The Ford 100 Anniversary Event was held in 2003 in Dearborn, Michigan with both PACE and Bigfoot trucks appearing. Dan Runte and Bigfoot 14 won racing. The event lasted a whole week, but the trucks ran for 5 days, 2.5 hours each day. The event was from June 12-16th, 2003 according to a to Truckworld.com article about the event. This is the final event for Lyle Hancock in Blue Thunder as he was let go from Monster Jam just days after the event. This event was also the earliest known appearance of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles truck, though it did not compete.
Lineup[]
- Bigfoot 14 - Dan Runte
- Madusa - Madusa
- Power Forward - Chad Fortune
- Blue Thunder #1 - Tony Farrell
- Blue Thunder #2 - Lyle Hancock
Non-competing trucks[]
Trivia[]
- This show is considered to be the last USHRA-ran show that the Bigfoot team ran in.
- This was Lyle Hancock's final Monster Jam event before he was let go.
- There was controversy when Bob Chandler took the Ford family over to the Monster Jam trucks and showed them the Chevrolet motors that were being run in those trucks, angering many of the die hard Ford fans, because the requirements were for all trucks to have both Ford bodies and Ford engines for the show.
- On the Sunday show, Tony Farrell in Blue Thunder, and Madusa both rolled over. https://web.archive.org/web/20030812001232/http://www.ushra.com/photos/photogallery.php?eventID=2301724
- This was the earliest known appearance of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles truck, though it did not compete.
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Bigfoot 14 at the 2003 Ford 100th Anniversary USHRA sanctioned event driven by Dan Runte.
Bigfoot 14 at the 2003 Ford 100th Anniversary USHRA sanctioned event.
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Blue Thunder (Lyle) ,
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Bigfoot 8 photo by Eli Mann.
Bigfoot 1 on the track. Photo by Eli Mann.
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Bigfoot 14 with a flat tire.
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The two Blue Thunder race trucks.
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An aerial shot of the event.
Bigfoot 8 photo by Eli Mann.
Bigfoot Cruiser street truck, Bigfoot "Cyclone" street truck, and Bigfoot 1 photo by Eli Mann.
Bigfoot 8 & 2 pics of Bigfoot 14. Photo by Eli Mann.
Bigfoot "Cruiser" street truck with Bob Chandler sitting inside it. Photo by Eli Mann.
Bigfoot 1. Photo by Eli Mann.
Bigfoot 14. Photo by Eli Mann.
Bigfoot 1. Photo by Eli Mann.
Bigfoot "Cyclone" street truck. Photo by Eli Mann.
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Video of Bigfoot can be found @3:39 seconds.
