Let me know if you read my response in the comments I haven't finished the video yet but it is actually a very intrical part go apart on what happened Between the 2 parties.

I have pics of lebanon valley in 98 with big foot.. I’ll have to look and see if I have any from the home state track, Stafford springs.

The Stafford Springs, CT show I wonder if that's the US Truck Fest Event in August of 98 than I'm not sure that's the last event that Bigfoot ran for Monster Jam. If I'm not mistaken the Atlanta Motor Speedway show which was Sept 11-12 another US Truckfest event that I attended Dan Runte was there with Bigfoot 14 and on Sept 19-20 at the Hagerstown Speedway Sky Hartley was there with Bigfoot 10 sporting the new Super Duty body. I think that's the show where Dennis rolled Grave Digger and ended up packing up and rolled out. If it not mistaken Dennis was pretty ticked off.

Either way the end of 98 would be the last time Monster Jam would book a Team Bigfoot truck. I feel like I've watched this video a hundred times already. It is a great video. 👍 👍

@@DestructionDan I was at the Stafford Springs show in 98, Bigfoot was there.

me too at the astrodome but monster jam is now woke and boring

Me three and loved the shows at the astrodome in the 80's Bigfoot is definitely the king of this sport

Same

@@wickedhouston5538 how is MJ woke?! they're not. they're corporate

Regrettably, those days are now a thing of the past, only alive within our memories. What was once a sport has transformed into merely corporate entertainment.

I wouldn't hold your breath on that. There's still some key individuals who are still at or running Monster Jam since the fallout and it seems like they don't want to deal with Bigfoot. I mean Bigfoot has reached out and made it clear that they were willing to let the past be the past and move forward. Considering the direction that Monster Jam is going I'm kinda glad Bigfoot has gone and done their own thing. I really don't follow Monster Jam

Definitely gotta give respect to Bigfoot, Bob and Jim. Monster Jam wouldn't be where their at if it wasn't for them and some of the early pioneers of this industry.

You can definitely tell that Scott Douglass is a Monster Jam guy. Lol

Ushra was all about sled pulling. Bob showed up to be sideshow and crushed some cars. Bigfoot was first, i believe if i'm remembering correctly Bearfoot was the second. I remember when the competion started where they pulled the sled to the other end of the floor, unhooked turned 90⁰ to go across some cars back towards the start/finish line. Later they became the main attraction and the sled pullers became the side show. I heard that dennis owned/started monster jam. I was watching back where they showed 3/4 of the monster trucks at Gravediggers headquarters. They mentioned how old digger chassis would get rebodied as a different truck so it sounded plausable. Dennis sold merch for two reasons. 1. he was listed as a chevrolet. 80% of the population thats chevy fans would buy merch. 2 Dennis truck would always break. Freestyle originated because they would go thrash to make it run. After the event was over Dennis would come back out drive over whatever was left until it broke again, which in the early days didn't take long. And he was a chevrolet which 80% population seems to like. So largest demographic. But Bigfoot will always be #1 to me.

@@brianadams429 Not sure about Bearfoot being 2nd. I'm sure the first class for the International Monster Truck Hall of Fame should give us a idea of originators.

That's exactly what it is! Feld entertainment wanted all the rights to Bigfoot. Just like Dennis Anderson Tom Meents sold their's. With a lot of other big names.

@@benjamingreever5235 I had read that Grave Digger was jointly owned by Feld and the Anderson family in a sort of partnership.

That is not correct, what was Mentioned in this video is pretty much spot on with the issues in the past and currently.

@@xWORLDxCHAMPIONx Dennis has spoken about the whole situation with his connection with the truck. I wish I could remember that interview. It was quite a while back when he spoke about it.

@@xWORLDxCHAMPIONx Go back and watch Dennis's interview with Dave Despain on Wind Tunnel go to 20:30 in the video.I can post a link to that video.

