SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is a custom-bodied monster truck owned by Monster Truck Action Tour and licensed by Nickelodeon, based on the children's animated series of the same name. It originally debuted in 2003 with a Ford F-150 body, and ran until MTA's licensing agreement with Nickelodeon expired at the end of the 2016 season. It would return in 2022 with a new custom "boatmobile" body designed by the team at Nickelodeon Animation Studios. It is currently driven by Aidan Bishop, Bryson Sainz and Per Albertsen. In the past, it was driven by Tony Fellows.
==History==
===Gen. 1 (2003-2016)===
The SpongeBob SquarePants truck debuted in January 2003, driven by Tony Fellows.
===Gen. 2 (2022-present)===
In 2021, Monster Truck Action Tour announced it was re-establishing its partnership with Nickelodeon and ViacomCBS. Along with that, several Nickelodeon monster trucks made their return. The SpongeBob SquarePants truck returned with a new "boatmobile" design. Two trucks are run, one was formerly Red Alert 5 while the other is the former No Problem! chassis. Rookie drivers Aidan Bishop (son of Bayou Beast driver Rick Bishop) and Tommy Dimont drove the two trucks. For part of the Monster Truck Action Tour's summer schedule, 2Xtreme Racing ran a SpongeBob body on the Iron Outlaw/Hot Tamale chassis, with Tyler Senger and Michael Brister driving it at differing points.
In 2023, Bishop and Dimont continued to drive their SpongeBob trucks. A third truck was added to the fleet on the former All Sport chassis, which ran on the European Nickelodeon Monster Truck Showdown tour under former CORR racer Per Albertsen.
In 2024, Dimont moved to Avatar: The Last Airbender, with his chassis being converted to run that identity. Bryson Sainz joined the team to replace Dimont. Bishop and Sainz began running new Metal Shop chassis, while Bishop's former chassis was rebuilt and taken over by Albertsen, with his first chassis becoming a display truck.
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