2007 News

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22 December 2007 - It is with great disappointment that we announce an ending to a long and successful relationship with Ford Motor Company. BIGFOOT has been with Ford for 23 great years. We have been a BIG part of keeping the Ford F-series truck the #1 selling trucks in America and Ford has helped make BIGFOOT the best known and loved Monster Truck in the world. As much as this saddens us we are also excited about our future opportunities.

Have a great New Year!

2007 Wrap-up & Looking Forward to 2008

Photo courtesy of Chris Kaelin.

20 December 2007 - It’s hard to believe that 2007 is almost over. We had a very exciting year here at BIGFOOT: some great things, some not so great. So, here is a short listing of some of the 2007 highlights and lowlights, and then a few things to look forward to for 2008:

Highlights:

- “BIGFOOT Presents: Meteor & The Mighty Monster Trucks” received an Emmy nomination.
- New Firestone-BIGFOOT graphics debuted in February.
- Dan Runte & Summit Racing BIGFOOT #15 won the 2007 Checkered Flag Productions series championship in April.
- BIGFOOT #16 made its debut in May with the new 2-speed Abruzzi transmission.
- Rick Long & BIGFOOT #15 won the 2007 Edge Motorsports Monster Madness series championship in Canada in July.
- Dan Runte & Summit Racing BIGFOOT #16 won the 2007 Major League of Monster Trucks series championship in October.
- Nigel Morris & BIGFOOT #17 won the 2007 European Monster Truck Championship.
- Summit Racing Equipment re-signed with BIGFOOT for 2008-2010.

Lowlights:

- Loss of long-time mechanic and friend, Roy Hooser.
- Auction of 10’ Tire BIGFOOT due to closure of Race Rock in Orlando, FL.
- Loss of long-time monster truck driver and friend, Dave Harkey.
- Crash of BIGFOOT #16 on its second weekend out.
- End of our 23-year relationship with Ford Motor Company.

What we’re looking forward to in 2008:

- Dan, Rick, and Keith racing and winning again.
- Welcoming Rodney and Jerry as full-time drivers.
- Competing at events with Checkered Flag Productions, Major League of Monster Trucks, Special Events, AMP Live Events and Monster Nationals.
- Seeing Scott Winger all over the country at Firestone dealers - be sure to check our schedule for the Firestone Touring BIGFOOT.
- As always, Ron Bachmann will be all over, making and keeping friends for a lifetime – he’s scheduled everywhere from NHRA events to dealerships displays.
- Who drivers what truck:
    BIGFOOT #16 - Dan Runte
    BIGFOOT #15 - Rick Long
    BIGFOOT #14 - Keith Sturgeon
    BIGFOOT #12 - Ron Bachmann
    BIGFOOT #11 - Jerry Dalton
    BIGFOOT #10 - Rodney Tweedy
    BIGFOOT # 8 - Scott Winger

In closing, Bob & Marilyn Chandler and the entire BIGFOOT Team would like to wish all of you a happy & safe holiday season and we look forward to seeing you in 2008!

Photo courtesy of The Monster Blog.

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It is with great disappointed that we announce an ending to a long and successful relationship with Ford Motor Company. BIGFOOT has been with Ford for 23 great years. We have been a BIG part of keeping the Ford F-series truck the #1 selling trucks in America and Ford has helped make BIGFOOT the best know and loved Monster Truck in the world. As much as this saddens us we are also excited about our future opportunities.

Have a great New Year!

BIGFOOT makes Hot Rod Magazine's Top 100 Hot Rods

28 November 2008 - BIGFOOT #1 has made Hot Rod Magazine's “The Top 100” - “The most influential hot rods of all times”.  The article appears in the January 2008 issue, their 60th Anniversary issue.

