From the "Monster Trucks in the 1980s" series comes this special edition video... see all your favourite monster trucks from the '80s in their original sound.
Grave Digger (Dennis Anderson) and Samson (Dan Patrick) performing a dual freestyle run at the 1999 New Orleans, Louisiana Monster Jam. This is the location of the famous Grave Digger crash, in which the truck launched off of the concrete divider in the centre of the track, causing it to flip into the end of one of the junk car sets.
Here's a video I put together, featuring video of various monster trucks from the 1980s.
Notice - Due to copyright issues, the song previously in this video, "Rock You Like A Hurricane," by the Scorpions, has been replaced with "Sermon" - Drowning Pool, via the YouTube AudioSwap feature.
A collection of some of the best monster truck crashes, wrecks, and rollovers from the 1980s and early 1990s.
Music:
"O Fortuna" - Carl Orff
"Harvester of Sorrow" - Metallica
"The Distance" - FirstCom Music
Here's another movie I created, featuring video clips of monster trucks in the 1980s.
Notice: Due to copyright issues with the original song, the music in this video has been replaced with "Bullets," by Creed.
This is the final round race from the Canfield, Ohio PENDA Monster Truck event, from TNN's "Trucks & Tractor Power."
Bearfoot (Fred Schafer)
vs.
WCW Stinger (Eric Meagher)
In the late-1980s, a new type of vehicle entered monster truck events, the monster tank. These vehicles are typically military tanks or personnel carriers, upgraded with bigger engines & street-vehicle bodies. This is a compilation featuring some of the best of the monster tanks.
Music: "Are You Ready" - AC/DC
Another compilation from back in the days when monster trucks ran full-steel bodies & leaf springs... Monster Trucks in the 1980s - Part 6
Music: "Back in the Day" - Megadeth
A compilation of some of the wildest crashes, wrecks, and rollovers from the PENDA Monster Truck Racing Series.
Music:
"Survival of the Sickest" - Saliva
Blacksmith (Pablo Huffaker) racing Blue Thunder (Lyle Hancock) in the second round of competition at the Monster Jam World Finals 2, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pablo finished this race with a wild cartwheel-flip, landing on top of the wall at the end of the track.
Hot Stuff (Jeff Bainter) takes on Predator (Alan Pezo) in the final round of competition at the 1988 USHRA "Battle of the Monster Trucks" event in the Pontiac Silverdome.
Part 7 of the Monster Trucks in the 1980s series... more footage of monster trucks racing, crushing, and crashing in the 1980s.
Music: "We Will Rock You" - Warrant
Part 8 of the "Monster Trucks in the 1980s" series, highlighting old school & classic monster truck competition.
Music:
"It's A Long Way To The Top" - AC/DC
The ninth addition to the "Monster Trucks in the 1980s" series, featuring more car crushes, races, and crashes from the decade that saw a great amount of evolution in the sport.
Music: "Movin' On" - Missouri