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TRUCK INFORMATION
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| Driver(s): |
Lupe Soza, John Seasock, Frank Krmel |
| Engine: |
540 CI Merlin |
| Horsepower: |
1500 |
| Transmission |
Coan 2 Speed |
| Tires |
66" Tera |
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SPONSOR INFORMATION
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| Advance Auto Parts |
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TRUCK HISTORY
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Advance
became the primary sponsor of the brand new monster truck, Grinder™ in 2009,
the first Grinder driven by Lupe Soza, the 2004 Monster Jam World Finals
Freestyle Champion. Previously, Soza drove El Toro Loco®, of which Advance Auto
Parts was an associate sponsor. The Advance Auto Parts Grinder Race Team,
piloted by Soza, made its Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam debut at the
Minneapolis Metrodome Saturday, December 5 2009. Called “The People’s Truck” by
Soza the new team found immediate success. The following December Advance Auto Parts
unveiled a second Grinder truck with another World Champion driver joining the
team, two-time World Racing Champion John Seasock, and then to start the 2011
season a third Advance Auto Parts Grinder arrived on the scene with another top
level talent behind the wheel, World Finals veteran Frank Krmel. It was Krmel
who would power Grinder to one of the highest profile wins in the sport’s
history, Krmel and Grinder being the team to snap Grave Digger and Dennis
Anderson’s amazing nine event stadium racing winning streak as Grinder beat
Grave Digger in the Championship race at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome in February of
2011. At the start of the 2012 season Krmel was briefly sidelined with an
injury and the team brought popular newcomer Nicole Johnson aboard. Johnson did
a great job driving for the Advance Auto Parts Grinder team and she was
rewarded with an invitation to the first ever Young Guns Shootout at Advance
Auto Parts Monster Jam World Finals XIII presented by NGK Spark Plugs.
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