Lethal Trucks

Black Stallion monster truck

Black Stallion and Iron Warrior have body slammed the 2009 Monster Jam series like armageddon. Both are Ford powered with new motors, improved performance and increased horsepower.

Black Stallion and Iron Warrior have updated their shock programs to keep up with the demands of Monster Jam Competitions


Monster Truck Competition will reach new heights and levels of destruction in 2009

The two trucks have gone through top to bottom upgrades and repairs to transmissions, exhaust, suspensions, shocks, blowers, sway bars and body work. “I have been in this sport for 27 years, and have felt all the growing pains that go along with those years,” said Michael Vaters of Black Stallion Racing and Vaters’ Monster Motorsports. “Our fans are loyal and consistent. They save their money and travel in this difficult economy to see us and in return we are loyal to them.”

Black Stallion will fly higher in Monster Jam Competitions in 2009


Iron Warrior's 2009 upgrades include a new 2008 Ford F-150 body and paint scheme

The bar on monster truck competition continues to reach new heights and new levels of destruction for the fans. In 2009, Black Stallion and Iron Warrior are flying higher and better on the free style courses. “People expect it,” said Vaters. “The ramps are at least twenty-feet high and we propel to thirty feet in height at stadium shows. As heavy as our trucks are it’s almost unbelievable.”

Vaters is strapped down very tight in the driver’s seat of the Black Stallion for safety. “The technology has progressed so much, that we can do so much more,” he said. “Think of it like this, take a raw egg and shove it in a plastic jar filled with peanut butter then drop it off your house. Then when you dig that egg out of the peanut butter it’s in one piece. That’s sort of like what we go through when we jump high in our trucks, and we want to be in one piece.”

Black Stallion and Iron Warrior travel as a pair.

Monster Truck Rules

If you have seen Moster truck races, then you would be knowing something regarding the routes through which the driver should drive the truck. Well, there are some basic rules that must be followed by the monster truck driver while driving the truck. Well, the monster trucks will have to jump, skid and even go above other small cars or vans. These cars and vans would be pretty small than the monster truck. And this is the reason why they are called as monster trucks. Well, there will be judges who will be analyzing the performance of each monster truck. If a particular person does anything against the rules, then would be either penalized or will be getting lower marks from the judges. So it’s always important to know the basic Monster truck rules for a monster truck driver.

Points are given on the basis of the performance of the driver using his monster truck. He would be given higher points if he does anything special that seems pretty interesting than the rest of the monster trucks. These are yet another races, but this time, instead of small cars or bikes, the vehicle is monster truck. Well, these are not as fast as the cars or bikes.



Monster truck show 2012