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Neil Elliott (Born November 30th, 1975) is a retired monster truck driver out of Paxton, Illinois. Neil always drove a Team Meents truck, and he drove a second Maximum Destruction for most of his career. Neil is the husband to Candice Jolly and currently resides in Naples, Florida.

Career[]

Neil began driving for Tom Meents in 2000 by driving Bulldozer.

In 2002, Neil would drive High Roller and Hot Wheels. Due to Tom Meents driving the original Team Meents In Vegas, and Eldon DePew debuting Hot Wheels there, he ran Team Meents for that single weekend as a fill-in driver. That year, he won Rookie of the Year.

In 2003, Neil would begin driving a second Maximum Destruction.

In 2004, Neil would get his first invite to the Monster Jam World Finals 5 in Hot Wheels.

In 2005, Neil would take his first break from Monster Jam.

In 2006, Neil drove Hot Wheels at the Monsters on Mainstreet event. He also competed in the Monster Jam World Finals 7 and 8 under the Hot Wheels truck.

In 2008, Neil won the Crash Madness of the Year in 2008, after he wrecked his Maximum Destruction truck at New Orleans so bad that the cost was $20,000 worth of damage.

In 2009, Kreg Christensen would be a last-minute replacement for Neil as he briefly exited the sport again.

In 2012, Neil won the Monster Jam Stadium Freestyle of the Year Award after putting on a thrilling performance in Orlando, Florida. He drove Team Hot Wheels on his Maximum Destruction chassis at the Monster Jam World Finals 13. He drove Monster Mutt in Arnhem that year.

In 2014, Neil drove Doom's Day for the encore in Atlanta and he was one of the drivers in the Doom's Day encore at World Finals 15.

In 2015, Neil won the first Fox Sports 1 Championship Series, getting him a spot in the Monster Jam World Finals 16.

In 2016, Neil drove a red Max-D that debuted at World Finals 16, and he drove Fox Sports 1 Cleatus on his Max-D chassis at the Monster Jam World Finals 17. For the encore that year, he drove Army on Chuck Werner's chassis.

In 2017, Neil would once again drive the red Max-D in Saudi Arabia in March. Neil also competed in the Monster Jam World Finals 18, in the racing encore, he drove the Monster Jam 25th Anniversary truck and successfully performed the first forward momentum backflip over racing winner Son-Uva Digger. In freestyle, he became the first driver to successfully execute the first reverse backflip, although he would narrowly lose to Lee O'Donnell, who did the first ever front flip in the same event.

In 2018, Neil won Stadium Championship Series 1, earning him an invite to the Monster Jam World Finals 19. For the Max-D 15th anniversary encore at that event, he drove the red Max-D.

In 2020, Neil competed on Stadium Championship Series 2, he would be declared the champion after the tour was cancelled due to the pandemic. This would end up being his last season.

Retirement[]

In 2021, Neil would, and very vaguely, retire from the sport at the start of the year, posting on his Instagram that "COVID took us out" and thanking everyone for the fun times. He also notably calls himself "former Max-D driver" on his account, proving that he's now retired from the sport.

World Finals appearances[]

  • 2004 - Hot Wheels; Maximum Destruction (encore only)
  • 2006 - Hot Wheels; Maximum Destruction (encore only)
  • 2007 - Hot Wheels
  • 2011 - Maximum Destruction (encore only)
  • 2012 - Team Hot Wheels
  • 2013 - Maximum Destruction (encore only)
  • 2015 - Max-D Red
  • 2016 - Fox Sports 1 Cleatus; Army (encore only)
  • 2017 - Max-D; Monster Jam 25th Anniversary (Racing encore only)
  • 2018 - Max-D
  • 2019 - Max-D

All-Star Challenge appearances[]

  • 2019- Max-D (Team Ice)

Accomplishments[]

  • 2002 Monster Jam Rookie of the Year award.
  • 2008 Monster Jam Arena Wheelie of the Year award.
  • 2008 Monster Jam Crash Madness of the Year award.
  • 2011 Monster Jam Sky High award.
  • 2011 Monster Jam Stadium Freestyle of the Year award.
  • 2012 Monster Jam Stadium Freestyle of the Year award.
  • 2013 Monster Jam Wheelie of the Year award.
  • 2015 Fox Sports 1 Championship Series champion.
  • 2015 Monster Jam Wow Factor of the Year award.
  • 2016 Monster Jam Stadium Freestyle of the Year award.
  • 2018 Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series 1 champion.
  • 2020 Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series 2 champion.

References[]

An article of Neil in Team Meents: https://web.archive.org/web/20020408075504/http://ushra.com/results2001/resultdetail.asp?sid=56&id=298

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