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"All Over the Place 2005" by KD: We have
an absolute treat for you on this Halloween evening!! Kyle Doyle has
compiled an amazing collection of photographs from Team RAM's 2005 season
into a one-of-a-kind music video!! Using "Somewhere I Belong" by
Linkin Park. You all are going to enjoy this, as I must say, this is
a must see for and Monster Truck fan!! You may find the music video
in the Features section, with KD's Editorial columns, or by clicking
here!! (10/31/05)
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Springfield Day 1 Coverage!!: We have
finally posted coverage of the 4 Wheel Jamboree from Springfield, MO held
earlier this year on April 30th and it can now be found in the Coverages
section!! Coverage from Day 2 is coming soon!! Please check it
out and leave some feedback for us on the Fan Forum!! Thanks &
enjoy!! (10/28/05)
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CFP Winter Schedule: Checkered Flag
Productions has released their 2006 Monster Truck Winter Nationals
schedule and we have added all of those events to our Monster Truck Event
Schedule, the most complete on the internet!! THE MONSTER BLOG is
tentatively scheduled to attend two of these events in Cape
Girardeau and Sedalia, MO!!! Can't wait to see our first CFP shows.
Check out our Event Schedule now to find out when CFP is coming to your
town!! (10/26/05)
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Fan Submitted Coverages: The only site for
Monster Truck Fans by Monster Truck Fans is now taking submissions of
Coverages in addition to Video and Pictures!! Pictures from events
are awesome and we love having them in our Fan Photo Gallery, but having
the story from the event as well in a Coverage form is even better!!
The first Fan Submitted Coverage is now up thanks to Codie Early!!
He has submitted a coverage of this summer's Monsters on a Mission event
featuring the Gold Digger and Rock Solid monster trucks!! See it now
in the Coverages section and leave some feedback for Codie on THE MONSTER
BLOG Fan Forum!! (10/25/05)
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Monster Truck Wallpapers: Just went
through and updated all our old Wallpapers for your desktop to reflect the
change to
http://www.themonsterblog.com that we underwent a couple months
ago. Also added a bunch more Wallpapers from some of our recent
events!! Check them out now in the Features section!!
(10/25/05)
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Western Navajo Fair VIDEO!!: Video from
the Western Navajo Fair in Tuba City, AZ featuring Chris Franklin Pro Mud
Racing and the Monster Patrol and Bearfoot monster trucks is now up in the
video section!! Don't miss this awesome footage of some high powered
mud bogging machines, not to mention two great performances by Rodney
Tweedy in Monster Patrol and James Tigue in Bearfoot!! A big thanks
out to my dad, Lauren Z. Bonar, for attending the event and taking this
awesome video with his new camera for us!! I think he did a
fantastic job, and there will be more coverage from this event coming soon
here on THE MONSTER BLOG!! (10/21/05)
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The Monster Blogger is Headed to Indy!!:
Well, a big announcement, we will be attending the Special Events Monster
Truck Thunder Drags at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN!! I can't
tell you how excited I am to be going to this event, which is going to be
huge!! Its a 6+ hour drive, but when I found out that our friend,
Shane "Air" Blair would be driving SNAKE BITE at the Dome against the
likes of Bigfoot, Raminator, Rammunition, Big Dawg, and more, we couldn't
pass up the opportunity!! As excited as this makes me, this is good
news for you all too, as you will get to see our full coverage of the
event soon after our return!! Indy, here we come!! (10/21/05)
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Updates!!: Sorry for the long week of no
updates, I'm pretty sure that's a first for us! Even a week with no
updates has a few updates, as the Picture of the Week contest page is
updated as the entries come in. Speaking of which, we have NINE
entries this week, the most ever!! Will definitely be some tough
judging tomorrow night, that's for sure. Anyway, I had a real busy
week with school and work this week, not to mention spending some time
with the wife and my little man, so few updates this week. However,
we've made for that today I think!! VIDEO from the Western Navajo
Fair in Tuba City, AZ is up, thanks to Lauren Z. Bonar, my dad!!
Also an incredible new drawing by Tommy Lee Byrd of USA-1 is now in the
Classic portion of the MT Art Gallery. Big update to the MT Event
Schedule, as a whole slew of new CCE events have been added as well as a
Jim Morris event in Ft. Pierce, FL. More updates coming this weekend
including more coverage from the Western Navajo Fair, updates for the
Fantasy Monster Truck Series page (get registered!!), and coverages from
Sedalia and Springfield on the way!! Thanks and enjoy!!
