00:00This is Team Kid KJ, the world's first ever monster trucks team made up entirely of pre-teens and teenagers.
00:15Formed in 2010, the team is the brainchild of owner and founder of Todd Weston, and is named after his son KJ, who was the first member of the team at the tender age of five and a half.
00:35Hey KJ, you got a minute for an interview? Your fans want to know.
00:40So, it was a lot of fun being able to hit all the jumps for you guys, but what happened is I was a little unaligned with the jumps, so I came down sideways and I broke the drive shaft loops right out, and hopefully we'll have it fixed for the next year.
00:55Were those jumps pretty exciting though? You caught a lot of air.
00:58Yeah, they were a lot of fun.
00:59Since then, the team has gone from strength to strength, and now boasts more than 20 full-time members across the United States.
01:07Members of the team as young as six years old are taught the essentials of driving in monster trucks, and only the most talented and mature drivers are considered for a place in the team.
01:17Another requirement of the team's members is that the kids have to have an average of more A grades than Bs in their schoolwork to keep their place.
01:25Collectively, Team Kid KJ has more than 10 monster trucks, worth more than $3.5 million, and on average it spends $150,000 a year to maintain their fleet of trucks.
01:39Capable of reaching speeds of up to 70 miles per hour, the smaller, more specialised monster trucks can keep up with their larger counterparts, but for the sake of safety, are limited to 35 miles per hour during shows.
01:53Despite their smaller size trucks, these mini-marvels have proven that they can keep up and perform at more than 60 shows a year.
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