A cloud of smoke filled a dirt-covered arena as drivers revved their engines. The noise was almost deafening, but a crowd of adoring fans did not seem to mind. They cheered louder and louder as Stomper, a fan favorite monster truck landed jump after successful jump.

No one, however, would have expected that it was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, 18 year-old college student behind the wheel.  View the full story here. 

Originally published in the 2015 edition of Western Kentucky University’s Talisman.