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Video from THE BUCK!!: Very excited to
announce that an awesome guy, Charlie Wagner, has been kind enough to
allow THE MONSTER BLOG to post his video from this past weekend's "Battle
of the Monster Trucks" at the Buck Motorsports Park in Lancaster, PA.
By all accounts from those who were lucky enough to attend, it was a great
show, so go check out some video of Bigfoot, Black Stallion, Iron Warrior,
and Samson tearing up the Buck!! A huge thank you to Charlie Wagner
for some great video!! (8/31/05)
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Fan Photo Gallery: Just posted the all-new
Fan Photo Gallery!! This section provides a place for Monster Truck
fans who don't necessarily want to start their own website to share their
Monster Truck photos with other Monster Truck fans!! We start the
section off with a bang, featuring some awesome pictures from a great
member of the Monster Truck community, Chris Kaelin!! Head on over
to the Features section to see pictures of Raminator's display and car
crush at Alton Dodge in Alton, IL!!! (8/31/05)
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Hurricane Katrina: Just wanted to say to
all the folks in the Gulf Coast area, that we here at The Monster Blog
have all of you in our thoughts and prayers as you deal with this terrible
event. Thank you for your support and God be with you as you deal
with the aftermath. Again, we are thinking about you, and will keep
you in our prayers!! (8/30/05)
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1,000 HITS!!!: I am so proud and delighted
to announce that late Tuesday night, THE MONSTER BLOG received its 1,000th
hit!! Thank you all so much for your support and for visiting the
site. In just 20 days of being open, we have had 1,000 hits.
Its hard to believe, but it just makes me that much more excited about
what we are doing here at the site, and we've got tons more great stuff in
store for all of you fine folks in the Monster Truck Community!!!
(8/30/05)
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Thoughts & Prayers to Dr. Danger & Family:
Just wanted to send out our sympathies to Dr. Danger and his family after
the stunt gone wrong at the Eve of Destruction event last night at I-70
Speedway. During a stunt in which Dr. Danger was to jump into a
stack of two vans and a station wagon in a stock early '90's Ford Taurus,
the car landed on the roof hard and the Doc was injured. Last news
at the track last night was that Dr. Danger had a broken shoulder, arm,
and neck, but was conscious and alert when he was extricated from the car.
He was also able to move his hands and feet, which is great news,
considering. According to the track announcer, Dr. Danger's first
words to EMS crew members were, "Man, What a Rush!!" The Monster
Blog will have Dr. Danger in our thoughts and prayers, and we're rooting
for the Doc to pull through this!! (08/28/05) UPDATE 2:
Dr. Danger is being held at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, MO.
This from a track official:
"Broken vertebrae at the base of his
neck, broken shoulder, dislocated right elbow, broken left arm. Was
sitting up and talking, more worried about how he was going to cover his
next two scheduled jumps then about his condition."
The Monster Blog is very happy to hear that Dr. Danger is ok and will pull
through this, and we continue to extend our Thoughts & Prayers for a
speedy recovery. In light of this information, and after getting a
feel for Dr. Danger and his personality, The Monster Blog feels
comfortable in releasing the video of the stunt and the pictures of the
aftermath. I think that Dr. Danger would rather have more people see his
death defying jump, than continue to withhold because of his injuries. So,
you will be able to see this crazy stunt over on the video section!!
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I-70 Speedway Eve of Destruction: Just
posted the video from last night's I-70 Speedway Carmegeddon Eve of
Destruction event!! It was a great show, and a HUGE thank you to
Brad Barlow at the track for doing an awesome job putting together the
show and for being so hospitable to us!! Coverage is coming within
the next couple of days, so keep checking back!! (08/28/05)
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New Domain: Wasn't planning on announcing
this until tomorrow, but you can now find us at
http://www.themonsterblog.com.
Someone threw it out as a suggestion on the Mayhem board, so I figured I
would go ahead and make the announcement tonight. You can also still
find us at our current address as well!!!
