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11/03/09

- E3 Sparks Plugs & Lucas Oil To Be Key Sponsors of 2010 Monster Nationals!!

- The Black Night Soars Into the World of Monster Trucks!!

10/31/09

- Migues Takes Overall Win Night One In Farmington, NM!!

10/30/09

- Monster Jam On Television This Weekend!

10/29/09

- Bigfoot #1 Tribute Body Completed!!

10/25/09

- Marvel Superheroes Roar Into Monster Jam!!

10/24/09

- Creten Sweeps Montreal, Quick Nails Backflip!!

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E3 Spark Plugs & Lucas Oil To Be Key Sponsors of 2010 Monster Nationals Series!!:  (Indianapolis, IN) Two major sponsors have been signed for the Monster Nationals series of 15 indoor monster truck show to be produced by the Promotion Company – Family Events across the Midwest during the winter of 2009-2010. The events will be titled “E3 Spark Plugs Monster Nationals Presented by Lucas Oil”.
     Monster Nationals shows were acquired by The Promotion Company-Family Events during the summer of 2009 from Image Promotions, Inc. of Chardon, OH. This was the series owned by the late George Eisenhart Jr. With these Name-In-Title and Presenting sponsorships, the new owners of the Monster Nationals series will be able to assure high-quality productions featuring the nation’s top monster trucks and drivers as well as add exciting new supporting acts to the shows.

     Steve Joiner, Vice President Sales and Marketing-E3 said: “The audience for Monster Nationals loves high performance. With this Name-In-Title sponsorship we can build on our E3 spark plug high-performance product profile. This audience appreciates big engine power and nothing helps deliver that power better than our DiamondFire design spark plugs. Since the E3 Spark Plugs Monster Nationals Presented by Lucas Oil attracts a lot of families; we can also stress the family-friendly story of how we are helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming by reducing fuel consumption. Performance with economy for a better environment—we think it’s a message that will hit home with this audience.”
     Bob Patison, Executive Vice President-Lucas Oil Products commented on the Lucas sponsorship: “Lucas Oil is dedicated to the promotion and growth of grassroots motorsports, and with the integration into Monster Nationals, we are able to continue to round out our involvement with just about every form of motorsports around the country. We have found that bringing the Lucas Oil story to fans of motorsports of all kinds allows us to showcase our brands of high performance lubricants.”
     Mike Moore, president of The Promotion Company – Family Events said: “As we embark on our first season of Monster Nationals events, we are very happy to bring along as partners such high-quality brands as E3 Sparkplugs and Lucas Oil. These brands are the best in their product categories and that’s what we aim to deliver at our shows—the best. Families will see these two well-known names associated with our productions and feel sure that the E3 Spark Plugs Monster Nationals Presented by Lucas Oil will be an evening of top-notch entertainment thrills.”
     The 2009-2010 Monster Nationals shows are scheduled in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. For more information on the Monster Nationals series, visit www.FamilyEvents.com!!  (11/03/09)

The Black Night Soars Into The World of Monster Trucks!!:  (Fort Lauderdale, FL) K&J Monster Trucks, Inc. is excited to announce the creation of the Black Night Monster Truck, which will be making its official debut in January 2010.

     Fans may recognize the truck as the former Cowboy Monster Truck, as seen on Speed TV. But with an infusion of old school super heroes and the contemporary crusaders of this millennium, the Black Night will be one of the most unique characters to descend into the world of monster trucks in recent memory.
     Wielding a shield and a sword, the Black Night is ready to spring into action and demolish anything standing in his path. The ‘Night is holding his bolt high and the bold new hero is ready to rid any arena of corruption and evil. Keep your eyes open though, he was built for speed.
     Black Night merchandise will be sold during shows and online. Merchandise will include t-shirts, hats, posters, stickers, and more.
     Prepare yourself, the debut of the Black Night is only weeks away and soon the newest super hero to soar into the world of monster trucks will be set loose.
     If you would like to book the Black Night or any of the other trucks from K&J Monster Trucks, Inc., please email us at monstertruckracn@yahoo.com. K&J Monster Trucks, Inc., based in Fort Lauderdale, FL is home to both the Black Night and Adrenaline Rush Monster Trucks. K&J Monster Trucks, Inc., also has two mini monster trucks, one in which is known as Sir Crush-A-Lot and the other truck driven by Kid KJ has yet to be named. (11/03/09)

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Migues Takes Overall Win Night One In Farmington, NM!!:  The Del Taco Monster Truck Spectacular is back at Farmington, New Mexico's McGee Park Memorial Coliseum last night and it was Darren Migues in Bounty Hunter taking the overall victory with some high-flying freestyle!!  Migues took the opening round of the night, but it was Ronnie Sturges in Nasty Boy making some noise in round two as he narrowly edged out Migues after a run with several huge slap wheelies. Sam Sturges also had a great run in round two, almost going over in Unnamed & Untamed after a big sky wheelie over the cars. The finals would be all Bounty Hunter despite great efforts from Unnamed and Nasty Boy, as well as Joe Miller in Iron Outlaw and Travis Sturges in 1/2 Pint. The monsters are back in action tonight along with tough trucks and quads, so come on out and celebrate Halloween with monster trucks at the McGee Memorial Coliseum in Farmington, NM!!  (10/31/09)

