If you missed it, here is a recap of our 2nd Annual Mega Truck Challenge. This year we had 29 mega trucks from all around the country participate in 5 events over 2 days.

Day 1 started with the Mega Truck Tug-O-Wars and and finished with the Deep Pit challenge. At the end of the day Desperado was leading the pack. Check out the Day 1 video below.

Day 2 two started early. First was the circle track Tire Pull, next the Obstacle Course, and we finished up with the Hill N Hole. Watch the video below to see the winner of the Mega Truck Challenge.

Final Rankings:

1st – Boar Hog
2nd – Floored Whore
3rd – Desperado

4th – Wild One
5th – 38 Special
6th – Goliath
7th – Going Deep
8th – Mechanical Bull
9th – Alcohaulin
10th – Redneck Viper
11th – Mudweiser
12th – The Tease
13th – Ram N Scram
14th – Redneck Tech
15th – Truck Norris
16th – Bad Medicine
17th – Little Big Foot
18th – Mistress
19th – PGW
20th – Broken
21st – Mud King
22nd – Wasted Wages
23rd – No Bull
24th – Creepy Crawler
25th – Monster Masher
26th – Killer Croc
27th – Flying Pig
28th – Adam’s Off-Road Bronco
29th – The One & Only

Photos by Ashley Foster

It’s finally here. Truck Night at Yankee Lake 2012.

This is our 9th season in operation at Yankee Lake. It’s been 9 years of crazy mudding fun, from our little beginnings with a couple of mud holes and a dirt tug-o-war, to 5,000 weekly spectators and participants. Because of all of your support we have been able to expand to having acres of mud pits, rock crawls, hill climbs, miles of trails, cement tug-o-war, a stage for concerts and special events, and a thorough-fair with food, drinks and games for all.

This year we are doing some upgrading to our tug pad with 3 way stop lights and more overhead lighting. We still need to do some tweaking here, but it’s coming along. We’re also planning on having some big concerts outside on the Truck Night grounds, soon to be announced.

We’re also trying out a new Hill and Hole event. It’s a straight 300ft mud run with 3 monster hills and 3 holes filled with mud. Rev up your truck at the start and give it all you got when the flag drops. We will be having open runs as well as competitions throughout the year. It will even be one of the feature events in our 2012 Mega Truck Challenge.

Mega Truck Challenge

We are having our 2nd Annual Mega Truck Challenge. Another 2 day weekend that consists of 36 V-Tread Mega Trucks competing in 5 events for the title of King of Truck Night. This event will be covered by 1st-time Truck Nighters 4xMayhem, who will be out to shoot video for their next Off-Road DVD. That’s not all! 4x4Cross will also be present to shoot for a Mud Life Magazine article.

We’re giving away massive trophies to the winners along with $1500 in cash. The top 2 will even qualify for the Throttle King Mega Truck National Series Crowning Event. Watch the big boys compete June 8th & 9th. Check out last years Mega Truck Challenge in the video below.

Trucks Gone Wild

Of course Matt Steele and Trucks Gone Wild will be returning for a 2 day weekend of madness, when over 10,000 die hard mudders will roll in from around the country to party and put on a show for the cameras. If you love big parties and big trucks, do not miss this weekend on July 27th & 28th. Check out last years TGW event in the video below.

Special Events

Every weekend there is a special event to go along with the usual mudding, tugging, trail blazing and rock crawling. Everything from Truck & Tractor Pulls, to Rock Crawling events, to Redneck Weddings, to Car Jumps, to Lawn Mower Demos, to Concerts and more.

Plus, we’ve got our trusty mechanical bull, Dillinger waiting for you to take the ride of your life, every Friday night. Oh yeah, and our Monster Party Shuttle Bus will take you and your family for a spin through the mud for only $1 per person.

Nonstop fun all summer. Only $5 to be a spectator or $10 to participate in the truck and mud action.

So check out our full schedule HERE and see you in the mud!

October 1st and 2nd – MudSpace.com Weekend

UPDATED 9-27-2010

The Truck Night at Yankee Lake 2010 Season is coming to a close… But the people from MudSpace.com are coming out for a 2 day season closer Extravaganza!

MudSpace.com Gear
If you’re not a part of MudSpace.com then you must check them out now at www.mudspace.com. They are a social network geared toward the mudding lifestyle, and they will be at Truck Night on October 1st and 2nd with big bad trucks and tons of MudSpace.com gear to hand out to the fans.

Get in Featured Video
Also, this weekend’s Truck Night video will be featured on MudSpace.com and in our DVD “Mud Trucks & Beer”. So this is your chance to show off what you’ve got to the whole world, Yankee Lake style.

Free Truck Night Calendars
As a bonus Truck Night will be handing out a FREE 2011 Truck Night Calendar to every paying Truck that enters the gates to participate.

Weekend Discounts
If you bring in your Truck on Friday, you can get a discounted 2 Day Pass for only $15.
If you enter as a Spectator on Friday and buy a Pit Pass for both days we will waive the second days entrance fee, and you save $5.

