I just got done watching some videos from the mudracing/mudbogging circuit that we have here in South Dakota. There is a whole lot of carnage that takes place in these races. Numerous pickups have rolled ranging from stock sized isuzus to s10 bodied fullsizes with firebreathing bigblocks with 250 shots of the juice. I dont know how many front axle housings were completely broken in two from 5 foot jumps taking half the the suspension with em. Not to count the endless amount of axle shafts and driveshafts that were broken. Wading around in 3 ft of mud looking for a driveshaft is not very fun. I saw a 79 bronco with a 460 in it nosedive after a jump and smash the frontend and radiator back into the fan...not good. I saw a 70 early bronco sitting atop 38.5 boggers with a 351 boss out of a mustang catch enough air to drive my itself under...it broke the axle housing in two, bent the radius arms to s***, and gave the guy and concussion and bruised vertebrates. In white river a shortbox 79 dodge with a 440, tractor tires, and nitrous sheer the whole wheel assembly off (right after hitting the juice) and then dug the axle into the ground nearly flipping it end over end. This is just a fraction of the carnage that i have witnessed...what are some of your horror carnage stories?

 

i broke a u-joint once!

-jason-

 

One time I blew a fuse and the truck died...

 

One time my dimmer switch fried and I lost my low beams when I switched over to them. It was night and was pretty scawwwey. The switch was toast, hard core carnage...

 

My truck died in water this weekend and I don't know how to swim!

Thought I was a gonner but it finally started. Think I'm going to put 'water wings' on my list of offroad safety items.

Oh, carnage? I broke a leaf spring . . . does that count? Snapped off and then fell out on the road and hit the car behind me.

 

This one time, at band camp, ....

 

Almost forgot, I boogered a valve stem once...damn near lost the bead, that was some hard core carnage.














Seriously, like many of the guys in here I've blown up trannies, snapped axles, eaten ring gears, rolled, you name it. However, I'd have to say my most impressive carnage was when I blew an engine so violently that the rods punched holes so big through my block you could stick your arm through. I remember my dad doing just that and exclaiming "I've never seen THAT before"! Ahhhh, good times.

 

Snapped my U joint while I was, um, rock crawling... in my F350.

 

I'd sure like to see a video of a Jeep or something tumbling down some rocks about now. Speaking of carnage, if you enjoy redneck entertainment, buy the Monster Jam freestyle videos. It's impressive to see a 60" tire go flyinging when an axle snaps or to watch a monster truck flip end over end. Come to think of it a demolition derby would be alright about now too.

 

ivanribic,

Want carnage? Come to Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna for their "Eve of Destruction". Some of the events include:

- Figure 8 stock car races
- Figure 8 Tandem races (two cars chained together front-to-back)
- Figure 8 full size school bus races (you HAVE to see that)
- Figure 8 trailer races (race cars with a trailer and anything you can put on/in it. Including 20' boats, pop-up campers, loads of tires, outhouses, snowmobiles, etc. - last one still running with any remnants of a trailer left wins)
- Car footbal (two teams of 5 full-size cars try to push a brown Festiva - with white laces painted on top - across a goal line)

They also have jet car demonstrations and a car-eating, flame-throwing dragon. For the finale, they pile all the carnage up, chain jet cars to it, and melt it to the ground.

Funniest damn thing I've ever seen.

Kevin K.

 

I need to move to Wisconsin!

 

Pro...i would love to hear a motor throw a piston throught the block....sweet.

 

I've seen a TF/D have a tire discentergrate while going over 325mph. It sheared the entire wing and supports off. Talk about a scarry ride. The driver not only had to go change pants, the safety safari had to clean all the stuf that his pants didnt catch off the track.
Man i love the smell of CH^3NO^2 in the afternoon.

Chris

 

Yea, but it kinda sucks when the sound is coming from your motor. It is a pretty cool sound when its coming from a 350 small block though

 

www.4x4movies.com

That site has some good vid clips on it! and quite a few carnage scenes!

-jason-