World-Record Monster Truck Practice Jump Foiled By Gravity

Joe Sylvester, 26, wants to break the 202-foot long jump record for monster trucks set by Bigfoot in 1999. On Tuesday, he took a practice jump of half the distance, but generated about twice the altitude he needed. Gravity sucks.

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Jalopnik Poll: If Dio Were a Car...

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On the occasion of the under-a-different name reunion of the second-best Black Sabbath line up ever (Dio, Iommi, Butler and Ward), we thought we'd offer up a question of great import. If Ronnie James Dio, diminutive man of metal — and true bearer of the genre's flame — were to have an automobile created in his image,…

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Bigfoot the Fourteenth: King of Monster Trucks?

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The 14th and latest incarnation of the legendary Bigfoot isn't owned by Bob Chandler, the O.G. monster truck guru who kickstarted the genre 30 years ago. It's the property of one Dave Harkey, who does 35 shows a year, driving his own rig and often working on the truck alone. A former circle track racer, Harkey's truck …

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Bigfoot Waves Farewell to His Twenties

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Quote the Wrestleman: "Strong Bad doesn't sell out to anybody, man. No matter how monstrous their truck show may or may not be." And neither did Bob Chandler: even our Playskool toy Bigfoot was admirably torquey. Hard to believe but it's been 30 years since Bigfoot's genesis. St. Louis-based Chandler got the bug for…

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