Samson

Samson I was built in 1980's and was later sold to Dan Patrick in 1988, who specializes in chassis building. Patrick is famous for building the PEI chassis. Dan later rebuilt Samson and it has undergone several paint job changes throughout its years. In 2013, Dan Patrick retired from driving and his daughter, Allison, now drives Samson. Their company/race team, PEI, is based out Circleville, Ohio. Samson is featured in Monster Truck Madness 2 and Monster Truck Madness 64.

History
1988- Samson I is bought.

1990's- Samson competes under Dan Patrick in the PENDA Points Series. Samson sponsored the TV show American Gladiators for a short time.

1996- Samson has a huge crash, putting Dan Patrick in Dungeon of Doom (with the samson name) Samson is finished with repairs.

1998- Samson begins to compete in Monster Jam.

1999- Samson is featured in Monster Truck Madness 64.

2005- New Samson/Hulk monster truck debuts.

2007- One Samson is sold to a park to be on display with Bigfoot 5.

2009- Another Samson is sent to compete in Australia.

2010- Samson competes on the Monster Jam Freestyle Mania tour until 2011.

2013- Dan Patrick retires from driving and lets his daughter,Allison drive the truck.

2013- Samson begins to compete in Monster Truck Showdown.

2015- Rick Steffens drive Samson.

Accident
In 2009, Samson was involved in an accident that caused the death of announcer George Eisenhart after he accidentally stepped in front of Samson while it was moving. He was taken to a nearby hospital and the show was stopped after the incident. The next day's show, scheduled for a Sunday Afternoon, was cancelled as well (despite the fact that the show 8 days earlier, involving Natural High's incident, as well as it's subsequent shows, continued). Due to the fact that the accident was graphic, and the fact it happened only 8 days after Natural High's accident, Monster Trucks shows were given more specific rules, and it even led to the censoring of Captain's Curse's major crash during World Finals 10 a month later.