Great Monster Truck Races of the 80s and 90s Part 1

This is part one of the four part series called Great Monster Truck Races of the 80s and 90s. This one focuses on some of the great and a few not so great early Monster Truck races of the mid to late 1980s

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

As much as I like going to modern monster truck shows, nothing beats watching the early days of the sport, when they were using actual truck bodies instead of cages covered in fiberglass panels.

[@Nascarboi22]

I agree

[@TripDaly_AndiTripDaily]

Just like nascar

[@EricNoneless]

@@TripDaly_AndiTripDaily but at least in Nascar it's not cars with the shape of a fkn dinosaur

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

Eh, I thought the 2000s and early 2010s were better.

[@crimsontide1980]

I still enjoy monster trucks but youre right, its not the same. I love the actual sheet metal bodies, the fiberglass im sure is easier to swap out as it gets damaged but doesnt look as good. Also miss the old racing format

[@antoniodiego9357]

I’m 50 years old. I absolutely remember watching these races when I was a kid and just loved it. Watching this footage now and the best part about it is seeing monster trucks when they were still trucks.

[@birwatihorhe9033]

Absolutely with u

[@20irishman]

This was my childhood. Just amazing

[@mikewilson2939]

Such a shame monster jam ruined it.

[@veronicawest3749]

The good ole days !! who the hell can give this a thumbs down...

[@bigrig4630]

I love these old monster truck videos. So AWESOME.

[@SoundwaveX7]

Thank you for sharing these great monster truck racing moments from the good old days.

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SoundwaveX7]

@@13thmafiaracing69 Nothing will ever top the monster truck racing like the 80's and 90's.

[@user-ux4nz5ys1z]

Türkiyeden selamlar çok teşekkürler ederim çocukluma geri döndüm güzel yıllardı

[@ericthiel4053]

Remember watching these on Saturday afternoons in Florida. After cartoons all morning, it was monster trucks till about 3pm lol. So grateful that I got to grow up in the 80s and 90s.

[@bustyrandit]

THIS IS AWESOME !!! Not having cable growing up in the 80s, I missed a lot of this vintage M/T action. I look forward to the next clips. Thanks so much for posting.

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Stay tuned to my channel the next 3 days three more parts will be coming out 6:00 tomorrow 4:00 Saturday and 2:00 Sunday

[@jeffbamford805]

Jeez they look so slow back then .

[@MrTamiya89]

@@jeffbamford805. Play It On 2x Speed Then. 🤷‍♂️.

[@pieluvr7362]

Even having cable markets like mine were reruns so stuf is new to see but either way it's great to see thanks for uploading 👍🏽

[@privateprivate1865]

I watched them on regular tv on sundays back in the 80s. Maybe they were reruns or something? I only had basic cable for about a year. My dad never paid his bills. He just kept getting new accounts in other peoples names ad often as he could

[@audiosoil1]

Man you wanna talk about the golden age of the NHRA! This was my childhood! I remember all these races and went with my father to witness this greatness! Real steel bodied trucks smashing the cars! We NEED to get a rennaisance of the tanks for real!! WTF happened to all the tanks?!

[@brianchong4134]

Boss' run at 1h 10min was incredible for truck of that era. Awesome footage. I remember a lot of these.

[@thedudeEatz]

My Dad recorded a lot of Monster Trucks on VHS When I was growing up. He used them as a baby sitting tool lol! I watched those tapes over and over again until they wore out. Great to be able to watch on my Phone now! Thank you :)

[@JDilla2285]

I did too. My dad did the samething. My fondest memory of my childhood

[@AltosArmedForces]

Are you not able to recover at least some of the footage!

[@SlickWilly79]

Thumbs up if you think the Firestones were cooler than the Goodyears

[@madebychurchill1933]

Grave digger grave digger grave digger Got me dying 💀

[@DIMEBAGDARYL79]

this was awesome...i love the styling of these older trucks crushing actual cars..the golden age of monster trucks

[@cool3865]

its funny because its both the beginning and the golden age at the same time

[@DrFoo11]

All the trucks I grew up watching, this is great! I laughed out loud when I saw the driver of Leadfoot get out and he's just wearing a flannel shirt and jeans, and Hot Stuff didn't have doors! 🤣 Winning first, have fun second, safety third!

