Snake Bite is a custom body monster truck from Bigfoot 4X4 and is known as the first 3D body monster truck making its debut in 1991 with the driver being "Colt Cobra". Since then a multitude of drivers have driven this machine and have collected plenty of wins under this truck. In 2017, Vinny Venom drove his truck to the 2017 Toughest Monster Truck Tour Championship. Snake Bite is a playable truck in Monster Truck Madness, Monster Truck Madness 2, Monster Truck Madness 64 and Monster Truck Destruction. The truck is currently being driven by Kris Kopperhead on the Bigfoot 18 chassis and by Andy Anoconda on the Bigfoot 15 chassis, with Sid Sidewinder occasionally driving.
Incidents[]
1991 shed crash[]
Snake Bite was involved in a famous crash in 1991 in Union Grove Wisconsin, where the truck, being driven by Colt Cobra and racing against Fred Shafer in Bear Foot in round 1, jumped the "hydra barriers" (plastic units filled with water: water could even be seen splashing out during the collision) and crashed into a concessions stand shed in a nearby parking lot. The shed was completely destroyed, but thankfully no people were inside it at the time of the crash, so nobody was injured. On the other hand, a 2,000lbs industrial freezer, which was inside the shed, was destroyed in the crash, left out in full view partially crushed by the front tires from the truck's resting position, where the truck was left throughout the rest of the show. It was determined that interference from a CB radio had blocked the Remote Ignition Interrupter (RII) from transmitting correctly and shutting off the runaway truck. The MTRA acted quickly and that problem was resolved.
Wildwood 2016 incident[]
During the semi-final round of the Saturday night event in Wildwood NJ in 2016 the truck suffered a devastating wreck while racing against Red Solo Truck. As the two trucks came across the finish jump they collided and both went tumbling down the truck[1]. Vinny jumped out of the truck to check on Brandon Budd, they were both okay, with Red Solo Truck even returning for the finals. The chassis suffered severe damage and had to be sent to Concussion Motorsports to be rebuilt. The Snake Bite body returned to the Bigfoot 15 chassis (which it ran on during first quarter) for the remainder of the year.
Trivia[]
- The truck was originally going to be called Nemesisss but for unknown reasons it was changed to Snake Bite.
- The truck's drivers are regular Bigfoot drivers using pseudonyms that follow the snake theme of the truck. They include "Colt Cobra" (actually Gene Patterson) Ricky Rattler (Dan Runte), Petey Python, Vinny Venom, Andy Anoconda and Kris Kopperhead.
- In its early years, audiences were encouraged to boo Snake Bite as it was meant as an "evil" truck as part of a scripted "rivalry" between it and Bigfoot. This practice was later dropped after it was established Snake Bite was part of the Bigfoot team, however the "rivalry" between the two trucks has not been officially dropped.
- The truck was featured in There Goes a Monster Truck (1995) driven by Colt Cobra (Gene Patterson) in Salt Lake City.
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