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Monster Truck Essay
Just more than a decade ago, the first monster truck stunned 70,000 fans occupying the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. ... In 1982, in front of a packed house in Pontiac, this monster of a truck smashed two cars with a single blow. Bigfoot monopolized the monster truck scene until Bear Foot, a fierce competitor, came out of hibernation. Fred Shafer was the first monster truck driver to challenge Chandlers Bigfoot, and he would go on to win three world championships. ... From 1981 to 1984, monster trucks just rolled over cars with the intention of flattening them. ... In 1984, the Battle of the Monster Trucks was created with a race style competition and in 1987 the Unites States Hot Rod Association (USHRA) created and sanctioned the first series with head to head competition. Today, coil over and nitrogen charged suspension systems, 66 inch tall tires and alcohol-injected engines can generate 1,500 horsepower, making todays monster trucks bigger, badder and meaner than ever. The USHRA promotes the top 100 trucks in the world at nearly 300 events each year.
MONSTER SIZE EXPENSES
The Monster Motor Monster truck engines are custom-built, alcohol-injected and usually cost around $35,000. ...
Monsterous Tires
Each monster truck uses Goodyear or Firestone tires, more commonly manufactured as flotation tires for earth moving equipment. ... Firestone are the best brand tires that have made appearances on certain big name trucks such as bigfoot. They first appeared, based on a 1974 Ford F250, with a 1979 body, the original Bigfoot in 1974 was continually developed through a range of specifications and tyre sizes, gaining rear wheel steering in 1979 and ending up with the Firestone 66" tyres which are now the monster truck standard.
Approximate Word count = 1400
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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