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Washington Coverage: Washington coverage
is up!! Check it out, I think it came out really good, and there are
some fantastic pictures!! Will be going to I-70 tomorrow (see below)
and that coverage, as well as Springfield and Sedalia coming soon!!
Also, maybe even some more exciting announcements!! Thanks one more
time to everyone for your support, we're closing in on 1,000 hits in just
less than our first three weeks in operation!!!
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Updates: Coverage of the Washington, MO
event will be up by tomorrow night, complete with some great stories and
nearly 90 pictures!! Also, will be attending the I-70 Speedway Eve
of Destruction featuring Outlaw Monster Trucks on Saturday night and will
have full coverage of the event!! Trucks in attendance will include
Bearfoot, Born to Be Wild, Torqzilla (making its debut!!), Playin' for
Keeps, and Wildmann!! (08/25/05)
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LZ's Pit Report: My father and the owner
of LZ's Sports Source & Collectibles, Lauren Z. Bonar, will now write an
editorial column for THE MONSTER BLOG entitled LZ's Pit Report. The
first one is now posted and features a great story about a Tough Truck
driver named Romie Marquart!! You don't want to miss this awesome
story, so check it out in the Features section now!! (08/21/05)
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Coverages: Posted the first of THE MONSTER
BLOG's Coverages!! The St. Louis Monster Jam event from back in
February!! Springfield and Sedalia will be up within the next week,
and tonight is the Washington, MO event!! Taking off here in a
couple of hours, pretty excited!! (08/19/05)
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Eve of Destruction: Just found out about
the Carmageddon Eve of Destruction event that will be held at I-70
Speedway next Saturday night. Am going to try to make it up for the
event, as the lineup of trucks is different from other shows I've been to.
Bearfoot, Torqzilla, Born to be Wild, Wildmann, and Playin' for Keeps will
compete, and it sounds like a great show!! (08/19/05)
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Schedule: Added a couple new events to the
schedule, and made one correction. The Monster Truck event at St.
Francois County Raceway in Farmington, MO has been removed, as, after
speaking with Cory from SFCR, there are no plans to hold a monster truck
event at the track now or for the rest of the season. This piece of
information came from the WMTRL site, not sure where they heard of this
event (08/18/05)
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The Little Monster Blogger: Those of you
who check out the forum have probably seen the message, but my wife
Rajeana and I are expecting our first child (a boy!!) to be born tomorrow
morning!! The site will probably not be updated for a couple of
days, but I will be sure to make The Monster Blog's most exciting
announcement when The Little Monster Blogger arrives!! (08/16/05)
UPDATE 2: My wife Rajeana and I are proud to welcome into
this world Ross Zane Bonar II, will go by "Zane." He was born at
2:47PM, August 16th, at a weight of 6 lbs, 13 ounces, and a length of 19.5
inches. He is the most beautiful thing in the whole world, and I am
a very excited & proud daddy!!
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Monster Artwork: As you've probably read
by now, THE MONSTER BLOG has partnered with Tommy Lee Byrd to exclusively
host his amazing Monster Truck Artwork. The wait is now over,
Monster Truck fans, as the Gallery is now up in the Features section, and
it truly is a site to behold!! Check it out now!! (08/16/05)
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Monster Wallpapers: As promised, I am
proud to bring you some fantastic Monster Truck Wallpapers for your
computer desktop!! Check them out now in the
NOW POSTED Features section of the webpage!! (8/15/05)
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Exciting Announcements: The Monster Blog is very
proud to make three very exciting announcements today regarding exciting
new content coming very soon to the Features section!! In
addition to these three high profile announcements, also look for Monster
Truck Wallpapers to be added to the Features pages within the next day or
two!! Now, on to the announcements!! (8/14/05)
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The Driver's
Perspective: The Monster Blog and Team
Beast's Venom Monster Truck Driver Shane Smith have partnered for a
great new feature!! Shane will write a monthly column giving Monster
Truck fans an inside look at the world of Monster Truck Racing. The
column will be located in the Features section under Editorials (coming
soon), and will be entitled "The Driver's Perspective by Shane Smith."