Monster Jam On Television This Weekend!!:  Just a heads up fans, you can see Monster Jam on some high profile national television shows this weekend. First, tonight you can see Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger as he smashes a 1,700 lb pumpkin on the Tonight Show with Conan O’ Brien at 11:30 EST!!  Then on Sunday, November 1st, Tom Meents and Maximum Destruction will appear on ABC’s Extreme Makeover at 8:00PM EST from Owensboro, Kentucky. Great exposure for monster trucks, for more information, check out www.MonsterJamOnline.com!!  (10/30/09)

Bigfoot #1 Tribute Body Completed!!:  (Hazelwood, MO) Bigfoot 4x4 has completed the brand new body for BIGFOOT #12, and it looks very similar to another famous BIGFOOT monster truck ... BIGFOOT #1!!  The truck was completed just in time to show off at the 2009 SEMA show this weekend in Las Vegas, NV. Check back at www.Bigfoot4x4.com soon as we will have more to come on this #1 replica!!  (10/29/09)

Marvel Superheroes Roar Into Monster Jam!!:  (Aurora, IL) Marvel Entertainment, Inc., a global character-based entertainment licensing company celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding in 1939, has partnered with Feld Motor Sports, the world leader in specialized arena and stadium-based motor sports entertainment, to feature Iron Man and Spider-Man on custom-designed monster trucks to perform on the worldwide Monster Jam® tour.
     The addition of the Super Hero-branded monster trucks to Monster Jam - the world's most popular live touring monster truck property which combines motor sports and family entertainment - enables Marvel to leverage the enormous appeal of the live Monster Jam shows to expand the exposure of its popular Super Hero brands to Monster Jam's annual audience of over four million spectators. The Iron Man and Spider-Man trucks will make their official debut at Monster Jam events in January 2010.
     "The partnership with Feld Motor Sports and their Monster Jam arena shows underscores our strategy to expand the reach and exposure of our brands into new entertainment formats such as live arena shows," said Paul Gitter, President of Consumer Products for North America, Marvel Entertainment. "We are excited to bring two of our world-renowned Super Hero properties to the millions of fans who attend Monster Jam events each year, expanding the Marvel brand experience to their core audience."
     "We are thrilled to be licensing two of the world's top entertainment character brands - Iron Man and Spider-Man - for two new touring monster trucks at Monster Jam," said Charlie Mancuso, President, Feld Motor Sports. "The brand equity Marvel brings to the table with Iron Man and Spider-Man, and the reach Feld Motor Sports brings to the table with live events, television, web, and consumer products, makes this partnership a perfect fit."
     The deal also includes co-branded merchandise to be sold onsite during live Monster Jam shows and on MonsterJam.com. Merchandise includes rights for apparel and accessories, specialty items, DVD inclusion, posters, stickers and show yearbooks.
     With more than 325 live performances a year at the world's premier stadiums and arenas, Monster Jam has a family-oriented fan base of more than four million spectators. Monster Jam events blow the roof off traditional motor sports, featuring giant monster trucks competing in a thrilling, car-crushing frenzy. Monster Jam events are televised on the SPEED Channel and CBS. For more information on Monster Jam, check out www.MonsterJamOnline.com!! (10/25/09)

Creten Sweeps Montreal, Quick Nails Backflip!!:  The 2009 Monster Spectacular at Olympic Stadium is in the books and wouldn't you know it, Jimmy Creten sweeps again!!  It was an incredible event tonight in Montreal as twelve trucks competed in racing and freestyle and Larry Quick attempted to perform the first ever backflip in Canada. Racing would be all 2Xtreme Racing as Joe Miller in Iron Outlaw and Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter marched through the brackets on their way to the finals. In the championship race, Creten would just be too strong despite a valiant effort from Miller as he picked up the huge racing victory.

     After racing was completed, Larry Quick rolled out in Ghost Ryder to attempt the monster truck backflip, hoping to be the first to complete one in Canada. Larry nailed the attempt and landed it perfectly on all fours as the crowd of over 45,000 went crazy!!

     Freestyle would see great runs from Rick Long in Bigfoot, Joe Miller in Iron Outlaw, and Dan Patrick in Samson, but the battle for the win would be between just two trucks. Breakage claimed heavy hitters like Amsoil Shock Therapy, Avenger and Brutus. Rich Hilgendorf in Weapon 1 put on an amazing freestyle as, after blowing a tire on the second hit, he continued on, launching over the biggest stuff on the floor before a nasty rollover ended his run with seconds left on the clock. It would take an extraordinary effort to beat him but one driver was up to the task.

     That driver would none other than the racing winner Jimmy Creten. Creten piloted Bounty Hunter like the pro that he is, getting huge air off everything and keeping up tons of momentum. As time expired, Creten cross-threaded the huge delivery van stack and got hung up, flipping the truck over on its side to end his run. As the crowd erupted in thunderous applaus for Bounty Hunter, there was little doubt that Creten had pulled it off, sweeping Montreal.

     TMB sends out a huge thanks to Chris Arel and all of his staff for inviting us up to cover our first event in Canada and for all their hospitality on our trip. Also a big thanks to Team Scream crew member Stephanie Cotnoir for taking Ross Bonar's camera and deliverying the amazing shots you see above and many more. Watch for all of this action in our upcoming episode of TMB TV, premiere date to be announced - with filming by both Colby Marshall and Ross Bonar along with two Track Cams and the on board camera, we have a ton of great footage we will be bringing your way!!  Finally a big thanks to all the drivers and teams for their hard work in putting on a show to remember. Stay tuned for more Montreal coverage once we get back stateside!!  (10/24/09)

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