Check out the photos below from the Grand Prairie Alberta mud bog! The Sheer Insanity monster truck cracked the transmission case, but was up and running again shortly after. Of course, the lady driven TNT monster truck stole the show with it’s high flying antics…plus it never broke down like the boy driven truck!

TNT and team mate Sheer Insanity were proud to be 2 of 69 monster trucks at the 2011 Monster Jam World Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The round trip from Medicine Hat, Alberta to Las Vegas, Nevada took the team over 44 hours and more than 4200 kms were traveled. The challenges were many for the team on this trip as they had to install an engine into Sheer Insanity the day before leaving as well as combating terrible weather condition that left their driveway and Range Road basically impassable and washed out. Luckily with help from friends and neighbours and a very large John Deere Tractor the team managed to get on solid ground. Unfortunately, not before Kathy’s husband slipped off the muddy ramp in the trailer while loading tires and breaking his ankle the day before embarking on the long road trip.


“The long expensive trip was well worth it to see all our amazing and dedicated fans!” commented Kathy. Fans brought pictures from pervious monster truck shows and from the world finals last year for us to sign. Framed pictures, handmade blankets and personalized foam fingers were some of the more memorable items that were brought from fans.



The “new look” TNT truck brought about many stories from fans over the weekend. They shared life experiences some with happy endings and some with sad endings. But what it did the most was bring the fans closer together with Kathy in her support for Breast Cancer Awareness which is the ultimate goal for the team, who are proud supporters of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.



“Fans say I am their inspiration, however, as honoured as I am to hear this, it is them that need to know that they are my inspiration. A lady stood in line to get my autograph on Saturday, and when she approached she took off her sunglass and I could tell she had been crying. She relayed to me that her best friend who was single mother was in hospital suffering from breast cancer and not expected to make it through the week. She said she saw my truck and its dedication and was just so excited to meet me, she asked if she could take a picture of us beside TNT because she wanted to show her friend before she passed away”



The team had problems with their tire lift in the trailer. The winch cable snapped and the winch itself seemed to self destruct, causing the lift with 4 tires weighing over 4000lbs to come crashing down at an angle and get wedged almost sideways in the trailer. Luckily no one was injured and with careful planning and the use of a zoom boom they were able to get the lift with tires re-secured.



The team invited Tracey and Darren, sponsors from Night Crawler 4×4 from Elkford B.C. and their dear friend (and soon to be sponsor) Annette from Tuff Trucks Inc. from Minot, North Dakota to be their pit crew for the 2011 Monster Jam World Finals. “If it weren’t for all of them we would not have made it to the World Finals this year” said Ged Barcroft, owner/driver of Sheer Insanity.

TNT and Sheer Insanity were the only trucks from Canada to make an appearance at this year’s world finals and both Kathy and Ged were happy to have given all their sponsors international recognition at such a widely publicized event.

Well, Minot, North Dakota is always one of our favorite places to perform,
and this year was no acceptation. It was so nice to catch up with old
friends and we definitely made some new ones too. We were so glad to be in
attendance to honor our dear friend Tony Kniffen who lost his battle with
cancer only a couple of months ago. We did this with a tribute to him and
his family at the beginning of the show on Friday night.

As our other truck Sheer Insanity was nursing a blown engine from our last
Monster Jam show in Edmonton, it was all up to TNT to bring the fans what
they were waiting for. We did not disappoint! So much so that during
freestyle on Saturday night an aggressive hit off the van stack saw TNT and
driver Kathy Wills out for the rest of the evening. TNT suffered a severe case of
separation anxiety… that being the frame separated from the cradle. TNT
had to be ratchet strapped back together to make the journey back home to
Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she will be given a new cradle and polished for
the next event which will be the Monster Jam World Finals in Las Vegas,
Nevada.