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We were at tonight's show, and I can say that was one of the best monster truck shows I've ever been too!!! That includes the 2008 Monster Jam World Finals!!  
 
Outlaws of Motorsports and Straight Up Racing put together an awesome event and worth every cent. Looking foreward to Saturday evening's show where they will put it all out. Every bleacher was filled and I think it was near a sellout of 2000 tickets.  
 
The monster trucks put on an awesome show, same with the tough trucks. The night featured the first public event for a BRAND NEW monster truck based in Weyburn, SK.  
 
Hope this becomes an annual event here in Brandon.

Glad to hear it's a great show. Taking the kids to it today. Just a question........ Do they sell noise cancelling headphones there at it? Or does anyone know where you can get some prior

do sell hearing protectors there or you can take a trip up to Princess Auto.

How long was the show?

We were at the Friday show. This show was not well run. There were 6 Monster trucks there. 2 of the trucks had first time drivers in them that looked like they needed a couple more drivers ed lessons before they could get their licences. 3 trucks broke down with mechanical issues while we were there. The intermission was made longer and the announcer was obviously going on and on to buy some time for the mechanics to try and get the trucks back up and running. I went to this show with my 13 and 15 year old sons. They wanted to leave before the first intermission. When they were younger we went to the monster trucks that were held in the keystone center. That show was awesome, and even though they were quite young at the time they still remember it. 2 of the six drivers couldn't handle the trucks, too much commentary and lots of mechanical issues made this show a bust for us.

I'm trying to get tickets for the 7pm show tonight. I see they are no longer available on-line & I can't reach anyone at the Keystone Center. All I see is gate admission but we are coming in from out of town, wondering if there is a chance of being sold out??? Does anyone know what I can do please??

you don't know what it takes to own and operate these trucks!!! Yes there were rookie drivers, where the heck else are they going to get experience. And the one truck was brand new and that takes time to dial it all in.  
 
Yes things break on these trucks, same as in Monster Jam.  
 
I had no issues with the show, and I've been to many. Including the Monster Jam World Finals in Las Vegas.  
 
When you watch Monster Jam on tv, you get the false illusion that everything runs perfectly. And that's not the case!!

will be sold at the gate.

What was the total length of the show including intermission?

beleive it was all done around 9 pm.

Great to see the turnout... There's clearly an appetite for this sort of event on a summer evening. Won't have a chance to check out the shows this time around (our little guy's a bit too young so hopefully they're back) but it was quite the sight to see those big machines jumping higher than the fence line while waiting in line to buy a few things at Shoppers Drug Mart!

Posted some pictures from Saturday's vertical wheelie competition

davelang said "We were at the Friday show. This show was not well run. There were 6 Monster trucks there. 2 of the trucks had first time drivers in them that looked like they needed a couple more drivers ed lessons before they could get their licences. 3 trucks broke down with mechanical issues while we were there. The intermission was made longer and the announcer was obviously going on and on to buy some time for the mechanics to try and get the trucks back up and running. I went to this show with my 13 and 15 year old sons. They wanted to leave before the first intermission. When they were younger we went to the monster trucks that were held in the keystone center. That show was awesome, and even though they were quite young at the time they still remember it. 2 of the six drivers couldn't handle the trucks, too much commentary and lots of mechanical issues made this show a bust for us. "

went to both of those shows as well in May of 2008. One truck broke the front tire off in the first show (Bearfoot), then the other only had 1 wheel drive at the end of the second show (Martial Law).  
 
It was a good show as well.  
 
Other than Rockstar missing racing to get repaired, Canadian Tough Guy had a suspension issue that was rectified prior to his next round of racing, and Crude Behavior had the engine shutdown after hitting the truck pile in freestyle.  
 
Monster Jam in Winnipeg also has lots of talking, breakdowns, rollovers. That's the same with all monster truck shows.  
 
Your just expecting nothing but perfection in an event where things not planned happen.

There are still tix available at the gate for tonight!

