Robby & Speed Energy partner with BigFoot

[NIKAL]

March 15, 2012 (Charlotte, NC) – What is another form of racing that Robby Gordon can mark off his impressive list of racing series? If you guessed monster trucks, you guessed correctly. Robby Gordon Motorsports and SPEED Energy have formed a partnership with BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc., owner of the most well –known monster truck in the United States.

NASCAR and Off-Road racer, Robby Gordon, and BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc. have entered into a multi-year agreement beginning with the 2012 season. The addition of the monster truck, built at Gordon’s race shop in Charlotte, NC, will be the nineteenth chassis in the line-up of BIGFOOT trucks.

Gordon’s energy drink company, SPEED Energy, will be the co-primary sponsor of the monster truck. “This partnership with BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc. is a big step for our company. It opens the door to market SPEED Energy to a new demographic. Being featured as a sponsor on the truck is just one element to the relationship, we will also be selling SPEED Energy/BIGFOOT #19 diecasts, t-shirts, hats and other merchandise,” says Gordon. During the first year of the agreement the monster truck will be used primarily for display purposes. From there the truck will participate in events, with the possibility of Gordon being behind the wheel. “I’m excited about the opportunity to drive the SPEED Energy/BIGFOOT #19 monster truck. We built the truck a few years ago and we’ve played around with it, but actually competing in events would be a lot of fun,” Gordon remarks.

“We are really looking forward to teaming up with Robby and Speed Energy! Robby and Bob Chandler go back to the early days when both teams were Ford sponsored. Robby’s dynamic outlook and his racer’s mentality fit right in with the BIGFOOT way of life! Be on the lookout for a whole line of Robby Gordon’s Speed Energy/BIGFOOT #19 merchandise,” says Bob Trent, Vice President of Sponsorships & Business Development at BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc.

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[ChromolyKid]

Been waiting for this... I'd love to see what RG can do in a sport where destroying equipment is a good thing!

[michael_loomis]

Interesting... So he's got the big three all but covered. You would think a single manufacturer would grab all this attention up.

[bomber]

Interesting... So he's got the big three all but covered. You would think a single manufacturer would grab all this attention up.

This truck is going to run a bow tie body.

Another different element is that this "Bigfoot" is actually RG's CRD chassis, as opposed to the typical PEIs the team has used forever.

I'm stoked to see this partnership and hope it turns out great, and also hope RG does at some point do a race or two behind the wheel.

Hey Fly, nevermind about the PM.

[Kolman]

The picture on Planet Robby is definitely a ford body.

[dezertdoug]

Now we will get another section in RDC forum "MONSTER TRUCK RACING" or would it be easier to just have a RG section.

[bomber]

The picture on Planet Robby is definitely a ford body.

They don't have 19 completed yet. The pictures, like the one in the op are actually of Bigfoot 18 with a computer rendered orange Speed paint job.

[michael_loomis]

This truck is going to run a bow tie body.

Another different element is that this "Bigfoot" is actually RG's CRD chassis, as opposed to the typical PEIs the team has used forever.

I'm stoked to see this partnership and hope it turns out great, and also hope RG does at some point do a race or two behind the wheel.

Hey Fly, nevermind about the PM.

The picture on Planet Robby is definitely a ford body.

As a Chevy guy myself, it seems sort of sacrilegious to use anything but a Ford body on something with the Bigfoot name. haha

I made my assumption that Chandler was still Ford after reading this (since Bigfoot is Ford based) but RG is not... along with the above pic, but you are probably correct.

“We are really looking forward to teaming up with Robby and Speed Energy! Robby and Bob Chandler go back to the early days when both teams were Ford sponsored."

[AZracefan]

RG do good in freestyle!

[NicksTrix]

so chandler's group is finishing the truck up and it will be a show truck for this year from what i'm reading.
i take it chandler will be handling the hauling the thing around end of things, rgm handling selling the merchandizing end..

hope the deal goes well and not end up in a lawsuit like some of rgm's other deals...