DAY 1 – Friday, October 1st

Weekend Long Deep Pit Challenge:
The top 3 trucks that get through our Deep Pit the fastest or the furthest by the end of Day 2 will win cash! 1st Place: $300. 2nd Place: $150. 3rd Place: $50.

So bring your big wheeled mega truck down to the muck and see where you get!

(SORRY NO MUDSLINGERS OR SKIPPERS ALLOWED IN COMPETITION) If your truck is meant to skip right over the mud you will not be allowed to enter into the competition. You must go “Through” the mud.

As always there will be plenty of games, dancing, music, food, truck events and mechanical bull rides!

DAY 2 – Saturday, October 2nd

On Day 2 the Gates Open at 2pm and the Deep Pit Challenge continues starting at 3pm with $500 in cash prizes at stake.

Hot Dog Eating Contest
Around 5pm ten contestants will be chosen to participate in a Hot Dog Eating Contest with $100 as the grand prize. How many can you slug down in 10 minutes?

Mega Truck Tug-O-Wars
Want to show how tough your truck is? Want to be sure to get featured in the Truck Night Video, DVD and on the MudSpace.com website? Bring your big bad v-tread to the tug pad at 7pm and face off with some of the baddest trucks this side of the Mississippi.

Camping and Hotels

As always we allow visitors from far and wide to camp over night on our Truck Night grounds during our weekend events. But, we only have limited space and we do not have any electric or sewage hookups for trailers or RVs.

It is Fall so remember it can get cold at night. Bring plenty of warm clothes and blankets. We will have bonfires in the spectator area during both nights to keep everyone warm and toasty.

For a more exhaustive list of Campgrounds and Hotels click on the links below.

• Campgrounds
• Hotels
• Car Washes

We Hope to see everyone for our Season Closer with MudSpace.com!

Friday July 23rd the Northeast Ohio Dukes are going to perform their Hazzard County Stunt Show. This year it will be a 1 hour show featuring several stunts, a shoot out and climax with the General Lee Long Jump.

The Dukes Jump is usually one of the biggest nights during the Truck Night Season. We have had up to 10,000 spectators come out to watch Raymond Kohn Jump the General. The first Jump took place back in August of 2007 at Truck Night at Yankee Lake. Back then the Show was much simpler. Ray Geared up in his General Lee and made the first jump in front of thousands of fans. From there it just got better.

General Lee Jump 2010

This year the Northeast Ohio Dukes have outdone themselves. They are putting on an hour long action packed show featuring car chases, roll overs, shootouts and jumps. They will even have a t-shirt launcher to pump Dukes shirts into the crowd.

Hazzard County Stunt Show Preview

If you grew up loving the Duke’s of Hazzard, or you just like watching dangerous stunts, be sure to make it out Friday July 23rd. And make sure to check out our up and coming DVD Mud Trucks & Beer, which features behind the scenes footage and interviews with Ray Kohn and the Northeast Ohio Dukes.

Truck Night Videos Featuring The General Lee Jump

Related Links

Northeast Ohio Dukes – For More Videos and Photos and to Hire the Dukes for your Event

That’s right!  Due to popular demand we have decided to produce our very own Truck Night DVD.

The DVD will consist of at least 2 main parts and we will need your help to make it a success.

Part 1: Mini Reality Shows

Half of the DVD will be a series of short reality shows that follow avid Truck Night Participants.  We will travel to their garages and watch them working on their monsters.  We will capture them living a bit of their every day life: going to work, changing diapers, other hobbies.  And we will catch them in action at Truck Night at Yankee Lake: playing in the mud, battling it out in Tug-O-War, and having a blast.

For this section of the DVD we will need volunteers.  If you are a die-hard Truck Night goer, spend most of your time working on your truck, and love being in front of the camera, then this is for you!

Just email us your contact information (Name, Phone, and Address), a paragraph stating why we should film you, and some Photos or a YouTube video that explains it all in muddy detail   Send this info to info@trucknight.com and we will get back to you!

Part 2: Weekly Videos

We are also going to throw in all of the 2010 weekly Truck Night at Yankee Lake videos in Hi-Def so that you can watch yourself on TV and remember the fun you had for years to come.  That will include over 25 three to four minute rocking videos!  You will be able to play the year’s worth of videos as one long film or you will be able to skip around and select the individual days that you want to remember.

What to Name It?

We also want to give you guys the chance to name our new Yearly DVD Series!  Leave your suggestions in the Comments below.  If we get enough good suggestions we will even have a contest and let you all vote on it.  So get creative and give it your best shot

Release Date

The release date is still to be determined, but it will be sometime after the end of the regular season and before the holidays.  So stay tuned and we will keep you posted on the progress.  We may even leak a few clips so you can see how it’s coming along.

We hope to make one of the best 4×4 DVDs out there.  So if you have any suggestions on how to make it the best, leave us more comments below.

We couldn’t do this without all of your support.
Thank you for being the best Fans anyone could ask for

John Jurko

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