2014

BIGFOOT 50x50 Day 11, 2014: “Spooktacular”

On the eve of their 40th Anniversary, BIGFOOT was Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the incomparable, Dan Runte, who would win his third consecutive Toughest Monster Truck Tour Championship with Summit 18. And later in the year, would go on to win the Charlotte Back to School Bash Racing Championship. Eric Tack would return to drive on the Monster Nationals series with Lucas Oil BIGFOOT 14 while Larry Swim, Darron Schnell and Kevin Koszala would be competing for the Monster X Championship in Summit 19, Vi-COR 15, and Firestone 11, respectively. In the end, Larry would be the one to take the Monster X Championship, his fourth as a BIGFOOT driver.
 
On April 26, Dan Runte and Summit 18 would join Larry Swim and the new Trick Flow Specialties BIGFOOT 19 down at Atlanta Motor Speedway for a weekend of freestyle performances and displays at the Summit Racing Equipment Atlanta Motorama. And in the middle of the year J.R. Adams would make his way over to The UK with BIGFOOT 10 to join the Truckfest tour with Nigel Morris and Lucas Oil BIGFOOT 17. J.R. would even make his way to places like Poland, performing at Stadium Cracovia, under the Monster X banner.
 
On October 11, BIGFOOT hosted their 8th annual open house. This time, in Granite City, Illinois at Tri-City Speedway. The weather rained out the use of the track's infield, but BIGFOOT and Tri-City staff were able to set up an area in the parking lot to get down and muddy for the Open House Spooktacular. BIGFOOT boasted a roster of seven trucks at the event, including BIGFOOTs 1 and 5, and Darron Schnell sporting a Vi-COR "FrankenBessie" body on 15 for the event. Other drivers and trucks competing in all of the BIGFOOT versus BIGFOOT events included Kevin Koszala in Odyssey 11, Josh Gibson in V-COR TruMax 14, Dan Runte in Summit 18 and Larry Swim in Firestone 19. Gibson would win the wheelie contest, Swim would win freestyle, and Runte would win racing.
 
In November, veteran, and one of the most beloved BIGFOOT drivers, Andy Brass would be inducted into the International Monster Truck Museum & Hall of Fame. The four-time champion would be inducted alongside Virginia Giant’s Diehl Wilson, Mad Dog’s Jon Breen, Black Stallion’s Mike Vaters, and Blue Thunder's Kirk Dabney.