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Monster Trucks Nitro


Monster Trucks Nitro is a series of platform racing video games developed by RedLynx. The first game in the series, Monster Trucks Nitro was released on December 19, 2008 for the Flash, Windows and Mac OS X platforms and on March 27, 2009 for the iOS platform. A sequel, entitled Monster Trucks Nitro 2, was released on April 5, 2010 exclusively for the iOS platform. The game is played by controlling the throttle, brake and pitch of a monster truck as they proceed through a level. The original
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"Nitro" received mixed reviews from critics. The PC version holds a 54% score at aggregate website GameRankings. "Monster Trucks Nitro 2" received higher scores in general, and currently has an aggregate score of 80/100 at Metacritic. The "Monster Trucks Nitro" series is played as a sidescrolling racing game. Players have control over the monster truck's acceleration and brakes and have can also control the vehicle's pitch while in the air. A limited amount of pitch control is given to the player while on a surface
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Monster Trux: Arenas


Monster Trux: Arenas is a video game for the Wii console. It was created by Data Design Interactive, a budget developer. The Wii Wheel is compatible with the game. Some of the trucks in the game are based on real trucks, such as Flame (based on WCW Nitro (truck)), Wrench (based on Wrenchead.com), and Doom (based on The Outsiders). Other trucks in the game include Pro (which is not a monster truck), Midknight, By 4, Crush, and
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-screen touch controls in combination with tilting the device. The original "Monster Trucks Nitro" is played using the keyboard on the Flash, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. The Flash version is also unique in that it does not use a 3D engine, but rather a 2D version similar to RedLynx's original "Trials" game. The original "Monster Trucks Nitro" game was released on December 19, 2008 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It was released for iOS devices on March 23, 2009. On
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July 5, 2010 an update was released which added additional content. A new monster truck with a paint scheme resembling the American flag was added, along with additional races. In the press release that announced the update RedLynx stated that the game had received over 1.5 million downloads. "Monster Trucks Nitro 2" was announced on March 26, 2010. It was released for the iOS platform on April 5, 2010. On July 5, 2010 a new Adventure League mode and four additional levels were added to "Nitro 2
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Monster Trucks Nitro


, augmented by accelerating or braking. The "Nitro" part of the series' title comes from the game's focus on earning nitrous by either collecting bottles or performing flips while in the air. Depending on the game version the nitrous either fires immediately or charges, waiting for the player to press the nitrous button. In either case it provides a speed boost for the truck. Gameplay varies slightly depending on the platform and game played. On iOS devices both "Monster Trucks Nitro" and its sequel are played using on
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. On February 27, 2010 in Jacksonville, Florida, Cam McQueen successfully executed a backflip in the Nitro Circus monster truck during the freestyle competition, making Nitro Circus the first to do so in competition. The "Nitro Circus" monster truck made its final appearance and was retired after the 2011 Monster Jam season. Travis Pastrana paid tribute to his role model growing up, legendary daredevil/stuntman Evel Knievel by breaking a few of his records. On July 8, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pastrana safety cleared
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noted that "Nitro" had satisfying "Trials"-styled gameplay, and also explained the players can use iTunes during gameplay. He gave poor marks for the lack of selectable trucks. Ben Griffin of Know Your Mobile gave the same version a 4/5. He called the game "hugely rewarding" and further stated that it "easily delivers compelling and instant thrills." "Monster Trucks Nitro 2" received higher scoring reviews. It holds an aggregate score of 80/100 at Metacritic. It received two perfect scores: from AppSmile's reviewer,
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dominated by such American trucks as T-Maxx from Traxxas. The popularity of T-Maxx was overwhelming and it started an off-road monster RC boom. Responding to the popularity of this new market segment, such other manufacturers as Tamiya, Hobby Products International (HPI) and Associated Electrics developed a line of nitro trucks to compete with T-Maxx. Terra Crusher had all the major features of T-Maxx, including big tires, 4 by 4 with two shocks per tire, in two-speed transmission,
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Travis Pastrana


backflip the "Nitro Circus"-themed monster truck. Though unsuccessful, he walked away without injury. In 2008–2009, the Pastrana 199 truck was driven by Pastrana's friend Cam McQueen. McQueen was invited to the 2009 World Finals for his second appearance. During the 2009 World Finals the "Pastrana 199" truck changed its name to "Nitro Circus". Pastrana himself competed in the freestyle competition of the event debuting the "Nitro Circus" truck, finishing in a three-way tie for 5th place in a field of 24 trucks
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Travis Pastrana


a 10'33.9 run. "Pastrana 199" was a monster truck that raced on the United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA) circuit. The truck was owned by Live Nation/FELD Motorsports and sponsored by Pastrana. The truck was originally driven by Paul Cohen, then later driven by Chad Tingler, Courtney Jolly and Cam McQueen. Pastrana made his monster truck debut on October 18, 2006 in the Pastrana 199 monster truck at the 2006 Monster Jam. Also, on an episode of "Nitro Circus", Pastrana attempted to
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Nitro engine


-road and off-road engines. Where an off-road engine may be 0.21 cubic inch (ci) size, a monster truck engine may be as much as 0.46 ci. Monster truck engines generate much of their torque and horsepower at low to mid range RPM. They are usually used in large and heavy trucks where all that power is needed to get good performance out of the vehicle. Aircraft engines are manufactured to be able to sustain high RPM. The biggest difference between all other nitro engines and aircraft engines
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Maximum Destruction


continued his run. This inspired Meents and a lot of others including sports legend Travis Pastrana to attempt a complete aerial backflip. Pastrana made his attempt during a Season 1 episode of Nitro Circus, where he jumped the Nitro Circus monster truck up a purpose built ramp in his back yard. Unfortunately, the truck didn't get enough rotation and slammed down onto the roof from about 40 feet in the air. Travis was uninjured. Larry Quick, the driver of the "Ghost Ryder" monster truck, did, however,
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Asphalt Xtreme


