TMB TV Presented by E3 Spark Plugs Announces 2012 Schedule

(Saint Robert, Missouri – TMB PR)– TMB TV Presented by E3 Spark Plugs is proud to announce our 2012 January-April Programming Schedule. All three of our major series are returning as the Original Series celebrates its 5th season, while MT Unlimited and ActionTracks enter their 3rd season. We are also proud to welcome back E3 Spark Plugs for another season as the presenting sponsor of TMB TV on TheMonsterBlog.com.

TMB TV is once again presented by E3 Spark Plugs for the 2012 season.

 

Tune in every Wednesday night for another new episode as we feature action from all the major independent touring series. The schedule is so jam packed that all through the month of February, TMB TV will air new episodes every Thursday night as well! See below for a full programming schedule:

January 11th: Original Series 5.1
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida
January 18th: MT Unlimited 3.1
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from Stockton Arena in Stockton, California
January 25th: Original Series 5.2
– Featuring Toughest Monster Truck Tour action from the Desoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi
February 1st: ActionTracks 3.1
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from City Bank Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas
February 2nd: Original Series 5.3
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from the Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California
February 8th: MT Unlimited 3.2
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi
February 9th: Original Series 5.4
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from Compton Arena in Medford, Oregon
February 15th: MT Unlimited 3.3
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from the Hooker Creek Events Center in Redmond, Oregon
February 16th: Original Series 5.5
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from the Ike-Hamilton Expo Center in West Monroe, Louisiana
February 22nd: MT Unlimited 3.4
– Featuring Monster Truck Winter Nationals action from the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
February 23rd: ActionTracks 3.2
– Featuring Toughest Monster Truck Tour action from the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio
February 29th: ActionTracks 3.3
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville, Kentucky
March 7th: Original Series 5.6
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama
March 14th: ActionTracks 3.4
– Featuring Monster Nationals action from The Arena in Corbin, Kentucky
March 21st: MT Unlimited 3.5
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from the WNC Agricultural Center in Asheville, North Carolina
March 28th: Original Series 5.7
– Featuring Monster Truck Thunder Slam action from the ASU Convocation Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas
April 4th: MT Unlimited 3.6
– Featuring Monster Nationals action from the Southern Illinois Center in DuQuoin, Illinois
April 11th: MT Unlimited 3.7
– Featuring Monster Truck Thunder Slam action from ISU Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana
April 18th: Original Series 5.8
– Featuring Monster X Tour action from the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California
April 25th: ActionTracks 3.5
– Featuring Toughest Monster Truck Tour action from the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia

For more information on TMB TV Presented by E3 Spark Plugs, check us out online at www.TheMonsterBlog.com.

About E3 Spark Plugs

TMB TV in 2012 is presented by the fine folks with E3 Spark Plugs. Developed by researchers from leading engineering universities, E3′s patented Edge-to-Edge electrode design delivers maximum performance with increased efficiency. E3 Spark Plugs feature New DiamondFIRE technology resulting in:
– More Power & Performance
– Improved Fuel Economy
– Reduced Emissions
– Longer Engine Life
For more information, visit them online at www.E3SparkPlugs.com.

TheMonsterBlog.com 2011 Year In Review Highlight Video

Event: TheMonsterBlog.com 2011 Year In Review Highlight Video
Videographers: Kaedon Berry, Ross Z. Bonar, Lynette Bonar, Michael Harry, & “Little Jon” Zimmer
Featuring Music From: Night Ranger’s “Somewhere in California” album including “No Time to Lose”, “Growin’ Up In California” & “Rock’n’Roll Tonight”

Lineup: All of the best action from 2011 as seen through the cameras of TheMonsterBlog.com! [Read more…]

Monster Truck Radio 05/02/11 – Ross Z. Bonar & Doug Noelke

Monster Truck Radio With Host Jeff Richards
Date: Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Guest #1: Ross Z. Bonar, owner/operator of TheMonsterBlog.com
Guest #2: Doug Noelke, driver of Tail Gator [Read more…]

TMB TV: ActionTracks Episode 2.2 – Highland Heights, KY 2011

Event: Monster Nationals
Venue: The Bank of Kentucky Center
Location: Highland Heights, Kentucky
Date: January 21st-22nd, 2011
Host: Chris Parrish
Videographers: Chris Parrish

Lineup: Chalkboard Chuck (Jeff Hatten), E3 Spark Plugs Bigfoot #15 (Rick Long), Lucas Oil Stabilizer (Bobby Holman), Star Marshall (Dave Radzierez) [Read more…]