Hot Rod Magazine:  “To celebrate our 60th anniversary, the HOT ROD staff and a few industry friends help us choose the 100 most influential vehicles in the history of hot rodding.  We justified our actions by picking cars based on a very specific criterion.  In a word: influence.  The cars we chose had to make a difference to the gearhead hobby, the racing sport, or the people in them.   They had to be trend starters or fad killers, landmarks of style, or shepherds of technology they put a bend in the road of hot rodding”.

BOB CHANDLER'S BIGFOOT

"This'74 F-250 (with a'79 body) began as a promotional stunt for Bob Chandler's four-wheel-drive shop and ended up creating an entire monster truck craze that led to several sanctioning bodies and fans worldwide. Version 3 of the truck appeared on the Apr. '84 cover of HOT ROD. There have been 17 Big Foot trucks built since the first (shown here), all of them contributing significant developments to the sport of monster truck promotions and racing”.

Hot Rod - DAVID FREIBURGER

BIGFOOT On "Whacked Out Sports"

02 November 2007 - BIGFOOT clips will be airing in numerous episodes of WGN's "Whacked Out Sports" over the next few months.  To learn more about "Whacked Out Sports" CLICK HERE.

The current air dates are as follows:

• 2007

  • December 3, December 17, December 31

• 2008

  • January 14, February 4, March 31, April 7, April 28, May 5, July 14, July 21, July 28, August 25, September 1

Click logo for the "Whacked Out Sports" web page.

Please check local listings.  Dates subject to change without notice.

MONSTER TRUCK GRANTS A WISH

Billings, MT - 4 October 2007 – Billings is getting ready for Monster Truck Nationals which are coming to the METRA PARK ARENA on Saturday night, November 3rd at 7:30pm.

Photo by Ross & Lauren Bonar, courtesy of The Monster Blog.

There are many Monster Trucks coming for the competition but one special truck will arrive early in Billings on Wednesday afternoon in preparation to grant the wish of a young boy in the Make a Wish system named Terry Fosjord. Terry is excited and one of his wishes was to meet the legendary BIGFOOT Monster Truck and its driver. The Monster Truck and driver will arrive at Terry’s house around 7:30 in the morning on Thursday morning. After picking him up with BIGFOOT in the middle of a police escort they will be on their way to the Highland Elementary School and visit with Terry’s class and the rest of the school. “The Monster Truck drivers all want to be involved with the Make A Wish program no matter what City we go to. “There is nothing like seeing a big rig come rolling up to a school with a big smile on his face ready to give out autographs and photos with Terry and his friends and school mates.” said Ed Beckley of Checkered Flag Productions.

The visit comes as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation program of Alaska, Montana, Northern Idaho, and Washington, which strives to improve the lives of kids with life threatening illness or conditions through wish fulfillment. For information on how you can donate to help make a difference in one of these children’s lives visit www.nwwishes.org.

The Monster Trucks will appear at the Monster Truck Nationals and Thrill Show which rolls into the METRA Grandstand on Saturday November 3rd at 7:30 p.m. The driver of the Monster Truck BIGFOOT is from St. Louis, MO. He will be in side by side racing, also car crushing, and wheelie contests. Other trucks in the competition are MARTIAL LAW, ARACHNAPHOBIA, POISON, ROCK STAR and HIGH VOLTAGE.

Tickets are on-sale now. The arena seating has been setup for two different price levels, VIP Seats and General Admission Seating. For the best seats in the grandstand the Advanced VIP SEATING is $19 for adults and kids are $12 dollars, plus $2.00 facility fee. VIP ticket holders get to go down into the pit area and see the trucks up close.

Advance general admission ticket prices are $12 for adults and $7 for kids, plus $2.00 facility fee. Prices on adult upper level seats go up $3 dollars day of show. Tickets available at all usual outlets including Cell Plus Locations in Billings, Laurel and Lockwood. To charge tickets to your credit card phone 800-366-8538 or 406-256-2422. Order tickets online at www.metrapark.com or tickets will also available at the door while they last. For more information check out www.metrapark.com.

