It is with heavy hearts that we must announce that we have lost a member of our MTRA family. George Eisenhart was injured in a non-racing accident at an event in Wisconsin. He received immediate attention from the medical team on site and was then transported to the University of Wisconsin hospital in Madison. We received word from the hospital early Sunday morning that George did not survive his injuries.
Review of the incident shows that George accidentally stepped in front of a moving vehicle in a fashion that did not provide the vehicle’s driver adequate time to react. The situation did not happen as part of an actual competition portion of the event. The “on-track” activity was over and the vehicles involved were simply returning to their designated parking areas. This is a general workplace accident in which the extraordinary happened under what would previously have been considered ordinary conditions.
All of us at the MTRA send our deepest condolences to the Eisenhart family and all the parties involved. We are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend.
MTRA Board of Directors
contact@mtra.us
(Greencastle, IN) Truk Wurks LLC of Greencastle, IN is proud to announce their 2009 sponsorship of the Monster Truck Racing Association!
“Although the Truk Wurks monster truck team has been a member of the MTRA for several years now, we decided to use our 4-wheel drive & off-road retail store to help benefit all members of the MTRA,” said Truk Wurks general manager Greg Adams. So what prompted the decision to sign the Truk Wurks Off-Road shop up as an MTRA Sponsor Member? “One of the things that MTRA members always seem to get asked is ‘what does the MTRA do for me?’ or ‘what do I get for joining the MTRA?” explained Adams. “So what we are trying to do now is not just encourage people in the industry to join the MTRA, but to reward and support our existing membership. And we are going to do that by offering members the ability to purchase thousands of parts and accessories through us via our network of established distributors at a discounted price. We aim to save MTRA members an average of 10-20% off the suggested retail price on these items. In many instances, we can even have the parts drop-shipped straight to a member’s house or shop!”
This discounted purchase program, nicknamed the “Truk Wurks Monster Discount Program”, will make literally thousands upon thousands of parts from hundreds of the world’s top manufacturers available to MTRA members at prices that will help them stretch their dollars further than they could ordering from catalogs or large online retailers. “This program isn’t strictly limited to performance parts or parts that are applicable to monster trucks. We’re running the whole gamut here…from ARP head studs to K&N filters to Westin nerf bars, we want to help everyone get the stuff they need and want without breaking their wallet,” said Truk Wurks sales and marketing manager Kyle Doyle.
Any MTRA members wishing to learn more about this new program are encouraged to contact the Truk Wurks team via phone or email. Even if you aren’t sure exactly what part or accessory you want or need, the team can use their hands-on experience and vast parts catalogue to help you figure it all out.
“I really hope that our new Monster Discount Program will not only benefit the MTRA as a whole, but that it will encourage other retail business owners in the MTRA to step up and offer discount programs of their own, for the betterment of the entire organization,” said Truk Wurks owner Zach Adams. “This is a pretty small industry, so anything we can do to help each other out should really be looked into. This might be a small step, but we think it’s a step in the right direction.”
To contact the Truk Wurks staff check them out at www.Truk-Wurks.com, call at 765-653-5637, or email at trukwurks@comcast.net.
Our first conference call of the 2009 monster truck season started out with our newly appointed Promoter Director, Ed Beckley. Ed sent a message to many promoters, literally all over the world, to share ideas and concerns that he would in turn bring to the Board. He got three emails and a few phone calls mostly from promoters that just wanted to be kept in the loop. Ed will be communicating to them throughout the year and we welcome their input.
Ed brought up some questions about the new MTRA message board and we discussed possibilities of the board of directors using a private area so we don’t have to send so many emails back and forth. The MTRA message board is set up right now so that only MTRA members can view and participate in the threads.
Next on the agenda was a discussion with our new Technical Director Dan Patrick where we went through and prioritized a list of items the were brought up at the general meeting. The current helmet rating is SA 2000 and will remain that way through this 2009. With the new SA 2010 helmet coming out this year owner driver will see that requirement go to SA 2005 in 2010.
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