dd908 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Sounds like Carl Van Horn is retiring next year. Man I'm going to miss him in monster trucks. You really think that he makes it sound like he's retiring based off of this post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkelly Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 But FELD will usually still own the rights to a truck that they discontinued, as long as someone like DC or Marvel doesn't own rights to that name too. FELD owned the rights to TMNT until 2013, they owned USAF Afterburner until 2013, and they've owned the rights to Backwards Bob ever since its debut, even though the truck didn't run for 4-5 years. Same with Tasmanian Devil (which they still own the rights to) and Bulldozer (same with Taz). Depending on how you look at it, TMNT wasn't 'gone' until 2014. The name wasn't retired in 2013, the body was. The name was still around, but wasn't being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dd908 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The name wasn't retired in 2013, the body was. The name was still around, but wasn't being used. Well, yes. The name is still around because Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is still a company that is trademarked, copyrighted, whatever. All ties between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Feld Entertainment in terms of sponsoring Monster Jam by running their name on one of their trucks were cut at the end of 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Moskau Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I said it "sounds like he is." lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornetguy97 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Why would anyone want to retire from being a monster truck driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavySonicShell Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 It hurts like hell, is a ton of work, and has less than excellent pay? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornetguy97 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 It hurts like hell, is a ton of work, and has less than excellent pay? i know that, but what are the pros of it then? I cant find a single video from jacksonville this past weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkelly Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I believe that guys that drive for FELD get to have FELD pay for their health insurance or something. Some people do it for the thrill and others do it to bring smiles to kids faces. Reasons vary upon the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlawed Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Jacksonville videos can be found here https://www.youtube.com/user/jshlacoste06 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornetguy97 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Jacksonville had the best track this year, but some slow paced freestyles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litl_e_fan Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 *cough*MorganKanedrivesDoomsday*cough* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornetguy97 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 *cough*MorganKanedrivesDoomsday*cough* No 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtahGuy123 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Some people do it for the thrill and others do it to bring smiles to kids faces. I'd say that the second part is why most of the drivers are in it. I met Steve Macklyn (former driver of Nitro Fish and the Halls Bros trucks) at the Rocky Mountain Raceway show last year. I happened to sit right in front of him, so I was able to chat with him a little bit between rounds. He basically said that, while driving the trucks was fun, making the kids happy really made it worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Migues Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 all about them kids man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornetguy97 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 all about them kids man And crazy teenagers who like monster trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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