Development lasted from August of 2015 to September of 2017. development has been terminated after 60 people layoffs and following Madrid studio shutdown. The video game features a lineup of rally cars, monster trucks and a vast amount of snowy tracks and dirt. The visual interface, angular camera view and vehicular design of the game have a strong visual resemblance to the MotorStorm video game series. While the controls are the same as the previous Asphalt games, the nitro mechanics are different. Normally, there are three nitro "Segments",
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", bringing the total number of levels to 24. The original "Monster Trucks Nitro" received mixed reviews from critics. Aggregate website GameRankings reports a score of 54% for the Windows version with only one review. In the April 2009 issue of "PC Format" the Windows version of the game received a score of 54/100. Absolute Game's Michael Kalinchenko gave the Windows version a 69%. Kalinchenko explained that while the game can be enticing initially it lacks the rating system that its sister game, "Trials 2
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Slide to Play's Andrew Podolsky, and Andrew Nesvadba of AppSpy. The lowest score of a 60% approval rating came from the March 2011 issue of "GamePro". and "Pocket Gamer"s Damien McFerren. The majority of reviews had a 70% or higher approval rating. "GamePro"s reviewer stated that though the levels felt short they were "well-suited to the design of [the] game." Rip Empson of PC World called "Monster Trucks Nitro 2" "a welcome improvement from its predecessor".
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Team Scream Monster Trucks


the Monster Jam series. In 2008 he built a new frame for the truck and his team truck, and won the season opener for the 2009 season, also pulling off two more major wins along the way to the Monster Jam World Finals X. In 2007 he was included in the videogame Monster Jam (video game) and in 2008, . The truck and its driver once again won the freestyle championship in 2011 after winning a tie with Nitro Circus with scores of 32. Brutus was created in 2000 with the help of
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a contract with World Championship Wrestling to bring WCW-based trucks to their USHRA Monster Jam series, which gave Fortune, through wrestling, his start in monster trucks. He was initially an unnamed "spokesman" for the nWo truck, who would give antagonistic interviews while the driver, Rob Knell, acted as being focused on the truck. Many in the industry were vocal against the use of professional wrestling gimmicks for drivers, and the truck only lasted one season. The following year, Fortune began driving the WCW Nitro Machine
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-road monster RC boom of the time; subsequent trucks include the Wild Commando, TNX (TGM-03), TNX 5.2R, and Nitrage. The trucks perform in competitions for Remotely Operated Auto Racers (ROAR) abbreviated as ROAR. ROAR is the sanctioning body of competitive radio-controlled car racing in the United States and Canada, overseen by IFMAR (International Federation of Model Auto Racing). Terra Crusher (TG-01) was an attempt from Tamiya to break into the American nitro radio-controlled truck market, which has been
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Radio-controlled car


trucks and 1/8 nitro-powered buggies that have been converted to electric. High quality brushless systems can be much more powerful than nitro and can accomplish feats such as standing backflips when installed in a monster truck, most notably the HPI Savage Flux. Some 1/5 scale gas to electric conversions are in production but are uncommon due to high price. A new (2012) form of electric r/c racing is MAGracing. Small 1/32 scale cars and powered by rechargeable batteries and steering and speed are controlled by r/c.
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Team Scream Monster Trucks


freestyle championship in 2011, after tying with nitro circus. Avenger was created in 1996 by Jim Koehler and friend, Chris Bergeron, and competed on TNN in 1997 with a Chevy S-10 body on. In 2000 he went to the Monster Jam World Finals along with 15 other trucks. Since 2000, Jim Koehler has driven Avenger in all 13 of the World Finals. In 2003 he won the Freestyle Championship with a score of 37 of 40 and also won freestyle in 2011. Since 2003, Avenger has won many events on
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Nitro (video game)


the Psygnosis monster pack, volume I, along with the original "Shadow of the Beast" and "Infestation". The "monsters" in the game may refer to the players—namely, Clint Eastwood (P1—white), Rambo (P2—yellow), and James Bond (P3—red). As with a lot of early, indie-developed games, "Nitro" borrows heavily from another game. The game in question is Sega's 1988 arcade racer; "Hot Rod". "Nitro" could even be considered
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Lucas Oil Crusader


truck. It is sponsored by Lucas Oil since its debut in Houston, Texas, 2011. In 2011, the truck debuted at Houston, Texas, and the truck was driven by Linsey Weenk. who had previously owned and driven Blue Thunder and Iron Outlaw from the previous years. However, the truck made its first Monster Jam World Finals appearance with Weenk still behind-the-wheel. He defeated Nitro Circus in Round 2, El Toro Loco in Round 3, but lost to Maximum Destruction in the semi-finals
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Thunder Truck Rally


Thunder Truck Rally (Monster Trucks in Europe) is a monster truck racing video game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis where players select a monster truck or otherwise 4X4 vehicle equipped with monster truck tires and have the option of either racing or crushing cars in an arena. In car crushing mode, players are awarded style points for how well they crush other vehicles. During development of the game, project leader Martin Edmondson stated, "No code is shared between "DD2" and "Monster Trucks" (with the exception
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HPI Savage


the truck, including stronger diff gears, steel spur gear, uprated driveshafts, thicker chassis, metal geared steering servo, aluminum clutch shoes, 3-speed gearbox as stock, and much more. New wheels and tires and a new body complete the truck, which is RTR and comes with a rechargeable receiver pack and charger. In 2009 HPI released the first electric variant of the Savage monster truck, the Savage Flux HP. The Savage Flux HP offers a simple, easy, plug-and-go alternative to the Nitro versions
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Radio-controlled car


models continued to be popular amongst European hobbyists. Electric and nitro cars have come a long way in terms of power. Electric cars have gone from non-rebuildable brushed motors and NiCad batteries to brushless motors and LiPo. Nitro cars have gone from small engines to huge .36-.80 engines that are used in big monster trucks. In the last few years one-way telemetry system has also been applied in R/C racing car to get informations by car's sensors like The telemetry system is usually integrated in the radio transmitter that
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Monster Truck Madness


