Despite this hardship, the Truckers have not been quite as active in acting on the other plank of their platform. Moxon says there are no concrete plans for monster trucks in the immediate future.

But as a follow up to the council's successful book exchange which netted $2,000, the Truckers want to hire a monster truck to run over the left-over books.

"I'm going to campaign vigorously for having a monster truck come to run over the remaining books," Moxon says.

This, however, would not satisfy the ultimate goal of a full monster truck rally. So far the group has been divided as to where to stage the attempt.

"Growney is in favor of Mass. Ave., but I'd like to see the Stadium put to use," Moxon says.

It appears unlikely that Mass. Ave. would be an available option for the Truckers. The City of Cambridge said it would not give them approval.

"Basically, I'm not about to close Mass. Ave. It's the major spine through the city," says Lauren M. Preston, Cambridge's deputy traffic director.

The person in charge of Soldiers Field operations for non-sporting events did not return a phone call.

Growney, however, says he would fight back.

"Once I start threatening to run for Cambridge City Council as a Monster Trucker, they'll change," Growney says.

Ekman also remained positive despite the bad news.

"We still have Holmes Field and the field outside the [Harkness Commons]," he says.

Ekman said he worked at a law firm in Alabama over the summer that represented some race car drivers. He said he might be able to find the monster trucks using this connection.

"I plan on trying to pull some strings on that end," Ekman says.