Now the beast is back and attacking the track on four wheels. Check out that sleek paint job wide open mouth with a row of sharp teeth. And those fins that create a lifelike shark profile.

This giant shark (fossil remains suggest a length of 59 feet/18 meters) concept was developed into a Monster Jam truck in 2016, making its competitive debut in Nashville, Tennessee on January 7, 2017.

Monster trucks developed in the late 1970s and came into the public eye in the early 1980s as side acts at popular motocross, tractor pulling, and mud bogging events, where they were used in car-crushing demonstrations.

fiberglass The driver's compartment is a steel safety structure, built from tubing and mounted to the truck frame. The truck bodies are custom-built and constructed of fiberglass. Each truck is transported in specially prepared trailers, which can include spare parts and as many as two trucks.

At Monster Jam events, monster trucks face off in three forms of competition: racing, two-wheel skills, and freestyle. Racing is traditional heads-up tournament racing, where the first truck to cross the finish line moves onto the next round; the final race of the night is for that particular event's championship.

Five green 1950s-era Dodge trucks were built for the movie. One, with its engine in the pickup bed, could be driven from a position under the hood. Creech drives from that position. Nearly every vehicle used in the film is a Chrysler product.

The origins of Monster Jam emerged in the US during the modified truck craze of the 1970s, where heavily modified trucks with oversized tires reaching up to 48-inches became popular. These trucks were used for sports such as mud bogging and tractor pulling.

The First Monster Truck Monster trucks were fathered by Bob Chandler back in the late 1970s, an off road enthusiast who wanted to take his own Ford F-250 pickup truck to the limit.

7 Interesting Facts about Monster Trucks

• They Are Fast and Agile. How fast can monster trucks go?
• It's an Expensive Sport. Monster trucks are not cheap.
• Each Truck is Unique.
• They Really Crush Cars.
• Tracks Are Built For Each Event.
• It's a Fairly New Phenomenon.
• They Can Get Good Air.

Monster trucks weigh about the same as an elephant, 10,000 lbs. The body of a monster truck is all one piece and its doors and headlights are not real. Bigfoot 5 is the world's tallest monster truck with tires that are ten feet tall. Bob Chandler made the first monster truck and named it Bigfoot.

Creech is a tentacled creature, a little bit like an octopus. Did you know that octopuses use their tentacles to swim and 'walk' along the sea floor? Not only that, but they can actually regrow tentacles if they lose one!

Grave Digger Considered one of the most famous and recognized monster trucks of all time, Grave Digger serves as the flagship team of the Monster Jam series, with seven active Grave Digger trucks being driven by different drivers to allow a truck to appear at every Monster Jam event.

Chandler: Once I started getting paid to bring Bigfoot to events, it changed things completely. One promoter at an event at the Pontiac Silverdome outside Detroit called Bigfoot a monster truck, and that's where the name comes from.

Grave Digger Considered one of the most famous and recognized monster trucks of all time, Grave Digger serves as the flagship team of the Monster Jam series, with seven active Grave Digger trucks being driven by different drivers to allow a truck to appear at every Monster Jam event.

Often seen crushing regular cars under their weight or performing crazy stunts, these humungous trucks provide a thrilling source of entertainment that is loved across the US and beyond. The first monster truck, Bigfoot, was built by Bob Chandler (USA) in 1975.

Bigfoot is a monster truck. The original Bigfoot began as a 1974 Ford F-250 pickup that was modified by its owner Bob Chandler beginning in 1975. By 1979, the modifications were so extensive, the truck came to be regarded as the first monster truck.