After Miller also retired from driving the following year, Tarlton would be left to assume full-time driving duties. After Creech retired from driving the following year, Whit Tarlton would return to driving Monster Mutt, sharing the driving duties with Miller. Meanwhile, a second spinoff, Monster Mutt Rottweiler, would be introduced, with Charles Benns driving. Former 2Xtreme Racing driver Joe Miller would join the team, sharing driving duties with Creech. In 2011, Anderson left the team to drive the recently-introduced Son-Uva Digger. Chad Tingler would also drive the truck on the Grave Digger XIV chassis in Monster Jam’s inaugural show at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Pauken and the truck would win that year’s world freestyle championship. Paul Cohen would also drive the truck exclusively in Atlanta. Dana Creech and Ryan Anderson would take over the driving duties. In 2010, O’Donnell and Tarlton left the team to drive Iron Man and Spider-Man, respectively. Wine would leave the team the following season to drive Backwards Bob, and Lee O’Donnell joined the team, sharing driving duties with Tarlton. Gary Porter would also drive the truck for that year’s 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals shows in Springfield, MO. Blackwell would finish his final year of driving Monster Mutt, competing in that year’s European Tour. In 2008, Whit Tarlton joined the team, sharing driving duties with Wine. The following year, Monster Mutt would receive its first spinoff, Monster Mutt Dalmatian, which was driven by Candice Jolly.
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Following their retirements, they would be succeeded by Mike Wine and Alex Blackwell, respectively. Meanwhile, Zee and Winston would finish their final years of driving the truck. Charlie Pauken would drive Monster Mutt at the Monster Jam World Finals, his first World Finals since 2000. Meanwhile, George Balhan would campaign the truck in the 2005 European Tour, and Kasey Christensen would campaign the truck on a Meents chassis for select shows that year. During Monster Jam World Finals VI, the truck would begin using its signature tail. Zee and the truck would be invited to compete in the World Finals that year and the year following. In 2004, Bobby Zee and Bryan Winston would take over the driving duties following Frolik’s retirement, and a second Monster Mutt would be added to the team. Todd Frolik would take over the driving duties following Reed’s sudden departure, and both truck and driver would be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals IV. Reed’s time behind the wheel of Monster Mutt would be very short-lived, however, as he would retire immediately afterwards due to family emergencies.
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Monster Mutt originally debuted on Januin Oakland, California with Chad Reed behind the wheel.