The Monster Pit Pass is the only way to experience the All-Truck Nationals Monster Truck line-up, up-close and personal! Don’t miss the fire-breathing, car eating; three story tall Megasaurus and monster trucks The Virginia Giant and Bad News, when they invade the Carlisle PA Fairgrounds – August 7th through the 9th. The Monster Pit Pass includes VIP seating for Saturday afternoon’s show, a meet and greet with drivers, a limited edition Monster Pit Pass hat, one pass for the ride truck and entrance to the rest of the All-Truck Nationals excitement all day. See a Fire Truck display, Rock Climbing, Truck Tug-O-War, Off-Road Exhibitions and much more!

Monster trucks are a kid and adult favorite and every year the Virginia Giant takes on a new victim crushing the tiny cars below it. The Ride Truck runs all weekend and is always full of smiling faces ¡Vone of them should be yours (oh, your kids can be with you too ƒº)! After each monster truck show the drivers have meet & greets so you and the little ones can get up close to the giant trucks and their drivers with giant personalities. Where else will you get the chance to take a picture of your kid sitting inside the wheel of a monster truck! You and the kids will have a blast while making memories of a great weekend spent together.

• Monster Truck 2008 Video

Megasaurus will excite kids and parents alike. This new addition to the Carlisle line-up should add a little heat to our Monster truck program. If you’ve never seen Megasaurus in person, you will not want to miss it at this year’s All-Truck Nationals! Here are some of Megasaurus’ impressive stats:

• Stands 3 stories tall
• Weighs over 50,000 lbs.
• 15,000 lbs. crushing force in each claw
• 30,000 lbs. of lifting force
• 200,000 BTU's of burning power

• View the Megasaurus Website
• View Megasaurus In Action!

The Carlisle All-Truck Nationals is host to one of the largest pure truck show-n-shine events in the country. There are two show-n-shine competitions; one is for pick-up trucks, which features almost 100 different classes covering EVERYTHING including classics, minis and lifted late-model trucks. The other side of the spectrum is the Meguiar’s Big Rig Competition, which has classes for everything from Bobtail rigs to dump trucks. Judging takes place on Saturday and a winner’s list will be posted Sunday morning. The awards parade will take place in front of the grandstand beginning at approximately 12 PM Sunday.

Outcast Kustoms will amaze you with their latest creations, here at the Carlisle All-Truck Nationals. You will recognize these guys from TV’s Trick My Truck on CMT. When the crew isn’t creatively butting heads, rolling cars off cliffs or starting bonfires with everything and anything that isn’t nailed down, they roll out some of the most amazing custom haulers – see them in here at the All-Truck Nationals!

A&A Auto Stores will be on site ready to install a new exhaust system for your Truck. A&A will be featuring MagnaFlow Exhaust systems with installations available on many models. A&A carries a full line of parts and accessories. Lines for fast! Don’t hesitate to schedule an appointment in advance. Tell them Carlisle sent you!
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• AA Auto Stores

You’ve watched us customize six brand new trucks over the past three years…this year submit your truck to get our 1UP, 1down Extreme Makeover! We will be taking video submissions (see link below for details) to select two lucky participants to have Skyjacker, Ground Force, Mickey Thompson, Extang and a variety of other companies to be announced transform your boring truck into a slick street machine.


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The truck tug-o-war proved to be a huge crowd favorite in 2008! Now that we have the process dialed-in we’re looking forward to it being bigger and better in 2009. The concept is simple: hitch two trucks together and step on the gas! From there it is just like tug-o-war in gym class, whoever pulls the other truck across the line first wins! Last year’s epic battles were fantastic and we learned a lot about how to run the event. The winning trucks from the All-Ford, All-GM and All-Chrysler Nationals will face off in a Battle of the Big 3.

• Liberator vs. Mack Tug-O-War Video

The crew from Muddy Run Raceway will once again be jumping trucks off of dirt piles as part of the Off-Road Time Trials. From the Observation Deck it doesn’t look like they go very high or far, but on ground level you can see these guys and gals are really launching their trucks. Last year, the averages 30’ ft. jumps! Make your way over to the Carlisle Autocross track to see what happens when you add dirt and 4x4s!

Forget Fridays! If your show is rolling with glow, Saturday Night Lights at Carlisle is the way to go! This is one of the finest light shows you're going to see this far from the artic circle. The neon experts from Street Glow will be on site to present awards for the best and brightest at Carlisle. Be sure to check out the Big Rig Glow Show as well!