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Make sure and check out volumes two three and four and thanks for the view

[@briantomcollins]

I miss this. When they started to have floppy ears and tails, i started losing intrest. Seeing these beautiful old trucks was such a big part of it for me.

[@ericthiel4053]

Yeah it started to be more of an "entertainment production" aimed at kids more than an actual sport. The races are tame and tricks are limited. The days of open qualifiers and home builds are over. The best part was seeing what guys were building and bringing in. All the trucks are basically the same truck with diffrent cosmetics now.

[@FlyinRaptorJesus]

​@@ericthiel4053just like Nascar

[@briantomcollins]

Born in 81', this was a great rip down memory lane. Nothing like stinking like exhaust for 3 days after seeing a show...

[@garrywitcomb2334]

Saturday mornings were made of this !!! ITV World of Sport had some class Motorsports !!! We didnt get much footage in England back then,but when we did,it was awsome !!! Remember it well,thanks for posting 😆😆😆😆

[@Brian-sh2gi]

The Gravedigger team is something special.

[@michaelsteele5019]

I Used to sit in front of the tv every christmas ,i live in the uk so when this was aired in Usa we only got to see one show every year!Classic Trucks Built by the Owners with pride and passion Gotta love the Bobbers"Due to leaf springs"

[@Emgee78]

When I was a kid in the 80's, all I knew about monster trucks was Bigfoot. Like, Bigfoot was THE Monster Truck.

[@capri8225]

1:09:32 omg both those guys were balls out. I love it! Good race!!

[@frankensteingarcia7565]

Now this is what I grew up to, eating my cereal in front of the Tv😂😂👍👍✌️

[@nathanmcdonald610]

lol at 8:33 their info was off. Bigfoot #1 was the only one that used the big 640ci Hemi Ford engine. That was Bigfoot #6 in that race which was using a 540ci Ford stroker at the time.

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Yea at 7:22 I didn't think this truck had a 640

[@capri8225]

1:09:14 very intense stage one monster truck race, none of this bogus crawling over cars and being careful not to break anything. These two trucks went balls out. Thank u for posting this.

[@xWORLDxCHAMPIONx]

That early J turn racing was intense!

[@gregrandolph]

I was at that event in Anaheim, CA. ('87 or '88?). I was really into monster trucks when I was a kid; Tuff Trax was a favorite of mine. Thank you for sharing these videos. I'll definitely watch the other parts when I get the chance. 👍

[@user-qw4jj6jw1n]

shows way better back then than it is now

[@Roger-hp1yg]

Amazing video thank you for putting it on here

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Thanks be sure to check out parts 2,3 and 4

[@Cbam871]

This is awesome footage! Thankyou for this. 90s was my childhood

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Be sure to check out parts 3 and 4 that's the 90s

[@Cbam871]

@@13thmafiaracing69 I plan on it. I'm still on this one for now

[@capri8225]

1:44:10 Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant!! This race was intense!!

[@SlickWilly79]

Jim F’n Kramer- hanging out the window on leaf springs

[@conflicthorizon]

Steve Dane is such a great guy. I got to meet him and Mark Brant at Mark's birthday party. Great guys.

[@elleryparsons5766]

When I was Younger I Watched these Trucks Every chance I got. Even Recorded them.

[@Richierich1285]

It’s crazy how little they could do back then and now they are flying 30 foot in the air and doing backflips and back then they could barley get over the cars

[@capri8225]

1:38:15 God that's beautiful. Poor Brett...first night with a new truck and throws out the whole rear axle. Sux

[@deepelements]

For some reason I was alwasy rooting for BigFoot as a kid and I have no idea why lol.. great video

[@Reiderreiter]

It will never stop being crazy to me that USHRA/Monster Jam ended up as the juggernaut of the sport since their racing was mostly terrible until about 1991 or so. Meanwhile TNT always had fantastic racing. I wish Monster Jam would do more old-school style drag race events during the summer at places like West Lebanon. I’m so worn out on the almost constant Chicago-style iterations that make up about 90% of their schedule.

[@jesset061084]

I grew up on this stuff Bigfoot is y I luv ford trucks lol

[@deltauljCustoms]

Thanks from the u.k .!

[@capri8225]

1:23:13 dude awesome Kong 2 was so underated I hope that truck is living a decent life.

[@Quackerstacker1973]

I saw a video awhile ago about a museum for monster trucks I believe awesome Kong is in it .

