Anyone who pooh-poohs the popularity of monster trucks should perform this simple test: Hand a die-cast or remote-control monster truck toy to any kid and watch what happens. I recently gave my 9-year ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The Yakima native who built and raced the monster Jeep known as Hot Stuff — then rebuilt it after it was reduced to parts — is celebrating an extra special holiday season this year.

Monster trucks. Those big bouncy very American contributions to motor sport, are actually extremely hard to drive. Luke Burbank found out how hard, when he attended Monster Jam University. If you ...