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Lee and Karen Duquette welcomed October 2025 by attending
a Monster Jam event in Lancaster, South Carolina.
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Lee
and Karen Duquette
attended their 15th Monster Jam Event
on November 1, 2025
THIS TIME at The SC Monster Truck Madness, Monster Jam Event
at Lancaster Motor Speedway
223 Shiloh Unity Road, Lancaster, SC 29720
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First entry was
the All-Access Tickets which included a FREE souvenir lanyard and a private
All-Access - VIP only Pit Party for one-on-one time with the monster trucks
and the drivers. Plus one FREE Monster Truck Ride one, FREE Face Painting
and one FREE Monster Truck Photo experience and FREE Parking. Tickets
were subject to taxes and processing fees. No refunds.
Because the All-Access Tickets (described above) were sold out by the
time Lee Duquette discovered the event information, he bought the VIP
ticket which can be bought for persons of any age. Each VIP ticket
included on souvenir lanyard and entry to the VIP Pit Party for one-on-one
time with the monster trucks and drivers. Tickets were subject to taxes
and processing fees with no refunds. Entry was one hour later than the
All-Access Tickets.
General Admission tickets were also available, with a bit later for
admittance times.
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Below: Monster Trucks and drivers
on this date:
Culture Shock Monster Truck (the full-size) was driven by Daniel Aimes
Culture Shock Jr (a much smaller truck) was driven by a 7 year old boy,
Carson, son of Daniel and Britney Aimes
Crime Time Monster Truck was usually driven by Cory Snyder
Disorderly Conduct (a black truck with smaller wheels) was driven by
Kraig Champion
Hurricane Force Monster Truck was driven by Steven Thompson
Virginia Giant Monster Truck was driven by Cliff Vowell
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Below: Karen Duquette
with Cliff Vowell and the Virginia Giant Monster Truck. Cliff has been
driving since 2019 and is the owner of the Virginia Giant Monster Truck.
His hometown is Fairfax, Virginia. |
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Below: Karen
Duquette with Hurricane Force Monster Truck driver Steven Thompson. He
is from Hagerstown, Maryland and has been driving various monster trucks
since 2011. He has appeared in World Finals in 2015 and 2016. But this
was the first time Karen met him. |
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Below: Culture Shock Monster
truck and driver Daniel Aimes with Karen Duquette |
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Below: Crime Time
State Trooper Monster Truck is a 1979 Ford F-250 monster truck owned by
Aimes Unleashed. The truck competes as the teammate to Culture
Shock (shown above). On this date, it allowed kids to get inside the truck
for a photo (for a charge). |
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Below: There was NOT ANY signs with drivers names at this event. Actually,
none of the drivers introduced themselves to Karen Duquette even as
she was photographed with them - maybe because they were more interested
in the children. There was not any type of printed hand-out of trucks
or drivers on this date.
And during the events, the announcer was very difficult to understand,
especially when he said the name of the drivers. The internet says that
Crime Time State Trooper Monster Truck is usually driven by
Britney Aimes (wife of Culture Shock Monster truck). HOWEVER on this
date, Karen was photographed with BJ Maconi. (The internet said he also
drove the truck in 2024.)
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Below: Karen Duquette
stood near the miniature Culture Shock Monster Truck which was
a much smaller truck than regular monster trucks. A young boy was sitting
by the truck but never looked up because he was playing. Karen later learned
that he was Carson, a 7 year old, and son of Daniel and Britney Aimes
and that he actually was the driver of this smaller monster truck. His
performances on this date were interesting, but of course, not as exciting
as the big monster trucks. He may become interesting in future years.
Everyone wishes him well in the future. |
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Below: Disorderly
Conduct (a black truck with smaller wheels) and its driver, Kraig Champion
and Karen Duquette. This truck did flips over the mound a bit later when
he performed. |
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Below: A view
of part of the track that will be used later |
Below: Three faceless witches
and a miniature skeleton in the candy dish.
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Below: This truck
gave rides on the field to those who paid the cost. There is usually such
a truck at most Monster Jam Events. |
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Below: Then it was time for Lee and Karen Duquette to take a seat
in the bleacher stands and wait for the events to begin. There was no
assigned seating and the benches were very hard with no backs to lean
against. So Lee Duquette chose the top row in a corner by a railing
so he could be more comfortable. But it was hard stepping up to those
seats because the height of each row up was difficult.
They also bought some food and drinks from the concession stands while
waiting. It was a long time between the pit party and the actual event,
so they did a lot of people watching.
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