SLINGSHOT NEWS

Slingshot MT Racing Ltd would like to make clear that we will not be running Slingshot in the Monster Mania 2007 European Tour.  We are aware of the truck still running our old body and that it is being advertised as on the Tour we have been assured that the body will be repainted with its new name but we would like to make all our fans aware that this is not us and is not affiliated or linked to us in any way. 

September 5th 2007
We are pleased to be able to add another Event to our 2007 Schedule, we will be returning once again to the fantastic Gelredome in Arnhem, Holland to take part in the upcoming Monster Jam Events on September 29th and 30th . 
We look forward to catching up with all our friends and fans over there.

July 23rd 2007

Wow what a fun filled couple of weekends, first the UK Truck Show at Santa Pod on July 14th and 15th, many thanks to Russ at Event Developments for inviting us to take part we had an excellent time and took the opportunity to take part in the UK's first Monster Truck Drag Race, thanks also to Santa Pod Raceway for allowing us to run on the hallowed ground.Congratulations to Drew Thornton for his win against us but did someone forget to tell him we weren't doing the whole 1/4 mile! 

Once again Colin and Nick from the Custom Cart Company were in attendance bringing along a second Slingshot Golf Cart to add to the fun and with Tony Dixon from the Swamp Thing Monster Truck also helping out for the weekend we think there might be a green Golf Cart with teeth appearing sometime soon!

After a short few days we headed back to Santa Pod for the famous Bug Jam a fantastic event despite all the rain and mud, nothing was going to stop the Bug Jammers from having fun and they braved the rain to see Monster Trucks appearing for the first time at this historic event. Thanks to Pete (former crew chief for lil devil) for leaving his Vee Dub alone and lending a hand in the Live Action Arena.

June 16th 2007
Slingshot MT Racing Ltd is proud to announce our sponsorship deal with The Custom Cart Company whohave now presented us with our vey own modified Golf Cart , this is an amazing bit of kit and is so much fun to drive around. We heard a rumour that they are looking into road legal Carts - can you imagine turning up at work in one of these! check out their website  (link below)to see the great things these guys are doing

The Custom Cart Company

June 16th and 17th 2007
Parham Park in West Sussex , the Countryman Fair was held at a great venue and we had a fun filled weekend especially on Sunday when Karl rolled Slingshot whilst walking across the car stack in an awesome wheelie, The Sun newspaper was on hand to catch the action and Slingshot featured in the June 19th edition. We look forward to returning to this Event in 2008.

June 9th 2007 
Slingshot became the first UK Monster Truck to appear in Sweden at the Gothenburg Monster Jam Event, with two Shows on one day we were very pleased that the weather was warm and sunny. TV cameras were in attendance to catch all the action and a fantastic time was had by all.

April 12th 2007
We are pleased to announce that we will be joined again by Swamp Thing at Santa Pod Raceway at the FIA European Finals in September and the Flame and Thunder Show in November.

April 10th 2007
Making Slingshot's second appearance of the year at Santa Pod Raceway's Easter Thunderball we found ourselves in the fantastic all new Live Action Arena and for this show we brought along a friend - Swamp Thing!  Once again the weather was with us and we enjoyed the early spring sunshine as the familiar smells of Methanol, Rubber and Oil filled the air.  Doing two shows on each of the three days was fantastic fun and the rivalry between Karl and Tony increased as the weekend went on as to who could make the best jump, the fastest donut and the most mess!  The crowd got involved with this competition and over the 6 shows, the 2 trucks came out even.

This was the first event since we fitted our new Hooker Harness seatbelts in Slingshot and we were so impressed with how well they work, Karl has never felt so secure in the seat as with these awesome ratchet belts they really gave him the confidence to go out there and hit the cars hard!

A special mention needs to go to Monster Jam's first European Tech Official and our very good friend Ronny Vranken who came over all the way from Belgium just to see us on Saturday.  Thanks go to Terry Grant and the guys from UKFMX for being so great to work with in the Live Action Arena.

We also managed to get to see some of the action on the Strip between shows and it was definitely worth it.

We made some great new friends over the weekend and we look forward to our next appearance at "The Main Event".  We hope to see you there - for ticket information check out our Links page for Santa Pod's website details.

February 16th 2007
Slingshot made its first appearance of the 2007 season at Santa Pod Raceway's first ever Stunt Night.  Several thousands braved the cold February night air to come see Slingshot destroying cars and caravans as well as all the other awesome acts there for the show, with two performances from Slingshot the crowds went home buzzing with excitement.  Thanks to everyone at Santa Pod for all their help and thank you to Glenn and Mandy from UK Event Safety for their ongoing support.