About Checkered Flag Productions:  Checkered Flag Productions is a motor sports promotion company based out of the Ft. Worth, Texas area and promotes and produces events all over the United States. Checkered Flag has been bringing events to the METRA for over 10 years.

We invite you to also visit www.checkeredflagproductions.com.

New Racing Series / Madusa Update

8 August 2007

Announcing The New “Major League of Monster Trucks Series”:

We are about to enter a new era of Monster Truck racing.  The Major League of Monster Trucks series is set to kick off later this month in Charlotte, NC.  CLICK HERE to see our current schedule of events.  Team BIGFOOT is looking forward to competing in some of the largest motor sports venues in the country!

Dan Runte will be racing BIGFOOT #16 in the inaugural race Saturday, August 18th at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.  Bob and Marilyn Chandler will also be on hand to help kick start this new exciting series.

“Where’s Madusa?”

In answer to the many-times-asked question:  When will Madusa be back in a BIGFOOT truck?  Here is her current tentative schedule for the rest of 2007:

August 24-25, 2007 - Texas Motor Speedway 
September 21 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
October 5-7 - Tehama County Fairgrounds in Red Bluff, CA
October 13 - Kentucky Speedway
October 19-20 - Memphis Motorsports Park
October 27 - To Be Announced
October 29-31 – SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV (appearance only)
November 2-4 - Klamath County Fairgrounds in Klamath Falls, OR
November 10-12 - Deschutes County Expo Center in Redmond, OR

Note: The above dates are also the Major League of Monster Truck Series event dates.

“Who’s Driving Which BIGFOOT Truck?”

Here is an update on who is currently driving which BIGFOOT truck:

BIGFOOT #8 - Jerry Dalton and Scott Winger
BIGFOOT #10 - Rodney Tweedy
BIGFOOT #11 - Madusa
BIGFOOT #12 - Ron Bachmann
BIGFOOT #14 - Keith Sturgeon
BIGFOOT #15 - Rick Long
BIGFOOT #16 - Dan Runte

The End Of An Era

13 June 2007 - We are sorry to announce that Roy Hooser is leaving BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc. after 27 great years! Roy is moving to Kansas City, MO, and his last day is today, June 13th, 2007.

Bob Chandler, Roy Hooser, and Marilyn Chandler.  The BIGFOOT legends!

Roy has been an instrumental part of EVERY innovation that has been included in the entire BIGFOOT fleet. He has taken part in the actual building of every BIGFOOT truck, except #1, although he has definitely spent plenty of time working on that one!

Roy is, without a doubt, the most knowledgeable mechanic in the monster truck industry. He will be greatly missed by everyone at BIGFOOT, and by many other monster truck owners and drivers who he has helped throughout his long career.

Roy (on far left) from 1986, Squirt, Bob Palfreeman, Jay Diekman, and Ken Koelling.

Roy will always be welcome back at BIGFOOT. While he was the MTRA Mechanic of the Year 3 times, including the first year the award was given, Roy has been BIGFOOT’s Mechanic of the Year every year! We are losing one of the most gifted innovators and hardest working individuals in our sport.

Roy working on a BIGFOOT chassis.

None of us are sure what you think you are going to do with all of your free time, Roy, working only 40 hours per week and not taking broken truck problems over the phone, but there’s always fishing. GOOD LUCK, Roy! We will miss you!

Dan Runte & Madusa Interview on Truck Work TV

05 June 2007 - While in Phoenix, AZ at Firebird Raceway, Dan Runte and  Madusa did an interviews with Truck World TV.  To see their interviews, click on the following links:

Truck World TV Dan Runte Interview

Truck World TV Madusa Interview

Dave Harkey

30 May 2007 - Dave Harkey officially left BIGFOOT 4X4, Inc. on May 21, 2007.  He worked with BIGFOOT on three separate occasions, but was with us for a total of 12 years.  Dave has done everything from crewing to being a Safari-Foot driver, from working in the shop to racing BIGFOOT #14, and even went on to help us win the 2003 and 2007 Checkered Flag Promotions Championship.

