9 Fun Facts about Monster Jam®!

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Monster Jam® returns to Sacramento for more engine-roaring thrills and car-crushing monster truck action!! Tickets are on sale now for three (3) shows at the Sleep Train Arena from January 17 – 19, 2014 including two "Party in the Pits" pre-show events. Buy tickets now at Ticketmaster.com

9 Fun Facts about Monster Jam®

1. Monster trucks are approximately 12’ tall, 12’ wide, 20’ long and weigh around 10,000 lbs. {they’re huge!!}
2. Monster trucks have a fuel capacity of 22 gallons and a fuel economy of 7 gallons per mile. You read that right - 7 gallons to go 1 mile!!
3. Each truck has a Remote Ignition Interrupter (RII) so that track officials can shut off a truck at any time.{safety first!!}
4. Typical monster trucks cost $600,000 yearly to build, staff, compete, transport and maintain on the Monster Jam® tour.
5. Monster truck race teams travel over 45,000 miles by land each year to attend events. {it’s only 3,200 miles from California to Maine to put that in perspective!!}
6. Gravedigger has been around since 1982. {32 years old this year!}
7. More than 4,000,000 {that’s four million!} Monster Jam® fans attend events each year worldwide.
8. The average number of cars crushed at Monster Jam® each year is 3,000. {that’s a lot of crunching!!}
9. Those 3,000 cars {as well as vans, buses, motor homes, airplanes and ambulances} are obtained from local junkyards and then returned after each event. 

Hope to see you at the show!! If you are not from the Sacramento area, make sure to check out www.MonsterJam.com for upcoming shows in your local region.