(10/21/05)
Tuba City, AZ Fair!!: THE MONSTER BLOG is
extending its territory thanks to Lauren Z. Bonar, owner of LZ's Sports
Source & Collectibles, and of course, my father, as he has finished up covering
his first event in Arizona this weekend!! Chris Franklin of Franklin
Pro Mud Racing put on a fantastic show this weekend as part of the Western
Navajo Fair in Tuba City, AZ. Rodney Tweedy in Monster Patrol and
James Tigue II in Bearfoot were on hand from Shafer Motorsports to
entertain the crowd with some awesome Monster Truck action!! Dad was
also putting his new video camera through its paces, so we will have full
VIDEO from the event very soon, and also a full COVERAGE coming within the
next few weeks!! Its been a long time since I myself have seen some
good mud racing action, so I too can't wait to see the pictures and
video!! Chris & Althia Franklin and their whole staff just did an
amazing job with the event, and a big thanks out to them for being so
accommodating!! You can see more about them at
Franklin Pro Mud Racing's website. We'll try to have some
more teaser shots of "Monsters & Mud Racing on the Navajo Reservation" later
tonight!! Thanks & enjoy!! (10/16/05)
Ft. Smith Coverage!!: Just posted the
coverage from the O'Reilly Monster Truck Racing Super Series event in Ft.
Smith, AR!! Took us two weeks to get this one done, but with over
120 pictures it should be well worth the wait!! Once again, a big
thanks out to Brad Darnell of Monster Events, Inc. for putting on such a
great show and can't wait to see another one of his!! Check out the
coverage now in the Coverages section, and leave your feedback on THE
MONSTER BLOG Fan Forum!! Thanks and enjoy!! (10/15/05)
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Lebanon, MO Car Crush: Pretty good
turnaround time on this coverage!! It is now posted in the Coverages
section!! Read all about a fun little car show and Bigfoot car crush
with over 100 pictures!! You've got to read about the man, Shane
"Air" Blair himself, who performed the awesome car crush, and how I
predict he will be a huge star in the world of Monster Trucks!!
Check it out and leave some feedback for us on THE MONSTER BLOG Fan
Forum!! Fort Smith coverage coming soon!!(10/14/05)
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Fantasy Monster Truck Series: Well, its
been a long-time coming since we first proposed this idea back in August,
but we are finally at the point where we're about a month away from
starting!! Many of you are probably still wondering what this series
is and exactly how it works. Well, now on the FMTS page (you can
access by clicking "Fantasy" at the top), we have all pages working and
registrations have begun for the game!! Also, there is a "How It
Works" article that should give you some insight into the strategy
involved in the game!! To register for the FMTS, you must be a
member of the new THE MONSTER BLOG Fan Forum. Check out the Fantasy
page for MANY more details!! (10/13/05)
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Behind the Scenes With KD: THE MONSTER
BLOG is very proud to welcome Kyle Doyle, crew member of Team RAM, into
the fold. You are all familiar with Kyle's fantastic photos and
event recaps from the Monster Mayhem board, and his previous work with
Monster-Style. Now, Kyle's event recaps and amazing photography will
be seen here at The Monster Blog!! "Behind the Scenes With KD" can
now be found in the Features section under Editorials. His first
feature article for the site, originally posted at the Mayhem board,
"Richmond, IN Update!!" can now be seen in the Features section, or
accessed by clicking here.
A huge thanks out to Kyle for contributing this to the site, and here's to
the start of a great new partnership that will help bring you more of the
best MT content on the 'net!! (10/10/05)
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LZ's Pit Report: A new Feature article by
Lauren Z. Bonar has been posted in the Editorial section. During our
trip to Fort Smith, AR, Dad spent some talking with Jeff Brock of the
Sergeant Smash ride truck!! View the article now in the Features
section, or access it by clicking
here!! (10/10/05)
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New Fan Forum!!: As we continue to grow, I
felt it was important to provide a quality Fan Forum for the Monster Truck
Community to connect. There are other strong boards out there that I
myself frequent as well, but I feel like having a wide spread of options
is important, and I am simply providing another one. So, the old Fan
Forum that was hosted at CJB.NET has been done away with, as I think we
can all agree, it didn't quite make the grade. Thus, I have made a
small investment and purchased a board with ezBoard because they
definitely seem to be the top of the line as far as these things go.
I am still working on the design of the new board, so please be patient,
but I would love to hear your feedback on it. Unfortunately for the
38 loyal Monster Blog fans who were registered on the old board, I have to
ask you to register again for the new board. I'm sorry for the
inconvenience, but most of you should be able to join with minimal
difficulty and I think it will be worth it in the long run. Thanks
and enjoy!! (10/10/05)
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Salute to You!!: First of all,
congratulations to Mark Martin for his big win in Kansas City today!!
