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VIDEO: Big truck... go fast... up hill
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For as clean and green and Earth-loving as the Europeans are, they sure do some dirty things... like throw a sooty-exhaust-belching racing semi around hairpin turns with loads of opposite lock – up an impossibly green mountain – just for a hillclimb. But hey, trucks and racing aren't illegal yet, so we say flog 'em while ya got 'em. Check out the video of Markus Boesiger, 2007's Truck Racing Champion, and his dashing diesel after the jump.
[Source: StreetFire]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
AkulaX1 5:03PM (10/11/2008)
How are those people not scared standing next to the road? That thing wont be stopped even if you stand behind tree... lol
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Dan 10:41PM (10/11/2008)
At Pikes Peak '08 I was close enough to one of these rigs that I was showered with gravel as it shot by. After the first two or three close calls, you get used to it...
MasterCKO 2:51PM (10/12/2008)
That was exactly what I was thinking! I would probably crap my pants if I saw a truck coming at me this fast.
jon 5:03PM (10/11/2008)
funny when he looses the tail a bit at about a minute in, nothing is funnier and more awesome than semi trucks drifting
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Trent 5:05PM (10/11/2008)
I wonder how much oil that thing burns in an uphill run. that is very cool though.
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mike 5:27PM (10/11/2008)
That was the gayest thing I've ever seen. Gayer than Rick Rolling, goatse, and lemon party - combined. It's a shame the truck didn't explode in a fiery inferno.
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Kitko 7:36PM (10/11/2008)
You want a flame war? OK. How about this. So if Americans can't do it properly or at all, then it must be gay?
I remember when Bobby Unser complained after Michelle Mouton humiliated him at Pikes Peak in an Audi. He won next year - in an Audi.
McLovin 1:30AM (10/12/2008)
@Mike,
retard.
Rocketboy 9:57AM (10/12/2008)
Strangly enough, it still wasn't as gay as Mike's post....
why not the LS2LS7? 11:45AM (10/12/2008)
kitko:
Mike may be an idiot, but you are too. You have a massive chip on your shoulder. I have no idea where this anti-American sentiment comes from, but it in this case gives you a great way to show off your ignorance too, as Americans DO participate in big rig hill climbs, and win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15oE2gH90Uw
Mario 5:28PM (10/11/2008)
Hey hey guys i have the best idea ever lets make trucks that are used for towing large loads race up hills. Then we can clusterf*uck the environment well compensating for our tiny dicks. Hell ya
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Luis Camino 5:56PM (10/11/2008)
better still,
let's build an industry of 2 million-a-year half ton trucks and pick up the kids from school after tossing a couple grocery bags in the rear bed.
give me a break, a truck race isn't gonna harm no bloody environment
audiRS4ever 5:33PM (10/11/2008)
That thing hauls. No pun intended ;)
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Seoultrain 9:00AM (10/12/2008)
Liar, you totally intended that pun.
BrokenMonkey 5:54PM (10/11/2008)
It's a diesel so it must get great mileage, right...?
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BirdmanSTX 5:57PM (10/11/2008)
I love the smell of diesel in the morning... love it. Nothing like a semi kickin the tail out on a sharp curve with the turbo whining, and the exhaust belching soot... especially with all the green grass in the background. I'm sure the tree-huggers were poking pencils (not wood pencils, that would harm trees) into their eyes.... Love it!
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RealMonster 12:29AM (10/12/2008)
I drive a diesel VW wagon. I've proudly taken the fuel economy paper out of the instruction manual and taped it up in my rear window for people to see (and not just 'left it on' as some would suggest.) I enjoy seeing how far I can get on a tank, I curse out every Escalade driver I see (to myself, I'm not a complete jerk). I ride my bike as often as I can. I'm a pretty big tree-hugging hippy, as these things go. (I've literally hugged trees, too!)
There's nothing wrong with this sort of racing, I'll be honest. Racing cars are rarely economical, per se, but they're certainly EFFICIENT. Moving like they do takes an incredible amount of engineering. Engineers working on those cars pass their knowledge on or work directly on cars that we end up driving. The engineering that went into making that semi dash up that hill so fast, shift quickly, and put torque to the ground will probably end up in a semi that hauls our food one day, and make it both more efficient AND more economical.
Everyone driving an SUV with nothing in the back, nothing to tow, and nowhere to go is a waste. Racing is, to me, just research. I'm a scientist. Research is important.
So don't lump environmentalists like me in with the people that will jump up and down and shout about this. I know that we owe a huge debt to racing teams and car makers like Mercedes, who pour a lot of money into things that seem useless at the time but end up making everyone's lives safer and easier.
Tim666 6:04PM (10/11/2008)
These things are faster than supersonic filght jets
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Torrent 6:06PM (10/11/2008)
uh wow. what do you call this? a sport?
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Franz 6:19PM (10/11/2008)
F*ck all the wuss crying, gay comments and environmental nonsense. That was way cool. I don't hear anyone complaining about air races, air shows, drag boats and all that other stuff. They pollute too you know.
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