I went to the US Bank stadium in Minneapolis for the return of Monster Jam after 3 long years of waiting for the new stadium to be built after the old stadium was torn down. Anyways when my dad and I gotten inside for the pit party, we were shocked and surprised to see the USA-1 monster truck there. This was the 3rd time in my life I've seen this truck in person before and it was a very special treat to see again after seeing it last a the Back to the 50's car show this past summer at the State Fair grounds.

Stood in line to get the autograph of driver/owner Everett Jasmer for my 2016 souvenir book and it was super awesome seeing him again.

This version of the USA-1 truck was the 1988 Chevy Silverado body that he was commissioned by Chevy in 1987 to build a new monster truck with the 1988 body design. The new truck was finished in January 1988 and used the truck for two races before giving the truck over to one of his younger drivers who would later win the 1988 championship with.

I remember seeing this truck back in my early teens when I was 12, 13 or 14 at the time when he was in Becker, MN for a 4th of July local event for the church my parents and I attended at that time. It was an amazing experience seeing the semi-truck pulling into where we had set up and unloaded the truck.

He'd even brought out his truck before they started the racing and wheelie competition, I was unaware of this I was distracted by the video montages of USA-1 back in the glory days of the 1980s' it wasn't until they cut to the arena did I realized he had taken his truck out and so I ran out to where to I go for my seating WAY up in the top row and started recording as he was interviewed saying he felt very honored and humbled to be there that night.

This was back in December 2016.