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Dave in Fredericksburg, TX in 2005 doing what he loved most: wheelies!

Dave with some BIGFOOT fans.

Dave with Madusa in Red Bluff, CA in 2006.

For anyone who ever met Dave or seen him drive, you know that he was a true professional.  We wish Dave the best of luck in his future endeavors and know he will be successful in everything he does.  We will miss you Dave!  If and when time number “four” rolls around, we’ll see ya then.

Dave waving to the crowd at one of his last shows in Phoenix, AZ in May 2007.

BIGFOOT On The History Channel - CORRECTION!

07 May 2007 - In a previous update (dated 03 May 2007), we stated that The History Channel was airing a new episode of the show "Modern Marvels" based on monster trucks on May 8th.  CORRECTION:  The new monster truck episode of Modern Marvels will not air until May 23rd!  Please check your local listings for air times.

We apologize for any inconvenience!

Thanks, BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc.

BIGFOOT News

07 May 2007 - Chandler, AZ - Firebird International Raceway

Summit BIGFOOT #15 and Star BIGFOOT #14 shared a wide-load to Sanderson Ford in Phoenix, AZ on the evening of Thursday, April 26th.  Dan Runte, Dave Harkey, and Madusa joined the trucks for a radio remote where listeners could pre-register for the 9th annual Monster Truck Jammin’ Nationals and truck show at Firebird International Raceway.

On Friday, Dave, Madusa and the trucks visited Phoenix Children’s Hospital. While Dave & Madusa visited with the kids, the Firebird reps gave the kids bags of goodies, which included BIGFOOT toys.  On Saturday, the BIGFOOT crew and friends, including MSD rep. Spike Clapper and his wife Terri, who drove in from El Paso, TX, helped hold down the BIGFOOT tents that tried to blow away during an unusually long Phoenix sand storm.

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Later that afternoon, Cody Minulella and his parents came for a visit.  Cody has a very rare illness called LCH and is currently getting weekly treatments from Phoenix Children’s Hospital. He was chosen as the Tire Pros Monster Truck Jammin’ Nationals Crew Member for a Day. Firebird and BIGFOOT gave Cody a Road Rippers lights & sounds toy BIGFOOT, which he and Dave worked together to get out of the box so that Cody could play with it!  Who do you think had more fun with the toy, Dave or Cody?

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BIGFOOT On The History Channel

03 May 2007 - BIGFOOT is scheduled to appear on The History Channel on their long-running show "Modern Marvels" on Tuesday, May 8, at 7:00 pm ET (please check local listings).  Filming was done over the last few weeks at BIGFOOT in Hazelwood, MO and also in Fredericksburg, TX at the Four Wheel & Off Road Jamboree.  This episode of Modern Marvels is centered around strength.  Please check your local listings for when the show will air in your area and tune in!

The History Channel:  "Ride shotgun in our rollicking history of the Monster Truck, and meet the father of the mythic beast, Bob Chandler, whose Bigfoot gave birth to the sport in a cornfield years ago! Weighing 10,000 pounds, the behemoths entertain using brute force. Thrill to breathtaking stunts in California, Indiana, and Florida, as mounted cameras demonstrate the shakes, rattles, and rolls drivers experience; and meet the men who race these mechanical mammoths in one of the world's fastest-growing motorsports."

Modern Marvels on The History Channel schedule:  Tuesday, May 8, at 7:00 pm ET (please check local listings).

