Tropical Thunder

Tropical Thunder is a Chevy Silverado monster truck as part of Dan Radoni's Patriot racing team since 20

08. The truck has gone through many changes since its inception in 1991.

History

 * 1990- Wayne Smozanek buys Dave Wicezorik's Nite Life II truck
 * 1991- Wayne paints the truck and names it Tropical Thunder


 * 1992- Wayne builds a brand new Tropical Thunder
 * 1994- Tropical Thunder I is sold to England and ran as Miami Thunder
 * 1995- Tropical Thunder II ends
 * 2000- Guy Wood brings back the Tropical Thunder name and starts driving it with Bulldozer
 * 2003- Tropical Thunder III is sold to Australia
 * 2006- Dan Rodoni Buys Tropical Thunder name with Phil Foster (of Tom Meents fame) behind the wheel
 * 2010- Phil Foster retires
 * 2011- Andrew Peckham drives the truck full time


 * 2011- Tropical Thunder becomes M2D Camo Thunder
 * 2013- The truck debuts a new scheme and takes the old Patriot chassis
 * 2015- The name is shelved for the winter as Dan drives El Toro Loco and Andrew drives The Patriot