This list includes things like:
1. Visiting the county fair
2. Going to the X-games
3. Attending the rodeo
4. Watching Nascar
5. Seeing a demolition derby
6. Going to a music concert (Thomas has never seen a live band perform)
A week or two ago Thomas and I went to a monster truck rally. The mullets there were glorious to behold! And I don't think I have ever seen so many tattooed bodies in one building. Since we didn't want to stand out, we dressed-down for the occasion *note the fashionable orange ear plugs*.
For those of you who have never been to a Monster Truck Rally, let me give you a little insight... First of all, trucks have names. You don't cheer for a particular driver, you cheer for your favorite MONSTER TRUCK! They have names like "Grave Digger," "Ultimate Destruction," "Bullseye," and "Superman" (pictured below).
There are 2 parts to the Rally. The first part of a Monster Truck Rally is the race. Only 2 cars race at a time, and the 2 cars do not race side by side; it's too dangerous and they're too large for that. They start at opposite ends of the arena and the finish line is in the center of the track. Pictured below are Bullseye and Grave Digger racing (Grave Digger won this round).
The racing is done tournament style with the winner of each race moving up in the bracket to a quarter-final, semi-final, and finally the top 2 trucks have a final race. The winner of the tournament was Ultimate Destruction. He was so happy, he did a victory roll and had to be removed from the arena by a bulldozer.
The best freestyle show was done by Grave Digger, but for some reason, all the good trucks always seemed to finish up upside-down.
It was tons of fun and just as "white trash-y" as I always hoped it would be! But the most important thing that I learned was that you should always remember your fashionable orange ear plugs.
3 comments:
That looks amazing. I have really wanted to go to one of those for the last few years. They have them in Salt Lake all the time I think. Thanks for the tip about the orange ear plugs. I didn't know about that part.
Wow, I wish they had Monster Truck Ralleys in little ol' Lehi. But at least we got to go to a rodeo. You'd be disappointed though... I didn't see ONE mullet!
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