Midwest Open House A Huge Success

25 April 2007 - This past Saturday marked the Grand Re-Opening/Open House of Midwest 4 Wheel Drive at BIGFOOT.  The Grand Re-Opening was accompanied by a truck show and car crush by Dan Runte in BIGFOOT #15.  The turnout was HUGE!  People were everywhere looking at the selection of lifted street trucks, walking under BIGFOOT #5, checking out our new service department, lining up in the showroom to buy a BIGFOOT toy or t-shirt, and also lining up to enjoy the free hot dogs and soda.  BIGFOOT would like to thank K-She, Midwest Motors of Eureka for helping to sponsor the event, all the BIGFOOT employees that volunteered to help during the event, and all of the people that turned out to enjoy the day's festivities.

For a photo gallery of the day's events, CLICK HERE to go our friends at The Monster Blog.  Ross Bonar of The Blog posted some great pictures for you to enjoy.

NEW Firestone Trailer

09 April 2007 - Our new touring Firestone Trailer is on tour at Firestone dealerships across the country.  Check our event schedule to see when it will be in your area.

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TIRE PROS MONSTER TRUCK JAMMIN’ NATIONALS

Photo courtesy of Ross Bonar of The Monster Blog

04 April 2007

WHAT:  THE TRUCK ENTHUSIASTS DREAM COME TRUE AT FIREBIRD RACEWAY WITH EVERYTHING TRUCKS!

• 12 MONSTER TRUCKS; including Dan Runte in the Summit BIGFOOT, Star BIGFOOT, Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction, Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter, Linsey Weenk in Iron Outlaw and MORE!

• WHIPLASH OFF ROAD RACING; Over 100 racers on the challenge of dirt track 40 feet wide with 60 feet corners!

• TRUCK SHOW N’ SHINE; Over 200 trucks expected to register from all over the southwest!

• RIDE & DRIVE; Drive brand new trucks on a customized off road course. Test them all!

• JET DRAGSTERS; AIRPLANE ENGINE + CAR + TRACK = 225+ MPH

• ROCKSTAR Concert- VINCE NEIL of Motley Crue Sunday evening included with Sundays event ticket!

WHERE:  Firebird International Raceway

WHEN:  April 28-29, 2007

Firebird Raceway Ticket Office (602-268-0200) or check www.firebirdraceway.com.

Event Schedule:

Saturday, April 28, 2007

11:00 AM - Gates Open, All Main Show Gates Open, Sanderson Ford Grand Prix Off-Road Racing, Off-Road Test Drive
Show & Shine Competition, Truck Drags, Interactive Midway & Kid Zone.

2:00 PM - Trophy Truck Race

3:00 PM - Party in the Pits, Monster Trucks, Autographs, Photographs, Giveaways.

7:00 PM - Opening Ceremonies, Jet Dragsters, Monster Trucks - Allout Freestyle - Round 1, Monster Trucks - Allout Freestyle - Final Six.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

11:00 AM - Gates Open, All Main Show Gates Open, Sanderson Ford Grand Prix Off-Road Racing, Off-Road Test Drive
Show & Shine Competition, Truck Drags, Interactive Midway & Kid Zone.

NOON - Party in the Pits, Monster Trucks, Autographs, Photographs, Giveaways.

1:30 PM - Monster Trucks and Jet Cars, Jet Car Round 1, Monster Trucks Wheelie & Donut Competition, Jet Car Round 2.

2:30 PM - Trophy Truck Race

4:00 PM - Miss Truck Jammin' Nationals

7:00 PM - Concert on the Drag Strip

Schedule Subject to Change.

Please check our Events Schedule for a complete listing of all the BIGFOOT trucks live events.

More News on the Emmy-nominated “BIGFOOT Presents: Meteor & The Mighty Monster Trucks” cartoon

27 March 2007 - The newest set of episodes of “BIGFOOT Presents: Meteor & The Mighty Monster Trucks” will premiere the week of Monday, April 16th and will feature BIGFOOT and family! The BIGFOOT family includes, of course, dad BIGFOOT, mom Rosa, son Little Tow, and daughter Zooey.

