When your 9-to-5 is as thrilling as pro monster truck driver Armando Castro’s, how do you keep the adrenaline going through the days off?
Armando Castro knows trucks. He’s a professional monster truck driver and for almost a decade has been at the wheel of some of the most well-known trucks in the series. “I started driving monster trucks when I was 19 years old so playing around in the dirt is second nature to me.” While Castro’s day job has him piloting a truly gargantuan truck, we tossed him the keys to the all-new 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro to see how much mischief he could get into outside of the arena.
Together with LED headlamps and RIGID Industries® LED fog lamps, its light signature casts a pattern that pierces through thick clouds of desert dust to increase visibility. The TRD Pro is also outfitted with an aluminum TRD skid plate at the front and a high-clearance ARB® steel bumper for added protection at the rear. A new high-lift jack point integrated into the frame is standard on all Tacoma grades, too—a welcome addition when the off-road scenario calls for critical recovery.
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