[@stephenfarrell4196]

The Godzilla Monster truck is on display at the Greenport museum in Greenport ,Long Island, New York

[@TheHumppaidiootti]

AK II ran only year and it was cut up

[@theskicker8856]

Awesome Kong II was turned into too Skinny Kong and then I think it got scraped.

[@GunzNGearz]

​@@theskicker8856I remember skinny Kong. The driver was a younger guy...Steve Dane or Cain?

[@nicholassavio2150]

Fantastic Channel

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Thank you very much!

[@beachside1]

This is when they used real trucks. I used to go to these all the time in the 80s and 90s

[@darrellpowers6840]

Cool video, just seen the monster vette in Missouri last week.

[@capri8225]

Oh sweet where??? I'm in KC. I wish I knew how to keep track of the promotions cuz I'd go watch em. I guess Earthquake is in southern mo. Guys channel is Shaker Racing. About a year ago he helped put the monster tires on I think both monstervete and Frankenstein

[@darrellpowers6840]

@@capri8225 Carthage missouri at the lake kelloge car show. Wildstang is still stitting outside the museum in afton Oklahoma

[@capri8225]

@@darrellpowers6840 omg awesome wildstang was one of cliff's faster rides

[@capri8225]

1:10:21 dayum...impressive stuff

[@capri8225]

1:09:44 omg!!! Nice!!! All the videos I've seen with the Boss, that truck either runs good or that driver just dgaf lol

[@Sabaleous]

That's what I'm talking about!

[@mikedoubleuagain2594]

I just left a monster jam and when they climb out of their trucks these days I can see them unlatching every safety harness possible. In this era I’m pretty sure the only Saftey harness they had was beer.😂….

[@JackTheripper911]

Its definitely a stark contrast in comparison. Obviously the safety technology of today is a necessity for keeping drivers, crews, officials and spectators safe and i approve of it existing, but i do enjoy the rawness of the footage here where they have a helmet and maybe a seat belt or 2, but barely anything else in terms of safety. It got a charm to it that just isnt replicated today.

[@justinjohnson6780]

I just need a time machine now……

[@RonnieLo901]

1:24:00 that commentary was priceless😂😂

[@privateprivate1865]

That was part of the fun. Now the trucks are crazier, but not as entertaining as the 80s imo

[@RonnieLo901]

@@privateprivate1865 agreed

[@mypronouniswtf5559]

Sad thing is the cars they drove over 99% of them had no problems they were just old and people back then bought new cars every 2 years as people looked down on you if you drove an old car..Thats how it was very odd times,great times but....Those old cars did have 200,000 -400,000 miles as 5 digit odometers people always thought they always had under 99,999 not so if you know you know.Still at 300,000 those old cars worked better than todays cars! In the 80's I drove 60's and 70's cars all the way to 2005 as daily drivers and on nice days since 2005 thats about 30,000 miles per year in restored classics!

[@KyleShiflet13666]

Mike Galloway will always be my favorite monster truck racing commentator

[@cool3865]

him and Army Armstrong

[@jineterrante]

Fred shaefer has even a rollover hommage in the crash&crunch video

[@orangecrate5895]

It's funny to hear Mike Galloway refer to Duraliner Giant as the Virginia Giant.

[@klummpskards5652]

would love to know where Orange Blossom Special is now

[@jarritos_sodabottle]

Its hard to believe this is where re it all started

[@xtrat_]

whats the clip at 1:25 ?

[@tristandejong7050]

They have come so far now they all got 1,500 HP

[@RailStalkerAdventures]

Damn, I miss this style of monster truck racing so damn badly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FELD sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@aaronsmith4639]

Who's the 1999 monster jam schedule

[@mrmoncherz2574]

Bigfoot > all the other trucks

[@williamjones1893]

Back when monster truck tires where just tires Until bkt tires was brought in.😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

[@capri8225]

12:42 this is like glass Joe vs glass Joe

[@13thmafiaracing69]

🤣🤣🤣

[@capri8225]

Sorry...no disrespect to cliff Starbird or glass Joe.

[@zak5871]

Its all boring now, i miss my childhood 😢

[@m4ssee]

80's might have the best music but I'm glad to see how monster trucking developoed over the decades.

