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heavy military axles to support the tires. As a result, the

trucks were very, very heavy, often between 1,300 lbs.

And 2,000 lbs. and most times had to crawl up onto the

cockpit of the monster trucks.

For most of the early 1980s, monster trucks performed

primarily exhibitions as a side show to truck pulling or

mud bogging events. In 1985, major promoters, such as

the USHRA and TNT Motorsports, began racing monster

trucks on a regular basis. The races, as they are today,

were in the form of single elimination drag races, held

over a course littered with obstacles. The change to racing

eventually led truck owners to begin building lighter trucks,

with more power. The establishment of TNT’s first-ever