On April 19th 1991, the BIGFOOT team debuted the first 3-D character-bodied monster truck, “Snake Bite®”. Snake Bite featured a custom fiberglass front end that was shaped to look like a menacing snake. This afforded the BIGFOOT team the opportunity to campaign multiple vehicles at an event without using two identical-looking vehicles. The fanged monster also proved to be a merchandising powerhouse. Since the inception of Snake Bite, dozens of monster truck teams have copied the idea and developed 3-D bodies of their own.

In 2026, Snakebite celebrates their 35th Anniversary!

These are some of the different looks that Snakebite has had over the years.

This is Fred Reep's newly restored Bigfoot #4 with his Snakebite body on it.

35th Anniversary Snakebite made an appearance at one Hot Wheels show in 2026

Click here to visit Snakebite on Facebook

Click here to see the new 35th Anniversary Snakebite body being painted.

Danny Maass listed some of these drivers on Facebook:

Colt Cobra was Gene Patterson

Ricky Rattler was Dan runte

Sid Sidewinder was Rodney tweedy

Mikey Mamba was Mike Miller

Vinny Venom was Josh Gibson

Andy Anaconda was AJ Straarmann

Lil Petey Python was Josh Gibson

Kris Kopperhead was Christian Norman

Vic Venom was Rick Long (not listed on image)

Sam Slither - Unknown driver

Victor E. Viper- 2026 driver

This video shows the 1991 debut of the Snakebite body (on Bigfoot #4) at the 6th Annual 4 Wheel and Off Road Jamboree Nationals at the Memphis Motorsports Park, Memphis TN, which was the first show of of the newly formed Penda points series.