Thunder Chicken was a Ford Ranger monster truck owned by Mike Harper out of Texas, driven by Alex Bardin, and is based off the original truck, Thunder Chicken from the 1980's TNT era. This was Harper's second revived monster truck, with the first being Outlaw.
History[]
- 2015 - Thunder Chicken debuted at the Monster Jam World Finals 16 Pit Party, and ran a Ford body, opposed to the original's Chevrolet body.
- 2017 - The truck debuted a new sponsorship body run on a few shows.
- 2018 - The original chassis was converted into The Sheriff. Thunder Chicken then received a new rollcage being the former XXX chassis, recently acquired by Harper. An all new black body was also debuted.
- 2019 - The truck becomes El Oso Loco and Thunder Chicken was retired.
- 2022 - Freedom Racing would run Unnamed & Untamed as their own version of Thunder Chicken starting at the TNT Motorsports: Unfinished Business event. It would driven by Charlie Rarig and later Juan Muñoz.
Gallery[]
The truck shooting feathers from the rear.
Sponsored by Performance Plus.
Circa 2022 (on Unnamed & Untamed).
The aftermath after the event.
