TRUCK NAME: Raptor
OWNER: Sam & Jill Marino
DRIVER: Sam Marino
TOWN/CITY: Dundaff, PA
ENGINE SIZE: Hemi, out of a ’68 Roadrunner
INFORMATION: Sam & Jill are trying to start a new monster truck tire class this year. Instead of the big 66″ tires, they are using 48″ tires. Their first public performance with the new tire class was at the 1997 Truck Fest in Charlotte, North Carolina. The truck was bought out onto the monster truck track, & Sam put the truck to work, giving the crowd a show. Later on that evening, Sam bought the truck out again & took it over the Ruff Trux course, but he broke a part on the truck, while going over the second jump. He had the truck fixed later that evening, after doing a bit of welding on the broken part.