A Monster Truck Show as we know it today was born in 1982 at the Pontiac Silverdome when Bob Chandler driving BigFoot (the original Monster Truck) drove  over a pile of cars in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Usually, a monster truck show involves the truck crushing smaller vehicles beneath its huge tires. These trucks can run up and over most man-made obstacles.

A monster truck is an vehicle, typically styled after pickup trucks, sports cars or classic and themed automobiles modified or intentionally built with large / heavy wheels and heavy duty suspension. They compete as well as exhibit at popular Motorsports Entertainment and can be seen featured alongside Motocross races, mud bogging, tractor pulls and tansformers.

In recent years, many monster truck competitions include a "freestyle" event. Similar to free style motorcross with giant trucks, drivers are free to select their own course around the track and its obstacles. Drivers will often perform a power 'Donut', also called a Cyclone, spinning the truck in a high speed circle, as well as in the case of extreme drivers such as Bill Payne and Rockstar, deliberately rolling the truck over. This is one of the most exciting motorsports events for the entire family.