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SEMA 2009: Bigfoot still a crowd favorite, 35 years later

We distinctly remember 3rd grade. Specifically, sitting in the library once a month during recess. Why would we give up dodgeball and four-square to sit inside and read? Because the new issues of Off Road and 4Wheeler had just dropped and they had stories about Bigfoot! Bearfoot too, and Carzilla – but mostly Bigfoot! Happy days, happy days. And here at this year's SEMA Show, both the original 1975 Bigfoot #1 (the world's first monster truck) and the new-for-2009 Bigfoot (#12 of fifteen Bigfoots) showed up to terrorize the Las Vegas ... Read more →

Announcer killed at Wisconsin monster truck show Chris Paukert

It has been less than ten days since a tragic accident at a Tacoma, Washingon monster truck show killed a six-year old spectator. Now comes word that a promoter/announcer at a Madison, Wisconsin ...

Monster truck debris kills 6-year old boy at Tacoma Dome Chris Paukert

Debris from a Friday night Tacoma, Washington monster truck show flew into the crowd, killing a six-year old boy. The tragic accident happened during the Monster Jam at the Tacoma Dome while trucks ...

Hard times means some Icelanders can't keep on truckin' Jonathon Ramsey

In Iceland, the leviathan you see in the picture above is called a "jeep." Here in the U.S., it would be called a massively tricked out F-350 Super Duty, or probably just "monster truck." The 6,000 ...

Ah, steering's overrated anyway... Alex Nunez

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Steering_is_very_overrated_anyway'; If we had this puppy, we'd make a CD that was an endless loop of monster truck rally radio commercials. What better ...

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The Deer Camp Truck: Sightseeing in style 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for more pics of the Deer Camp Truck and its amenities We don't know much about the monster truck you see above, like who owns it, what it's actually used for, etc., but the pictures in the gallery below tell us all we need to know. Named the Deer Camp Truck, it appears to be a ...

Ridiculous ride height on a Ford Galaxie 500 3 years ago on Autoblog

Some will certainly look at this lifted Galaxie 500 and ask, "Why?" But to the people who build such things, the better question is always, "Why not?" Featured in the gallery at King of the Street, this massively raised Galaxie 500 is one of the most extreme examples of a growing trend in the ...

smart forfun2 a monster good time 3 years ago on Autoblog

With the recent announcement that Roger Penske's UnitedAuto Group will be offering SMART FourTwos in the US in 2008, DaimlerChrysler has decided to have a little fun and show people what the SMART brand is all about. To that end they have married a SMART car to a Unimog chassis developed by Greek ...

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