S1 Ep129: Monster Trucks Took Project Cars To The Extreme
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Giant vehicles crushing rows upon rows of junker cars in a massive, dirt-filled arena packed to the gills with screaming fans of all ages. Today on Past Gas… MONSTER TRUCKS! From USA-1 to Gravedigger, what are the craziest monster trucks ever? What were the big rivalries in the sport? Who were the monstrous innovators who brought these Frankensteinian creations to life? Buckle up, slap on that helmet, and let’s talk about the Bigfoot in the room -- monster trucks!
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| 0:13.6 | then sweaty armpits because like you're wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps |
| 0:17.9 | and heath and you get to the top and you're like and then you can see the breath |
| 0:21.6 | but then your nose is still freezing to touch. |
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| 1:34.2 | Sunday Sunday Sunday. What does that make you think of? |
| 1:39.2 | If you said giant vehicles crushing rows upon rows of junker cars and a massive dirt-filled |
| 1:45.0 | arena packed to the gills with screaming fans of all ages then you'd be right. Flashback to 1988 |
| 1:51.8 | after a grueling months-long season in the first professional racing series in Monster Truck |
| 1:57.1 | history it had all come down to one final race. This was it. Big virt. Big virt. One. |
| 2:07.1 | This was it. Big virt. Oh. All right. This was it. Big virt versus USA 1. Two of the most well-known |
| 2:19.2 | trucks ever. Weighted at the starting line to determine who would become the first champion |
| 2:24.1 | in history of the sport. Would it be Bob Chandler, the living legend and de facto inventor of the |
| 2:29.6 | Monster Truck with his Ford built Bigfoot or would it be Everett Jasmer, a lifelong friend of Bob's |
| 2:36.2 | whose Chevy built USA 1 always seemed to play second fiddle to the foot of big. |
| 2:41.6 | The state was set for an epic showdown, a decade in the making. But this nationally televised |
| 2:50.0 | event was miles away from where it all started. When Bob Chandler started souping up his Ford F250 |
| 2:55.7 | in 1974 to promote his auto shop he had no idea that his hobby would spawn a billion dollar |
| 3:02.0 | industry, enjoyed by over four million global spectators every year. So buckle up. Put on your |
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