Monster Truck Madness is a racing video game developed by Terminal Reality and published by Microsoft for Windows 95. During development it was referred to as "Heavy Metal Truck" or by the internal codename "Metal Crush". A racing game, "Monster Truck Madness" allows players to select between the 12 real life monster trucks and compete with AI players in one of four modes - drag (based on PENDA Point Series), circuit, rally and tournament. It is also possible for human players to race against one another
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Tamiya Radio Controlled Nitro Vehicles


Crusher's tires proved to be too heavy for the engine. Each wheel and tire weighed between . A set of four wheels and tires weighed over , the weight of an entire on-road car, and bringing the total weight of the truck to . Team Associated's Monster GT, has tires with the same dimension, but they weigh much less. Simply by installing Monster GT's tires, Terra Crusher's weight problem could be readily remedied, as TNX in recent years have proved. Its 3 cm³ engine was slightly
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Tamiya Radio Controlled Nitro Vehicles


The Tamiya Radio Controlled Nitro Off-road Vehicles entered the radio controlled (RC) nitro engine (glow engine) powered 1/8 scale truck market in July 2002. Produced by the Tamiya Corporation of Japan, these 1/8 scale trucks are designed for stadium competition. Tamiya's first nitro truck, TR-15, was introduced in 1994. Second truck was Mad Bison, released in 2000. Third attempt, Terra Crusher, departed greatly from the previous two. Terra Crusher (TG-01), released in July 2002, capitalized on the off
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Avenger (truck)


the transmission to break after he went over the cars, causing him to be frustrated. In March 2011, with his red "Las Vegas" Avenger, Jim tied with Cam McQueen in the Nitro Circus Monster Truck in the Freestyle competition, edging out McQueen to claim his second Freestyle title, making Jim Koehler one of only two drivers to have more than one Freestyle title at the World Finals, the other being Tom Meents. In 2009, Avenger went places that it had never ventured before with the debut of Aussie Avenger
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Monster truck


A monster truck is a specialized truck with a heavy duty suspension, four-wheel steering, and oversized tires constructed for competition and entertainment uses. Originally created by modifying stock pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs), they have evolved into purpose-built vehicles with tube-frame chassis and fiberglass bodies rather than metal. A competition monster truck is typically tall, and equipped with off-road tires. Monster trucks developed in the late 1970s and came into the public eye in the early 1980s as side acts at
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Project Awakening


Project Awakening is an upcoming fantasy video game by Cygames initially announced for PlayStation 4 in Sep 2018. Development of Project Awakening as a 'high-end console game' was announced at Cygames Next event (Tokyo) in Nov 2016, under development at Cygames Osaka studio. A short gameplay video was shown in a closed session at 2018's E3 expo. The game was described as showing some influences from games such as Monster Hunter and Dragon's Dogma. The game was officially announced as an action fantasy RPG in Sep 2018
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Monster Truck Madness 2


Monster Truck Madness 2 is a monster truck racing video game developed by Terminal Reality and published by Microsoft for the PC (Windows 95/NT) in 1998. It's a sequel to "Monster Truck Madness" for the same platform, and one of the first racing games to feature an online multiplayer mode. Online play for it was available on the MSN Gaming Zone until early 2006. The game was ported to the Nintendo 64 in 1999 by Edge of Reality. It was co-published with Rockstar Games and released
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Monster truck


to standardize rules for truck construction and safety, Bob Chandler, Braden, and George Carpenter formed the Monster Truck Racing Association (MTRA). The MTRA created standard safety rules to govern monster trucks. The organization still plays a major role in the sport's development in the USA and EU. With racing taking precedence, several teams began to think in new ways as to how the trucks could be built. Towards the end of 1988, Gary Cook and David Morris debuted Equalizer, a truck with a combination of coil springs
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Monster Truck Rally (video game)


Monster Truck Rally is an off-road racing video game developed by Realtime Associates for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and published by INTV Corp. in 1991. In the game, monster trucks rally on long dirt tracks; compete in special events such as automotive tug of war and sled-pulling; and perform maneuvers such as driving in doughnuts and crushing stationary cars. In Track Builder mode, players can design their own special stage to drive on. "Monster Truck Rally" is one of a minority of NES
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Monster truck


also now have fiberglass bodies that attach to the chassis separately and are designed to be easily removed and easily replaced when damaged. The use of fiberglass panel bodies has allowed monster truck owners to develop a wide variety of thematic concept trucks that scarcely resemble the modified stock trucks that became early monster trucks. Engines are now typically mounted behind the driver on most trucks and are typically supercharged, run on a methanol alcohol and corn-based oil fuel, and have displacement of up to 575 cubic inches (9.42 L). Axles
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Appy Entertainment


the disgusting pizza setting for a cutesy candy store. Trucks and Skulls for OSX (2011) br An OSX version of Trucks and Skulls released for the newly available OSX App Store. FaceFighter Ultimate (2011) br A large update to FaceFighter that pivoted the entire game from Premium to Free-to-Play. Trucks and Skulls Nitro / Trucks and Skulls Nitro HD (2011) br A large update to Trucks and Skulls that pivoted the entire game from Premium to in-app purchase monetization. New Truck Skins, Truck
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Nitro engine


, as it will run above its design temperature. A properly tuned engine will last a long time with good performance throughout its life. There are different types of R/C engines. There are on-road, off-road, aircraft, marine, and monster truck engines. On-road engines are designed to come into their power band from mid to high RPM. These engines can be used in off-road vehicles but are normally used in on-road sedans where very high RPM and high speed is
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Monster 4x4: World Circuit


