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Big Dawg was a Ford Super Duty monster truck owned by Doug Noelke and was driven by Dale Gerding out of Missouri. It is the fourth Big Dawg as Doug had series of show and mud trucks he used the name on.

The truck debuted in 2000 as the first truck for Noelke. The design first being the name, then a bulldog added later on. In 2006 when he built Tailgator, which he would then drive. He then hired Dale Gerding to drive Big Dawg as the teammate to Tailgator.

In 2013, the team debuted Smashosaurus, Big Dawg's alter ego. From then on, the two trucks have swapped on the same chassis, both driven by Gerding. In 2017, the chassis was sold and it became Against the Grain.

Trivia[]

  • The 2003 Hot Wheels release of Big Dawg featured two designs for the dog on the side. It also used an F-150 body instead of a Super Duty like the actual truck, a common thing Hot Wheels did at the time for several trucks.
  • Despite the name being influenced by Doug and Brendas two golden retrievers, a bulldog was used on the truck instead.

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