Monster trucks are modified pickup trucks with larger suspensions and larger tires, usually for recreational purposes. Currently pickup trucks are still in use, but SUV bodies and themed trucks are driven and most of the bodies are now made of fiberglass instead of metal. The themed trucks vary from car bodies, SUV bodies, and even animal-themed animals. A competing monster truck must meet the 12-foot, 12-foot wide guidelines, and by 2015, to be fitted with specially made 462bb BKT 66-inch tires. Monster trucks used to be sidewalks on popular motocross and mud mud events, but today they are usually the main attraction with motocross and mud bogging as complementary events.
Monster truck shows usually have two main events, a race and a freestyle competition. Racing is performed as a single elimination tournament on two symmetrical and short soil tracks that usually include hairpin bends and jumps over rows of cars. Each round, two trucks race to the finish line on a separate track, with the winner advancing to the next bracket. In a freestyle event, every driver performs a show consisting of actions like jumping over obstacles, backflip, wheelies, and donuts. The panel of judges sets the points for each performance and the driver with the most points is declared the winner. The freestyle show has a set time limit and only one truck is allowed on the track at a time as a security measure. In addition, monster trucks that compete in the show are equipped with a button to shut down the machine remotely. At any time, the switch may be triggered by the track attendant to turn off the truck engine to prevent it endangering the audience or the driver.
By 2017, freestyle events have become the final arena of competition. Drivers are free to choose their own path around the tracks and obstacles. Drivers will often do donuts, wheel stands, large air jumps and even backflips during this segment. Historically, additional items for drivers to demolish such as motor homes and school buses are often placed in special lanes for freestyle events. However, the debris incidents that flew into the stands and caused serious injuries have affected most of the event's promoters to turn away from such weak obstacles. Most freestyle courses now consist of too large jumps and ramps that are set up to allow trucks to get excess air and fleets that explode upon landing.
In addition to recreational use, the height of the land from the body of a monster truck has caused it to be used to rescue people stranded by floods.
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Histori
In the late 1970s, the modified pickup truck was very popular and the mud sports bogging and pulling trucks were getting popular. Some truck owners have made trucks raised to compete in such events, and soon the competition for holding the title of "largest truck" is developed. The trucks that get the most attention are Bigfoot Bob Chandler, Everett Jasmer from USA-1, Fred Shafer and Jack Willman Sr. Bear Foot, and Jeff Dane King Kong. At that time, the truck's largest tire was 48 inches (1.2 m) in diameter.
In April 1981, Bob Chandler drove a car at Bigfoot in what is often believed to be the first monster truck to destroy a car. Chandler piloted Bigfoot on a pair of cars on the field as a test of truck capability, and filmed it for use as a promotional tool in his store. A show promoter saw a video of a crush on a car and asked Chandler to do it in front of the crowd. Initially hesitant because of the "destructive" image that can be attributed to Bigfoot, Chandler finally gave up. After several smaller performances, Chandler made his achievements at Pontiac Silverdome in 1982. On this show, Chandler also debuted a new version of Bigfoot with 66in. tire. On the previous show in the early 1980s when Bigfoot was still running 48 tires, Bob George, one of the owners of a motorsport promotional company called Truck-a-rama (now USHRA), is said to have created the phrase "Monster Truck" when referring to Bigfoot. The term "truck monster" became the common name for all trucks with terra terra tires.
Exactly who destroyed the first car is often disputed. There is a claim that in the late 1970s, Jeff Dane King Kong (who called his truck "Big Foot") destroyed cars on the Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, Wisconsin. Another truck, known as the High Roller (currently known as "Thunder Beast"), also claims to have documented a car crushed in Washington State before Bigfoot, even though the documentation never showed up. Cyclops, owned by Dykman Brothers, also claims to have destroyed a burnt car before Bigfoot. However, the earliest, widely available and verified video footage shows a monster truck destroying an existing car showing Bob Chandler riding Bigfoot while destroying two mid-1970s cars in April 1981. This video is what the promoter sees motivating him to ask Chandler to doing a car crash in front of crowds.