"", although it lacks the Monster Jam license. A sequel developed by Ubisoft Reflections, entitled "Monster 4x4: Stunt Racer", was released for the Wii in 2009. Ubisoft revealed a steering wheel shell for the Wii Remote, as an accessory bundled with the game. The peripheral steering wheel, created by Thrustmaster, is controlled by tilting the wheel forward to use nitros and backwards to brake/slow down. Also, when on a ramp, if the player thrusts the shell forward or in any other direction
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List of Monster Jam video games


4x4", which began with the Monster Jam-licensed "Masters of Metal", before branching off into an independent series with three additional sequels that forgo the Monster Jam license in favor of creating a more unique monster truck racing experience. "Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction" is a video game of the vehicular combat genre released in 2002 by Unique Development Studios. The game is based on the USHRA Monster Jam series, and features several real life monster trucks including Grave Digger. Although it contains racing-based minigames,
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Travis Pastrana


Travis Alan Pastrana (born October 8, 1983) is an American professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events, including supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, and rally racing. He runs a show called "Nitro Circus", and previously competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Roush Fenway Racing the Global RallyCross Championship for Subaru Rally Team USA, and the Monster Jam circuit, in his own "Pastrana 199" truck. He last competed in NASCAR in the Camping World
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Nitro engine


required. Off-road engines have a less abrupt power curve compared to on-road engines. Off-road engines have a power band that extends through most of the RPM range. Off-road engines do not rev as high as on-road engines, but they do have more torque that can easily propel the vehicle it is in to impressive speeds. Off-road engines are usually used in 1/8 scale buggies where high speeds and good acceleration are required. Monster truck engines are generally very large compared to on
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Monster Trucks Nitro


" has. He felt that the price was high when compared to the amount of content given. Macworld's Chris Holt rated the Mac OS version a 3/5. He praised the simplicity and challenge of the game, yet felt it was too short and had too little gameplay options. "Pocket Gamer"s Tracy Erickson gave the iOS version a 5/10. Erickson explained that the detailed 3D graphics were not enough to overcome the "lack of satisfying gameplay". AppSpy's Damian Chiappara gave the iOS version of game a 3/5. Chiappara
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Danger Patrol


it, "soup"—to oil fields. He is trained by Sam "Easy" Street (Harry Carey), a veteran nitro handler, and soon promoted to a full-time nitro truck driver. Meanwhile Dan begins to develop a romantic relationship with Sam's daughter, Cathy (Sally Eilers). Because the explosive is so easily set off, the families of all the "soup handlers" live in fear that they will suddenly die. For years Cathy has been asking her father to leave the job, and he has
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Mini monster truck


a child driver named Kid KJ, who was billed as the World's Youngest Monster Truck Driver. The truck was a Monster Bear, a 1/3rd scale replica of a monster truck. He drives in a professional mini monster truck, called Monster Bear, which was built strictly to replicate a full-size monster truck. Monster Jam also uses a type of monster truck, called a Speedster, which is referred to as a “mini” and designed for faster competitions. The speedster can achieve faster speeds, up to 47
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Mini monster truck


A mini monster truck is a four-wheeled vehicle built on a tubular chassis. It has four wheel steering and four wheel drive. A mini monster truck is styled after and resembling an actual monster truck and built on a smaller scale than a standard monster truck. Mini monster trucks are typically custom-built vehicles, and are most frequently used in youth sports entertainment with child drivers. Mini monster trucks typically have the same features as standard monster trucks, usually to half-size or one-third scale. The mini
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Scrap Metal (video game)


Scrap Metal is a vehicular combat racing game by Slick Entertainment released on March 10, 2010 on Xbox Live Marketplace. Players race around tracks from an overhead perspective. "Scrap Metal" includes 60 single-player racing missions which include shortcuts, jumps, obstacles and temporary upgrades such as nitro boosts. Players can customize their vehicles choosing from 20 unique vehicle options, including muscle cars, bulldozers, airboats, and monster trucks. The vehicles can be customized and fitted with such weaponry as flamethrowers, chainsaws and rocket launchers. "
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Travis Pastrana


most popular riders of all time. The Freestyle stunt riding started at a young age. At 13 years old Pastrana was already performing stunts during motocross racing, keeping the fans enthused and, later in life, leading to his career in freestyle motocross. Pastrana has always raced and competed on Suzuki motorcycles, and remains fiercely loyal to the brand. He races with Team Cernic's Suzuki. All of his motorcycles and rally cars carry the number 199. He even sponsored a Monster Jam truck called Pastrana 199 and "Nitro Circus
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Kyosho Burns


Kyosho Burns is a 1/8 scale four-wheel-drive, two stroke, off-road competition buggy which was released as a kit from 1987 up until 1992, with 5 different specifications to meet different price points. It had a robust platform which was easily up-gradable with good performance even at an entry level. The success of the platform also lead to it being used for Kyosho's 1:8 scale monster truck the USA-1 Nitro Crusher. Kyosho designer and driver Yuichi Kanai started his involvement with the Turbo Burns and carried
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Tamiya Radio Controlled Nitro Vehicles


weight from and improved performance. The same small size tires were sold separately for Terra Crusher. However, the smaller tires that were better suited for on-road races were not popular for fans of Terra Crusher, who wanted a rugged off-road monster truck. The next model, TNX (TGM-03), was released in 2004. Its success proved that Terra Crusher's basic mechanical design was a very sound one. TNX is almost identical to Terra Crusher, aside from a few upgrades; notably stronger O.S designed 1.8
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Nitro (comics)


sixty children at the nearby elementary school and some 600 people in the surrounding neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut where the fight took place. Nitro escaped in the back of a pickup truck and Wolverine soon began hunting him. Eventually Wolverine and a group of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents caught up with Nitro. The agents perished in the battle. Atlantean agents show up and capture Nitro for Namor and Wolverine follows them to New Pangea in an Iron Man armor to find Nitro has killed his interrogators in an attempt to escape. Wolverine captures Nitro and slices
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Thunder Truck Rally


of surrounding code such as sound and sprite routines). "Monster Trucks" started development about three quarters through "DD1" and is a game based on those famous car-crushing, monster pick-up trucks with the oversized wheels." "Thunder Truck Rally" received overwhelmingly middling reviews. Glenn Rubenstein described it as "A fairly average driving game with a few new bells and whistles", "Next Generation" as "Not horrible, but nothing special either", and IGN as "a good, solid
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Firestarter Mini Monster Truck


