Many have speculated that Maximum Destruction was temporarily shelved after the September 11 attacks in 2001, which occurred only a week before Goldberg's final show; as such, Team Meents was then quickly created as a fill-in for the name, debuting in December of that year. The rear shocks broke after the race but Tom's team was able to fix them in time for freestyle; only for Tom to break them again (as well as a four link bar) in the middle of his run, thus ending his run early once again. For the encore, Tom and Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger freestyled at the same time; Tom ended up driving two Maximum Destructions after the first one crashed. Before I Forget" by Slipknot was used as the truck's theme during select international events in the past. At Monster Jam World Finals VII, Tom would jump over Neil's Maximum Destruction, perched high atop the volcano fountain obstacle, during freestyle.

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Tom competes on Stadium Series Red; unfortunately, at the first stop in Oakland, the truck blew its motor in intros and was unable to compete in the event. Previous Monster Jam competitor Swamp Thing was a double winner at the 2019 UK Monster Truck Nationals, including joint Freestyle Winner scoring 40/40!is a Ford Raptor monster truck owned by Team Throttle Monster out of Utah and sponsored by Rockwell Watches. It is also one of the most successful monster truck teams, and has collectively won fifteen Monster Jam World Finals championships (Tom has fourteen by himself, nine of which have come under Maximum Destruction, and one by Blake Granger).

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Maximum Destruction (primarily known as simply Max-D since 2013, though also referred to as Max-D: Maximum Destruction) is a 2000 futuristic SUV monster truck owned by FELD Entertainment and created by Tom Meents.

Morgan and Neil would both win their respective tours, while Tom recieved an invitation to Monster Jam World Finals XVI. Tom ran a chrome version the 3D spiked Max-D at Monster Jam World Finals XIV, during his 10th anniversary season celebration, where he was the fastest qualifier and won freestyle. While it was never made into a real truck, it was released by Hot Wheels in the die-cast line from 2007 to 2009 in several variations. A third Maximum Destruction truck was also added to the team, driven by as Kreg Christensen; unlike the other two, Kreg's was a CRD chassis rather than the usual Meents. The truck was retired in 2020 after failing the Double Forward Momentum Backflip at Monster Jam Breaking World Records.

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In full-scale, an ordinary truck becomes a monster truck when custom upgrades such as large displacement engines, extra-tough suspensions, four-wheel steering, and massive tires are added. The next day, before the freestyle competition, Diesel Dave drove Max-D as part of a donut contest against Heavy D in Grave Digger 30; though Dave failed to perform any donuts, he was humorously declared the winner.Was driven by Neil Elliot in 2011 before becoming the Maximum Destruction Stunt Truck, it has also run Battlecorn, Rod Ryan Show in 2016, Rampage (George), Lucas Oil Crusader, Monster Jam Stunt Truck, and Monster Energy.