Going along with the spirit of his Salute to You Tour, I would like to
salute all of you that visit THE MONSTER BLOG!! On Tuesday, we will
celebrate our Two Month Anniversary of providing some of the top Monster
Truck content on the internet. Hard to believe its only been two
months we've been at this, it feels like a lot longer. When I
started this site, my goal was to make a strong contribution to the
Monster Truck community, and I believe we have done that. We have
created the most complete Monster Truck Event Schedule and Links pages on
the internet, and one of the most extensive video galleries on the 'net
that continues to grow with every event we attend!! We have also
come up with a Picture of the Week contest that is drawing some amazing
submissions each and every week!! Throw in Tommy Lee Byrd's amazing
art work and the MTM2 Past Present Racing League, and we have been making
a huge impact!! A few days ago we surpassed 6,000 hits according to
the site statistics Yahoo WebHosting keeps for the site. I felt it
was important to go ahead and get a hits counter up at the top to publicly
keep track of the awesome support we have received from the fans!!
You all are the reason we are successful and you all are the reason we are
in business!! Thank you all so much for your incredible support and
we appreciate your continued backing!! (10/09/05)
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THE MONSTER BLOG on Wikipedia!!: I was
looking at the site statistics the other day and was amazed to see that
people are coming to the site from Wikipedia!! This is a neat deal
for us, as Wikipedia is a widely used tool for internet research!!
Now under the subject of Monster Trucks, you can see a link to THE MONSTER
BLOG!! Throw in links from the likes of USHRA, Grave Digger,
Bigfoot, and much more and we are making our mark in the MT world!!
Fun stuff!! (10/09/05)
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BIGFOOT Car Crush!!: What a night in
Lebanon, MO!! Wasn't expecting too much out of what I thought would
be your usual car crush when we headed up to Lebanon, MO tonight, but were
we in for a surprise!! Shane "Air" Blair, a budding superstar on the
Monster Truck circuit, was on hand to put Bigfoot 10 through its paces and
he put on one heck of a show for the large crowd in attendance!! In
addition to Shane's awesome performance, we got a chance to meet him and
his family, and you will not find kinder, classier people anywhere.
A huge thanks out to them for being so friendly and for their hard work to
entertain all the Bigfoot fans on hand!! Also a huge thanks out to
Mrs. Gail Bryant with the City of Lebanon who
organized the Car Show and brought Bigfoot down to Lebanon for all her
hard work in making the event a huge success!! VIDEOS from the car
crush are now up, and tons more pictures and a full coverage will be
coming shortly!! Thanks and enjoy!! (10/08/05)
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Cowan Civic Center - Lebanon, MO: Once
again, the Monster Truck season is extended for us here at THE MONSTER
BLOG!! Bigfoot will be doing a display and car crush in Lebanon, MO
at the Cowan Civic Center as part of their car show. We will be on
our way up there tonight, with pictures and video to follow once we
return!! (10/08/05)
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O'Reilly Monster Truck Racing Super Series:
What an event put on by Brad Darnell and Monster Events, Inc. this weekend
in Ft. Smith, AR!! Awesome Monster Truck action, with a great Tough
Truck competition, and a performance by Draco the Dragonator!! Dad
and I had a great time down there this weekend, and a HUGE thank you goes
out to Brad for everything, and to the whole Monster Events crew for
putting on such an awesome show!! Also a big thanks to all the
drivers we met this weekend for being so courteous and friendly, I hope
you enjoy our coverage of the event, and please register for the Fan Forum
and leave feedback so our visitors can get to know you!! VIDEOS have
been posted, I sure hope you all enjoy them!! Coverage will be
coming later this week with extremely detailed recap and tons of
pictures!! Also, expect a couple of new articles from the event by
Lauren Z. Bonar, which you will soon be able to find in the LZ's Pit
Report portion of the Editorials section on the Features page!! All
of this and more coming soon from THE MONSTER BLOG!! (10/02/05)
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West Coast Monster Truck Nationals:
Another big score for THE MONSTER BLOG this weekend out in Red Bluff, CA!!
We were the winners of an eBay advertising opportunity at the event and
our logo was featured in flyers handed out to thousands of people in
attendance for the event this weekend!! Welcome to all of you who
are first-time visitors, I hope you register for the Fan Forum, and I hope
you enjoy the site!! (10/02/05)
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