Team Scream Monster Trucks
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Team Scream is a monster truck
Monster truck
A monster truck is a pickup truck, typically styled after pickup trucks' bodies, modified or purposely built with extremely large wheels and suspension...

 race team based out of the Detroit area and races on the Monster Jam
Monster Jam
Monster Jam is a live motorsport event tour and television show operated by Feld Entertainment. The series is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association and takes place primarily in the United States and around the world...

 series. The team is made up of four trucks, Avenger, Brutus, Wrecking Crew and Spike Unleashed and The General or The General Tire Truck. The team founder is Jim Koehler
Jim Koehler
Jim Koehler born on July 13 1966 is a professional monster truck driver. He currently drives Avenger on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit.- Career :...

 and he is also the driver of Avenger. In 2003 the team won the Monster Jam World Finals
Monster Jam World Finals
The Monster Jam World Finals is an annual monster truck event held in late March at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV. It is the championship event of the USHRA Monster Jam series. It consists of racing and freestyle segments, and the winner of each is considered the series champion in that...

 in freestyle. Avenger is the only truck on the Monster Jam series to compete in every single Monster Jam World Finals with the same driver and truck. Koehler once again won the freestyle championship in 2011, after tying with nitro circus.

Avenger

Avenger was created in 1996 by Jim Koehler and friend, Chris Bergeron, and competed on TNN in 1997 with a Chevy S-10 body on. In 2000 he went to the Monster Jam World Finals along with 15 other trucks. Since 2000, Jim Koehler has driven Avenger in all 10 of the World Finals. In 2003 he won the Freestyle Championship with a score of 37 of 40. Since 2003, Avenger has won many events on the Monster Jam series. In 2008 he built a new frame for the truck and his team truck, and won the season opener for the 2009 season, also pulling off two more major wins along the way to the Monster Jam World Finals X. In 2007 he was included in the videogame Monster Jam (video game)
Monster Jam (video game)
Monster Jam is a video game of the off-road racing genre to released in on November 13, 2007 by Activision. It is licensed by the USHRA Monster Jam series and features 20 real-life monster trucks, in contrast to Monster 4x4: World Circuit, including Grave Digger and Maximum Destruction...

 and in 2008, Monster Jam: Urban Assault
Monster Jam: Urban Assault
Monster Jam: Urban Assault is a video game based on the popular monster truck series Monster Jam that was released on October 28, 2008 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Wii. It is the sequel to Monster Jam video game. It is based on the USHRA Monster Jam Monster Trucks series...

. The truck and its driver once again won the freestyle championship in 2011 after winning a tie with nitro circus with scores of 32.

Brutus

Brutus was created in 2000 with the help of teammate and friend Jim Koehler, and competed with Avenger in 2000. The truck was originally a Chevy S-10 with a Greek God on the hood and then changed to a 3-D dog in 2004 after kids told Bergeron they had a dog named Brutus. In 2005, Brutus qualified for the Monster Jam World Finals, and then qualified again in 2006, 2007, and 2009 who won second in Freestyle. In 2007 the truck was included on Monster Jam (video game)
Monster Jam (video game)
Monster Jam is a video game of the off-road racing genre to released in on November 13, 2007 by Activision. It is licensed by the USHRA Monster Jam series and features 20 real-life monster trucks, in contrast to Monster 4x4: World Circuit, including Grave Digger and Maximum Destruction...

. At world finals 12, Bergeron attempted a backflip, only for the truck to land on the roof. Bergeron was knocked out on impact, and the trucks rollcage broke from the hard hit.

Wrecking Crew

Wrecking Crew was created in 2007, a new body on the old Avenger or Brutus frame when Jim Koehler or Chris Bergeron couldn't attend an event. When new Avenger and Brutus trucks were made in 2008, Wrecking Crew became its own truck and not just a fill-in. The truck is driven by Jim Koehler's brother and former crew member, Steve Koehler.

The General

The General Tire Truck was made for the 4 Wheel Jamborees of 2009 a new body color for the team. They put the body on the Brutus Chassis when only Chris and Jim are driving. When the whole team is there Steve drives it. It almost won the 2009 Monster Truck thunder drags but Mark Hall in the Raminator wanted another racing win for the Jamborees. The General will be running with Avenger for the 2010 jamborees.

Spike Unleashed

Spike Unleashed was created in 2007 to fill in for either Avenger or Brutus, and was usually put on the Brutus chassis. When new Avenger and Brutus trucks were made in 2008, Spike Unleashed and Wrecking Crew became a team and travel with Avenger and Brutus. In 2008 Spike Unleashed was included on the new videogame Monster Jam: Urban Assault
Monster Jam: Urban Assault
Monster Jam: Urban Assault is a video game based on the popular monster truck series Monster Jam that was released on October 28, 2008 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Wii. It is the sequel to Monster Jam video game. It is based on the USHRA Monster Jam Monster Trucks series...

along with Avenger.

Avenger

Avenger has been to all twelve Monster Jam World Finals (2000–2011), and won the freestyle at the World Finals 2003 and 2011. He also qualified to be in The Monster Jam World Finals in 2011, and won freestyle. In 1999 and 2009 Jim Koehler was voted "Fan Favorite" by the people of Monster Jam. He also has won many events on Monster Jam and other events around the country, including "sportsman of the year" numerous times, and was awarded stadium freestyle in 2010.

Brutus

Brutus has attended the Monster Jam World Finals 4 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009).
Brutus won 2010 Donut of the year it was done at Ford Field in Detroit, it was awarded at the Monster Jam World Finals XI.
See also Brutus (truck)
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