This year, the show completely filled every ounce of available space they had, and then some – and there was something for everyone at this event. That’s when they brought Matt and Naomi Spence on board with Mad Gear Hot Rod Apparel & Hatermade Clothing who brought with them a whole new world of slammed cars, motorcycles, and lifted UTVs.Ģ021 brought amazing success to Draggin’ & Pullin’ In The Pines. The place was much bigger, and they thought they’d never fill the space. In 2016 they decided they needed more room and that’s when the show moved to Pine Valley Raceway. Neither of the men expected more than just a few trucks to show up and were shocked when they had 50 trucks on their four-acre lot and raised $12,000. With Josh being a former Marine, this is a cause very near and dear to his heart. The mission of the Wyakin Warrior Foundation is to help wounded and injured vets to be successful in life through education and guidance. They were also hoping to raise a little money for the Wyakin Warrior Foundation. Harper purchased the rights to “Monster Truck Wars”, and promoted over 70 events per year.In 2015 Josh Burch was new to town and, in an effort to get to know his customers, he joined forces with Ronnie Kelly, and the two hosted a Customer Appreciation Day at East Texas Truck Center. He has also owned the Chris Buescher truck, which was a temporary name for Thunder Chicken. Later, he buys Split Personality, the race truck and the ride truck. These include Bulldozer, Radical Rescue and Shark Attack. Due to his interest in the nostalgia of the sport, this is what led him to acquire the Thunder Chicken name, though he had planned to use it sooner.īeginning in 2022, Harper began purchasing the rights to the names of former trucks with intent of bringing them back. His nickname at Shafer Motorsports was Chicken, as his small stature and facial structure was joked to resemble a chicken. In 2018, he bought RB Moler's Mountaineer. Fans wanted him to compete in the Monster Jam World Finals, but he never did. Also in 2014, he drove The Commander, a temporary name for Outlaw. Out of the 20 truck lineup, Harper finished in a three-way tie for 5th in the freestyle competition. Harper scored a 25 and stayed in the Hot Seat for the next 10 trucks, before he got knocked out of 1st place by El Toro Loco. In his freestyle, Harper got some big air, did some great moves even taking on the Tower of Power obstacle, and did some great donuts while he flattened both rear tires on his truck. Harper was the first guy out to do freestyle and delivered big time. In Arlington, Texas in 2014, Mike Harper drove the Outlaw in the televised event where Harper showed what he was all about in freestyle, despite a crash in racing. In 2013, he started competing in Monster Jam again. He also ran a Bounty Hunter body on his chassis. He ran a truck called Yellow Chevy, before it became Thunder Chicken.Īfterwards, Harper stepped away from the sport for a few years until 2011, when he debuted Outlaw, a throwback to the old Jersey Outlaw truck and is well known for his wild, Tom Meents style of driving. He would later start working for Paul Shafer Motorsports and competed primarily in the Carolina Crusher from 2001-2007, and even won the CFP championship in 2005 and also was featured with a famous motorcycle builder Jesse James. Monster career started with a short tenure working for Monster Jam, training at the NC facility, and performing in Blue Thunder. Michael "Mike" Harper is the driver of Outlaw out of Texas, although Harper originally started driving when he lived in Georgia.
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