Inside Monster Jam - Charlotte 1997 Championship Class

The top 10 monster trucks in the world converge in Charlotte, North Carolina for the inaugural US Truckfest at the Charlotte Motor Speedway! See USHRA stars like Dan Runte in Bigfoot, Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger, Fred Shafer in Bear Foot and Tom Meents in Monster Patrol battle for the overall weekend title!

[@diggerfan9319]

Such a legendary event. It's a shame they didn't continue Truck Fest after 1998 otherwise we probably wouldn't have the World Finals. Not that I have a problem with Monster Jam and their World Finals from 2000 to 2023 but this was probably more exciting since I was very little when this happened. Plus having Bigfoot and Grave Digger racing together was more exciting than having Goldberg/Team Meents/Max-D as the sole rivalry. But I get that Bigfoot had left Monster Jam in 1999 and that changed MJ forever. But its nice that events like this are remembered.

[@dspencer8827]

Bigfoot and gravedigger rivalry best ever

[@waynenorbreyjr9638]

I was at this event, definitely was worth driving down to from Virginia. I attended quite a few of these US Truck Fest events during the years that Pace was having them.

[@waynenorbreyjr9638]

Eric Tack in the latest Bigfoot? That's actually Bigfoot #11 that was built in late 1992. The newest truck of Bigfoot at this particular time was Bigfoot #15 which debuted at the end of 1994.

[@jkritter456]

Don’t think that’s #11. I thought 11 had a special paint job.

[@peanutbutterjeff5364]

Thanks for posting this! I could not find it anywhere for some reason, at least not in whole.