Monster trucks in the record books

First monster truck back flip

It takes skill and a lot of guts to flip a monster truck backwards in the air. There are claims that people have achieved it outside of competitions, but the Guinness World Record-approved first was successfully performed at Jacksonville Monster Jam by Canadian Cam Mcqueen in February 2010.

Fastest monster truck

The Raminator doesn’t let its giant size and heavy tyres slow it down. Mark Hall broke the record three times in Austin, Texas in the US in December 2014, with each of his runs faster than the one before. On his last attempt he achieved a whopping 159.49 kilometres per hour!

Longest monster truck

Measuring in at an enormous 9.75 metres, Sin City Hustler was built as a monster truck limousine by Brad and Jen Campbell of Big Toyz Racing.

Longest ramp jump

The sky’s the limit for the approximately 4,500-kilogram Bad Habit monster truck. In September 2013 in Columbus, Pennsylvania, US, driver Joe Sylvester successfully ramp jumped across 72.42 metres!

Largest monster truck

The largest ever monster truck was built in 1986 and is known as Bigfoot 5. Standing at an incredible 4.7 metres and weighing in at an impressive 17,200 kilograms making it the world’s heaviest monster truck. The three-metre-tall tyres were taken from a huge vehicle used in Alaska by the US Army.