TMB TV: Original Series Episode 4.2 – Bakersfield, CA 2011

Event: Monster X Tour
Venue: Rabobank Arena
Location: Bakersfield, California
Date: January 21st-22nd, 2011
Host: Ross Z. Bonar
Videographers: Kaedon Berry

Lineup: Black Knight (“Hillbilly”), California Kid (Garrett Ladelle), Rock Star (Bill Payne), Summit Bigfoot 16 (Dan Runte), Titan (Donald Epidendio) [Read more…]

TMB TV: Original Series Episode 4.1 – Bossier City, LA 2011

Event: Monster Nation
Venue: CenturyTel Center
Location: Bossier City, Louisiana
Date: January 14th-15th, 2010
Host: Ross Z. Bonar
Videographers: Kaedon Berry

Lineup: Barbarian (Devin Jones), Big Dawg (Dale Gerding), Equalizer (Mike Hawkins), Hot Tamale (Isaiah Morales), Razin Kane (JR McNeal), Tail Gator (Doug Noelke) [Read more…]

TMB TV Welcomes E3 Spark Plugs As 2011 Presenting Sponsor

The all new season of TMB TV on TheMonsterBlog.com is upon us and we are very proud to welcome E3 Spark Plugs as the new presenting sponsor of TMB TV original programming. Developed by researchers from leading engineering universities, E3’s patented Edge-to-Edge electrode design delivers maximum performance with increased efficiency. E3 Spark Plugs feature New DiamondFIRE technology resulting in: 

– More Power & Performance
– Improved Fuel Economy
– Reduced Emissions
– Longer Engine Life

For more information, visit them online at www.E3SparkPlugs.com.

2011 stands to be a banner year for the TMB TV channel of original programming with new content every Wednesday night at 8PM Eastern. The program that started it all, the TMB TV Original Series enters its 4th season while new programs MT Unlimited and ActionTracks begin their sophomore seasons. You’ll also see short features like TMB TV: Highlights, ActionTracks Quick Clips, and the TMB TV Video Vault throughout the year during off weeks for the three primary series.

You can find all the action on TheMonsterBlog.com each week, but also be sure to subscribe to the Official TMB YouTube account as most Wednesdays, subscribers will get an exclusive early viewing of the evening’s premiere.

The new season of TMB TV Presented By E3 Sparks Plugs kicks off tomorrow night as the TMB TV Original Series leads off featuring the incredible Monster Nation event from the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana. You’ll see Equalizer, Hot Tamale, Barbarian, Tail Gator, Razin Kane and Big Dawg in wheelie, racing and freestyle competition on one of the premiere arena monster truck series in the world.

Check out the schedule below to see what events will be featured in the first six weeks of TMB TV in 2011:

 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 – TMB TV Original Series Episode 4.1 – Bossier City, Lousiana
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 – MT Unlimited Episode 2.1 – Fresno, California
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 – ActionTracks Episode 2.1 – Cincinnati, Ohio
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 – TMB TV Original Series Episode 4.2 – Bakersfield, California
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 – ActionTracks Episode 2.2 – Highland Heights, Kentucky
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 – MT Unlimited Episode 2.2 – Champaign, Illinois

 Be sure to stop by www.E3SparkPlugs.com and support them for supporting TMB and stay tuned to TheMonsterBlog.com every Wednesday night for new TMB TV original programming.

Welcome to the ALL NEW TheMonsterBlog.com

Happy early Thanksgiving and welcome fans to the ALL NEW TheMonsterBlog.com!  We here at TMB are so excited to unveil the new website today after months and months of hard work. When we started the site back in 2005, we were not at all prepared for what our little venture would one day become – the premiere source for monster truck news, information and coverage. With the all new website, we now feel that we have a showcase for our work worthy of that title.

The new site has everything you loved about the old site and so much more – let’s run through a few of the new features:

