North Country Bandit

### Body Style

1993 Chevy 1500, 2008 Chevy Silverado, 1979 Ford F100, 1956 Chevy Nomad, 1990 Ford Bronco

### Theme Song

"1000HP" by Godsmack (NCB 4 AfterDark)"Modern Day Cowboy" by TESLA (NCB 5 High Stakes League and Freestyle Battle Series)"Trans Day Of Revenge" by GLOSS (NCB 5 and 7, Proving Ground)"Never Get Caught" by American Head Charge (NCB 6 Block)

### Debut

November 2018

**North Country Bandit** is a monster truck created by Tenacity Bethke out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

## History

* NCB Chassis History (1-7)
	+ (NCB 1, 2, and 3) Late 2018: The truck is created as a mega truck in Trucks: Offroad (the megatruck spinoff to Odd Games' Monster Truck Destruction, AKA MTD). 2 versions of the truck, a front engine truck with a black frame, and a rear engine truck with a white frame, were created. 1, the white frame, 2, the black frame, were fully completed. 3 was scrapped and hasn't been seen besides one screenshot with it in the background next to 1.
	+ (NCB 4) 2019: Nathan Hils of Oncomind Danger Motorsports whips up cloned version of his Riptide custom on a custom Eddie Majika chassis. This would be the first of many NCBs made for ROR. This chassis would continue to compete until Sim Monsters changed their site rules to make competition more fair, outlawing slammed cradles. This chassis would seldom see use afterwards except for special appearances, running a full tour in ROR Afterdark in late 2019 concurrently with Tenacity running Goldberg in Rigs Of Rods: The Long Game. After receiving an inverted white and blue paint scheme with a pink logo for After Dark's World Finals 1, the truck would make it's first and only Sim-Monsters competition appearance in the Sim-Monsters All-Star Challenge, for Team Colineri. Due to the four links needing to be parallel, the truck was extremely top-heavy, resulting in Tenacity being unable to qualify in to any of the three events. Tenacity has stated the chassis is retired from full-time competition, but it has made appearances in late 2022 as a backup truck in Christian Lenued's "Proving Ground" winter offseason, where it was on standby for Mercedes TX and Crushmas as Tenacity tested NCB 6.
	+ (NCB 5) 2020: Following Tenacity's retirement from After Dark due to the owner's unprofessionalism, NCB went on hiatus until late summer. North Country Bandit V, a new piece cloned from Marcelo Mendoza's "Cooldown 6" using the brand new NAMT nodebeam, is tested at a fun-run at the newly uploaded East Rutherford 2012 replica. Unfortunately Tenacity would be knocked out early in round one, with the truck then rolling early in freestyle. Tenacity would also compete in NCB V in the North American Monster Trucks 2020 season, failing again to qualify into any events before retiring from the tour due to personal issues unrelated to Sim-Monsters. This truck also notably competed in TheMonsterBlog's "TruckFest 2020" event on October 4, 2020, with Tenacity going 0-1-0 against Tyler Richmond, Levi Schones, and Andrew Wamsley in Group F of Day 1's unique "Round Robin" racing format. This truck would be converted to V4 by winter, running in "High Stakes League" with some updates to the truck. Spec was added, giving the truck a slightly glossier appearance compared to the matte black look it had been designed with, as well as trading in it's retro chunky Goodyears for Gen 2 BKTs. The Monster Truck Throwdown logo was also removed, replaced by a Monster Jam logo. The NAMT version of the truck would return for ROR Freestyle Battle Series NEO, where it ran in two events. North Country Bandit 5 would also have a few other alter egos throughout 2021, including a Yellow El Toro body that was never run, Sparkle Smash for a one-time FBS appearance, and most notably, the red and rainbow-flamed "Autistic Self-Advocacy Network" (ASAN) version of the truck, which Tenacity has said was created in an attempt to bring light to some of Autism Speaks' less savory characteristics, and also to highlight what she believes to be a better organization for Autistic folks to turn to, being Autistic herself. This paint scheme is a favorite of hers, and it's returned a few times over the years. Later in the season, NCB V would run a controversial "North Country Comrade" paint scheme bedecked in Soviet iconography as a "heel" stunt for Star Spangled Spectacular 2021: however, due to losing housing around the time of the event, the paint scheme was never finished and is not intended to return given current events. Needless to say, NCB did not attempt to qualify for SSS2021. A few other identities that North Country Bandit 5 has run include:
		- Misgendered, a short-lived truck that saw it's paint scheme reworked into NCB V's 2022 paint scheme
		- North Country Comrade 2, a concepted truck that never saw competition that flipped the paint scheme of NCC into a "Ukraine" themed truck in late 2021. This design was scrapped due to not fitting in with the team's overall structure, plus the sensitivity regarding the conflict.
		- Monster Mutt Poodle, a truck that would have run had Sparkle Smash not literally won a coin flip for FBS's El Paso event.
		- North Crusty Bandit, a "Crust Punk" themed truck concepted in early 2023 inspired by Tenacity's patched up denim vest. This identity was a red herring, with a proper North Country Bandit body being debuted for NCB 7 using Crusty's basic design in early April. Crusty may return in the future if the team expands beyond just Tenacity behind the wheel.
	+ 2022 - Early 2023: 2022 saw the debut of multiple new trucks in the fleet. NCB 6 was concepted as "The Crimson Ghost", NCB 7 came into existence for RORMTP, and NCB Mega was created for a planned but scrapped RORMJL Mega Truck spinoff league.
		- NCB 5 received a brand new paint scheme, a simplified version of Misgendered featuring a flat black body, the first return of the NCB 4 logo, purple accents instead of pink, and a striking resemblence to NWO. The resemblance to NWO was intentional, as the top half of NCB V is virtually a carbon copy of Taurus 4, with everything from the framerails down taking heavy inspiration from Maximum Destruction's framerails and cradle post-2011. 2022 marks the final year of NCB 5 as a full-time competition piece, as Tenacity plans to take the reigns of NCB 7, the new front engine piece designed fully after Max-D 8, with SEVERAL unique touches, moving forward from 2022.
		- (NCB 6) - Debuting as the Misfits-inspired "Crimson Ghost" in late 2021, this chassis didn't make a competition appearance until Proving Ground Mercedes TX, in very late 2022. This truck has since officially been dubbed "NCB 6", despite it not immediately running the NCB name until 2023, following Ken Block's tragic passing. NCB 6 also ran as "Mizzchief", for Proving Ground "Crushmas" 2022. The truck has yet to compete yet. This chassis is meant to replace NCB 4, being a silver-framed rear-engined Racesource.
		- (NCB 7) - Debuting in summer 2022, this truck was built as a result of Tenacity totaling Bulldozer in MTP 2022, a league inspired by TNT's Unfinished Business event. Rocking a retro 90s Bulldozer scheme on a modern Meents-styled chassis, Tenacity saw some success with this piece, even winning a straight line sand-drag race, beating Sim-Monsters heavy-hitters such as Chadwick Deerfoot to claim her second Sim Monsters victory. Following the end of RORMTP, she took this truck and heavily modified it with the help of Blake Thompson, giving it 3 gears and an open front differential. This chassis is planned to return full-time for Proving Ground Season 2 in summer 2023, doing larger open venues while NCB 6 handles smaller arenas. This chassis has replaced NCB 5 as the primary truck in the Tenacious Motorsports fleet.
	+ Late Summer 2023 - the team is retired after I got sick of the constant bullying from the community. Up yours, hicks 🖕

## Trivia

* Tenacity has received proper sponsorships for this truck in the past, including The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch, Organize And Arise Promotions, and Extreme Noise Records.
* NCB is also meant to be a rolling art piece of sorts, showcasing underground music and causes that are personal to Tenacity.
* Following 2021, the truck started taking a slightly more minimalist design approach meant to reflect quick spray tags and wheatpaste posters.
* The truck has also had multiple different themes over the years, with NCB's being "Trans Day Of Revenge" by G.L.O.S.S, Mizzchief's being "Victory Lap" by Propaghandi, NCB Ken Block's being "Never Get Caught" by American Head Charge, and Crimson Ghost's being "The Crimson Ghost" by The Misfits.
* Tenacity favors Chevrolet pickups, with the only exceptions being Crimson Ghost's classic station wagon body, and NCB Ken Block's being a 79 Ford as an homage to the Hoonitruck.