In regards to #2, did the truck get sold and renamed? I haven’t kept up with any of the UK trucks but that was the late Karl Swallow’s Slingshot. Karl was a super nice guy. I was lucky enough to meet him back in 2006 when he drove Air Force for the weekend in Virginia Beach.

Shameless plug but yes, the Crushstation is very much real. The driver/owner Greg Winchenbach used to work on lobster boats. You can find out more on the Crushstation here: http://themonstahlobstah.com/

I’ma let you finish, but the best Kong clip is of King Kong’s crash in Myrtle Beach back in 1990

I see what you did there. Well played sir.

As the person who took the original photo used for Toasty Socks, this is officially the weirdest use of one of my photos ever.

Anyone have any recommendations for someone with back problems? My mom had back surgery 6 months ago and I’d love to find her a vacuum that cleans well but is also relatively light and easy for her to use. She bought a Shark rotator probably a year or two ago and absolutely loathes that thing. Also I don’t think it’s…

That thing may be known as the Juggernaut, but I still prefer the beast.

As much as I hate to draw a comparison to wrestling, I think that’s a fair comparison. Monster Jam’s current owner Kenneth Feld (Feld Entertainment) has said in the past he hoped to model a lot of how Monster Jam operates from a logistical side to the WWE. Monster Jam more or less bought their way into being the top…

Dennis actually sold King Sling a couple years ago after a contract dispute with the folks at Monster Jam. I don’t know the full details of what went down, but he still owns the name but as of right now he’s not allowed to run King Sling while he’s still under contract.

Some of it is in the gearing and the driver having the right throttle rythm going into a jump. Some of it is due to the ridiculous walls that are being used as jumps these days. The stuff used in Monster Jam’s stadium shows these days are ridiculously steep. As for how technical, I don’t know how much more challenging…

Unless Dennis came through there, you most likely met Pablo Huffaker who is one of the Grave Digger drivers. Pablo’s from Tomball and his company Racesource Inc is based there. He builds a lot of monster truck parts like chassis and shocks.

I wouldn’t make a trip to just go see the shop but if you’re looking for a good beach vacation and something a little different from your beaches in SC, the Outer Banks is nice. Lot of cool history like pirates, the Wright Brothers, and being home of the first british colony in North America. The beaches are pretty…

Here’s a little idea of what is out back of the shop. Few chassis and there’s a crapload of busted up fiberglass pieces that have been thrown out. Aside from that it’s not too interesting, even for a total monster truck dork like myself. It is a little bit of a feeling hurter to see some great pieces rusting away.…

I wouldn’t exactly call Foot 20 the truck of the future. More a promo piece for a sponsor and using an old outdated chassis they probably would’ve otherwise scrapped. It’s a long way from being competition worthy and I haven’t heard anything at all from them developing a new electric truck in the future. They’re more…

That’s a fine idea in theory but you’re applying it to such a radically different vehicle and I just don’t see how you accomplish that. Somebody way smarter than me could probably figure it out but I’m certainly not the guy for the job. To me it seems the severity of the head movement is because the driver’s head is…

Maybe I’m just dense but I really don’t understand your idea. If the head doesn’t have much room to move to begin with you’re significantly reducing the potential “instant g” as you referred to it. You don’t get into the severe bobblehead effect as seen in the video. Your head pretty much doesn’t move. Yes, the brain…

I am far from an expert by any means, but from my understanding providing more room only provides a wider range of motion leading to a far greater possibility of serious neck or head injury. If the movement is contained there’s far less possibility of getting your body even further out of sync with the vehicle,…

She was wearing both. Neither are very good at containing side to side movement though. Containment is the key. Look at the high quality seats with head protection used by the NASCAR ranks. There’s virtually no movement aside from the limbs. From being around monster truck racing, ISP seats and other containment seat…

I actually worked an event at the Carrier Dome earlier this year but I’ll admit I’m completely ignorant of the local area or the politics. From what I remember of my time in Syracuse was Dinosaur BBQ, freezing my ass off, and nearly getting my arm smashed because some moron didn’t understand how the air lock door…

I’ve never been to Super Dirt Week so I can’t comment on the atmosphere, but I tend to agree with you. The track is terrible for good racing. Every other time I’ve watched the race it’s a one line blue grooved track. It’s definitely disappointing to lose a track with history and a legacy but sometimes it’s best to…