![]() Pauken continues to drive Monster Mutt at World Finals 9 and 10, getting eighth and seventh place in freestyle, respectively. Gary Porter would also drive the truck in the 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals shows in Springfield. Blackwell competes as Monster Mutt in the 2008 European Tour before leaving the team in Cardiff, he'd win the freestyle tiebreaker over Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction. In 2008, Whit Tarlton would join the team, sharing driving duties with Wine. Pauken drives the truck again at World Finals 8, leaping over an ice cream truck and landing on its roof. Monster Mutt's first spinoff, Monster Mutt Dalmatian, makes its debut in 2007, driven by Candice Jolly. Zee and Winston would both retire by the end of the year, and were succeeded by Mike Wine and Alex Blackwell, respectively. ![]() Frolik would return to driving Monster Mutt for three show in West Lebanon. Grave Digger driver Charlie Pauken runs as Monster Mutt at World Finals 7, being his first World Finals event since 2000 and his first time driving the Mutt he'd get third place in freestyle. In 2006, Lee O'Donnell joined the team for that year, while Jim Lehnertz drove the truck in Sacramento as a fill-in. George Balhan would campaign the truck in the 2005 European Tour, while Kasey Christensen drove the ill-fitting body on a Meents chassis for select shows that year. Zee and the truck would be invited to compete in World Finals 5 and 6 Monster Mutt's signature tail would debut at the latter event, albeit a very thin version of it. The next year, a second Monster Mutt was added to the team, as Bobby Zee and Bryan Winston would take over driving duties following Frolik’s retirement. ![]() Todd Frolik took his place for the rest of the year, bringing Monster Mutt to its first World Finals event. His time as a driver would be very short-lived, however, as he'd retire immediately afterwards due to a family emergency. On January 3, 2003, Monster Mutt made its competition debut in Oakland on the former Firemouth chassis, with Chad Reed behind the wheel. Monster Mutt with the first version of its tail at World Finals 6, March 2005. The result was a brown Mercury monster truck with ears, teeth, a tongue and a red collar, simply known as Monster Mutt. Before the 2003 season began, it was decided that Junkyard Dog's theming and Hulk's Mercury body would be combined into one truck. Junkyard Dog would be converted into the fire truck-themed Radical Rescue as a tribute to the firefighters who'd lost their lives in the September 11 attacks, while Hulk's body was reportedly made, but never painted. However, both of these designs were canceled. In 2001, Clear Channel Motorsports planned on debuting two new monster trucks, The Junkyard Dog (a brown 1955 Chevrolet Cameo) and Hulk (a 1950 Mercury Street Rod based on the Marvel character), for next year's season. 3 List of trucks that have run as Monster Mutt.
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