Flying of a Different Sort

One of the things I end up having to do working at Newsday is host events in our suites at the Coliseum, MSG, Shea, the Ducks, you get the idea. I get to see a bunch of games over the course of a year, but Saturday night I had a new experience. We had a major client who wanted to attend the USHRA Monster Truck Jam at the Coliseum. Since I'm a known "car guy" around the office, they asked me to host. Now, I've seen them on Speed Channel, but I'd never been to one in person - it's definitely an experience! Here are some shots from the show:

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They had some trick motorcycle jumping as well -

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This guy couldn't stand to look, not surprising since he's only about 50 feet off the ground:

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The one real casualty of the night, on the last run of the night:

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When did the Redneck rodeo come to town? Kidding, nice pic Moose!

They must pay Gravedigger a lot of money. He seems to be the scapegoat for rollin' over if no one else did accidentally.

I've gone a couple of times, once when I was little and again a few years ago. It's fun to see it once. After that it's boring. I'm pretty sure they always stage a wreck for the last run.