Battle of the Monster Trucks

Battle of the Monster Trucks is a 1985 monster truck video released as part of a three volume series today known as "Monster Truck Classics!" The other two volumes are Return of the Monster Trucks and War of the Monster Trucks. It was originally released on VHS and was re-released on DVD in 2009.

Synopsis
Battle of the Monster Trucks starts out with an introduction from hosts Jan Gabriel and Claude Akins, who introduce the audience to the concept of monster trucks.

Then, the first segment features Bigfoot 1 and USA-1 doing a car crush as well as a mud bogging contest. The first commercial break comes as Jan Gabriel drives away on the beach in Texas Armadillo.

The next segment is a history lesson on how horse racing from the ancient days is what evolved into modern day motor sports and eventually monster trucks.

We then see a short segment about a dump truck called the "Terex Titan Hauler" which was, at the time, the largest truck in the world according to "Guinness World Records".

The next segment is an exclusive segment of Taurus crushing two buses in Dallas Texas. At the time, crushing and successfully crossing over two buses was a major accomplishment in the monster truck industry.

The next segment is a wheel truck competition that takes place in Chicago Illinois, which leads up to the next commercial break, where Michigan Ice Monster is displayed on the beachside.

Next is a brief segment of some mini monster trucks, officially known as the "Arizona Mini-Monsters".

Next is a segment of Bigfoot 5 doing a car crushing (NOTE: the video, both verbally and in text form, actually mistakenly identifies the truck as Bigfoot 4). We also see some mud bogging cars. Bigfoot 5 follows in the mud-pit afterwards, which leads into the last commercial break showing Cyclops on the beach.

The final segment of the video is a monster truck drag racing tournament, which took place at Myraid Center (now known as the "Cox Convention Center") in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. The segment is followed by a montage of cars from a car show at the same venue. The segment shows the semi-finals and finals of the event, which breaks down as follows:

Semi-Finals
Frankenstein vs Monster Mash (Winner)

Rolling Thunder (Winner) vs Monster Vette

Finals
Rolling Thunder vs Monster Mash

After interviewing Mike Welch, the driving of Monster Mash, Jan Gabriel and Claude Akins close out the video as they and the monster trucks behind them drive off on the beach.