Firestarter is a 1/3 scale exhibition monster truck conceived and completed in 2008 by Firestarter Racing of Essex County, Ontario. The vehicle, the body of which is based on the actual firefighting pumpers manufactured by Seagrave Fire Apparatus in the 1930s, possesses all the characteristics of a full-scale monster truck. Specifications include a 3.0 V6 engine, rear steering, Knight Stalker nitrogen shocks, a dual chain drive and 35" Super Swamper tires. Engineer Steve Combs of KS Enterprises, Inc. who initially developed the nitrogen charged shock, was
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Mini monster truck


. The vehicle reaches 27.9 mph on land and 3.7 mph in water. It is 11 feet long, and is designed for climbing and off-road capabilities. The vehicle does not resemble a standard monster truck or miniature monster truck. Mini monster trucks are meant to be identical to standard monster trucks at a smaller scale, usually ½ or 1/3 scale. A mini monster truck is typically a four-wheeled vehicle built on a tubular chassis, which allows the trucks to have a wider range of flex than a standard truck
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Monster truck


Monster Jam series, now owned by Feld Entertainment, is currently the largest, touring through the United States, Canada and select regions of Europe. Other pro of monster truck events include the Toughest Monster Truck Tour, the Traxxas Moster Truck Tour, and Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live. The first monster trucks built were pickup trucks and SUVs that were modified with larger suspensions and larger tires. Today, trucks now have custom built tubular chassis, with four-link suspension to provide up to four feet of clearance, and they
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Mini monster truck


. A mini monster truck has four wheel steering and four wheel drive to navigate challenging off-road courses and crush objects. The mini monster truck is not a modified truck, but it is designed and built from the ground up just like a full sized monster truck. One distinction between a mini monster truck and a standard monster truck is special features, which are built in to allow for an adult to move it around when child drivers are not available. There is an electric or hydraulic body lift for the fiberglass body
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List of Power Rangers Ninja Steel characters


duck pond and since used Hayley as his personal driver. With advice from Mick, Calvin overcame his fear to save the other Rangers from Tangleweb. As the Yellow Ninja Steel Ranger, Calvin commands the Nitro Zord which resembles a dump truck. In addition, Calvin has a name for his personal vehicle, his yellow truck as "Nitro", and treats his truck as if it was living. Calvin Maxwell is portrayed by Nico Greetham. Chantz Simpson was originally cast for the part, but the role was recast for unexplained
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Traxxas


Traxxas is a radio control model manufacturer based in McKinney, Texas. Traxxas offers electric and nitro powered radio-controlled cars, off-road and on-road vehicles, boats, and aircraft. Starting in 1987, Traxxas began selling a series of electric powered stadium truck and buggy models. In 1989, Traxxas released its first radio-controlled boat, the Villan IV. In 1992, Traxxas released its first RTR nitro model, the Nitro Hawk. In 1996, Traxxas released its first RTR nitro boat, the Nitro
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Adam Anderson (monster truck driver)


Adam Anderson (born December 5, 1985, in Norfolk, VA) is an American professional monster truck driver. He currently drives the monster truck "Grave Digger" on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit. Adam is the son of Dennis Anderson, the brother of Ryan Anderson and Krysten Anderson and Rival of Damon Bradshaw. a monster truck driver and 5-time Monster Truck World Champion. Adam currently resides in his home town of Poplar Branch, NC. Anderson was introduced to monster trucks by his father Dennis Anderson, joining his father
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Mini monster truck


mph, and is typically driven by an adult in either a Chicago style roundy-round or an obstacle course. In 2015, a mini monster truck ATV was designed in Russia to be used for off-road work. Professional mini monster truck racing is a youth sport that began receiving nationwide recognition in 2009. Kaid Jaret Olson-Weston, also known as Kid KJ, holds the world record for the youngest professional monster truck driver. Kid KJ performed in a mini monster truck at age 6. The truck was Monster
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Monster 4x4: World Circuit


developed by Ubisoft Reflections and was released exclusively on the Wii in 2009, and also came with a dedicated steering wheel accessory. "Stunt Racer" distinguishes itself from other "Monster 4x4" titles with racetracks that are specifically designed so that highly agile movements, such as nitro-powered wall-driving, are necessary to navigate through them. The second sequel was released exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012 and attempts to take advantage of that system's autostereoscopic 3D visual system for an enhanced racing experience, while being the first
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Mini monster truck


, which is replaceable. Mini monster trucks roll and crash in the same way as standard monster trucks, and most damage is sustained by the fiberglass body, so it must be easily replaced. Mini monster trucks usually run on gas with a fuel injection system. Mini monster trucks are not carbureted and the design includes a full roll cage and safety features. As most mini monster trucks are custom built, not all have the same safety features. When based on a go-kart or ATV chassis, safety features vary.
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Terminal Reality


after the success of Terminal Velocity with 3D Realms, to publish titles with Microsoft such as "Fury3", "Hellbender", "Monster Truck Madness", "CART Precision Racing" and "Monster Truck Madness 2". By January 1998, Terminal Reality became an equity partner and founding developer of Gathering of Developers, a Dallas, Texas based publisher in which Brett Combs sits on the Board of Directors. In December 2013, Terminal Reality closed down and liquidated its office outside Dallas, TX. On April 11,
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Bigfoot (video game)


