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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, ARP Automotive Products, Auto Meter, Axle Tech, Brake Man, Coan Transmissions, Crower Racing Products, Derale Performance, Dossier, Energy Release, Energy Suspension, Fel-Pro Performance Gaskets, F-K Rod Ends, Hawk Performance, Holley Performance, Jaz Products, K & N Filters, King Engine Bearings, Lincoln Welders, Liquid Advanced Technology, Lithium Pros, Lucas Oil, Mac’s, Magnaflow Performance, Mechanix Wear, MSD Ignition, NGK Spark Plugs, Optima Batteries, Pac Springs, Powermaster, Safety-Kleen, Speed Pro Rings, Techline Coatings, Universal Technical Institute, VP Fuels, WISECO Pistons, World Products |
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TRUCK HISTORY
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Advance Auto Parts became the primary sponsor Grinder℠ in 2009. The first Grinder driver was 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 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 Monster Jam World Champion driver joining the team, two-time Monster Jam World Finals Racing Champion John Seasock. Then to start the 2011 season a third Advance Auto Parts Grinder arrived on the scene with another top-level talent behind the wheel, Monster Jam 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 were 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 Round Race at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome in February of 2011.
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