Best Part of Monster Truck Show Unveiled
Date: Monday, June 06 @ 02:00:00 PDT
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We've covered Monster Truck shows before with mixed fanfare, but the CFP Racing version snuck up on us. We almost missed it, and I'm super glad we didn't. It's loaded with mega-trucks and screaming ATVs but, despite its deafening volume, the very best part was something that missed the top billing.
The event expertly catered to all the traditional media folk, but nearly rejected us based on height. We explained that, as wee Irish folk, us leprechauns are real and valid newsfolk. We tried to tell them how ridiculously far and wide our kibbles of news are read, but they still clung to age discrimination. Old people, whatdaya expect?
We had to purchase admission, so this becomes officially our most expensive article since our trip to China. The parents don't dig monster trucks, but my near minute of attention span (non-consecutive of course) said all the money in the world would have been a fine price for what we discovered.
Screaming ATV madness as best explained by the virtues of my favorite raceress.
Crashing dirtbikes. Hey, a chorus of 3000 spectators sychronized to the tune of "ooooohhh [that's gotta hurt]" can't be wrong.
Liquor/Nitro-fueled super mega monster trucks a'flyin. In a space normally confined for ice hockey, these banshee monsters leapt fully half the length of their run. Some suffered damage but none smashed through the wall at the business end of the stadium so, right there, it's exponentially impressive.
Coolest of all was the so-called "drinking fountain." I discovered a pair of stainless steel fixtures on the wall, each of which with an activator. Check this out, push the button and the sink becomes a fountain. A fountain people, do you hear me!?!
 LEFT - This was a truck I got to see doing whatever it is that it claims to do.
While I'm hard pressed to adequately expound for the fascination of the k'jillion odd gallons of jet fuel spent to entertain us, I'm barely even embarrasingly underqualified to tell you how cool the drinking fountain was. Seriously, you push the thingy and water squirts out.
If you get a chance to see the Monster Truck Nationals (with the so-called "thrill show" accompanyment) do so. Why not, it could be the best thing your month has seen.
But, if you get a chance to check out the Everett Events Center, do it. Don't hesitate and don't think, just do it. Their new, nice, compliant to the most stringent of ADA guidelines, and best of all* they've got water fountains.
*Head of security, Bob, was the best of all. Kind, firm, clear, succinct and man of reason.
ABOVE - Here you can see my bright, neon ear plugs protecting me from the monster noises of the equally monsterous trucks... also you can see how very small the space is for such an epic race... oh well.
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