The week’s scheduled shows are as follows:

Monday, April 16 - “Fast Friends/A Monster Truck Tale”

Tuesday, April 17 – “Stomp, Honk, Rock & Roll/Truck Trouble”

Wednesday, April 18 – “Cheering Section/Your Name is Mud”

Thursday, April 19 – “Tag Along/The Truck Who Cried”

Friday, April 20 – “Fender Bender/Road Map”

The TV schedule is as follows:

Be sure to check out the new episodes!

For more information on BIGFOOT and Meteor, CLICK HERE.

“MIDWEST Four-Wheel Drive” is back!

-- CLICK HERE for flyer --

20 March 2007 - BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc., located at the intersection of I-270 and N. Lindbergh Blvd. in Hazelwood, would like to welcome back MIDWEST Four-Wheel Drive & Performance Center.  After a 15 year hiatus, the Midwest’s best place to get service work, lift kits, wheels, tires, side bars, and just about every other 4-wheel-drive and performance product you can imagine, is back!

Now you can go to one place to shop for all of your off-road and performance needs, and have it installed on-site!  Bob Chandler, owner of BIGFOOT® and father of the monster truck industry, wants to bring back the service center that started it all and go back to his roots in the truck industry.

For more information on Midwest Four Wheel Drive, click Bigfoot4x4.com/Midwest or call us at 314-731-2822.

Open House/Truck Show: 21 April 2007

The Grand Re-Opening of MIDWEST will be held on April 21!  BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc. will be hosting the truck show to kick off the re-opening.  Come see a BIGFOOT car crush, enjoy free hot dogs and soda (while supplies last), win FREE hourly give-aways and shop our garage sale.  There will be trucks of all sizes to look at, not to mention BIGFOOT #5, the world’s tallest, widest and heaviest pickup!  Come see the show at the intersection of I-270 and N. Lindbergh Blvd. in Hazelwood [DIRECTIONS].  The truck show will be from 12:00 to 7:00 PM.

More Madusa

19 March 2007 - There a couple of changes to our events schedule.  It looks like Madusa will doing a couple of show coming up in March and April!

Madusa will be appearing in Duluth, Minnesota on 3/30 and 3/31 at the DECC Center.  She will also be doing car crushes in Sarasota, Florida on 4/14 at Twins Lake Park.  See our events schedule for details.  Look for the "MD11" under the "Truck" heading.

Rick Long will be out of action for the next 4-6 weeks.  He will be having knee surgery on 3/23.  Hope all goes well and looking forward to having a "new and improved Rick"!

FOR SALE! - SOLD!

21 February 2007 - This beautiful show truck is now for sale!  The show truck was made customized by BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc., in St. Louis, Missouri.  Originally it was made for the 2004 SEMA show.  The truck has been in numerous other shows, including the 2005 Cleveland Auto Show, the 2005 Woodward Dream Cruise, the 2005 and 2006 Indianapolis 4-Wheel Drive Jamboree, the 2005 Lima 4-Wheel Drive Jamboree, the 2005 New York Auto Show, the 2005 Detroit Auto Show, the 2005 SEMA Off Road Expo, and the 2005 Chicago Auto Show.  It won the 39th Annual 2006 World of Wheels Show Award in St. Louis, and won the FRPP Design & Construction Award.  It has appeared in Ten Trucks Magazine, Diesel Power Magazine (on the cover), several other magazines, as well as several TV shows.

