00:00Here is Magnetion and Raminator!
00:04That's big, fast, powerful.
00:10We hold the Guinness World Record for the world's fastest monster truck.
00:17Raminator, the fastest monster truck in the world, weighing in at over 10,000 pounds.
00:23This 2,000 horsepower beast has a top speed just shy of 100 miles per hour.
00:30And a champion like this doesn't come cheap.
00:34Raminator is worth $150,000.
00:39We got into monster truck racing back in 1987.
00:42My brother Mark and I used to race mud racing trucks.
00:45We'd drive to the races, race, hope we didn't tear it up because we had to drive it home.
00:48Monster truck racing was just kind of getting its start and we thought that'd be pretty cool.
00:54One thing led to another and we thought well let's ride that as far as it'll go
00:57and the next thing you know it's 33 years later or so and here we still are.
01:02Raminator travels the United States racing and performing at shows.
01:09We're here today at the Four Wheel Jamboree Spring Nationals in Lima, Ohio.
01:16We're gonna race and do a little bit of freestyle.
01:19The show that we're gonna do today I believe they call like a best trick.
01:22And that's just go out and you know do a donut or do a wheelie.
01:29For the racing part of it that's like a straight up drag race.
01:32It's heads up racing.
01:33As soon as the light turns green you get a hammer down.
01:43The team behind Raminator rely on their years of experience to stay top of the game.
01:49From the first Raminator that was built in 2002 to today's Raminator there's been just little changes.
01:56The suspension's been made a little bit better.
02:00The horsepower's been made a little bit higher.
02:06Truck handles better.
02:12It's amazing.
02:13There he is ladies and gentlemen make some noise.
02:16The fastest Raminator on Raminator.
02:21Now will the mighty Raminator take the winning position at today's race?
02:28Fairly confident.
02:28I mean with these guys every one of them runs hard.
02:31None of them are just gonna you know give you a win.
02:33You have to earn it.
02:34And that's the best part about racing with these guys.
02:37You can't win them all but we're definitely gonna give it our best shot.
02:40From your shifter depending on how fast you want to go with Raminator we got two gears.
02:44We got fast and faster.
02:46Controls for the rear steering.
02:48If I want to make a left hand turn I hit the left side of the switch.
02:53With all the seat belts and everything we get all buckled in here.
02:55We're nice and tight.
02:56We don't move around.
02:57So the beauty of that is the tighter we are the more we can run the trucks the harder we
03:01can send the truck.
03:02You have less chance of taking a hard hit.
03:05There's no padding in the bottom of the seats.
03:07If your suspension's not right you're gonna start feeling it.
03:09With driver and vehicle ready for action.
03:13Concentration is key.
03:15The tiniest wrong move could cost more than a broken truck.
03:22Here we go.
03:24Up, up, up, up and over.
03:43Number four.
03:45They know when they come to race against the Raminator but they better pack their lungs.
03:50It will be tough.
03:51The race of monster trucks is an adrenaline rush.
03:54It doesn't matter who's beside you in the leather lane.
03:56You can run it as hard as you possibly can every chance you get.
04:00It might hold you over until the next weekend.
04:24Another win in the bag for Raminator.
04:27There's only one thing for it.
04:30Celebrate in time-honored fashion.
04:33With donuts.
04:36We did what we came to do.
04:37We wanted to win all the races and we did that.
04:39And we got the points lead early.
04:42So we intend to win all of the races.
04:45Raminator is in one piece.
04:46It's going to go home in one piece.
04:48And all we got to do is give it a bath and turn some wrenches on.
04:50It'll be ready for the next one.