Nah I wouldn't for monster jam, I'd make a trip to see it tho even tho I drive past the original on the big white rims enough wich is good enough for me lmao

I drove from Massachusetts to NJ to see Snake Bite. 😁

Grave Digger over Bigfoot for life.

@@seankennedy131 Bigfoot over Grave Digger for me. Dennis is a great guy, but I will always be a fan of the original.

@@ajmadonna Back before I had kids if Bigfoot was at a show I would drive out of state to that show. I live in Virginia and I've been to NC, SC, GA FL, PA, OH and etc to attend shows where a Bigfoot truck was gonna be at.

it was also because they had the money to get the same shocks as baja racers and put them in their trucks. when they did that it changed everything in '89 to the point where the truck got banned for a year

I remember having the toy truck and watching the VHS tapes my dad had in the late 90s- early 2000s. My bro had Snake Bite. I miss those days

monster jam is woke and boring

@@wickedhouston5538 shut up. Explain how it is at all boring And you better not say “oh it’s not like the races from the 80s and 90s” because that’s called evolving and becoming better

@@MJJackinator shut up little kid

@@wickedhouston5538 how?

​@@wickedhouston5538people try not to use woke incorrectly challenge (impossible)

Won't happen because of the firestone thing. It just wouldn't look good ,the only truck in a season that doesn't have a blowout being Bigfoot

@@grindelston5968 Basically this. Unless Firestone drop the contract and BKT takes over or either company agree to a Big Foot shaped clause, this is basically what it boils down to.

Bigfoot on those boring tracks, heck no

36 and remember watching Bigfoot on tv. Been a fan ever since. My son who’s 4 is a grave digger, max D fan. I have collected Bigfoot hot wheels cars and he’s like where’s Bigfoot at monster jam? I said I wish he would show up one time buddy. Glad to see monster trucks are still successful either way.

Eh, apples and oranges to some extent. Trucks with over 1000 horsepower that can clear 25 cars in one jump, land, not fall to pieces and not kill their driver certainly have their appeal! However, you are right on the money about the canned nature of the Monster Jam events. What are the stakes when one company owns all the trucks? The straight up head-to-head racing in Monster Jam is like watching paint dry. The freestyle is the only event from that organization worth watching anymore.

Bigfoot still does that, I saw them a couple year ago at Buck Motorsports Park

This.

they might be able to make amends but the problem is Feld aren't fans of letting their truck owners be independently owned which is why we don't see Overkill Evolution on any of their shows anymore and the only indie team still left is all of Jim Koehler's team

@@theunhingedgamer3762 there's other indie teams/drivers on the MJ circuit : Saigon shaker, Kraken, Jester. FELD just makes competing in MJ A. financially not viable B. forced to run those garbage overpriced BKT tires C. forbiding indie teams from selling their merchandise at FELD events. Mikey Vaters and son got tired of FELD's bullshit, the nonstop traveling prefers to run indie promoters

@@theunhingedgamer3762 There’s quite a few teams left although a lot of them left after the Covid Pandemic. The remaining teams are Over Bored Motorsports, Team Throttle Monster, Team Scream, Monster Trucks Ltd. (Stone Crusher/Hooked), Tomfoolery Motorsports ( Jester. Kraken), Hall bros racing, Saigon Shaker, Wasted Nites, Bad Company & Blown Money, and MK Motorsports( Get er Done II & Get er Done original)

@@dawhiteman1451 can't forget Bad News Travels Fast, Brandon ran a few shows this season too.

@@tylerwicklander7966 he does but I’m not sure if he’s competing with them next year

Larry Was actually there because he had just left a left a video shoot in California so he stopped on his way through. But there was rumors bigfoot was going to be at the 25th anniversary of monster jam but that fell through.