[@capri8225]

1:49:45 I'd fire that guy talking. Whoa whoa whoa...Mike Galloway was the best. Good play by play guy

[@13thmafiaracing69]

That's the one and only Dave Grim and yes he sucked lol

[@mrmoncherz2574]

That’d be so awesome if they let driver still take passengers while racing

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Rolling thunder vs Monster Mash from Battle of the Monster Trucks classic

[@michaelgentry4908]

1:40:59 - "Termbo and Rambinator! Terminator and Rambo! Terminator and Rambo!"

[@2ssrs950]

nobody is wearing helmets... Dudes were tough in them days

[@JamieW93]

Kim kramer always leaning out of bug foot 😂 imagine doing that today

[@cool3865]

alot of drivers did that because it was easier to see where their front tire is. now days they sit in the center with clear plexiglass at the bottom to see both tires

[@JamieW93]

@cool3865 yeah today isn't really trucks just a space frame with fibreglass bodies

[@bentaylor6785]

As an Englishman that was born in the 90’s this is just posh drag racing, only watched 2 mins of it🙄 can we enter mass destruction, grave digger, el toro loco into this, far more entertaining. Yes I know grave digger was there but he evolved unlike others💪🏻

[@13thmafiaracing69]

For one the intro is 2 minutes it also says 80s and 90s not 2000s or modern if you want grave digger or newer trucks they appear in the 90s which is part 3 and 4 but obviously you don't get the concept or the description of the video

[@capri8225]

1:44:39 where Jim took him

[@gofast3209]

Watching this old trucks makes ya wonder whatever happened to them? They sitting in the weeds somewhere?

[@jamesnoble3502]

They were either scrapped or retrofitted into ride trucks for county fairs or sold either domestically or overseas or repainted and renamed or some combination of any of those. I've seen photos of some of them sitting rotting rusting & faded in the woods with the engines removed on dry rotted tires

[@gofast3209]

@@jamesnoble3502 i love to find them old pictures of them in the weeds

[@carsonwilliams1705]

Which event was 2:02

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Awesome Kong and Bigfoot was TNT Houston 1989 night 2 the race before that with grave digger and four wheel crazy was ushra Houston I think 90 or 91

[@bpcummings17]

0:38 he's doing WHAT?

[@capri8225]

1:09:44 does this look edited? Helluva hop

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Edited ? lol did you see the replay he just launched that thing and they were leaf spring trucks so they did hop and bounce not sure where you're going with that question in 1987 or 88 they didn't have the ability to edit video like that and I certainly did not alter the video like that

[@mauricedorreboom5388]

The lack of safety features is staggering! On the other side those are car bodies they use, not that flimsy plastic crap they use today.

[@captaincaptain2128]

Seeing this, and having seen a monster jam show last month, makes me realize how much monster truck shows suck now.

[@Ilovegirlfights2]

1a

[@timothyblackburn6801]

These are the REAL MONSTER TRUCKS. Today they are simply big overgrown Off road buggies doing silly tricks.

[@SalPal]

I’m sitting at a monster jam show right now … yikes it’s boring. I asked my father if I’m remembering it wrong as I haven’t been since I was a kid… nope. Be warned monster jam is not great these days! It's like watching a ballet. No car crushing! No dragon! No moto bike race! It's all about voting "for social media" over who dies the best identical trick... just in case you thought about taking the kids some day I wish I hadn’t

[@cool3865]

they cant do car crushing anymore, there are videos on why, but the cars of the 90s and early 2000s are made of plastic and are flimsy, they crush way to easily and barely last one truck.

[@GunzNGearz]

1:46:00 id be so pissed lol

[@rangerjones5531]

Now it’s all freestyle nonsense, bring back the racing.

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

Oh, they still had racing, though it less anticipated than the Freestyle, to be honest with you as a 2000s kid. To be honest, the sport today is also alien to that era.

[@glynatmore1817]

This shows why America is the greatest country in the wold. It was back in these days But now its run by a geriatric president. Bring back the man of steel Donald Trump Greetings from the uk

[@13thmafiaracing69]

Let's go Brandon 😂

[@capri8225]

LOL creepy Joe!!

[@knobchocolate6491]

Wold 😂, are u sure ur not geriatric

[@ericthiel4053]

Man even the brits know it!!! Well said!!!

[@gastonhitw720]

hahahahahaa greatest country hahahaha