King Kong and Bear Foot each follow Bigfoot to a 66-inch (1.7 m) diameter tire, and soon other monster trucks, such as King Krunch, Maddog, and Virginia Giant are under construction. These early trucks were built from a highly reinforced stock chassis, used spring leaf suspension, stock body, and heavy military axle to support the tires.
For much of the early 1980s, monster trucks did exhibits primarily as side performances to interesting trucking events or bogging mud. In 1985, major promoters, such as USHRA and TNT Motorsports, began to mobilize monster trucks regularly. The race, as it happens today, is in the form of a single elimination drag race, which is held over a course filled with obstacles. The change to racing ultimately led to truck owners starting to build lighter trucks, with more power. The formation of the first TNT monster truck championship in 1988 accelerated the process and found the team began using straight rail frames, fiberglass bodies, and lighter axle components to shave weight and increase speed.
In 1988, to standardize rules for the construction and safety of trucks, Bob Chandler, Braden, and George Carpenter formed the Monster Truck Racing Association (MTRA). MTRA creates standard security rules to govern monster trucks. The organization still plays a major role in the development of sports in the US and EU.
With the racing taking precedence, some teams start thinking in new ways about how trucks can be built. Toward the end of 1988, Gary Cook and David Morris debuted Equalizer, a spring-loaded combination truck and shock absorbers as the main source of suspension rather than standard leaf springs and shock absorbers. In 1989, Jack Willman Sr., now with his own truck, Taurus, debuted a new truck that uses a solid axle suspension system made of parallel four-lane suspension and coilover that together weighs almost 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg). However, the coup coup de grÃÆ' Â ¢ ce came from Chandler, also in 1989, the Bigfoot VIII featured a full tubular chassis and a long trip suspension system made from triangulation of four-link suspension, stop bumps, restrict straps, cantilevers, and shock absorbers filled with nitrogen gas. The truck revolutionized how giant trucks were built, and within a few years, the top teams built the same vehicle.
In 1991, TNT was purchased by USHRA and their series of points were combined. The Special Event Championship is starting to grow in popularity with the team as it has an open qualification venue that is only owned by the invited USHRA championship. The Special Event Series lost the sponsor of the Pendaliner in 1997. The short-lived ProMT series began in 2000.
Despite the dominant racing as a competition, the USHRA event began having a freestyle exhibition in early 1993. The exhibition was developed as a driver, especially the highly popular Dennis Anderson of the Grave Digger, beginning to ask for time to come out and perform if they lose the early round of racing. Promoters began to notice the popularity of freestyle among fans, and in 2000 USHRA started holding freestyle as a competition that was rated at events, and now even awarded freestyle championships.
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Promoter
Monster Jam is currently the largest and premiere monster truck show, tour through the United States, Canada and some regions of Europe. Monster truck deal promoters include:
- Feld Motor Sports (Monster Jam)
- The heaviest Monster Truck Tour
- All Star Motorsport Productions (All Star Monster Truck Tour)
- Monster Truck Racing League (MTRL)
- Monster Truck Insanity Tour (Live A Little Productions)
- Monster Nation
- Flag Box Income
- Family Events
- Kicker Monster Truck Nationals
- Destroy Spectacular Truck Monster
- National Events Ltd (United Kingdom)
- O'Reilly Outlaw Nationals
- Monster Truck Tour XL/Super T Events
- Super Series Monster Truck Monster/Monster Events Inc.
- Extreme Monster Truck Nationals/Jim Morris
- MEGA Monster Truck Tour
- Monster X Tour
- Custom Event 4 Wheels & amp; Off Road Jamboree
- Major League of Monster Truck
- Monster Truck Challenge
- Monster Nationals (Promotion Company, Inc.)
- Gas Guzzy & amp; Marketing
- Vaters Monster Motorsports
- WGAS Motorsports
- Performance Motorsports Inc.
