QUICK FACTS
Class: MTRA (Special Events)
2011 Truck: BIGFOOT #16
Years Competing: 20
Career Championships: 8 (2007/twice, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1995)
Longest Jump: 202 feet (World Record, 1999, Nashville, TN)
Fastest Speed: 84.49 MPH in 1/4-mile (World Record, 2009)
Notable: MTRA Driver of the Year; 1993, 1995, and 1999
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Residence: Freeport, IL
Hometown: Freeport, IL
Date of Birth: May 30, 1964
Son: Jesse
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2010: Set world record for top speed in the 1/8-mile (86.56 MPH). Reset track record in figure 8 race course in Salt Lake City (27.78 seconds). Posted six national event wins. Visited U.S. service personnel at Ramstein Air Force Base and Kaiserslauten Military Hospital in Germany as part of Team Summit/USO support mission
2009: Set world record for top speed in the 1/4-mile (84.49 MPH). Won 23 times in 41 race and freestyle events
2007: Takes over driving duties in BIGFOOT #16. Won Checkered Flag Winter Championships. Wins championship in inagural MLMT Racing Championships
2004: Takes over driving duties in BIGFOOT #15. Finished second in the ProMT racing series
2003: Won the Checkered Flag Winter Championship Series
2002: Won the Checkered Flag Championship Series. Finished second in the ProMT Series
2001: Finished first in ProMT racing series
2000: Finished second int he ProMT racing series. Jumped over BIGFOOT #1 and Snake Bite at Jamboree in Bloomsburg, PA. Jumped over a tractor-trailer on the UPN Network's TV series, "I Dare You"
1999: Won Checkered Flag Grand National Championship. Earned MTRA Driver of the Year for third time--the only driver to do so. Shattered own long jump record with a 202-foot jump over a 727 jetliner in Nashville, TN
1997: Finished second in the Penda Points Series
1996: Finished first in Penda Points Series. Is the winningest driver in Penda Series history with 24 wins since 1993
1995: Finished first in the Penda Points Series with eights wins in 15 events--a single-season record
1994: Finished second in Penda Points Series
1993: Finished fourth in the Penda Points Series
1991: Visited Australia and competed in 41 events in 87 days
