怪兽卡车比赛
这还真就不是什么小孩子玩的遥控卡车！
If you thought this is just a kid’s remote toy car, you are wrong. This is a very special vehicle and famous for its giant wheels. It’s called, “Monster Truck.”
由美国Lucas Oil乐嘉速机油有限公司赞助、家庭活动集团承办的2014全美
This Lucas Oil sponsored Annual Monster Truck event tour sparked the excitement in the Sears Centre Arena in Illinois.
Craig, “It is nice that they open up and let the kids come down here and look at the trucks. What you see on TV has nothing in comparison in the real life, they are definitely bigger. It is really an experience, and if you have the opportunity, then you take it. ”
Craig： “这个活动可以让很多小孩子近距离接触怪兽卡车。
Joey DeSario, “(Who is your favorite monster truck driver here?) That one. ”
金美翎：“这里谁是你最喜欢的车手哇？”Joey DeSario ：“是那个！”
Mark Hall, “I guess I went to my very first monster truck show was when I was 13 years old. I was hooked on the day one. As soon as I saw the first truck move around, I thought, I was hooked right then, it was the coolest thing ever. By 1987, we put everything we had together, and we built our very first truck, it is nothing but junk. But it got our foot in the door. It got the ball rolling. I would never dream that everything turns into all of this. Some told me years ago I would still do this. I would never believe them. It has been a lot of fun. My mom always reminds me, I spent so many years doing this to go a lot of neat places and meet a lot of neat people because of that truck with the silly tires on it. I always think about that, but I say you are right, that’s kind of neat. Like what I said, I would never dream and would turn into this. A lot fun and has been pretty cool. ”
Mark Hall：“还记得我第一次去看怪兽卡车比赛的时候我是13岁。
Raminator的驾驶员Mark先生也是本届活动几项综合奖
Raminator’s Driver Mark Hall is also the event winner, freestyle winner, also the long jump winner.
Mark Hall, “These tires are 66 inches tall, 43 inches wide, and they weigh 700 pounds apiece. We cut and carve on them depending on what we’re doing for different events. For example here tonight we are racing on concrete so we don’t necessary need a very big lug (tread) so we try to cut them down to get the weight off of them.”
Mark Hall: “这些轮胎高度有66英寸， 宽度有43英寸，每个轮胎差不多有700磅。
此次比赛高速自转环节的获胜者驾驶的Rammunition 也是Raminator的兄弟版。
The Donut winner for the event is Rammunition and it is a similar design as Raminator.
Matt Dishman, “We are a factory Ram team, so our trucks are pretty identical to the trucks actually you can go and buy. Other than the 3D stuff we have done to make them stand out a little bit more.”
Matt Dishman:“ 我们都是美国公羊皮卡总公司的，所以我们车身设计也很相似。
比赛前，我还有幸进入了Mat先生驾驶的怪兽卡车内舱。
Before the competition starts, I was fortunate enough to go inside of Matt’s truck.
“这里面 很舒服的，要不要进来试一下？”
“This is pretty comfortable, do you want to come in and give it a try?”
“这里面好大的，好高！”
“It is so spacious here and I can feel the height in here!”
看来呀，要是腿短的还真够不着这脚踏板。
Your legs have to be long enough to reach the pedals, of course. And this is Return To Center steering damper (RTC) . This fire distinguisher plays a very important role here.
看完了这些是不是感觉心里有点小激动？
Does seeing all of the interesting items on a Monster Truck make you feel excited?
“怎么样？要不要来试一下？”
Do you dare to give it a try?
这种竞技比赛还真就不是男人称霸，我们唯一的女车手Allie Patrick也不甘示弱。
This type of competition is really not designed only for males – the event’s only female driver Allie Patrick is also very aggressive.
Allie Patrick, “It is very well-known truck, and it is pretty fast. It gets about 1500 horse power with a Hemi engine. So it goes pretty fast. There is a lot of pressure for sure. It is definitely a male dominated sport and it has been for 30 years. Typically at events, I am the only female driver, so the pressure is on me to run with the boys but it has been a lot of fun. ”
Allie Patrick: “这个怪兽卡车还是挺出名的，速度也非常快。它备有1500马达
Brandon Maddox, “My name is Brandon Maddox. Usually I would start off some songs that everybody knows. Like some country songs; “Sold” by John Michael Montgomery or “Chattanooga” by Alan Jackson. Then I switch over some songs, they are off my albums. This is called “Bigger the wheels the better the man” which is my latest one, and “Weightless” which was previous one that Reba McEntire’s the keyboard player produced for me.”
Brandon Maddox: “我叫Brandon Maddox。通常情况下，（如果有这类车赛）
“Monster Truck, monster cookie.”
“怪兽卡车，怪兽曲奇饼！”
这里呀，不仅有好听的好看的，还有好吃的好玩的，应有尽有。
Right here you are not only seeing great shows and listening to beautiful songs, you can also experience tasty food and fun entertainments.
此次活动的来宾还可以亲身体验一下怪兽卡车上疯狂颠簸的快感。
The event guests can also experience the bumping feeling on this fun monster truck bus.
Yahoo~开心的我凯旋归来！
Yahoo~ I feel so happy!
这个吹钱机也成为了活动娱乐项目之一。与钱共舞？
This money blowing machine is also one of the entertainments. Dancing with the money? Keeping the money that I am grabbing. Oh my, this is fun!
“你看我们大家伙，吃也吃过了，玩也玩过了，
“After eating and playing, now comes the real competition!”
这位就是著名的“大脚怪”怪兽卡车的驾驶员Eric Tack。
This one is the famous Bigfoot driver Eric Tack. He is the only driver to have his Monster Truck flying over a jet airplane parked on the ground.
Eric Tack, “If you have a dream, then go after it. That is what I did. As long as you have a good faith, you can do anything you want.”
Eric Tack：“如果你有梦想就要去追。这就是我的座右铭。
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