I too will be writing a monthly column in the Editorials section on
Monster Truck topics entitled "The Monster Blogger's Take." Check back for
more information on these exciting developments!!
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Monster Blog Artwork: The Monster Blog is
also very proud to announce another exciting addition to The Monster
Blog's Monster Features section. You may have seen the Monster Truck
Artwork of Tommy Lee Byrd on various Monster
Truck message boards, but now Tommy's awesome drawings have a place to
call home on the 'net!! If you haven't seen Tommy's work, you've
been missing out, as it truly is a sight to behold!! Tommy and I
have partnered to bring you The Monster Blog's Monster Artwork on the
Features page (coming later today or tomorrow!!)
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The Monster Blog MTM2 Section: Another
great addition to the Monster Features will be the Monster Truck Madness 2
section!! We plan on doing a number of things for this section, but
to start with, I wanted us to be able to bring you some of the best MTM2
Trucks & Tracks on the 'net. Those who are familiar with MTM2 know
that there is no better truck and track designer than the
Slickster. The Monster Blog is proud to
announce that we have come to an agreement with
Slickster to be the newest home for all of his MTM2 trucks and
tracks!! (coming later this week!!)
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Updates: Have been updating constantly
this week since our launch of the website, and have some very exciting
partnerships in the works, can't say anything just yet, but you'll notice
that there is now a Features tab at the top (doesn't work just yet), and
there are going to be some really cool things coming in that section!!
Also, as I've mentioned on the Fan Forum, am working on becoming a
licensed dealer of Hot Wheels Monster Jam, Muscle Machines, and Monster
Jam merchandise for a Monster Blog Store, but that is still a ways off.
Also, the MT Series button doesn't work yet either, but there will be some
content relating to point standings of various Monster Truck series,
coming soon. Finally, you may be wondering about the weblog.
Well, I have been working diligently on creating the rest of the site, but
once most of that is done, I will begin formulating the Monster Truck news
weblog right here on the main page in this format. All is coming
soon!! (8/13/05).
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TMB Links Page: Version 1 of the most
complete Monster Truck Links page on the internet is now up and running!!
Very soon categories for Classic Monster Trucks, as well as European and
Australian Monster Trucks, Monster Truck Gaming websites, and Monster
Truck Message Boards will be coming soon as well!! Enjoy!!
(08/13/05) UPDATE 2: Posted links for Classic Monster
Trucks and Foreign Monster Trucks!! UPDATE 3: Posted
Monster Truck Community (message boards) Links, only MTM2 Gaming Links are
still to come!! (8/14/05)
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TMB Schedule: Posted the most complete
Monster Truck event schedule on the internet!! This was quite a bit
of work, and a lot of research went into making this page. Hope you
all find it useful and enjoy it, I will always be adding events as I come
across them. If you know of an event not on the schedule, email at
rbonar@lzsportsource.com with the info and I will get it
added!! (08/12/05)
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Washington, MO Event: Spoke with Brad, the
event organizer at the Washington Jaycees, and we came to an agreement
allowing THE MONSTER BLOG to cover the event and to help promote the event
on the internet. Very exciting things are happening here at the
Monster Blog!! (8/12/05)
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New Design: As you can see, the site has
just gone through a much needed face lift. I think that the new
design is easier to use, and will make for a better website for all of
your Monster Truck fans out there. The blog itself will return later
this week, along with many great updates I am working diligently on
bringing to you. I encourage everyone to keep checking back, as
there is going to be some exciting things happening here at THE MONSTER
BLOG!! (08/12/05)
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The Monster Blog Fan Forum: I'm proud to
announce the new message board for the website. The board uses the
phpBB format and is organized into various sections. I encourage
everyone to sign up, as we get more registered users on the board, we're
going to have a pretty neat meeting place for all Monster Truck fans!!
Thanks for visiting!! (08/12/05)
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