Trevor B said "We were at tonight's show, and I can say that was one of the best monster truck shows I've ever been too!!! That includes the 2008 Monster Jam World Finals!!     Outlaws of Motorsports and Straight Up Racing put together an awesome event and worth every cent. Looking foreward to Saturday evening's show where they will put it all out. Every bleacher was filled and I think it was near a sellout of 2000 tickets.     The monster trucks put on an awesome show, same with the tough trucks. The night featured the first public event for a BRAND NEW monster truck based in Weyburn, SK.     Hope this becomes an annual event here in Brandon. "

all i want to say is trucks looked great.  
it was a good thing for brandon to do .  
but i thought show was not bad.  
kind of small , an next it needs a better location. more room for them .  
its like haven on in your back yard.

it's a great location for them and I have no issue with the track size. The area was bigger than what they use in the MTS Centre and looks just as big as what they are using at the speedway this weekend. Having it at the busiest corner in Brandon was a big benefit for the promotion of it.  
 
Next weekend they will be in Yorkton, and they will have buses on the track. It will also be a bigger venue since it's being held at the Yorkton Race Track and Grandstands.

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Also for those who weren't at tonight's show, Identity Theft and Rockstar did a dual freestyle. I will post a link to the video I took.

They blew the engine in Rockstar early in the afternoon show, the timing got out of sync and ruined the top valve train of the engine. In 4 hours, they got it back running with new parts. Talk about dedication!!  
 
Crude Behavior broke sway bars and had to get a local welding shop repair them. During the pit party, they were reinstalling the front ones.

Such a shame to see so many people standing on top of cars/trucks to watch it he show outside the keystone grounds. Maybe next time They will block it off better so people have to buy tickets instead of watching for free

when you consider all of the expenses that go into putting on such a show, then you will see why ticket price are what they are. And they are roughly the same price for all other similar events. Everyone expects events like this to have dirt cheap ticket prices. Well below what's required to cover the expenses to put on the event.  
 
For the Winnipeg show this weekend, ticket prices were $22. And the pit party was another $10. While here, the pit party was free.  
 
And tonight the announcer teased those in the 'cheap seats' at Shoppers Drug Mart.

You can't get the free advertisement of having it be seen on 18th street & then whine about the fact that it can be seen from 18th. They could build a wall and block the view but they made more than they lost by being super visible.

I went too it Friday it was awesome. the price at the gate was 30$ not bad at all if they were 20$ in wpg you still have to drive there and get supper there so really 30$ is cheap. But Saturday and evening we live west of Brandon out side the city and you could hear there engines when they were on the track that was awesome made me wanna go back to watch it. Good job for bringing them in I hope you bring them back I will support them. I like trying to support everything that comes to Brandon. No support no entertainment I think. So thanks for bringing us good entertainment!!!

1500 hp, 6-10' in the air, ya sh&$ts going to break. That's why it's exciting. These teams aren't sponsored by huge companies that dump millions into these trucks every year. These are guys that do it because the love monster trucks. I'm sure some work regular jobs to support their families and they make just enough from these shows to fix their trucks and get to the next show. These are the real monster truck fans, the guys building and driving these not so perfect machines.

I really wish they had put some more effort into choosing the "radio edit" family-friendly versions for some of the music played to the crowd at the show.  
There were several instances of 7 dirty words in the music that caught my ear, good thing my little one doesn't yet speak!  
 
Otherwise, I thought it was a good show! Not perfect, but good!

sparkycivic said "I really wish they had put some more effort into choosing the "radio edit" family-friendly versions for some of the music played to the crowd at the show.   There were several instances of 7 dirty words in the music that caught my ear, good thing my little one doesn't yet speak!     Otherwise, I thought it was a good show! Not perfect, but good! "

always looking for feedback. You can message them on their Facebook page about your concerns.  
 
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I thought it was awesome that the drivers of the Rockstar truck were donating proceeds from their t-shirt sales to breast cancer research!  
 
The show was awesome! I think the crowd Friday night was on the quiet side (and no one needs Nickleback) but otherwise it was a good night.  
 
Crude Behavior was a GORGEOUS truck and I look forward to seeing another show next year!