Truck style and create
The first monster truck ever built was a modified pickup truck with a larger suspension and larger tires. Currently, the truck now has a specially crafted tubular chassis, with a four-link suspension to provide a range of up to four feet, and they also now have a fiberglass body that enters the chassis separately and is designed to be easily removed and easily replaced when damaged. Installed directly behind the driver on most trucks is a typically supercharged engine, run on methanol alcohol and corn oil based fuels, and has a displacement of up to 575 cubic inches (9.42 L). The axle is mostly taken from heavy duty military trucks or road vehicles such as school buses, and modified to have a planetary gear reduction in the hub to help rotate the tires. All trucks have hydraulic steering in front and rear (steering wheel four), with the front wheel controlled by the steering wheel and rear wheel by a switch switch. Tires are typically tires "Terra" used in fertilizer spreaders, and are sized 66 "ÃÆ'â €" 43 "-25", with a diameter of 66 ", width 43", in order to fit 25 "rims (168ÃÆ'â € 109-63Ã, cm). Most trucks use modified and/or custom-designed automatic transmissions, such as Turbo 400, Powerglide, Ford C6, or Torque-flite 727 transmissions. A limited number of trucks utilize the Lenco transmission, which tracks its roots to attract races. Most of the automatic transmissions are heavily modified with transbrakes, manual valve bodies, and heavy duty gear sets. The truck running Lenco uses a centrifugal clutch as opposed to a torque converter, used in automatic transmissions. The Lenco transmission is usually found in two or three speed speed configurations, and is usually shifted by compressed CO 2 .
The trucks have many safety features, some of which are only needed for walking in the small truck-ridden arena. The truck is equipped with three disconnect switches: RII (Remote Ignition Interrupt), one within the driver's reach inside the cab, and another on the rear of the truck so that all electrical power can be turned off in the event of a rollover. Many trucks are built with drivers sitting in the center of the cabin for viewing. Most cabins are shielded by Lexan (or comparable polycarbonate), which not only protects the driver from track debris, but also allows increased visibility. The driver is required to wear firesuits, safety harness, helmet, and head and neck restraints. Most of the moving parts in the truck are also shielded, and the high pressure components have straps, both in case of explosion.
Usage
While usually exclusively recreational, monster trucks are used to rescue people stranded by floods after August 2017, Hurricane Harvey in Texas, USA. Large ground clearances hold bodies and machines well above the water surface, where ordinary vehicles will be flooded and immobilized.
Accident
There have been reports of accidents with monster trucks, which caused more than twenty deaths and hundreds of injured people.
On March 24, 2001, at Monster Jam World Finals, a Blacksmith truck hit a dump at the end of the race track at Sam Boyd Stadium, leaving no injuries.
On January 16, 2009, at the Monster Jam event in Tacoma, 6-year-old Sebastian Hizzey from Washington was killed when wrecked by a truck of High Nature .
On January 25, 2009, the Samson Battled monster truck was involved in an accident in Madison, Wisconsin that caused the death of broadcaster George Eisenhart after he accidentally stepped in front of Samson while on the move.
On March 28, 2009, at Final Monster Jam World, Captain's Curse truck lost its brakes during the run. Alex Blackwell, the driver at the time, realized that he did not have a brake, and drove it. This is an attempt to overthrow a truck instead of crashing into a chair directly. The truck eventually landed a few lines at the Sam Boyd Stadium stands, though no one was hurt.
On October 6, 2013, the monster Big Show truck hit a crowd of spectators in Chihuahua, Mexico, killing eight people, and wounding 79 people. Some speculated the driver was under the influence after the incident.
On September 29, 2014, a monster truck hit a crowd of spectators in Haaksbergen, The Netherlands, killing three people.
Tools
Motor gear has the same equipment as the others, although they are more characterized by larger tire sizes, whose diameter can in some cases exceed four meters. Its length can exceed seven meters.
Guinness World Records
The world's largest monster truck is Bigfoot 5 , built in 1986, with tires measuring 3,048 m (10 ft).
The longest monster truck in the world is Sin City Hustler measuring 9.8 m (32 ft) long and created by Brad and Jen Campbell in 2014.
The fastest speed record for the monster truck was reached in 2014 by Mark Hall at Raminator at a speed of 159.49 km/h (99.1 mph).
The longest ramp jump made by the monster truck was reached in 2013 by Joey Sylvester at Bad Habit at 72.42m (237.7 ft.).
Backflip first monster truck in a competition reached in 2010 by Cam McQueen at Nitro Circus .
See also
- Pro Arena Truck
- Wheelie slap tricks move
- List of truck monsters
- Mini monster trucks
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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