Monster truck driver David Olfert recently drove Jurassic Attack in Price, Utah. The Shaw, Oregon native has a career spanning multiple teams and championship wins.
Olfert's driving career includes a stint as a fill-in driver for 2
Xtreme Racing in 2019, where he drove Megalodon, Bounty Hunter, and Jekyll & Hyde. During that time, he won an overall event championship at a Monster Jam event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in November. In 2020, he joined Team Throttle Monster to drive Wrecking Machine and Kamikaze, followed by driving a revived Jurassic Attack in 2021.
In 2022, Olfert made his first full-time Monster Jam debut on the Arena Tour West, winning three overall event championships and finishing third overall. That May, he debuted the Velociraptor truck at the World Finals, eventually becoming its full-time driver and winning the Arena 2 Wheel Skills award. In 2023, he competed on the Arena Series West driving Velociraptor and briefly returned to driving Jurassic Attack for a show in Redmond, Oregon.
During 2024, Olfert competed in the Stadium Championship Series West, finishing 10th in the standings. In March, he became the first racing winner at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, after defeating Grave Digger and Son-uva Digger. In May, he won the Last Chance Qualifying event at the World Finals, earning a spot in World Finals XXIII where he won the racing bronze medal. Later that year, he drove Rockwell R.E.D. in Logan, Utah, and drove MTN LND Truck Outfitters at the Arizona State Fairgrounds before announcing his retirement on Instagram in November.
After a brief period crewing for Tomfoolery Motorsports in early 2025, Olfert joined DCT Powersports in April to drive Dirt Crew and Dirt Crew Dozer. In 2026, he won the series championship while driving Dirt Crew Dozer on the Toughest Monster Truck Tour. After leaving DCT in late August, he rejoined Team Throttle Monster. Following his appearance in Price, he drove Velociraptor in Seattle.
Olfert, who was born October 24, 1988, previously served as a crew member for drivers Bari Musawwir and Brianna Mahon. He is known by the nickname Too Tall due to his 5'1" stature.
