For Georgina and Tony Dixon, family time comes with 3.6-metre monster trucks, high-flying jumps and car crushes.

Monster trucks have been part of 23-year-old Georgina Dixon’s life since day one. Her father bought his first monster truck, Swamp Thing, in 2003, the year she was born.

After growing up around the motorsport in Melksham, Wiltshire, Georgina has followed her dad into the sport and is now thought to be the youngest female truck driver in the country.

“About two years ago, I started doing monster trucks full-time and I love it,” she said. “It’s absolutely amazing.”

The pair are due to perform at Truck Fest South West at the Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet this weekend, taking turns doing arena stunts in Swamp Thing, a 4×4 vehicle that stands 3.6 metres tall.

Their shows include jumps, car crushes, slap wheelies and power donuts.

“The best bit for me is meeting all the fans,” Georgina said.

“You get so much adrenaline, your hands start shaking as soon as you get out of the truck.

“Each jump in a monster truck has the same sort of g-force as a 48 kilometres-an-hour car crash.

“Obviously we have all the safety gear but that’s the sort of forces you are expecting when you hit a car in a monster truck.”

Tony Dixon said he had wanted a monster truck since watching them on television as a boy in the early 1980s.

“They would have them on Christmas Day specials,” he said. “I’d rather watch the monster trucks than unwrap my presents.”

Georgina also loved monster trucks as a child. In 2023, she officially earned her monster truck driving licence and has since made it her full-time job.

Tony described driving one as being “like a quad-bike on steroids”.

“It accelerates really, really fast.

“I’ve got some fast cars but the monster truck accelerates quicker than all the cars,” he said.

He said the “massive 66-inch tyres” are what make a monster truck so distinctive. The tyres measure about 1.5 metres, around the same height as Georgina.

Getting into the truck is difficult because it has no doors.

“The monster truck is made up of all these pipes and tubes and you essentially climb up the side of it because the truck has got no doors to climb in,” Georgina said.

She said driving it can also be tricky.

“With a normal car you’ve got front steering but on this we’ve got two forms of steering… back steering, which is controlled by a joystick, but, at the same time, you’ve got to drive the front wheels with a steering wheel.

“So you’ve got to be good at PlayStation or Xbox.”

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