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T-Maxx to Debut in USHRA Monster Jam Event
HOUSTON, TX (January 4) – T-Maxx™ fans, hold tight to your radio controls!
Traxxas is ready to make its United States Hot Rod Association Monster Jam® debut Saturday at Houston’s Reliant Stadium with a FULL-SIZE version of its legendary T-Maxx 1/10-scale monster truck!
Traxxas, the leader in Ready-To-Race® Radio Control models, is breaking new ground by bursting into the earth-shaking world of monster truck racing. Thousands of proud T-Maxx owners will have the opportunity to cheer the full-size version of the world’s premier four-wheel drive R/C monster truck to victory. The USHRA’s thunderous, car-crushing monster trucks race in the best stadiums and arenas in North America.
Veteran monster truck racer John Seasock will be at the wheel of Traxxas’ full-size T-Maxx monster truck in Saturday’s Motor Spectacular, the USHRA Monster Jam Series 2005 season opener. Seasock, who previously drove the Sudden Impact monster truck, received “Sportsman of the Year” awards from the Monster Truck Racing Association in 1997 and 1998 and the USHRA last year.
Seasock’s T-Maxx will be powered by a 540-cubic inch blown, methanol-injected engine that spews a whopping 1500 horsepower. The 10,000-pound T-Maxx is set on a Patrick Enterprises custom chassis. The massive T-Maxx is 12 feet tall and 12 feet wide and is equipped with 30 inches of suspension travel and 30-inch nitrogen shocks. The T-Maxx will utilize its 66 x 43 x 25-inch tires to crush cars … and the competition.
The doors at Houston’s 69,500-seat state-of-the-art facility will open at 5:30pm Central Time, with competition beginning at 7:30pm. Tickets are available at the Reliant Stadium Box Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets including Foley's, Fiesta and Wherehouse Music. Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 713-629-3700. All seats will cost $2 more on the day of the show. Gold Circle tickets cost $20. Adults will be admitted for $16 and children for $5 each. Visit USHRA.com for show information and pit party details!
Speed Channel will televise Saturday’s Motor Spectacular at 6pm ET January 11th and 12th.
Traxxas’ award-winning T-Maxx is the world’s best-selling radio controlled monster truck. The T-Maxx was Radio Control Car Action’s 2003 Truck of the Year and received its Readers’ Choice award for Best Nitro Truck the last four years. Its innovative, cutting edge design has captured the imagination of performance-hungry enthusiasts everywhere. No other R/C monster truck compares to the T-Maxx’s perfect balance of heart-pounding horsepower, quick acceleration, agile handling, huge suspension travel and 40+mph speeds. Only a T-Maxx brings all these performance attributes together in a single monster truck. The T-Maxx has broken every sales record, has the largest aftermarket accessory support ever produced for an R/C model, and unmatched loyalty among R/C enthusiasts.
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