Storm Front

Storm Front is a Ford monster truck owned and driven by Chris Bishop out of Lawrence, Kansas. Since its creation in 1993, it has been a staple and fan favorite in multiple monster truck leagues, most notably Monster Jam, where the truck competed in five Monster Jam World Finals. It is particularly well-known for Bishop's signature reverse sky wheelie move.
==History==
===1990's:===
Storm Front was originally created in 1993 and debuted on July 2 of that year, driven by Chris Bishop. The original chassis, a leafspring truck with a fiberglass body and a tube rollcage, began life as Argonaut Sport and briefly ran as the first Texan Cowboy. The truck began competing in USHRA events a year later. After the original truck suffered severe damage after a wild crash at a show in Missouri in August 1995, Bishop purchased a turn-key PEI chassis as a replacement.
During the late-90s, the truck also ran as Austin 3:16 and Mankind.
=== 2000's:===
The 2000's were arguably the most successful period for Bishop's team. Storm Front was invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals I in Las Vegas.
In 2002, Bishop began running Masters of the Universe, leaving Storm Front without a driver. Ellie Bishop, Chris' younger sister, initially took over, but she quit after only a month after suffering a shoulder injury. Greg Connell took her place for the rest of the season. Storm Front then went through various other drivers, including Gene Fleetwood, Andre French and Steve Roinestad, before Bishop settled on having French and Steve Frankiewicz (the latter being Ellie's husband and Chris' brother-in-law) share driving duties.
For the 2004 season, Storm Front and Masters of the Universe swapped teammate positions. Bishop returned to Storm Front, now campaigning the truck on his former Masters of the Universe chassis, while Storm Front's 1995 PEI chassis began running as Masters of the Universe under Andre French and Steve Frankiewicz. Following the retirement of Masters of the Universe after the 2004 season, Bishop created his own teammate truck, Above It All, which also ran the El Toro Loco and Tasmanian Devil names in Monster Jam. In 2008, Storm Front debuted an all-new chassis, body, and paint scheme in Manhattan, Kansas. This chassis featured a coil over/nitrogen shock combination, which would become a standard feature of all of Bishop's in-house-built trucks from then on.
===2010's:===
In 2015, Storm Front took the first half of the season off, as Bishop was undergoing treatment for leukemia. The team returned in August, and Storm Front competed in various Monster Jam and Monster Truck Action Tour events throughout the final half of the year, being driven by Greg Connell while Bishop was still recovering. The following year, Bishop returned and the truck won the Monster Truck Action Tour Championship.
In 2019, Storm Front debuted a new chassis and competed in Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series 1.
===2020's:===
In 2022, Storm Front competed on Stadium Championship Series Red. In San Antonio, the truck ran a special San Antonio Spurs-themed scheme.
In 2023, for the second year in a row, the truck ran on Stadium Championship Series Red.
In 2024, Storm Front ran on Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series East. Bishop would win freestyle in front of a home state crowd in Manhattan, which was his first freestyle win in a Monster Jam points series since the not-for-points arena show in College Station in March 2020.
== Trivia ==
* Storm Front is well-known for running the National Weather Service "storm warning" flag when in competition.
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