Chuck Jordan, owner and driver of the SURVIVOR Monster Truck began his monster truck racing career in 1988 when Dennis Anderson, driver of GRAVE DIGGER, stayed at his house for about three weeks and convinced Chuck to build his street truck into a monster truck. And, only one year later, in 1989, Chuck began driving with his new concoction, his very first monster truck, DIRTY DANCING.

 

"I didn't win a lot of races in DIRTY DANCING," said Chuck. "But I had a reputation of always being able to make it to the next round. I was nicknamed SURVIVOR by fellow drivers so that's how we came up with the new name for the truck." Chuck even named his Chevy 4x4 Street Truck SURVIVOR.

 

Chuck's newly remodeled SURVIVOR II is a 1995 Chevrolet body monster truck, built on a Patrick rolling chassis equipped with Rockwell 106 with planetaries and 26" Comb nitro shocks. The motor is 540 cubic inch Rodeck, with Dart heads and is blown injected on methanol. The transmission is a turbo 400 with 3500 stall converter and SCS transfer case.

 

The truck is equipped with front and rear steering and the total weight of the beast is 11,000 pounds. SURVIVOR stands 12 feet tall and 12 feet wide. For those of you that don't know what all that means, let me translate for you. SURVIVOR is one rough, tough, mean piece of machinery, ready for anything, in a sport where anything can happen!