The final stop on the Team Summit/Armed Forces Entertainment visit to troops based overseas was Camp Butmir, the NATO headquarters outside Sarajevo. There are 22 Americans amongst the several hundred multi-national troops based at this Bosnia facility. Dan Runte, driver of the Summit Racing/BIGFOOT monster truck, found this year’s trip unique compared to his …
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Dec 03 2012
Operation Appreciation: Greg Anderson “Honored and Blessed” to Visit with Troops
Summit Racing driver Greg Anderson took a few moments between flights to talk about his experiences during this year’s Summit Racing Equipment-sponsored holiday visit to U.S. troops stationed overseas, which was arranged by Armed Forces Entertainment. We talked with the four-time NHRA Pro Stock champion at Vienna’s international airport, the bridge between Kosovo and Bosnia. …
Dec 03 2012
Operation Appreciation: Jason Line & Team Venture into Kosovo
The Summit Racing group: Summit Pro Stock drivers Greg Anderson and Jason Line, Summit Racing/BIGFOOT Monster Truck driver Dan Runte, and Harley-Davidson Pro Stock Motorcycle riders Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines made the trip from Stuttgart, Germany to the outskirts of Pristina, Kosovo. The distance between the two cities is much greater than 716 air …
Sep 18 2012
Video: Runte Sets Guinness World Record for Monster Truck Jump
Want more visual proof that monster truck guys are out-of-their-mind crazy? Check out this video of Team Summit driver Dan Runte at last weekend’s Indianapolis 4-Wheel Jamboree. He goes all Lebron James on the rest of the monster truck drivers and posterizes them with a 214-foot, eight-inch jump in his BIGFOOT #18 monster truck. That makes …
Sep 07 2012
Team Summit Drivers Will Visit Troops Overseas for Third Straight Year
For the third consecutive year, Summit Racing Equipment and Team Summit drivers will be making the trip ’across the pond’ to visit American troops stationed in Europe. NHRA Pro Stock champions Greg Anderson and Jason Line plus legendary BIGFOOT monster truck driver Dan Runte will be joined by Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec, who ride Pro Stock Motorcycles for the …
May 01 2012
Video: Ride Along with BIGFOOT GoPro-Style
Mar 01 2012
Another BIGFOOT Sighting, Another BIGFOOT Championship
The official points standings have been released for the 2012 Toughest Monster Truck Tour indoor championship chase, and the winner of the inaugural title is Team BIGFOOT’s lead driver, Dan Runte, pilot of the all-new Summit Racing Equipment BIGFOOT monster truck. From a numbers-only standpoint, this championship is one of the most impressive to date …

