2,000 tickets have already been sold for Monster Truck Mayhem Thrills and Stunts Show at Penrith Showground this Saturday.
Driver of iconic monster truck Outback Thunda and co-organiser of the event Clive Featherby told the Weekender to prepare readers for a night of loud, fast, adrenaline-pumping fun.
“I’ve been to Penrith once before and there are a lot of families there, so this event gets lots of support,” Featherby explained.
“Penrith Showground is a brilliant venue – you couldn’t ask for a better venue if you tried.”
Included in the event is a sideshow alley and a huge program of daredevilish spectacles.
“The monster trucks do competitions now – like wheel stand competitions – and they have a crash fest where they crash the trucks. There are so many things we do with monster trucks,” Featherby described.
“Then we have freestyle motocross (FMX) as well as rollover cars, stunt cars and comedy cars.”
Some of Australia’s most recognisable trucks will be in attendance.
“Outback Thunda is the number one in the country. It’s shaped like a horse and it’s the one that all the kids know,” Featherby listed.
“There’s another one shaped like a Tasmanian Devil, which is called Tassie Devil, and there’s another one based on the ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ villain Gwi-Ma. We also have a monster truck that was designed to take kids for rides on the day.”
Featherby is devoted to spreading monster truck fever all over the world with 20 years of experience behind him.
“We do the Middle East every year, Abu Dhabi, America, Canada, China, and we do a select number of shows in Australia each year,” Featherby said.
“I used to race motorcycle speedway for years and then got selected to give a monster truck a try. I did that, enjoyed it, and then I ended up with one monster truck that I bought myself. At one stage, I owned 12 monster trucks.”
This will be Monster Truck Mayhem’s second time in Penrith; with its next return scheduled for three years’ time.
Gates open at 4pm this Saturday, February 21 and the main show begins at 6pm. Book a ticket online at
Monster Truck Mayhem Thrills & Stunt Show Penrith Showgrounds