Bigfoot is a racing video game released in July 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was developed by Beam Software and published by Acclaim. The game was advertised by the legendary monster truck of the same name in the cartoon segment of the 1990 television show, "Video Power", titled "The Power Team". The show also often used sound effects for the actions of not only Bigfoot, but others as well. The gameplay involves racing monster trucks including the title truck, Bigfoot (blue). The computer
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Nicole Johnson (monster truck driver)


" on the History Channel. At the 2010 SEMA Show, Nicole met monster truck legend Dennis Anderson, creator of Grave Digger Monster Truck, and his son, Ryan Anderson, who introduced her to Feld Entertainment personnel. Two weeks after meeting the Andersons, in November 2010, Nicole test drove a monster truck and accepted the job with Monster Jam, which began six weeks later. Nicole joined Monster Jam in January 2011 driving Tasmanian Devil, a 1,475 horsepower monster truck based around the Warner Brothers cartoon character of the same name
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Freestyle (monster trucks)


monster truck racing developed in the mid 1980s, freestyle was relegated to an exhibition exclusive event, and was almost non-existent for a portion of the early 1990s. Freestyle entered back into the sport as some drivers, notably Dennis Anderson and Mike Welch, began asking promoters if they could bring their trucks out for an extra freestyle exhibition for the fans when they were eliminated from racing in early rounds from breakage. They were given permission to do so often and the positive crowd response was noted by the promoters, who then
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Team Scream Monster Trucks


Team Scream is a monster truck race team based out of the Detroit area and races on the Monster Jam series. The team is made up of four trucks, Avenger, Brutus, Wrecking Crew, and Rage. The team founder is Jim Koehler and he is also the driver of Avenger. In 2003 the team won the Monster Jam World Finals in freestyle. Avenger is the only truck on the Monster Jam series to compete in every single Monster Jam World Finals with the same driver and truck. Koehler once again won the
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not just a fill-in. The truck is driven by Jim Koehler's brother and former crew member, Steve Koehler. Rage debuted at the Monster Truck Throwdown in Summer 2015, and made its Monster Jam debut in 2016. It competed at the 2017 Monster Jam World Finals during the Young Guns Shootout. Axe debuted at the Monster Truck Throwdown in Summer 2017, and made its Monster Jam debut in 2018. The General Tire Truck was made for the 4 Wheel Jamborees of 2009 a new body color for the team.
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Monster Truck Madness


Game Boy Advance. It was developed by Tantalus Media and published by THQ. A reviewer for "Next Generation" called "Monster Truck Madness" "the one title that really seems to take full advantage of the Windows 95 operating system", citing impressive frame rates even without using graphics accelerator cards and a strong sense of speed. He criticized the physics as unrealistic but said the customizable settings allow players of all skill levels to set a satisfying challenge for themselves. Rebecca Anderson wrote in GameSpot that despite her perception of monster
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2013, the monster truck Big Show plowed into a crowd of spectators in Chihuahua, Mexico, killing eight people, and injuring 79 of them. On September 29, 2014, a monster truck plowed into a crowd of spectators in Haaksbergen, Netherlands, killing three people. The world's biggest monster truck is Bigfoot 5, built in 1986, with tires that measure . The world's longest monster truck is the Sin City Hustler, which measures long and was created by Brad and Jen Campbell in 2014. The fastest speed
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Mini monster truck


different arm lengths to adapt to a child’s age, weight, and height. There is an electric or hydraulic body lift for the replaceable fiberglass body. Mini monster trucks usually run on gas with a fuel injection system. They are not carbureted and the design includes a full roll cage and safety features. Mini monster trucks perform the same moves as standard monster trucks, including jumps, rolls, wheelies, and crushing standard vehicles. In 2009, the first mini monster truck was built for use in professional youth competitions with
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Blue Thunder (truck)


Blue Thunder is a monster truck that races in the USHRA Monster Jam series. It was originally sponsored by the truck division of Ford Motor Company and Live Nation. The truck has several similarities with the monster truck Bigfoot. Some fans saw Blue Thunder as a replacement for Bigfoot in the Monster Jam series. The truck has been moderately successful and won several major events during its existence. However, it has not yet won a championship. Blue Thunder was used by Ford Motor Company for promotional purposes along with competition. The truck
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that are used in different competitions than standard monster truck competitions. The vehicles can be switched from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive. They are more agile than a standard monster truck, and have more horsepower than a youth competition mini monster truck. In 2015, Russian designer Aleksey Garagashyan released an amphibious all-terrain vehicle called SHERPT. The ATV was sometimes referred to as a miniature monster truck for recreational use. It is manufactured in St. Petersburg. It weighs 2,866 lbs and has a 44 HP Kubota engine
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Carolina Crusher


four-wheel drives. Porter saw his first monster truck show in 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1985, Porter built the first Carolina Crusher monster truck for $11,000. Carolina Crusher was initially used to help advertise for his brother's four-wheel drive shop with the hope to compete in monster truck shows. Porter and Carolina Crusher's first professional appearance occurred at the Spare Time 4x4 Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1988, Carolina Crusher debuted on the TNT Monster Truck Challenge, the first official monster truck
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Captain's Curse


Captain's Curse was a monster truck created by Monster Jam and FELD Motorsports, and competed in the Monster Jam series from 2007 through 2016. Captain's Curse was first seen in 2007 driven by Pablo Huffaker at Monster Jam World Finals 8. Alex Blackwell then drove the truck for the next five years until moving to Wolverine in 2012 Styled after a 1941 Willys pickup, the truck originally featured a red-and-black pirate-themed paint scheme. Designed to replace the Blacksmith monster truck, the truck's debut at World
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Blacksmith (truck)


