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Inferno was a monster truck owned by FELD Motorsports. Originally debuting in 2001 as the successor to WCW Nitro Machine, the truck was driven by many drivers and went through multiple paint schemes over the course of its career.

History[]

  • 2001 - Inferno debuts on October 20, 2001 at a supercross event in France with Chad Fortune behind the wheel. At the time of its debut, the truck would run without the logo, therefore the truck presumably had no official name yet.
  • 2002 - Inferno enters its first full year of competition with Kathy Winston driving and the truck gains its logo. Both Kathy and Inferno would later make their television debut in Houston. This, however, also turns out to be Inferno's one and only television appearance in the United States. It later appears in the first official international Monster Jam event in Paris, France.
  • 2003 - Kathy begins driving the new truck SoBe and her husband, Bryan Winston, takes over the driving duties for Inferno. Both trucks would tour together for a majority of the season, while Inferno would later be used in World Finals IV as part of the VIP driving experience.
  • 2004 - Bryan moves to Monster Mutt, leaving Inferno without a driver for the season. It would end up only running twice that season, first with John Seasock in San Antonio, where the truck rolls over and damages its body which is later deemed irreparable. Afterwards, Inferno would run a simple yellow body in Cincinnati with Fletcher Lewis driving. It would later be displayed at World Finals V.
  • 2005 - Fletcher takes over the driving duties full time as Inferno's body is completed with the addition dark red tribal flame patterns on the side panels, touring with Jason Childress and Bulldozer. The truck would later be used at World Finals VI as part of the VIP driving experience, but without the body. Following the World Finals, Inferno would begin competing exclusively in the European Tour, where it would receive a brand-new body and design in the form of a Ford F-150 with a black paintjob and white, yellow and orange flames. This design would make its first appearance at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Netherlands with Alx Danielsson driving. Chad Tingler would drive it in Stockholm for the Friday show.
  • 2006 - Inferno competes exclusively in the European Tour under John Seasock. The truck is ran on its original chassis, which had been used for Courtney Jolly's Pastrana 199 throughout the winter season. The truck, which is Courtney's Pastrana 199 body rewrapped, originally runs as Hot Wheels at the start of the tour but is converted into Inferno for the vast majority of shows afterwards, with the decals being removed and an Inferno bed cover being placed on. Thus, Inferno sports the blue flames of the Hot Wheels truck. It runs its final event in Stockholm, Sweden on November 12, with its chassis being retired as the year ends.
  • 2012 - After six years of absence, Inferno would make a one-off return in 2012, complete with an all new Cadillac Escalade bodystyle, paint scheme and chassis (which was originally Becky's El Toro Loco). The truck made an exclusive appearance at Monster Jam's inaugural show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on June 16 driven by Frank Krmel, where it would be used in an encore alongside the FDNY truck. Since then, Inferno has been retired once again.

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Trivia[]

  • Inferno's original chassis was originally Grave Digger III.
  • A Hot Wheels 1:64 scale diecast of Inferno was planned to be released in 2003 but was cancelled and replaced by Flashfire. This was due to controversy regarding the name "Inferno" and the September 11 attacks.
  • While the original 2003 Hot Wheels release of Inferno was canceled, a prototype surfaced on eBay in 2015, which was purchased by Brian Z. Patton. Six years after the prototype's discovery, seven more FEP samples of Inferno were discovered to be owned by a private collector on Reddit.
  • The redesigned Inferno for 2012 featured a flamethrower at the rear end of the truck.
  • Unlike most trucks, Inferno's driver seat was mounted on the left side of the cab, similar to a Meents chassis.
  • Though Inferno only notched up one 'official' television appearance in the United States, it also appeared in two international-exclusive broadcasts, these being Paris 2002 and Antwerp 2006 in France and Belgium respectively.

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