Is Monster Truck crushing cars and doing flips an actual sport?

[Mahaguru]

Just saw a tv commercial for a Monster Truck event coming up, and they said something like "Monster Truck World Champion.." so and so will be there. Strange, never knew they had world championships for this stuff.

 

[Perknose]

Until there's been a major drug scandal, it can't be considered an actual sport.

 

[Canai]

I, personally, think that stuff is retarded.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

TV Announcer 1: Plus the amazing...
TV Announcer 2: The outstanding...
TV Announcer 3: The unbelievable...
All 3: Truckasaurus!!
TV Announcer 2: Twenty tons and four stories of car-crunching, fire-breathing prehistoric insanity!
TV Announcer 1: One night only!
TV Announcer 2: One night only!
TV Announcer 3: One night only at the Springfield Speedway this Saturday!
TV Announcer 1: If you miss this, you better be dead or in jail.
TV Announcer 2: And if you're in jail, break out!
TV Announcer 3: Be there!

 

[GenHoth]

One of the shows is in my town right now, and Bigfoot is there! :laugh:

 

[JulesMaximus]

No, it's more like the circus is coming to town and you can pay $50 to see the one eyed monster or the 4' tall lady with big tits. Really, that's all it is...well, it's more like that fake wrestling shit they show on cable. Absolute garbage. :thumbsdown:

 

[mugs]

Was it on Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!?

 

[Iron Woode]

Announcer01: "We'll sell you the whole seat,"
Announcer02: "but you'll only need the edge!"

 

[ktehmok]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
No, it's more like the circus is coming to town and you can pay $50 to see the one eyed monster or the 4' tall lady with big tits. Really, that's all it is...well, it's more like that fake wrestling shit they show on cable. Absolute garbage. :thumbsdown:

Yer jest jellous cuz you aint got tickuts...

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: ktehmok

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
No, it's more like the circus is coming to town and you can pay $50 to see the one eyed monster or the 4' tall lady with big tits. Really, that's all it is...well, it's more like that fake wrestling shit they show on cable. Absolute garbage. :thumbsdown:

Yer jest jellous cuz you aint got tickuts...

Yer kerect...i r jest pore folk an caint aferd ticuts.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Not a sport but sure as well fun to watch live!

 

[Rubycon]

Tank crushing is better.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: GenHoth
One of the shows is in my town right now, and Bigfoot is there! :laugh:

bigfoot is the first monster truck, and created in saint louis! Hooray for my town, birthplace of the monster truck!

They've got bigfoot 5 (the world record holder) sitting on a platform outside their shop, you can walk right up to, around, and under it. It's really pretty amazing.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus

Originally posted by: GenHoth
One of the shows is in my town right now, and Bigfoot is there! :laugh:

bigfoot is the first monster truck, and created in saint louis! Hooray for my town, birthplace of the monster truck!

They've got bigfoot 5 (the world record holder) sitting on a platform outside their shop, you can walk right up to, around, and under it. It's really pretty amazing.

I remember getting into monster trucks and bigfoot back when I purchased Microsoft's Monster Truck Madness 2 and a steering wheel and pedal setup.

Dam things were simple then.. Playing for free on Microsoft's "Zone" PII 350 with 4MB graphics cards can 64MB of RAM..

It's almost a little painful to think about.. I was so sad when Microsoft first took down the game from the Zone and then removed the Zone itself and replaced it with a simple online game system.

I even remember when Toyota joined up to create the "Tundra Madness Tournament Series" 2 maps and 4 new trucks

Damn I've gone way off.. I knew some good people back then.. and I just really miss it all

 

[jagec]

i'm a monster truck and i will come down and destroy you

 

[NanoStuff]

It's certainly more entertaining than watching boys play with balls.

 

[mwmorph]

It's a pseudo sport like the WWE. I believe one corporation(something big and I didn't expect like MCI Worldcom or Verizon or something) owns every monster truck and the events are scripted.

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff
It's certainly more entertaining than watching boys play with balls.

but probably not quite as entertaining as watching girls play with balls

 

[Capt Caveman]

A variation of auto-racing. Kind of a Sport.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
A variation of auto-racing. Kind of a Sport.

its like wrestling. not a true sport but for entertainment.

 

[IGBT]

..sport?? no. sight gag?? yes.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus

Originally posted by: GenHoth
One of the shows is in my town right now, and Bigfoot is there! :laugh:

bigfoot is the first monster truck, and created in saint louis! Hooray for my town, birthplace of the monster truck!

They've got bigfoot 5 (the world record holder) sitting on a platform outside their shop, you can walk right up to, around, and under it. It's really pretty amazing.

I remember getting into monster trucks and bigfoot back when I purchased Microsoft's Monster Truck Madness 2 and a steering wheel and pedal setup.

Dam things were simple then.. Playing for free on Microsoft's "Zone" PII 350 with 4MB graphics cards can 64MB of RAM..

It's almost a little painful to think about.. I was so sad when Microsoft first took down the game from the Zone and then removed the Zone itself and replaced it with a simple online game system.

I even remember when Toyota joined up to create the "Tundra Madness Tournament Series" 2 maps and 4 new trucks

Damn I've gone way off.. I knew some good people back then.. and I just really miss it all

As soon as I read the post about Bigfoot I thought about MTM too. Speaking of back in the day, anyone ever used to play the game Tanarus from Sony's website? Their online gaming section was called The Station, which I found weird since they also had the Playstation. Tanarus was probably one of the coolest games ever.

It went from trial and pay, to pay, to free, to pay, to free, to gone.

 

[se7en]

If golf and hockey are still a sport this is by far a sport then.

 

[compuwiz1]

Sport? Nah, just another way the rednecks have fun. That and the tractor pulls.

It's gotta beat the hell out of cow tipping, don't it?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i say no, but my definition is pretty strict