Monster Jam does in fact have a points series currently and has had one for the past 7 years. They also have crush cars, albeit in a very reduced role, and their racing is in fact legitimate, albeit not like the racing of old. The closest monster trucks came to "WWF racing" I'd say was Monster Trux 2000. Either way, you're right in that, however Monster Jam has chosen to give exposure to monster truck racing, they've kept it in the public eye in a prominent way.

@@californiamonstertrucks4655 no I'm talking about, one grave digger , the one you see is the one you get. Not 10 that tour simultaneously. ...serious racing not this "entertainment" racing. I'm mean come on dirt jumps.?? Not 80's style racing.

The best racing was 88-the mid 90’s. TNT and Penda no doubt. I even loved the ProMT as well. If NASCAR and NHRA can be successful for all these years then I’m sure Monster Trucks could have been as well.

@@waynenorbreyjr9371 Amen

Lets not forget about the MLMT series, that series was awesome and I really enjoyed it and wished it had continued. Thank goodness for UKposts! Love going back and rewatching all of those series and races.

Darron would absolutely dominate in Monster Jam. I saw him in york haven this year.

@@DiecastBlazeOfficial The newest driver Eric Steinburg would be phenomenal as well. He runs the trucks a little bit harder than the other drivers, but doesn’t seem to tear up the trucks. Eric reminds me of Larry Swim a little bit, minus all of the damage.

calm down fanboy

@@theunhingedgamer3762 Lol, I don't need to calm down. I'm totally calm.

Don't forget crybaby Gary Porter lol

I still til this day enjoy watching the old TNT days. I watch that and the Penda Series more than any thing else. I do watch quite a bit of the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live shows.

You’re exactly right!

Best compliment I've gotten in a while.

I only found this channel today. After one video (the milestone motorsport one) I subbed. I hope he gets big. A lot of information in the comments too so I'm guessing this is a true connesur channel

I wouldn't be surprised if WWF got the Undertaker idea from Gravedigger, which predates the wrestling character by about 8 years.

I can’t wait to hear where there first stadium shows gonna be at cause I just might have to make a special trip to that event.

TruckWorld wasn't specific about who defeated who, as it was a multi-day event so it's entirely possible that Lyle in Blue Thunder could have defeated Bigfoot. Bigfoot's official release regarding the event gave a general summary that Dan Runte didn't have any problems defeating the Monster Jam trucks, but I haven't seen any official results. There is video of the events circulating but I didn't have it off hand and didn't feel it was 100% necessary to include.

@@californiamonstertrucks4655 I friend who I use to race rc Monster Trucks with back in the late 90's through early 2000's was at that event and I'm sure he could shed some light on what actually happened. He lives in Michigan still I think and I know back then he did. I haven't seen or spoken with him in a long time, but if anyone knows Dan Wyatt he could tell you more about that event.

Not much is known about it because it was a tiny fairground event just commemoring the Ford anniversary. It was the last time they competed together but since it was such a little show back then there were little to no accounts of it.

@@DiecastBlazeOfficial Anyone who was lucky enough to attend that event would know what actually happened. I only know of one person who was at that event.

I think that should be the topic of another video, because it's quite a similar case to Monster Jam's "Ultimate Freestyle Spectacular", which Jack already made a video on. A seemingly groundbreaking once-in-a-lifetime show to commemorate a full century of the Ford Motor Company, faded into obscurity, with very low media preservation and unconfirmed results.

Can’t say that I don’t blame Bob for saying what he said. Bigfoot was worth quite a bit back then and considering the kind of revenue they were generating.

