Paula Harbuck

Paula Harbuck was a temporary driver for Bearfoot and is believed to be the driver to create the very first monster truck crash. During a show one night, she asked her friend, Fred Shafer, if she could drive the truck to crush cars. As she jumped the cars, Bearfoot went straight up into the air, before falling backwards and onto its side. Because this was the first ever rollover and nobody had ever known such a situation could even happen until now, the truck was not designed with crashes in mind, so it took several minutes to get the driver out of the truck. Finally, the crew standing by was able to get Harbuck out of the truck un-injured.