Belly Dragger Chassis

Wildfire on the "Belly Dragger" chassis.

The "Belly Dragger" chassis is the nickname given to a monster truck chassis that competed from the early 1990's until 2010. Originally the chassis was owned by Tim Tesmer and ran as Carolina Crusher, Hercules, and Gate Keeper. It was then sold to Wildfire Motorsports in 1999, running almost every active name used by the team, then was sold again to Darren Cox to become the chassis for Burnin' Money in 2009. The nickname "belly dragger" comes from the low clearance between the ground and the bottom of the chassis. Despite its tall stance, the chassis was prone to being stuck on buses and other larger obstacles, hence dragging its "belly", due to it being built during a time where monsters trucks were more racing-oriented and not expected to scale large obstacles. The low ground clearance and front-engine design was meant to keep the wheels as low to the ground as possible when racing so to build up the maximum amount of speed. While not the only truck to utilize this design, it is the one most commonly associated with the nickname "belly dragger".

Terminator (left) under Men of Sin City Racing on the "Belly Dragger" chassis.

The chassis as it appears today.

The chassis was used for the following trucks.

• Burnin' Money
• Carolina Crusher (Tesmer)
• Gate Keeper
• Goldberg (Wildfire)
• Hercules
• Hulkster (Wildfire)
• Kane
• Krocodile Hunta
• Stone Cold (Wildfire)
• Terminator (Wildfire)
• Terminator (Men of Sin City)
• Texas Rattlesnake 3:16
• The Rock
• Undertaker (WWF)
• Wildfire

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