Halfway through the winter 2002 season Monster Trucks had returned to the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY with a new name; Clear Channel Entertainment Motorsports, or CCE/CCE-MS. For 2002 the Nassau Coliseum played host to eight of the biggest name corporate trucks on the circuit today. The Monster Trucks in attendance were:
Team MEENTS
Owner/Driver: CCE Motorsports/Tom Meents
Hometown: Paxton, IL
Spiderman
Owner/Driver: CCE Motorsports/Carl Van Horn
Hometown: Elizabeth City, NJ
Wolverine
Owner/Driver: CCE Motorsports/Brian Barthel
Hometown: Big Lake, MN
Gave Digger 12
Owner/Driver: CCE Motorsports/Gary Porter
Hometown: Wadesboro, NC
Vette King
Owner/Driver: CCE Motorsports/Brandon Harrington
Hometown: Wadesboro, NC
High Roller
Owner/Driver: CCE Motorsports/Neil Elliott
Hometown: Paxton, IL
Blue Thunder
Owner/Driver: CCE Motorsports/Lyle Hancock
Hometown: Barco, NC
Little Tiger
Owner/Driver: Brian Barthel/Sky Hartley
Hometown: Nobleboro, ME
After the opening ceremonies and drivers were introduced, Gary Porter and Tom Meents stayed out on the floor and simultaneously crushed their row of cars to get the night started.
Tom Meents in Team MEENTS and Gary Porter in Grave Digger doing a simultaneous car crush to start the night's event.
**Thank you to Chris Yorek for donating the still shots of the Monster Trucks and the middle picture of Grave Digger above!**
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