Trucks hillclimb

[Matra et Alpine]

A great vid of a couple of trucks on a hillclimb circuit.

Note to self -- dont volunteer to marshal for trucks

http://www.dasracingteam.ch/videos/R...0Reitnau05.wmv

All those who like cubic inches and power then this is pretty much the ultimate

[:Exige:]

Hehe - most awesome thing i've seen in a while. Theres so little margin for error because the tracks are so tight; I like it a lot

[Dantera22B]

now that is some seriously scary shiznay, any ideas what the green car chasing the truck was?

[cmcpokey]

absolute insanity... do you know if they weight the back end so it doesnt roll forward?

[Matra et Alpine]

absolute insanity... do you know if they weight the back end so it doesnt roll forward?

No. Only the driver is high in a truck. The engines are low.
If you look at the vid you can see the intakes for hte engine below and slightly to the rear of the cab.
RACING trucks get serious money spent on them and THEY have lowered engines to further improve the CoG !!

[cmcpokey]

ive seen the racing before, and even with the engine mounted so low, i just cant help but think they would be fairly unstable

[Matra et Alpine]

ive seen the racing before, and even with the engine mounted so low, i just cant help but think they would be fairly unstable

I know.
It's because the brain sees it look so tall. But in reality they're more stable than most race cars due to the long wheelbase and WIDE track.
Weight (lack of) over the rears makes grip in corners a bit of a problem though

[Zondaboy1]

aawesome!

[ruim20]

You know if theese are the same trucks used in super truck racing? or are they built only for hill climb? also, HP? Weight, other stats... ?

If you can spare the time, other wise just tell me where to look

[Matra et Alpine]

You know if theese are the same trucks used in super truck racing? or are they built only for hill climb? also, HP? Weight, other stats... ?

If you can spare the time, other wise just tell me where to look

The film was from teh Reitner track.
So a bit of digging and from the entry list I think it's these guys.
http://www.danielseiler.ch/Truck.asp
Seems to match the vid
only 1000hp and 5000 Nm !!!!

[ZeTurbo]

Insane.

Do you know if the trucks trucks which compete in the rally Raids also have lowered engines?

[Merrill]

I think truck racing is very interesting…especially when it goes sideways!!

[csl177]

Without a doubt, you guys in Yurup have the best motorsports on the planet!

In the US of A we used to get to watch truck racing on SpeedVision before it turned into NASCAR 'vision... the France family is a bunch of jive-product selling wankers. They'd rather sell booring roundyround spec "stockers" with WWF personalities driving than something as hard-core as this. Wish we had half of what you get to see available over here...

[PerfAdv]

Great stuff!!

Amazing how well these behemoths handle.

[matek]

hehe im sure i saw one of the front wheel lift in one of the corners

That looks sooo sweet

Must be really weird being so near the front in the cab and turning must be nuts.