Details are as follows:  2005 Custom Ford F-350 XLT BIGFOOT Street Truck Crew Cab Short Bed 6.0L Turbo Diesel, 5-speed automatic transmission, custom black/blue leather seats with "BIGFOOT" embroidered into headrest, dark tinted glass, functional ram air hood, Lambo doors, Banks Big Hoss bundle - engine and transmission upgrades, 6" Superlift suspension lift, 38"x15.5R20LT Interco Truxxus STS tires, 20" Weld wheels, Ford Racing bed cover/pedals/fuel door, Dupont Hot Hues paint, custom flame air-brushing by the late Dan Patterson (painter for BIGFOOT for many years), custom painted chassis, Buckstop bumpers, 3:73 gears with rear locker, MTX speakers and amps, overhead monitor and DVD player, Mag Hytec differential covers and transmissions pan, Bushwacker fender flares, KC HiLites lighting (10), BIGFOOT custom traction bars, Ford bed mat and floor mats, Smittybilt double/single show bar, Dicus Designs custom aluminum accents, BIGFOOT custom badging (seat backs, front fenders).

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The truck is on display in the showroom at BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc., 6311 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO. 63042 USA.  Please call (314) 731-8112 Ext. 110 with any questions.  Driving directions CLICK HERE.  Purchaser is responsible for picking up vehicle from BIGFOOT in St. Louis, MO. - SOLD!

Emmy Nomination for BIGFOOT Cartoon!

15 February 2007 - “BIGFOOT PRESENTS: METEOR AND THE MIGHTY MONSTER TRUCKS,” the Discovery Kids’ cartoon staring BIGFOOT®, The Original Monster Truck®, has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award!

The BIGFOOT Family is very proud of our continuing participation in the creative development and promotion of the cartoon. We are completely overwhelmed with this nomination! “BIGFOOT PRESENTS: METEOR AND THE MIGHTY MONSTER TRUCKS” is nominated in the “Outstanding Special Class Animated Program” category, along with three (3) other cartoons.

The Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles, CA on June 15, 2007.

We would like to congratulate and give a special thanks to the following people for helping BIGFOOT to be a part of this special project:

Micheal Braverman, Barry Bloom, & Jeffrey Kramer
Bill Gross, David Snyder, Frank Fraser, & Josh Fisher of Brandissimo! Inc.
Marjorie Kaplan & Laura Sullivan of Discovery Kids
Douglas E. Hansen & Cindy Kirven of Endgame Entertainment

In addition, congratulations to James D. Stern, Kristine Klohk, Dave Beatty, Trevor Hierons, Debra Toffan, Shawn Kalb, Patrick Granleese.

For more info on the BIGFOOT-Meteor cartoon, CLICK HERE.

BIGFOOT #4 = SOLD!

BIGFOOT #4 as it has appeared the last 2 years.

02 February 2007 - BIGFOOT #4 has been sold.  #4 was the second longest running vehicle in the BIGFOOT stable, behind The Original Monster Truck®, BIGFOOT #1, which still is holding a running working monster truck after 31 years.  Team BIGFOOT still has 10 vehicles, 6 of which still perform in live events.  Keeping all those trucks running and performing at a top level takes a lot of time and space.  #4 was one of the last straight frame chassis' to wear the BIGFOOT name, and after 21 years of service, it had simply run its' course.

Some of #4's highlights include:

• Debuted in 1985 in the Louisiana Superdome

• First monster truck to run a "hybrid" suspension, combining leaf spring and gas shock technology

• Won one of Team BIGFOOT's first championships in 1990

• First "character" bodied monster truck

• Became a full-time display truck in it's later years

#4 as it looked in the late 1980's.

Ryan and Heather Wehmeyer of Owensville, MO purchased the truck and will be using it as a display vehicle.  We wish them all the best in whatever venture they put this historic BIGFOOT chassis through!

#4 as it looked departing from BIGFOOT headquarters for the final time.

Firestone BIGFOOT Gets A New Look

24 January 2007 - The Firestone-sponsored BIGFOOT #8, driven by Rodney Tweedy, is sporting a new paint job for the 2007 Firestone Dealership Tour. The truck will be appearing a hundreds of Firestone dealers around the country. The new paint job was designed by BIGFOOT painter Randy Lenger.

We are very excited about the new look and are sure the Firestone dealers and all our BIGFOOT fans are going to love it too! Please check back later for pictures of the matching transporter.