GLENVIEW’S Clive Featherby will be driving his monster truck, Outback Thunda, for the last time on November 18 at the Sunshine Coast Stadium, in the inaugural Monster Truck Australian Grand Championships.
Clive will be crashing into and alongside nine other monster trucks for the last time in the Sunshine Coast, after being in the business for 25 years, due to renovations to the stadium for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
He is sad to see these monster truck shows come to an end but he is keen to go out with a bang.
“This will be a huge event, and it’s the last time you’ll see monster trucks on the Coast, and we have the most trucks that we’ve ever had,” he said.
“A generation of kids will never get to see monster trucks on the Coast again…I’m feeling really sad that it’s coming to an end.”
Throughout the monster truck driver’s long and fulfilling career, Clive said he had never been in any bad accidents, but has sustained injuries throughout the years.
“You don’t actually get into too many bad accidents as the trucks has so much protection plus the protective gear we wear, but I do have ongoing back pains from years of it being compressed,” he said. Clive never meant to become a monster truck driver, but once he started he couldn’t stop.
“One of my drivers never turned up for a show at Mackay so I hopped in the truck, I’ve seen him do it and I thought well this shouldn’t be too hard so I got in the car and almost crashed it,” he said.
“It is a very cool job where most people are happy to see you, even if you crash.”