The Carlisle Fairgrounds will host the Carlisle Truck Nationals beginning on August 1.

The event - and the trucks - are so large that Carlisle Truck Nationals will also feature the Big Rig Show and Shine, a sort of show within the show that focuses on the biggest road-legal vehicles.

Other activities include the swap meets, factory displays, contest, races and test drives usually found at the national car shows. In addition to those, guests can meet monster truck driver Chrissy Moler and animal handler Bwana Jim and his creatures.

IF YOU GO

7 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 1-2, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 3 at Carlisle Fairgrounds, 1000 Bryn Mawr Road, Carlisle. Cost: $10 for Friday and Saturday, $7 Sunday; $20 weekend pass. Free for ages 12 and under. www.carlisleevents.com, 717-243-7855.