  • Featured News – In addition to all the latest updates which are located in their usual spot on the main page, the first thing you’ll see when the new site loads up is the featured news graphic that keeps our top 5 content items right up front and rotates through them.
  • Improved Photo Gallery Navigation – With the old site, navigating through photo galleries could be a bit tedious as the old HTML photo gallery system required you to go back and forth. Not anymore – click on a photo and keep on clicking that next button and it will take you through an entire page of photos in a great looking slideshow.
  • Improved Event Schedule – The TMB Event Schedule has always been the place to find information on events going on all over the country, well now each month of the schedule is sortable and searchable!
  • Search Feature – In something that people have been asking for for years, TMB is now searchable!  Everything on the new site can be found using the search box at the top right corner of the main page.
  • Tags – You’ll now notice at the bottom of every bit of content on the new website TAGS that describe what is featured in that content. Want to try something cool?  Click on a tag like “Predator” and you will be shown every piece of content that Predator appears in on the new website!
  • Monster Directory – Something we’ve always wanted to do is have a section on the website where we can post a photo of every truck we’ve seen over the years – the Monster Directory. Each truck will have its own page featuring info on the truck and driver and photos of current and past paint schemes. This is still a work in progress as we have so MANY more to add!
  • Monster Truck Radio – Ever since Monster Truck Radio returned, TMB has partnered with host Jeff Richards to help promote the show. Well now, every Tuesday we will post the previous night’s show for you to watch in case you couldn’t catch it live Monday night. This will lead to more exposure for our friends at MTR and we are happy to help – don’t forget to check them out at www.MonsterTruckRadio.com!
  • Monster-Merch.com – We are very excited about this new feature on the site, a new online store that will feature merchandise from some of the top independent teams in monster trucks. Right now Crushstation and yes, TMB merchandise is available – check it out and help support your favorite independent monster truck teams and organizations!
  • Speak Your Mind – Now on select news items and content, you will have the ability to leave comments and let us and the monster truck world know what you think!  This feature is a bit of a test for us as it will only work if everyone remains respectful and good natured. If it starts to get nasty, one click of the button and this feature will be disabled. We’ll see how it goes!
  • Improved Sponsor Exposure – TMB has some of the best sponsors you could possibly hope to have and the new site features MUCH improved exposure for them with many new ad positions. TMB relies on the support of our friends in the industry to continue growing and we can’t thank all of our sponsors enough for their help!
  • News Archive – Under the Latest News heading at the top of the site, you’ll find the News Archive. Here you will find links to all of the content since TMB was started back in August 2005. As of now, content from June 2010 going forward has been loaded into the new site. Links prior to June 2010 will take you back to previous versions of the old site to find that content.

Well fans, that’s just a taste of the many new features on the ALL NEW TheMonsterBlog.com!  As always, we thank you all for your continued support as we could not continue growing the premiere source for  monster truck news, information and coverage without you!  Now take a look around and start enjoying all the new features!

TMB TV: ActionTracks Episode 1.3 – Concord, NC (Freestyle)

Event:  Back to School Monster Truck Bash
Venue:  The Dirt Track @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
Location:  Concord, North Carolina
Date:  August 14th, 2010
Host:  Chris Parrish
Videographer:  Chris Parrish

Lineup: Avenger (Jim Koehler), Backdraft (Jeremy Slifko), Brutus (Chris Bergeron), Equalizer (Mike Hawkins), Hot Tamale (Isaiah Morales), Mopar Magic (Carl Van Horn), Raminator (Mark Hall), Stone Crusher (Steve Sims), Tail Gator (Doug Noelke), War Wizard (Randy Moore) [Read more…]

Monster Truck Radio 09/27/10 – Jon Zimmer & Ross Z. Bonar

Monster Truck Radio With Host Jeff Richards
Date:  Monday, September 27th, 2010
Guest #1:  Jon Zimmer, Amsoil Shock Therapy
Guest #2:  Ross Z. Bonar, owner/operator of TheMonsterBlog.com [Read more…]

TMB TV: ActionTracks Episode 1.2 – Concord, NC (Racing)

Event:  Back to School Monster Truck Bash
Venue:  The Dirt Track @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
Location:  Concord, North Carolina
Date:  August 14th, 2010
Host:  Chris Parrish
Videographer:  Chris Parrish

Lineup:  Avenger (Jim Koehler), Backdraft (Jeremy Slifko), Brutus (Chris Bergeron), Equalizer (Mike Hawkins), Hot Tamale (Isaiah Morales), Mopar Magic (Carl Van Horn), Raminator (Mark Hall), Stone Crusher (Steve Sims), Tail Gator (Doug Noelke), War Wizard (Randy Moore) [Read more…]

New TMB TV Series, “ActionTracks” Premiering Soon

TheMonsterBlog.com’s Chris Parrish has been doing great work for the past couple years, with both amazing photography and starting this year, a great video series complete with interviews and features.

Well now Chris has had the chance to refine that video series into an all TMB TV spinoff series, ACTIONTRACKS. The premiere episode of ActionTracks is coming up very soon featuring the huge Monster Truck Challenge event from Bristol Motor Speedway, and Episode #2 will feature MTC from Charlotte. What a way to start a great new series – thanks to Chris for all his hard work and we’re eagerly awaiting the debut of ActionTracks Episode #1 from Bristol Motor Speedway!