A monster truck is a specialized truck with a heavy duty suspension, four-wheel steering, and oversized tires constructed for competition and entertainment uses.

What is the point of monster trucks?

Today they are usually the main attraction with motocross, mud bogging, ATV racing, or demolition derbies as supporting events.

Are Monster Trucks an American thing?

The sport has its roots in rural mud-bogging and truck pulling in the U.S. The original monster truck is believed to be Bigfoot, a 1974 Ford F-250 four-wheel-drive pickup from Missouri. Something of a prescient marketing genius, Bigfoot owner Bob Chandler videotaped himself crushing cars in a field with the truck.