Monster truck

A monster truck is a vehicle that is typically styled after pickup truck bodies, modified or purposely built with extremely large wheels and suspension. They are used for competition and popular sports entertainment and in some cases they are featured alongside motocross races, mud bogging, tractor pulls and car-eating robots.

A monster truck show sometimes involves the truck crushing smaller vehicles beneath its huge tires. These trucks can run up and over most man-made barriers, so they are equipped with remote shut-off switches, called the Remote Ignition Interruptor (RII), to help prevent an accident if the driver loses control at any time. At some events, only one truck is on the course at a time, while most feature two drivers racing each other on symmetrical tracks, with the losing driver eliminated in single-elimination tournament fashion.

In recent years, many monster truck competitions have ended with a "freestyle" event. Somewhat akin to dressage with giant trucks, drivers are free to select their own course around the track and its obstacles. Drivers will often try "donuts", wheelstands and jumps during this segment. Additional items for the drivers to crush, usually including a motor home, are frequently placed on the track specifically for the freestyle event. Other obstacles sometimes placed on the track include school buses and small airplanes.

Monster Truck (disambiguation)

A monster truck is a custom-built vehicle with greatly oversized wheels.

Monster Truck or Monster Trucks may refer to

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Monster Truck (band)

Monster Truck are a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, who have released two EPs. Their album "Furiosity" was released on Dine Alone Records on May 28, 2013. It was distributed on Universal. The band announced their second studio album entitled "Sittin' Heavy" to be released on Mascot Records on February 19, 2016. Members include lead singer and bassist Jon Harvey, guitarist Jeremy Widerman, keyboardist Brandon Bliss and drummer Steve Kiely.

The band won the 2013 Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year. They played the Download Festival in 2013 and supported Vista Chino on their European tour in October and November 2013. The band started recording the now called "Sittin' Heavy" album in January, 2015 after touring with Alice in Chains, opening for them on their Canada/United States North American 2014 tour.

Their track "Sweet Mountain River" was included in Ubisoft's music game Rocksmith 2014, "Seven Seas Blues" in EA Sports' NHL 13, and "Old Train" was used in BBCA's Orphan Black S0208, "Variable And Full Of Perturbation". The first single from their upcoming studio album was released on October 19, 2015, a track called "Don't Tell Me How To Live". A song titled "The Enforcer" is also available only when you pre-order the new album.

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.

Gameplay

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 software titles to support the NES Four Score and NES Satellite video game accessories, allowing up to four players to compete in the game.

This Box cover from 1991 features an illustration by Marc Ericksen.

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