Every year we try to bring new elements to the show and last year we worked with Rausch Creek to add a 9’ concrete wall to the rock pile and this year we’re adding R/C rock crawlers to the mix. That’s right, the big guys will of course have their turn but throughout the weekend the R/C guys will show you how it’s done on a smaller scale. The R/C crawlers are just as custom as the big trucks, SUVs and jeeps, and it takes some serious skill to climb them. R/C rock crawling is the fastest growing R/C sport right now and it is all about slow and steady. It takes a lot more thinking power than horsepower to maneuver over obstacles that are twice the size of your rig. If you have a pick-up or R/C crawler and want to take a whack at the pile, just pay your admission to the show and stop up to the rock pile to fill out the forms and in no time you’ll be piling on the good times.

• Rausch Creek Off Road Park

The High/Low contest is always an All-Truck favorite because it matches the highest of the lifted world with the lowest of the dropped world. Last year’s event was so close and exciting that we’ve changed the rules up a bit. Check out the link below to read about what happened and what the rules for ’09 will be. (Read Details)

With trucks likes like The Beast, Mayhem and The Punisher on display in 2008 it was easy to see why the crew at ETC is a highly renowned custom rig shop. We cannot wait to see what new creation they bring out in 2009.

No Carlisle show would be complete without the burnout contest. We will have 10 competitors trying to smoke’em till they pop to win the “Carlisle King of the Hill” bragging rights. And just for fun we’ll have Russ from the Carlisle maintenance staff show off his skills with our Honda CBR powered golf cart – yeah, we like to build fun stuff in the off-season!

Like the song says, we know and we deliver! So we’ll put the beautiful ladies on the stage Saturday evening in the time-honored car show tradition. Ladies, compete for a cash purse and guys, cheer on your favorite because crowd response is what determines the winner.

Do you think you’re putting 400hp to the wheels? Don’t question it, find out on the dyno. The dyno is a Carlisle staple and is constantly drawing a crowd of people and a line of trucks to show off the performance mods they’ve performed. See what you’ve got!

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dB Drag Racing and Bass Race are two of the premier formats for SPL competitions and the All-Truck Nationals will have them both thumping all weekend long. dB Drags pose two vehicles head-to-head to see who has the loudest stereo. Bass Race is a head-to-head stereo competition where competitors play commercially available music for 30 seconds and are given an average SPL score. This score places the competitor in 1 of 6 classes. The class is determined by score; classes are NOT determined by equipment, vehicle, competitor status, installation or manufacturer (making it perfect for the first timer). Competitors compete against each other with similar scores. Check out the link below for more details and rules:

• dB Drag Rules

Another popular nighttime activity at All-Truck is the drag session. Throwin’ sparks will always be a part of the truck culture and we embrace it here at Carlisle. Saturday night the skies light up with white sparks from the titanium blocks and amber sparks from the guys and gals doing it the all natural way. If you like’em low and laying out you should definitely plan to stick around Saturday evening to check this out.

If you’re like most of us you probably have a garage full of parts you don’t need any more. Why not bring them to the show and sell them? Our vending spaces are only $75 and who knows, what you might think is junk could be that one piece someone else is looking for. Don’t have anything to sell? In that case make sure you meander your way through the vendors to look for the parts you need. You never know what you’ll find. And if you don’t find it in the swap meet, you’ll find plenty of new parts on the Manufacturers Midway.

Awards are presented Sunday at 1:00 PM during the Awards Parade. If you cannot attend the parade, your award can be picked up Sunday between 9:00-11:00 AM. Carlisle Events will no longer provide shipping of awards at no cost. After the show you may pick up your award during regular business hours at the fairgrounds or pay $10 per award for shipping. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and hope you will join Carlisle Events on Sunday in celebrating the vehicles that are honored as winners.

You’ll find everything from jewelry and accessories to handmade crafts and beauty products. It’s a great place to treat yourself or to find a gift for someone special. Plus there’s workshops and free chair massages!

Building R is our space dedicated for kids. We have all kinds of fun activities they can take part in throughout the weekend. This year we’ve added a bounce house and a chalkboard car that the kids can draw on. The kids will also get a chance to meet our new mascots, Motorhead Max and Mandy the Mechanic!