She made Monster Jam history in Trenton, NJ on Januas the first female rookie driver to win racing in a debut performance. Nicole joined Monster Jam in January 2011 driving Tasmanian Devil, a 1,475 horsepower monster truck based around the Warner Brothers cartoon character of the same name. Two weeks after meeting the Andersons, in November 2010, Nicole test drove a monster truck and accepted the job with Monster Jam, which began six weeks later. Īt the 2010 SEMA Show, Nicole met monster truck legend Dennis Anderson, creator of Grave Digger Monster Truck, and his son, Ryan Anderson, who introduced her to Feld Entertainment personnel.
In 2008, Nicole and Frank were featured on Modern Marvels on the History Channel. Nicole also raced a partial season in 2010 at the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series in the Limited Buggy class. In 2008, she became the first female finisher of the race, was awarded "Fastest Queen" for her finish in 2010. From 2008 through 2010, she raced King of the Hammers. In 2007, Nicole turned pro and competed through 2010 in the Pro Modified class at the World Extreme Rock Crawling Competition Series (known as W.E. The couple placed first at the event, which sparked the creation of their rock crawling team together, known as Johnson Motorsports. By 2004, in her first competition, Nicole drove a friend's vehicle at the Pro Rock Women's National Championships, spotted by Frank. In 2001, Frank became a spotter for the Red Bull Rock Crawling team and Nicole cheered him from the sidelines. Avid four wheelers since the beginning of their marriage, Nicole served as Treasurer of the Southern Nevada Landcruiser Association, the Las Vegas-based chapter of the Toyota Landcruiser Association, in 1997 to 1998, alongside Frank who served as the organization's President. Off Road Career Īs a young couple, Nicole and Frank often spent weekends four wheeling in their 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser. The couple moved to Las Vegas after graduation in 1996, and have resided there ever since. The number 814, representing their anniversary, was later used as the couple's team number at rock crawling competitions. Īt age 19, she married Frank Ralph Johnson on Augin Los Angeles, CA. Nicole is a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management in 1996. She was often around cars and learned mechanics from her dad, who had her driving a go-kart powered by a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine when she was five years old.
Born Nicole Michelle Jardin on Januin Oxnard, California to parents Thomas and Georgia who divorced when she was young, Nicole spent weekends and summers in Hawaii with her father, who was a diesel mechanic by trade.
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