Blacksmith was a monster truck that competed on the Monster Jam circuit. The body of the truck is based on the 1941 Willys Pickup. The truck was first driven by Corey Clark and Pablo Huffaker, with Tina Huffaker, Ryan Huffaker, Aaron Basl, and Norm Miller following. The truck was created and first seen in 2001. It competed at the Monster Jam World Finals six consecutive times since being seen in 2001. In 2007, the truck ran until the Monster Jam World Finals when it was replaced by Captain's Curse
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Bigfoot (truck)


and marketable monster truck despite the large number of imitators. In 1987, Chandler added to his innovations by founding the Monster Truck Racing Association, which remains today as the chief voice in monster truck safety. Another form of competition Chandler faced was the physical size of the competition. Many truck owners had taken to calling their vehicles the "world's largest monster truck", so Chandler outfitted his "Bigfoot 4" vehicle with 10-foot-tall tires he had purchased from a junkyard owner in Seattle, for $1000. The
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Carolina Crusher


won the Paul Shafer Motorsports World Finals in Freestyle. In the 2010s, Carolina Crusher was converted to a ride truck. Carolina Crusher has been featured in several video games, including Monster Truck Madness, Monster Truck Madness 2, Monster Truck Madness 64, and Monster Truck Destruction. Many Carolina Crusher toys have been produced since the late 1980s, including Micro Machines, Muscle Machines, and Hot Wheels. Feld Entertainment bought the rights for Carolina Crusher from Paul Shafer in 2014. After the end of a promotional agreement between Monster Jam
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Monster Truck Madness 2


as Monster Truck Madness 64. The game is known for featuring the biggest names in monster truck racing like Bigfoot, Grave Digger and Carolina Crusher, as well as WrestleTrucks —monster trucks named after WCW talent. This sequel offers improved graphics, an updated interface, new trucks and tracks and the addition of variable weather conditions when compared to its predecessor. However, the game engine is essentially the same, and most custom trucks and tracks are compatible with both games. The game contains assets from older TRI games, like Hellbender
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.500/465 Nitro Express


The .500/465 Nitro Express is a large bore centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Holland & Holland and introduced in 1907. The .500/465 Nitro Express is one of several rounds (including the .470 Nitro Express, .475 Nitro Express, .475 No. 2 Nitro Express and .476 Nitro Express) developed as a replacement for the .500/450 Nitro Express following the British Army 1907 ban of .450 caliber ammunition into India and the Sudan, all with comparable performance. Holland & Holland created the .500/465 Nitro Express by necking down the .500 Nitro Express 3¼ in.
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List of Monster Jam video games


, Nintendo DS and Wii. It is the sequel to Monster Jam video game. It is based on the USHRA Monster Jam Monster Trucks series. The game was published by Activision and made by Torus Games. Players drive monster trucks on the streets of New York and London. The game also includes minigames such as skee ball. "Monster Jam: Path of Destruction" is a racing video game based on the USHRA monster truck series that was made by Activision. It was the fourth edition in the series, the previous
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Mini monster truck


monster truck is not a modified truck, but it is designed and built from the ground up just like a full-sized monster truck. Special features are built in to allow for an adult to move it around when the child drivers are not available. The mini monster trucks have custom braking systems with brake boosters to assist child drivers, adjustable pedal systems to allow for the movement of the controls for various ages and sizes, custom five point safety harness systems that are adjustable, and movable control panels to allow for the
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Dennis Anderson


monster truck failed to show up and Anderson, who already had large tractor tires on the truck, offered to crush cars in the absence of the full-size monster. The success of the vehicle led Anderson to pursue monster trucks as a career. In 1986 Grave Digger underwent a transformation to complete monster truck and first received its distinctive black graveyard paint scheme. In 1987 and 1988 Anderson drove the truck primarily at TNT Motor sports races. In 1988 Anderson beat Bigfoot in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on a show taped for
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Gary Porter (driver)


Gary Porter is an American monster-truck driver that races on the United States Hot Rod Association circuit. He is a former member of the Grave Digger team but in 2015 he returned to his Carolina Crusher truck. He is the fastest Monster Truck Driver at 10.701. In July 2017, Gary Porter retired from Monster Trucks after spending 32 years in the sport. Porter's involvement in monster truck began in 1981 when he opened Porter's 4x4 Shop in Wadesboro, North Carolina, with his brother. In 1985, they built
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Terminal Reality


engine was the first photorealistic game engine created by Terminal Reality, developed from the "Monster Truck Madness" engine. The first game built on this technology was "CART Precision Racing", and the final game was "Fly! II", which used Photex3. "Monster Truck Madness 2" was heavily promoted by Microsoft (its producer) for using the Photex2 engine, which, at the time of its release, was a cutting-edge rendering engine. Most of its games used the Terrain geometry engine. This
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Chad Fortune


truck in the winter season, then bounced around trucks during the summer. He gave Karl Malone a ride in the WCW Nitro truck and the two became friends. In 2002, when Malone signed a deal with SFX/Clear Channel to create a truck called Power Forward. Fortune was chosen as the driver and drove the truck for three years, reaching the World Finals in 2002 and 2003. In 2005, Fortune brought to the table the idea of the Superman truck. The company created the new truck. Based on his
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Courtney Jolly


she wanted to drive a monster truck, and returned the next day hoping to drive a truck into the venue before singing the anthem. Monster Jam Senior Director of Operations Mike Wales later arranged for her to test drive a monster truck in North Carolina and he decided that she had what it took to drive competitively. Wales has referred to Jolly as the Danica Patrick of the monster truck circuit. She began driving professionally in the Monster Jam circuit while still attending college at Florida Gulf Coast University. Jolly lost most of the function
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Mini monster truck


