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PODZILLA

DRIVER: DREW THORNTON

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BODY: CHEVROLET CK 1500

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WEIGHT: 5 TONNES

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BIO:

THE SANTA POD NATIVE, WHO WAS AND STILL IS DRIVEN BY DREW THORNTON, STARTED OFF IN 1998 AS A WELSH TRUCK NAMED THUNDERFOOT. THE WELSH MONSTER WAS QUITE SUCCESFUL, IT CLAIMED AN EMTRC CHAMPIONSHIP AND WAS KNOWN TO APPEAR AT TRUCKFEST. IN 2007, SANTA POD BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND RENAMED IT PODZILLA, AFTER SANTA POD/PODINGTON. SPECTATORS WOULD BE THRILLED FOR ANY SANTA POD EVENT KNOWING THAT THE NIGHT WOULD BE TOPPED OFF WITH MONSTER TRUCK ACTION FROM PODZILLA. AROUND 2010, PODZILLA GOT A NEW PAINT JOB (THE ONE ABOVE) TO REPLACE ITS BLUE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO. SINCE THEN, PODZILLA HAS APPEARED AT MOST SANTA POD EVENTS, A FEW SHROPSHIRE SHOWS AND EVEN HAS A MONSTER JAM EVENT TO ITS NAME. PODZILLA IS AN ICONIC MONSTER TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN JUMPING BUSES, CRUSHING CARS AND SCARING THE COMPETITION SINCE DAY 1.

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