Fired Up!

**Fired Up!** is a 2007 Dodge Dakota owned by Chance Smith and currently driven by Jakob Fox, Leila Jade, Striker Gordon, Chance Smith and Octavia Engel. It is known as the first ever monster truck to use a tube chassis.

## Background Information

### Owner(s)

Chance Smith (2022-present)Robert Smith (1982-2022)

### Driver(s)

Jakob Fox, Leila Jade, Striker Gordon, Octavia Engel

### Theme Song(s)

* "Footsteps" by Pop Evil
* "Talk Dirty to Me" by Poison
* "Ladies and Gentleman" by Saliva
* "Famous" by Puddle of Mudd (Parker John's Fired Up!)
* "Whore" by In This Moment (current)
* "B.Y.O.B." by System of a Down (SOAD Fired Up!)
* "Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy
* "Dig" by Mudvayne, and Many More

## Truck Overview

### Chassis

PEI (1997-present)Custom made by Robert Smith (1982-1997)

## History

* 1980 - The truck begins construction, it was formerly Rob's own 1975 Chevrolet C-10.
* 1982 - Fired Up debuts at a exhibition car crushing with Robert behind the wheel.
* 1985 - The truck races against Bigfoot for the only time and got the win.
* 1988 - Fired Up is featured in a Coca-Cola commercial.
* 1989 - Robert builds a second one for himself for the PENDA Points Series while Marvin Smith took over the first one.
* 1994 - The first truck is restored and sold to Kenny Cameron to become the first tube chassis El Kadsreian Firestorm.
* 1995 - Marvin Smith drops out of driving duties and a third Fired Up! is built for Kevin Weenk.
* 1997 - Bigfoot is run on the Fired Up! chassis for a couple Monster Jam shows.
* 1999 - Kevin Weenk drops out of the Fired Up! team and Jakob Fox is placed behind the third truck.
* 2001 - Fired Up! runs a special 9/11 tribute paint scheme, a fourth one is built for Charlie Pauken.
* 2003 - Charlie Pauken leaves of the team because "it was time to go", the fourth one is taken over by Striker Gordon.
* 2004 - Robert retires, the second one is taken over by Paul Cohen.
* 2006 - Fired Up! runs a System of A Down sponsorship paint scheme.
* 2007 - Leila Jade is put behind the wheel of the fifth Fired Up!
* 2008 - Fired Up! debuts it's Monster Jam Alter-Ego called True Blood
* 2011 - Son Uva Digger is ran the fourth Fired Up! chassis for only the World Finals debut. The truck also debuts a Parker John's sponsorship paint scheme for Parker John's Muscle Monsters.
* 2013 - Advance Auto Parts Grinder is ran on the third Fired Up! truck.
* 2015 - A sixth Fired Up! is built for Octavia Engel.
* 2021 - Fired Up! debuts a 20th year of 9/11 paint scheme.
* 2022 - Fired Up! debuts a 40th anniversary paint scheme.

## Trucks

Fired Up! 1-debuted in 1982 in a exhibition car crushing, the truck won Robert his first championship. Was sold to Kenny Cameron in 1994 to become the first tube chassis El Kadsreian Firestorm.

Fired Up! 2-debuted in 1991 just in time for the start of the PENDA Points Series. Ran under Bigfoot for the Astrodome Monster Jam Show, retired in 2010 due to budget issues.

Fired Up! 3-debuted in 1996 under Kevin Weenk, after he departed the team Jakob Fox is placed behind the wheel of the truck, sold in 2016 to become Gas Monkey Garage.

Fired Up! 3.5-A display truck that was displayed from 1997 to 2005, where it became Bustin' Loose (Archer)

Fired Up! 4-debuted in 2001 under Charlie Pauken, currently driven by Striker Gordon.

Fired Up! 5-debuted in 2005 under Linsey Weenk, retired in 2019 due to a trailer fire.

Fired Up! 6-debuted in 2014 under Octavia Engel, original chassis retired in 2020 due to extensive damage, it was rebuilt after purchasing the former Project Backflip chassis, it returned at Monster Truck Militia under Chance Smith.

Fired Up! 7-debuted in 2017 for Leila Jade, still runs to this day.

Fired Up! 8-debuted in 2019 for Octavia Engel, still runs to this day.

Fired Up! 9-debuted in 2023 for Jakob Fox.

Fired Up! 10-a display truck that debuted in 2023, formerly Fired Up! 3/Gas Monkey Garage.

## Trivia

* Fired Up! was the inspiration of the Nickelodeon show *Blaze and the Monster Machines*.
* The truck was parodied on a Phineas and Ferb episode which had a monster truck called "The Candace Crusher"