The monster truck era had begun and Bigfoot would go on to become the most famous and influential monster truck in history. A motorsports promoter saw a videotape of the feat and asked Chandler to perform the stunt again in front of a live audience. Chandler placed two beat-up junker cars in a field and ran them over with Bigfoot. It quickly became a fan favorite and in 2003, it raced in its first-ever Monster Jam World Finals. Local promoters began paying Chandler to bring his attention-grabbing Bigfoot truck to their events, and in 1981, he invented a gimmick that would start an entertainment revolution and become the calling card of monster truck events forever. In the late 1970s, Chandler painted his nickname "Bigfoot" on the side of his modified 1974 Ford F-250, which the bigger-better-badder-obsessed truck fiend and four-wheel-drive shop owner had souped-up with outsized axles and tires. Tim DeFrisco / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Getty Images North America / Getty Images CCīob Chandler is considered the godfather of monster trucks.
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