Even with two flat tires, this mud truck stomps the square-body Chevy.
This week’s “Truckin’ Fast Wednesday” video comes to us from the chemymudboggers YouTube channel and it features a mud drag racing battle between a Ford F-150 and a square-body Chevy. The Ford blows both rear tires during the race, but it still beats the tar out of the Chevy.
The Competitors
We don’t have details on the Chevy but we do know that the F-150 was built by the team at Marc’s Auto Sales & Service out of Ontario, Canada.
The Ford F-150 is pulled to the line by a late model Chevy Silverado while the third-gen Chevy in the near lane drives to the starting line. This suggests that the Ford is such a monster that its effort is saved strictly for the track and in looking the F-150 over during the careful staging process, it looks the part of a purpose-built race truck.
The short bed, short cab Ford truck is lifted, making plenty of room under the decal-clad body for the big, beefy mud tires. There also appears to be a pro stock-style hood scoop facing towards the windshield, allowing the engine to pull in plenty of fresh air without sucking up any mud.
As for the Chevy, it sits a little higher than stock, but it has skinny tires tucked under the flared wheel openings. It looks ridiculous before the race starts and when the green lights drop, the F-150 makes the old GM truck look even worse.
The Race
As this mud drag race begins, the Ford F-150 blasts down into the deep part of the track while the Chevy driver eases down into the pit. The Ford roars from one end to the other, leaving the Chevy so far behind that it is quickly out of the frame, and as the F-150 bounces down the muddy track, it never slows.
However, as the Ford gets to the finish line and pulls onto dry land, we can see that both rear tires are flat. At half-track, the tires appeared to be fine, so they had to let go sometime during the final few feet of the race, but that didn’t slow the F-150 down at all.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
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