Monster bash: Trucks on steroids crush everything in their path at The Palace of Auburn Hills

• December
• 8

4:33 am Trailers, Trucks

Mammoth, powerful engines rumble, roar and shake the marrow of fans and the very foundation of The Palace of Auburn Hills during today’s Extreme Monster Truck Nationals. And of course, stuff will crash, blow up and burn because, well, that’s entertainment!

Monster truck drivers from all over the country will compete for money and bragging rights. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin hosts the event and will drive one of the monster trucks during the opening ceremonies.

Austin, an action-film star and six-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, admits he has nothing but love for monster truck events.

“I enjoy the action and I enjoy the drivers,” Austin said by telephone Tuesday from Los Angeles, where he is looking into movie projects for 2008. “I have always been a fan of anything with a motor in it.”

This seems to be the draw not only for fans but for the monster truck drivers, as well. Jim Koehler of Columbus, Mich., boasts about his vehicles like a proud parent. His truck, the Avenger, weighs 10,000 pounds, stands 12-feet high and has a 1,600-horsepower engine under the hood.