Bear, a ½ scale monster truck based on a 2009 Ford Super Duty. Monster Bear is the earliest competitive mini monster truck built for youth competitions. Monster Bear is 11 feet long, 78 inches tall, 8 feet wide, and weighs 4,000 lbs. The truck has tires that are 42 inches tall and is powered by a Ford Focus 2-liter fuel injected motor. It was later modified using larger axles and 46 inch tires, and the motor was changed to a 300-horsepower, 3800 Grand National Supercharged, fuel-injected motor
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Monster truck


the sports of mud bogging and truck pulling were gaining in popularity. Several truck owners had created lifted trucks to compete in such events, and soon competition to hold the title of "biggest truck" developed. The trucks which garnered the most national attention were Bob Chandler's Bigfoot, Everett Jasmer's USA-1, Fred Shafer and Jack Willman Sr.'s Bear Foot, and Jeff Dane's King Kong. At the time, the largest tires the trucks were running were in diameter. In April 1981, Bob Chandler drove over
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Monster truck


truck" became the generic name for all trucks with oversized tires. King Kong and Bear Foot each followed Bigfoot to tires, and soon other monster trucks, such as King Krunch, Maddog, and Virginia Giant were being constructed. These early trucks were built off of stock chassis which were heavily reinforced, used leaf spring suspension, a stock body, and heavy axles from military-specification vehicles to support the tires. For most of the early 1980s, monster trucks performed primarily exhibitions as a side show to truck pulling or
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Freestyle (monster trucks)


Freestyle, in Monster Truck competition, is an event where the goal is to perform tricks and stunts with the truck in order to demonstrate driver skill and truck capability. Some freestyle events are judged competitions, while others are merely exhibitions, similar to that of Skateboarding. The earliest monster truck competitions were rudimentary freestyle events. Drivers would crush cars and perform wheelies and would typically be judged by the audience in a "cheer-off", where the truck that got the most applause was determined to be the winner. As
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Tamiya Radio Controlled Nitro Vehicles


. In Terra Crusher, however, one of the central gears had a set of differential gears inside. When the brake is applied, this gear is also stopped, and differential engaged to rotate the connected gears in opposite direction. It was an ingenious solution, however setting proved delicate and complicated, not to mention adding extra weight to the gears. Later models did away with this mechanism. Tamiya's first nitro truck, and the company's first nitro vehicle, was TR-15, released in 1994. TR-15, a 2-wheel
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Trucks and Tractor Power


between truck and tractor pulls and monster trucks, with National Mud Racing Organization mud races intermittently. After TNT was bought out by the United States Hot Rod Association in 1991, the show began primarily airing the Pendaliner Monster Truck Series and NMRO mud races held at Special Events' 4-Wheel and Off-Road Jamborees. A frequent feature of these shows was a highlight segment of "Tough Truck" amateur off-road races near the end of the monster truck episodes. The final season of Trucks and Tractor Power had Gary Lee as
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to develop a new truck, Team Bigfoot came out for 1990 in controversial fashion in Bigfoot 8. The new tube frame truck (a first in monster truck racing) featured a suspension system that gave it roughly 2 feet of suspension travel and was the lightest (10,000 lbs.) truck on the circuit (although Jack Willman's Taurus ran for a couple races on the circuit at 9,000 lbs.) Due to its dominance on the circuit, it was banned for a period of time to give the other trucks a chance
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Monster Trucks (film)


July 31, 2013, Paramount Animation announced that they were developing a new live-action/animated franchise, with an entry film titled "Monster Trucks", and Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger set to write the film's script. Chris Wedge was set to direct the film, which was produced by Mary Parent, with an initial release date set for May 29, 2015. Production took place in Vancouver Film Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. On February 19, 2014, Jane Levy and Lucas Till joined the cast
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Sudden Impact (truck)


Sudden Impact is a monster truck currently racing in the USHRA Monster Jam series. The truck was originally driven by John Seasock and has been to four World Finals under his command. It is the first monster truck to implement a driveline blanket, made of Kevlar, which goes around the outside of the drive shaft loop to make sure that if the driveshaft breaks, the parts will not fly off the truck, possibly causing injury to fans and officials. In 2010 the truck was driven by a new driver Ben Winslow. He
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Bigfoot (truck)


Bigfoot is a monster truck. The original Bigfoot began as a 1974 Ford F-250 pickup that was modified by its owner Bob Chandler beginning in 1975. By 1979, the modifications were so extensive, the truck came to be regarded as the first monster truck. Other trucks with the name "Bigfoot" have been introduced in the years since, and it remains a well-known monster truck moniker in the United States. A former construction worker and off-roading enthusiast from the St. Louis area, Chandler began racing in 1975
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Maximum Destruction


Maximum Destruction, otherwise known as "Max-D", is a monster truck owned by Tom Meents that currently runs on the Monster Jam circuit. In 1999, Clear Channel (now Feld Entertainment) signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling to create monster trucks based on popular professional wrestlers. In order to ensure the success of the truck of Goldberg, Clear Channel contracted the team of Tom Meents (who was already wildly popular from driving Monster Patrol and Bulldozer) to build and campaign the "Goldberg" truck. Meents
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Mohawk Warrior


Mohawk Warrior (also known as Great Clips Mohawk Warrior since 2017) is a monster truck currently racing in the Monster Jam professional monster truck racing series. It is currently driven by Bryce Kenny, and was originally driven by George Balhan, former An Escalade driver, who debuted in 2010 during the Monster Jam World Finals XI Encore in the Obsession Chassis. It features one of the first trucks a decoration on the roof, which is a Giant Mohawk. The truck is also a successor to An Escalade. It also has an
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mud bogging events. In August 1983, Bigfoot and USA-1 competed in the first side-by-side monster truck race, which was filmed for the television show "That's Incredible". By 1985 major promoters, such as the USHRA and TNT Motorsports, were racing monster trucks on a regular basis. In 1988, TNT Motorsports created a series to establish the first national championship of monster truck racing; USA-1 and rookie driver Rod Litzau edged out Bigfoot, driven by Rich Hoosier, for the title. In 1988,
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