe Soza
2007- Lupe Soza
2008- Lupe Soza
2009- Lupe Soza
2010- Marc McDonald
2011- Marc McDonald
2012- Marc McDonald (YGS: Becky McDonough)
2013- Marc McDonald (YGS: Becky McDonough)
2014- Marc McDonald (YGS: Becky McDonough)
2015- Marc McDonald (YGS: Becky McDonough)
2016- Marc McDonald (YGS: Becky McDonough (yellow), Kayla Blood (orange))
2017- Marc McDonald & Becky McDonough (DDS: Mark List (orange), Kayla Blood (yellow)
Merchandising
El Toro Loco is arguably one the most popular monster trucks. and it has had many other drivers besides the main 6. Ever since 2005, El Toro Loco has became a staple in the European tour. El Toro Loco has also been featured on many chassis, including The Patriot's chassis (owned by Dan Rodoni) and the Hooked chassis (owned by Steve Sims).
Trivia
Armando Castro's chassis was originally used as Soldier Fortune: Black Ops for two shows before being converted to an El Toro Loco.
Gallery
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