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Tasmanian Devil was a monster truck owned by FELD Motorsports and driven by Nicole Johnson and Taryn Laskey from 2011-2012. The truck was renamed from Taz of the Looney Tunes franchise to the DC Comics superhero under the same name.

History[]

In 2011, Adam Anderson left Taz to drive his new truck, Grave Digger the Legend. The truck was redesigned and renamed to Tasmanian Devil after the Warner Brothers partnership fell through at the end of 2010. The truck debuted with Nicole Johnson behind the wheel.

In 2012, Taryn Laskey took over for Nicole, who moved to Grinder to drive for Frank Krmel while he was injured.

In 2013, Frank returned to drive Grinder, and Taryn moved to Monster Mutt Dalmatian, while Nicole moved to the new Scooby-Doo truck. Tasmanian Devil is retired. However, despite being discontinued, the truck is still featured in the 2014 yearbook, meaning that Monster Jam might have had plans for the truck to return at some point.

Events competed[]

2011[]

  • Trenton, NJ, Jan 7-8
  • Hidalgo, TX, Jan 14-16
  • Albany, NY, Jan 21-22
  • Roanoke, VA, Jan 28-29
  • Peoria, IL, Feb 4-5
  • Denver, CO, Feb 12-13
  • Cleveland, OH, Feb 19-20
  • Chattanooga, TN, Feb 25-27
  • Albuquerque, NM, Nov 12-13

2012[]

  • Columbus, OH, Jan 6-7
  • Anaheim, CA, Jan 14
  • San Diego, CA, Jan 21
  • Phoenix, AZ, Jan 28
  • St. Louis, MO, Feb 4
  • Portland, OR, Feb 11-12
  • Spokane, WA, Feb 17-19
  • Oakland, CA, Feb 25
  • El Paso, TX, Mar 3-4
  • Fresno, CA, Mar 9-10
  • Nampa, ID, Mar 16-17

Trivia[]

  • As previously mentioned, the truck's change of identity was in response to the Warner Brothers sponsorship expiring.
    • The situation with this truck is very similar to what happened with Blue Thunder. Both original designs of the trucks lost their sponsorship in 2011, and resulted in new designs. Both trucks also had different drivers drive for a short amount of time, before moving to new trucks and subsequently retiring the truck (although, Blue Thunder did return in 2013 after being retired for the 2012 season).
  • Taz was originally believed to be the same truck as Tasmanian Devil, until it was discovered that the truck was based on the DC Comics superhero and not the Looney Tunes character.
  • One of the 1:64 scale variants featured 2008 freestyle champion next to Tasmanian Devil’s logo, while others just have Tasmanian Devil’s logo on the tailgate without 2008 freestyle champion.

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