The thrill seeker

Brianna Mahon is living her (noisy) dream.

Not everyone’s work involves doing tricks in a 5,400-kilogram truck, but for Brianna Mahon, a professional monster truck driver who competes in the Monster Jam events, it’s just another normal day. “It’s my dream job,” she tells The Week Junior. In June, Mahon and the rest of the drivers will be coming to the UK as Monster Jam arrives in London for the first time. Mahon grew up in motorhomes (like big campervans) across the US and her first passion was for dancing. Starting at the age of three, she did everything from jazz to ballet. She quickly moved on to motocross, a type of off-road motorbike racing, and then to monster trucks. “I joined Monster Jam in 2015,” she explains. Monster truck drivers need not only nerves of steel…

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