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Monster Jam trucks ‘El Toro Loco,’ ‘Grinder’ visit Farmingdale school
Farmingdale High School students watch as crew members of the Adavanced Auto Parts Monster Jam Tour tend to monster trucks. The show is returning to the Nassau Coliseum on Jan. 25-27. Videojournalist: Erin Geismar (Jan. 22, 2013) (January 22, 2013 6:29 PM)
If there was a passenger-side door on the El Toro Loco Monster Jam truck, Jon Olszewski’s head would have barely reached it as he paced the length of the truck and explained to his students some of its more impressive features.
The dual shocks have 26 inches of travel suspension, the Farmingdale High School automotive technology teacher told them, which enable the Monster Jam truck drivers...