Monster Jam!

Well today was a bit different. Me and my dad went to see MONSTER JAM! at the N.E.C.... The only problem was that it was on at the N.I.A...

... Shit.

Well with some creative driving my dad got us to the N.I.A just as the show started. From the carpark all I could here was a loud rumbling sound. By the time we got to the doors the noise was very loud and we were given ear defenders. We went in to the arena and I thought that my brain was going to melt. 6 Monster trucks were doing donuts in the centre of the floor and they were all at full revvs... Insatiny!

The 6 Trucks were:

Grave Digger
Madusa
Monster Mutt
Superman
El Toro Loco
Escalade

They did the usual car crushing, donuts, wheelies, for about an hour before letting everyone recover with a 10 minute interval. Then came about 20 minutes of scrambers. 3 riders on dirt bikes were doing freestyle jumps over ramps. They were very skilled riders and some of the moves they were doing seemed to defy gravity!

Then came an unusual announcement...

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls if you have ear defenders we urge you to put them in and cover your ears..."

Now this was odd, since nothing on earth could be any louder than the 6 trucks at full throttle, and no warning was given about them. The announcement continued...

"If you do not have any ear defenders we advise you to leave the arena, the sponsors of this event do not accept any liability for any harm that comes to anyone who does not follow the advise given in this announcement."

Now I was interested. I was about to ask father what he thought it could be when all of a sudden, the Earth exploded...



... At least it sounded like it did. What it actually was, was a jet powered car. Well I say "car" it was hardly any bigger than a Go-kart. It had a fancy carbon shell that lifted off and a whacking great big jet engine from a Harrier on the back of it! It started doing burns and firing the jet on what the guy called "mega-flame" (you can imagine what it looked like)
before tearing out of the arena on full throttle deliberately blowing several safety barriers out of the way with the jets thrust...

... Which was nice.

The guy on the microphone said its engine produced 2000 horse power and the car weighed only 150Kg. Its top speed was 280mph and it was fully road legal!

Then it was more monster trucks for another hour doing freestyle crushes and big wheelies. After the show we came home as the fumes had started to make my head hurt! (typical Americans "hey why dont we have this, like, big monster truck session in doors, and like, completely not think about sufficient ventilation...")

I am going to work in a bit so I will sign out.

TTFN readers.