Monster TrucksIncluding:

1. What type of person is a ‘Petrol Head?’2. What is a Monster Truck?

3. How are Monster Trucks different from cars?4. How and when did this craze start?

5. The first Monster Truck created6. Do you consider driving Monster Trucks a sport?

7. What are the differences between Australian and American Monster Trucking?8. What are the dangers of Monster Truck driving?

What type of person is a ‘Petrol Head?’

A ‘Petrol Head’ is a person that is obsessed with anything fed with petrol and adrenalin, a ‘Petrol Head’ would go to car fairs, raceways and other stuff like that.

What is a Monster Truck?A Monster Truck is…well.. It says it in the title, a Monster of a Truck!But its used to do stunts, trick, speed and be cool!

What makes Monster Trucks different from cars?

A Monster truck is very different from an ‘average’ car, the differences are they have huge tyres, if your driving, you sit in the middle, they don’t have doors, a lot of safety regulations have to be taken and they are crushing machines!

How and when did this craze start?A guy had four MASSIVE wheels and had nothing to do with them so he decided to disassemble the chassi and cover of his ute, then put the two together. People started noticing in America, 1979, then made their own!

First Monster Truck createdThe first Monster Truck was made of out of an old ute and big tyres, Bob Chandlers created the mammoth of a Monster Truck named ‘Big Foot.’

Big Foot

Do YOU consider Monster Trucking a sport?

I certainly do for the following reasons:1. It has millions and millions of fans

2. It requires skill, talent and practise.3. You can gain points and lose points.

Do you consider it as a sport?

What are the differences between Australian and American Monster

Trucking?There aren’t many differences between Australian and American Monster Trucking, but Australians have more of a course and Americans don’t. Also, the Americans like smashing the trucks, whereas the Australians don’t.

What are the dangers of Monster Trucking?

Apparently this is a safe sport, even though it is crushing and demolition. The trucks have a lot of safety regulations,, like the driver has to wear a fire prof suit, a balaclava and glasses. The truck has fire extinguishers on board and have a turn off radio.

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