Drifting a high horsepower 3,000 pound sports car…easy.
Try it in a 10,000 pound purpose built Semi Truck….not so easy.
Racer / Stunt Man Mike Ryan has driven this truck to 12 Pikes Peak Hill Climb Championships and decided it’s time to show his skills and the capabilities of his race truck on the original Gymkhana location at El Toro Marine Base in CA ala Ken Block. Watch as Mike pushes his drift truck to the limits.
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Brian Deegan came into the final race of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series all but assured of the Pro 2 title. Indeed, the hauler rolled into Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Az., with championship T-shirts on board. Much less certain was the Pro Lite title, but he did more than necessary to ensure himself twin short course off-road championships for 2011.
With a large margin in Pro 2, all Deegan had to do was  … More
Last week, a group of Boise State University students set a new land-speed record for a vehicle powered by vegetable oil: 155.331mph. How’d they get a diesel-swapped, 1998 Chevy S-10 to unleash such fury from mere vegetables? Read on.
The team, made up of undergraduates from Boise State’s College of Engineering, set the veggie-fuel speed record last week at El Mirage Dry Lake, Calif, at  … More
James Stewart is best known for his performance on two wheels, but the motocross star will try to impress the crowd this weekend in a cage. Bubba will be racing in the Traxxas TORC Series at the at Chicagoland Speedway/Route 66 Raceway’s dirt oval this weekend.
Stewart, who has 5 AMA National titles, decided to sit out most of the 2011 dirt racing season. Stewart was pretty banged up after the Supercross season and decided to give himself  … More