Don't think of Nicole Johnson as just a pretty face in Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam. This mother of two has a lengthy list of motorsports accomplishments on her resume. She has 17 years of four wheeling experience in her past and she has excelled in rock crawling competitions, which she first undertook as a professional in 2005. Not only has she been a big winner in the Western US rock crawling series, Johnson has also driven in short course racing on the Lucas Oil Off Road Series. Along with being a success on the track, Nicole Johnson relishes being a role model for the youth and brings her positive message to fans of Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam, and she especially focuses that message on the children, encouraging the sport's young fans to take care of themselves and make the right decisions. Johnson tells the young fans at events to respect themselves, respect others, and to know that they can achieve anything that they want if they make the right decisions and work hard for what they want. Making her debut in Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam in 2011, Johnson quickly impressed fans with her racing talent and flair for the spectacular in her freestyles driving Tasmanian Devil. Johnson then did an outstanding job piloting Advance Auto Parts Grinder when regular Grinder driver Frank Krmel was injured at the start of the 2012 season and Johnson earned one of the coveted berths in the first ever Young Guns Shootout driving the Advance Auto Parts Grinder.

For 2013, Johnson will be behind the wheel of the brand new Scooby Doo Monster Jam truck. Guaranteeing to leave fans with their tails waggin' Johnson is excited to start out the season and to show everyone what her and Scooby Doo are made of.

Q&A with Nicole Johnson

MonsterJam.com : How did you get started competing on the Monster Jam circuit?

Nicole Johnson : This all came out of nowhere. I was at the SEMA show and was star struck meeting Dennis Anderson. It was like 5 o'clock and nobody else was around and there he was, and he was so polite. He gave me a hug and Ryan was standing there and he knew I was into rock crawling and they said "hey, we're looking for females" in Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam. So they introduced me to the right people to test, and here I am. It's so cool!

MonsterJam.com : What do you enjoy most about being in Monster Jam?

Nicole Johnson :  I think that being in front of whole stadiums full of fans has got to be the biggest adrenalin rush ever. I've never experienced anything quite that big. 

MonsterJam.com : What do you do with your free time?

Nicole Johnson :  I'm a mom, I have two boys. I'm married and we have a construction company in Las Vegas so I wear a lot of hats. And we're always working on our off road vehicles, so we have a pretty full plate and we go to church on Sundays. I stay pretty busy.

MonsterJam.com : You seem to embrace being a role model for kids, don't you?

Nicole Johnson :   Yes, I really would just like to be able to set a positive example for kids and show them that you can respect your body by what you consume and how you dress and how you act, and to remember that everybody is always watching you. Especially in this day and age with cell phone cameras all over the place, people are watching you. So if you respect yourself others will respect you and you can achieve anything that you want. Honestly I just want kids to have something positive to look up to so they know that they don't have to cave into all the new trends and fads. There are just a ton of different things being thrown at kids. Society says it's o-k to do all of these things, well you know if you don't think it's o-k then stick to what you believe in and you'll succeed much better than if you go along with the crowd.

MonsterJam.com: If you were not competing on the Monster Jam tour, what career path would you follow?

Nicole Johnson :  Actually looking back I think this is more for me, it's more of my personality than I ever realized because when I was little I had a go-kart, when I was 5 years old with a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine. My dad was always tinkering with something, teaching me things like how a carburetor was put together, or telling me how a turbo works. I was always around cars. When I was 16 I was the first one to get a license, the first one to get a car. And then when my friends got cars I always wanted to drive them. I was like "let me drive your car, let me driver your car." When I got married, I was 19 and my husband had a Land Cruiser, which he still has, and I said "let me drive your Land Cruiser." He said "no girl has ever driven my land Cruiser except for my mother." But he gave me the keys! When I look back it's this pattern that I was always into driving.  

MonsterJam.com : What's your favorite food?

Nicole Johnson:  Chocolate

MonsterJam.com: What's your favorite movie?

Nicole Johnson :  The Wizard of Oz

MonsterJam.com : What's your favorite television show?

Nicole Johnson :  I don't really watch a lot of TV.

MonsterJam.com : What's your favorite color?

Nicole Johnson :  Red

TRUCK INFO

Truck Name : Scooby-Doo

Body :  Custom Concept/F-150

Engine size :   540 CI

Transmission : Coan 2-Speed

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