Monster truck racing has come a long way from its mud-bogging, car-crushing origins. It's way more complex than that.
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It's an ultimately pointless exercise but it's a hell of a lot of fun to watch.
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Monster Jam is, nominally, a competition, but really it’s just a cool monster truck show—and apparently a profitable…
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Most wild monster truck tricks have already been done. The first car crush was decades ago. They’ve been doing…
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Brian Deegan has a kind-of passion for racing that seems downright bizarre after hearing a portion of his…
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Jasper Cooch, reporting for the sketch comedy duo Paulilu Mixtape, went to the 2012 Monster Jam World Finals and…