These were some of the lessons I absorbed as I prepared to drive the Black Stallion, a champion monster truck with a lurid paint job and a price tag somewhere north of $250,000. "Don't crash ...

black 1982 Ford F-250 pickup truck in August of 1981, he was already on his way to creating a monster. "I didn't have it a week before I put 'Black Stallion' on the fender," he recalled.

Think about it, guys: Monster trucks, like Pamela Anderson ... By 2000, Tim's racing involvement earned him a spot on Mike Vaters' Black Stallion race crew, and by 2003 he was Vaters' crew ...

Mike Vaters has been driving monster trucks for 29 years. He will be driving the Black Stallion monster truck this weekend. "The beach is a whole different animal," Vaters said. "It's really just ...

Monster trucks scheduled to perform include Grave Digger, El Toro Loco, Bad Habit, American Guardian, Black Stallion and Iron Warrior. Michael Vaters, creator and driver of Black Stallion ...