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Monster trucks rolling on cable
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, South Carolina)
Vol. 58, No. 171
(page 31 - continued on page 37)
Sunday, June 19, 1988
BY: Andrew J. Edelstein
Are you bored by most TV sports this time of year? Are you incredulous that people are still playing basketball three weeks after Memorial Day? There's always tennis, which is terrific if you like having your pupils ping-ponging around in your eye sockets. Baseball is too slow for some tastes, and it doesn't look as if the pennant races will be hot this year.
May we make a suggestion? Try monster truck racing. In the tradition of the best in American sport, monster truck racing is quick, brutal and fun.
Thanks to the miracle of cable, monster truck racing, which has a huge regional following, can now be available to all, even urban dwellers and those with valet parking. ESPN often airs monster truck races, and on Sunday, June 19, the Nashville Network broadcasts the "TNT Red Man All American" from the Houston Astrodome as part of its sports-anthology program "American Sports Calvalcade."
What is monster truck racing? Think of a combination of demolition derby, and Evel Knievel stunt, "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "The Highwayman," and you get the picture.
The monsters are souped-up Ford and Chevy pickup trucks that cost about $150,000 apiece and sport huge tires that look like they belong on the meanest 18-wheeler imaginable. One expects to see Jacko sitting in the cabs of these trucks, but instead we find good ole boys sporting baseball caps emblazoned with the Red Man chewing tobacco logo.
The trucks sport handles like "Bigfoot," "Carolina Crusher," "Master of Disaster" and "Stomper." Two trucks race against each other along a rutted course in which they must leap over or smash a series of cars. The trucks then have to turn around (no easy trick, given the trucks' size and the narrow space in which they must maneuver), squash another series of cars before throttling at full speed to the finish line. We're talking action here.
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, South Carolina)
Vol. 58, No. 171
(page 31 - continued on page 37)
Sunday, June 19, 1988
BY: Andrew J. Edelstein
Are you bored by most TV sports this time of year? Are you incredulous that people are still playing basketball three weeks after Memorial Day? There's always tennis, which is terrific if you like having your pupils ping-ponging around in your eye sockets. Baseball is too slow for some tastes, and it doesn't look as if the pennant races will be hot this year.
May we make a suggestion? Try monster truck racing. In the tradition of the best in American sport, monster truck racing is quick, brutal and fun.
Thanks to the miracle of cable, monster truck racing, which has a huge regional following, can now be available to all, even urban dwellers and those with valet parking. ESPN often airs monster truck races, and on Sunday, June 19, the Nashville Network broadcasts the "TNT Red Man All American" from the Houston Astrodome as part of its sports-anthology program "American Sports Calvalcade."
What is monster truck racing? Think of a combination of demolition derby, and Evel Knievel stunt, "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "The Highwayman," and you get the picture.
The monsters are souped-up Ford and Chevy pickup trucks that cost about $150,000 apiece and sport huge tires that look like they belong on the meanest 18-wheeler imaginable. One expects to see Jacko sitting in the cabs of these trucks, but instead we find good ole boys sporting baseball caps emblazoned with the Red Man chewing tobacco logo.
The trucks sport handles like "Bigfoot," "Carolina Crusher," "Master of Disaster" and "Stomper." Two trucks race against each other along a rutted course in which they must leap over or smash a series of cars. The trucks then have to turn around (no easy trick, given the trucks' size and the narrow space in which they must maneuver), squash another series of cars before throttling at full speed to the finish line. We're talking action here.