Hot Wheels (truck)

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Hot Wheels

Owner	Live Nation and Tom Meents
Driver	Neil Elliot, Chuck Warner, Frank Krmel
Style	2005 Ford Super Duty
Engine	540 ci
Home city	Paxton, IL
Year created	2001

Hot Wheels is a monster truck currently racing in the USHRA Monster Jam series. It is currently driven by Rob Knell, Guy Wood and Chuck Warner. It is sponsored by Mattel's Hot Wheels line of toys, and is often used in promotional materials for the brand's Monster Jam truck collection. The truck's sponsorship is run through Live Nation, but the chassis is owned by Tom Meents, who is contracted to run the body. The truck usually tours with its teammate, Maximum Destruction.

[edit] World Finals Appearances

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Hot Wheels has appeared at 5 World Finals.The truck has known to get sick air at the stadium.The most being in 2004.The last 2 years Hot Wheels has not competed in the freestyle segment,most likely because of rollovers or damage in Racing.Although in 2006 it was unexplained why he didn't compete in freestlye,but in 2007 in racing his drive shaft fell out when he was halfway down the track.Hot Wheels often has been known to push the envelope during freesytle.For some reason Hot Wheels usually comes out later in the order of freestyle (For the exception of 2004).