A really big truck:
This is actually a very well done video, done by the same guy that's building the Viper-engined Maverick.
A really big truck:
This is actually a very well done video, done by the same guy that's building the Viper-engined Maverick.
That's how I had your (insert relative here) last night.
OHHHHHHHHHHOHOHOHOHOHHOH
I'm going back to bed.
Every time I see this truck it makes me smile.
Watching the carcass of the rear wheel flex around on the dirt sure was interesting.
" Up a mountain... In the rain... On the dirt... In a truck... "
The fog! don't forget the fog...
there is something so wrong and so right about a motorsports truck
I got to do a bit of work on one of the previous engines for that truck. Amazing.
Great now I want to try to build a race truck out of one of the school buses at work, thanks. 
Mike Ryan is also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
He didn't have a whole lot of extra room on that road either. That thing moves some air if you are semi close to it at speed.
That was pretty cool!
Awesome
DaveEstey wrote: Mike Ryan is also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
Just watching that video (and the drift one after it) makes him seem like a totally awesome guy. And he reminds me of "Robert California" (James Spader on The Office), so that doesn't hurt either.
And he was too fast for my cell phone camera. 
LopRacer wrote: Great now I want to try to build a race truck out of one of the school buses at work, thanks.
I always had thoughts of doing one from an isuzu or Mitsubish box truck.. and leave the box on it.. but light weight with a wing to direct the air up and over it
You could see me in the video taking this photo:
Lots more at my site www.daveestey.com
glad to see big-rig racing here in the states. It has been fairly big in Europe for some time now.
I remember a few years ago (early 2000's) they were trying to re-start the roundy-round racing for big trucks (there was a short lived series in the late '70s). I read an article on it about how they were consulting with the engineers at Penske about making the 60-Series Detroit survive at 1500 hp. One of the engineers had remarked in disbelief that if they were going to make "those kinds" of modifications that they'd never get more than 50,000 miles out of one! The author said "50,000 miles! Hell I'll be happy to get 500!"
Carro Atrezzi. Or the OP fomerly known as A401CJ wrote: glad to see big-rig racing here in the states. It has been fairly big in Europe for some time now. I remember a few years ago (early 2000's) they were trying to re-start the roundy-round racing for big trucks (there was a short lived series in the late '70s). I read an article on it about how they were consulting with the engineers at Penske about making the 60-Series Detroit survive at 1500 hp. One of the engineers had remarked in disbelief that if they were going to make "those kinds" of modifications that they'd never get more than 50,000 miles out of one! The author said "50,000 miles! Hell I'll be happy to get 500!"
What a name!
Taiden wrote:Carro Atrezzi. Or the OP fomerly known as A401CJ wrote: glad to see big-rig racing here in the states. It has been fairly big in Europe for some time now. I remember a few years ago (early 2000's) they were trying to re-start the roundy-round racing for big trucks (there was a short lived series in the late '70s). I read an article on it about how they were consulting with the engineers at Penske about making the 60-Series Detroit survive at 1500 hp. One of the engineers had remarked in disbelief that if they were going to make "those kinds" of modifications that they'd never get more than 50,000 miles out of one! The author said "50,000 miles! Hell I'll be happy to get 500!"What a name!
I wanted to see how big the buffer was but I didn't find its limit 
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