Dalembert To Try Sport He Might Be Good At

Those of you who have been avoiding the Philadelphia 76ers because of poor play, lack of stars (Kevin Ollie! Two rookies you don’t know! Shavlik Randolph when he returns from injury!) or anything else, you no longer have an excuse.

Before the game, Samuel Dalembert is going to be racing a toy car against a monster truck tomorrow.

Yes, let’s go over this again: Dalembert is controlling a RC truck. The other guy — Marc McDonald, driver of the monster truck “Safe Auto Minimizer” — will race in his 10,000-pound truck. Dalembert will even get a crash course in how a monster truck works. Wow!

This is all good and fun — and it will be even more fun if the monster truck runs over Sammy D’s toy car — but it’s, of course, part of an ad, as the Monster Jam begins Friday at the Spectrum. But, as the release notes, the Monster Jam features “fire breathing robots, drag racing, and more.” After the fire breathing robots, that more could there be?

Full release after the jump.

MEDIA ADVISORY

EVENT: 76ERS SAMUEL DALEMBERT RACES MONSTER JAM DRIVER ONE-ON-ONE PRIOR TO MASSIVE SHOW AT WACHOVIA SPECTRUM

SIXERS CENTER GOES UNDER HOOD OF 10,000-LB GIANT

PLACE: Wachovia Spectrum Parking Lot, 3601 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

DETAILS: Philadelphia 76ers Samuel Dalembert joins in this weekend’s Monster Jam festivities at the Wachovia Spectrum as he partakes in his favorite hobby, by racing his own remote control car against Marc McDonald, driver of Monster Truck “Safe Auto Minimizer.” Dalembert will receive a behind-the-scenes demonstration of the 10,000-lb weapon, as McDonald romps his around the Wachovia Complex parking lot.

Monster Jam roars into the Wachovia Spectrum for four performances on Friday, February 9 (7:30 p.m.), Saturday, February 10 (2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.), and Sunday, February 11 (2 p.m.). Tickets at $22, $27, and $5 (kids 12 and under) are on sale now through www.ComcastTIX.com , 1-800-298-4200, and at the Wachovia Spectrum Box Office.

Monster Jam provides high-flying, live-action entertainment bringing together the speed, spills and thrills of motor sports excitement wrapped around a family-friendly environment. Joining Safe Auto Minimizer at the Wachovia Spectrum is Gravedigger, Hot Wheels, Air Force Afterburner, TAZ, Maximum Destruction, The Broker, and Aftershock. The high-octane event also features the best monster truck racing in the world, fire breathing robots, drag racing, and more.