Not saying this just as passionate Digger fan but Anderson did not sell out. Truly selling out would be entirely focusing on Monetary gain and not caring about the fanbase or the enjoyment of the sport. Selling out is very different. Dennis was not a wealthy guy at all starting out. Apparently, his house costed 20,000 and the first engine for Digger was 40,000. There were many shows where he wouldn't have enough money to get home so he sold t shirts to get just enough to travel back to North Carolina. He has always loved the fanbase and his goal every night was to put on a good show. He was actually the first to pioneer freestyle events in Monster Jam. He was never in it to get rich, quite the opposite he just loved doing it. Grave Digger will always belong to the Anderson family. Yes Feld does own the rights to all trucks currently but the Andersons can easily pull the plug and they make the decisions regarding its design and usage. Dennis is a super nice normal guy who loves his family and fans as well as all his kids who drive Diggers too. I remember fondly his son Ryan creator of Sun Uva Digger that's also just as cool during the World Finals one year after giving it his all and winning Freestyle and racing with tears welling up in his eyes We would not be here without you fans those who spend their hard earned money to see this show and I would not leave tonight without giving it my all and making it worth it. This show these trucks belong to the fans just as much. To this day all the Digger drivers have always had the most heart and passion you feel it, it hits different for me personally. If Bob Chandler wanted to keep things independent and small that's fine its his prerogative. He was very obsessive about figures and tunning using advanced technology which many frowned upon. It can be argued that using computers to build a truck for you would be selling out. While someone with less money and tech could build a truck and beat you. Chandler was reluctant to expand and grow as a sport and monetize Bigfoot he preferred to sell merchandise independently. This can be very difficult because its harder to draw attention to it. The bigger Monster Jam got the smaller Bigfoot got. Its curious why Bob joined Monster jam at all if he was reluctant to the obvious inevitable growth it was going to have. He turned around and got mad at them for wanting to grow the sport while being reluctant to growing with it. Innovation and growth does not mean selling out. To me Grave Digger innovated the sport and pushed boundaries to new heights and still continues to grow. Its become a sport that travels the world bringing the joy of it to fans globally. Dennis never sold out he just saw an opportunity to make the sport more than it was...that is Innovation.

@@liamscorgie8859 Yes, Feld owns it. That means he sold the brand out to them. I know his back story and it’s really cool. I’m not mad at Dennis Anderson, would love to meet him someday. A guy who made it living his dream. Have to appreciate that. What bothered me about the buyout is during the interviews he made it sound like you were supporting him as the little guy when really you were supporting the corporate truck. I feel like that was intentional but I don’t know for sure. Could just be my interpretation of it. I’m a round about way you are supporting him but it’s different then supporting the little guy who is really scratching and clawing trying to make it. Meanwhile monster jam not allowing the independents at the show sell merch so they can push more of the corporate owned merch. Slimy. Will always have fond memories of the black and green wrecking machine but if I’m buying merch it’s going to be from an independent that’s out here making his dream happen. Dennis is fine but he made it to the mountain top. As fans let’s pull up the guys who are still climbing. Really hope they worked out a deal to let independents sell merch at monster jam shows.

@@liamscorgie8859 Monster Jam is bush league! Not even a real competition since they own all the trucks. How can you "compete" against yourself?? If I sell tickets for a checkers match where I play both the red and the black checkers, would anybody pay to see that? Heck no! Why anybody goes to a MJ show is beyond me. All it is is an exhibition/demonstration. Fine if you just want a look at the trucks, but it's not a competition. Thankfully Bigfoot didn't sell out. Anderson, however, is the very definition of a sellout. Allowing a corporate entity to buy the rights to your creation is 100% selling out. Spin it any way you want, but all you're doing is putting lipstick on a pig. At least Bigfoot is still free to COMPETE against other non-sellout teams.

Monster Jam is bush league! Not even a real competition since they own all the trucks. How can you "compete" against yourself?? If I sell tickets for a checkers match where I play both the red and the black checkers, would anybody want to see that? Heck no! Why anybody goes to a MJ show is beyond me. All it is is an exhibition/demonstration. Fine if you just want a look at the trucks, but it's not a competition. Hardly THE big show!

Never mind, I think I figured it out. The song at the beginning was from a classic windows video game, Monster Truck Madness. Would love to see this series come back to modern platforms: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/h6qkqIyliGyA2Jc.htmlsi=AS6ZkYOv1zC4LXWf