Drifting with a Freightliner.....

[mwilson]

Check this out... just got it today.



Hang on until the 1:00 minute mark, it will be worth your time.



Freightliner sponsored, mother approved.



This dude can sliiiiiiiiiiide.



SIZE MATTERS - Semi Truck Drift Gymkhana Feature - YouTube



Mike.

 

[mwilson]

And this one where he races up Mt Washington in New Hampshire.



If you have never been up the Auto Road you can not truly appreciate just how nuts this is in a 1900 HP Bobtail Truck.



Take it from me, I would be on the floorboard crying for me mum going up there like that in the rain... ... .



Check it out...



Amazing Rally Race in the Gymkhana Drifting Semi Truck - YouTube



Mike.

 

[GCroyle]

Mike,



I thought he was gonna put the 18 whlr thru it paces first. Don't they race semis in Europe a lot, I seem to remember calendar shots showing handle bar to handle bar racing with MANN and Scania and MB. Wild stuff.



We were next to this Pikes Peak truck at MATS in 2007, it fired up, H O L Y E X H A U S T it was racing and still sitting still, wild stuff.

 

[mwilson]

I will ask Seth about the trailer racing, I know that he has shown me video of an uphill race in Quebec with loaded semi's.



They are just brutal on those trucks, left front wheel is jumping off the ground from the torque when they upshift... ... .....

Black smoke, women screaming, the whole deal... .



I know the sound of those twins on that 60 Series has gotten me to dreamin' about slapping a pair on the '06. Woo Hoo... ...





Mike.

 

[GCroyle]

Mike,



The calendar shots that I saw were bobtail road course style. I have a pic of the engine from that MATS show, but detail might not be too good. He was trying to drive it out after the show, slick tires, polished cement, holding the brakes and the rear tires were still trying to spin at idle with the brakes. Then I fired up our '07 5. 9L and really showed everyone what a diesel really sounds like! Yeah right!

 

[mwilson]

I just found another clip where Mike gets lessons on drifting (which I did not realize he needed:-laf) after bringing the truck back from New Hampshire.



After a few adjustments you will see he got it figured out... ...



FORMULA DRIFT FIRST EVER SEMI TRUCK DRIFTING EXHIBITION - YouTube



Mike.

 

[Nyoest]

WOW. Were the sparks at 2:20 the regen?

I think even if you win the power ball it wouldn't be enough money to build that.