Ford truck proves that too much traction and too much power can be a problem.
This week’s Freaky Friday video comes to us from the JMalcom2004 YouTube channeland it features a wicked Ford race truck doing an insane wheelstand at the drag strip. In most cases, a racer can power through a wheelstand and still have a shot at the win, but this classic pickup rips the wheels up so hard that the whole truck hops off the ground and then slams down. As a result, the Camaro in the near lane cruises to victory.
We came across this video while looking for a Truckin’ Fast Wednesday feature and since the truck doesn’t go very fast for long, it really didn’t fit for that category. However, the fact that this truck got all four wheels off of the ground is pretty insane, so it works for Freaky Friday.
The Competitors
The beginning of this video really focuses on the Chevrolet Camaro in the near lane, but we can kind of see the old Ford truck in the far lane. If you watch carefully, you can see it purging the nitrous system as the two prepare to race. According to the details, this old school half-ton truck is powered by some variety of big block V8 ad we know that it is on the bottle.
There are no details on the Camaro in the near lane, but it is safe to guess that it is likely powered by a big block of its own, also running with a bit of nitrous. We do know that this footage was captured during a “shut up and race” grudge racing event at Middle Georgia Motorsports Park, so we can expect that anything pulling into the staging beams is built to hustle down the track.
The Battle
After the lengthy preparation process, the Camaro and the Ford truck ease into the staging beams and when the green lights drop, both rip away from the line. The pickup appears to have the lead at first, but about sixty feet from the line, the front end comes way up. In fact, it comes up so hard and so fast that it stands the truck on the back bumper, pulling the rear wheels off of the ground as well.
This forces the driver to lift and the truck slams down with sparks flying. From there, the Camaro cruised to the win while the old Ford coasted off of the track.
"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.
