When those monster tires from those monster trucks drive over those poor cars, ever wonder where the smashed-up Fords, Toyotas and Oldsmobiles come from?

“We usually get them from the (local) wreck yard,” said Steve Quercio, vice president of AMP Live Events, whose company puts on the Thunder Slam Monster Truck Spectacular.

Quercio said the cars must be flattened to make it easier for the trucks to run over.

The Thunder Slam Monster Truck Spectacular will roar into the Alabama A&M University Agribition Center for three shows starting Friday night. The Agribition Center is located at 4925 Moores Mill Road.

A limited amount of tickets are available from Ticket master for $10. Otherwise, tickets start at $17.

The event will feature car-crushing action from monster trucks Predator, Prowler and the one that started it all, Big Foot.

According to Quercio, Big Foot hasn’t made an appearance in Huntsville for almost five years.

“It’s going to be a real barn burner,” he said.

And if 10-foot tall trucks smashing cars like bugs isn’t enough, the show will also host local “tuff trucks” and “mud boggers.”

Quercio said anyone with a truck is invited to show up before the event and race against other local truck enthusiasts.

But if you think your four-cylinder Ford pickup is going to compete, think again. Quercio said the trucks are usually modified by folks who know what they’re doing.

Local “tuff trucks” will go head-to-head on a track filled with humps, bumps and jumps.

The mud boggers will race through mud to see which good ol’ boy has the best mud-racing truck.

The local truck races will be held before the monster truck races.