I watched a Big Rig race from the pits at Atlanta Raceway around this time. They had HUGE tire issues that day. Blown tires so often it sounded like 4th. of July !
It actually made me sad watching this. Kids coming up today are so coddled. Imagine telling any of those guys you need a mask to go in to buy your 12 pack of Oly and cigarettes.
@@danokerr9929 I've had it with people bitching about danger. Danger is part of the fun, as far as I'm concerned I want rocket car metal death racing, where a deathless race is an aberration, not the norm. People are too fucking coddled, and in a world of forced safety, codes, regs, red tape, and bullshit, life just is not worth living. There is no adventure, no novelty, no excitement. A safe life is a life not worth living.
I went to several of these in the 80’s. My dads company had a W-9 with a 903 they raced. So much fun watching from the infield, on top of a truck trailer or from the stands... loved every minute of it!!!
Steve Evans and Brock Yates maaaan do I miss their commentary. TNN used too run all the good stuff, swamp buggy racing, NHRA, diesel truck racing, dirt track, I really miss those days. 2021 sucks.
These guys have bigger balls and crazier then modern day semi truck oval racing. I got chance to race a semi oval track truck at Bristol motor speedway and at my home track huge high bank exact copy of old Bristol layout and these things take a lot of skill to drive and don't handle like any type of racecar or limited latemodel chassis car with fiberglass nascar truck looking body on it. Driving that semi truck taught me a lot more about racing int hat short period of time. And I been racing since I was 10 and now I'm 30 and man they are a blast to drive the turbos whining and shifting was so much fun and you can bump and bang and won't get side ways very easy at all so you can use your bumper up as much as you want on someone cuse your not gonna spin or wreck them unless your really turn into them hard and through them wide open other then that beating and banging is part of it
I'm surprised the short drive shafts hold up in these monsters. I have made them for a living and sometimes UPS trucks slip on ice and pop the driveshafts right out.
My father was the public relations director for the The Great American Race , series a real old school truck driver , would not let the big corps in , they where all owner operators , that's what he told me. He's the guy waving the checker flag in the Movie Smoky and The Bandit one , in the beging drag race seen .
I never got to watch it...I hated that it was always teased in the intros. Motorsport Mundial did the same thing, just teaser clips during the intro. I still watched...
This should come back,makes me feel like hauling border wall when that was a thing,my floor was so hot from the exhaust i thought truck was on fire,lol.
They have a truck touring series down here in the South it's called the big rig bandit series and they race that tracks like mobile or national speedway five flags speedway and a lot of your actual half mile asphalt tracks and sometimes a quarter mile track they erase a lot of tracks all the biggest race they did was Bristol motor speedway but they need to bring a class back like this and run places like Daytona international speedway Dover and Rockingham and all the bigger tracks that are still around like Talladega this would be awesome to see that too I know the speeds would be too high but they can modify the trucks make them work and them guys in the bandit big rig series are not afraid of using the term putting a bumper to somebody for the win I mean I've sat there and watch them take each other out there's two brothers that race each other and they wreck each other almost every race of spit each other at least once and there's a couple of young onions like 16-18 year olds which is cool I race regular race cars around asphalt tracks like pro trucks and modifieds and late models and then guys are crazy to show up in those big rig 18 wheelers and go around mobile speedway or five flags speedway or like some tracks down in South Florida as well that wide open man it's crazy on the speeds they carry in the big trucks and if you hit a wall you're going off in the stands or you're flipping cuz even the 6-ft wall at mobile speedway on the outside going on the front straightaway is it going to be tall enough in case if one of those starts to run away but they are a crazy series I wish I could see him at Daytona or a bigger super speedway type track they can make them safe enough so if they wreck it won't kill the driver
"Here's lots of smoke coming out the exhaust stack, that IMPLIES some engine problem?" Buddy do you think smoke coming out the exhaust stack might mean low tire pressure? Cheees!!
I remember watching those races... About 15 minutes later you couldn't see the other side of the track from the exhaust... LOL... Libs would be crying....
Back before woke commies took over Motorsports. Love real racing. Now days you have to find a short track and one that’s not closed up and being turned into a dollar store.
Legend has it that ej’s crew is still working on the truck to this day
I watched a Big Rig race from the pits at Atlanta Raceway around this time. They had HUGE tire issues that day. Blown tires so often it sounded like 4th. of July !
I guess it’s not okay to have this much fun anymore
Trucks got too fast crashes were too dangerous for the spectators
@@danokerr9929 everything is "too dangerous" these days
It actually made me sad watching this. Kids coming up today are so coddled. Imagine telling any of those guys you need a mask to go in to buy your 12 pack of Oly and cigarettes.
@@NovemberFoxtrotRC u got that right bro I’m gunna fix it
@@danokerr9929 I've had it with people bitching about danger. Danger is part of the fun, as far as I'm concerned I want rocket car metal death racing, where a deathless race is an aberration, not the norm. People are too fucking coddled, and in a world of forced safety, codes, regs, red tape, and bullshit, life just is not worth living. There is no adventure, no novelty, no excitement. A safe life is a life not worth living.
I went to several of these in the 80’s. My dads company had a W-9 with a 903 they raced. So much fun watching from the infield, on top of a truck trailer or from the stands... loved every minute of it!!!
VT 903
They need to bring this back to dover that would be tight af
Tight, Haven't heard that phrase in a good while. So nostalgic
They need to bring these back
awesome to see some old tractors around the track
the TRUE TRUCK Racing Series
Steve Evans and Brock Yates maaaan do I miss their commentary. TNN used too run all the good stuff, swamp buggy racing, NHRA, diesel truck racing, dirt track, I really miss those days. 2021 sucks.
These guys have bigger balls and crazier then modern day semi truck oval racing. I got chance to race a semi oval track truck at Bristol motor speedway and at my home track huge high bank exact copy of old Bristol layout and these things take a lot of skill to drive and don't handle like any type of racecar or limited latemodel chassis car with fiberglass nascar truck looking body on it. Driving that semi truck taught me a lot more about racing int hat short period of time. And I been racing since I was 10 and now I'm 30 and man they are a blast to drive the turbos whining and shifting was so much fun and you can bump and bang and won't get side ways very easy at all so you can use your bumper up as much as you want on someone cuse your not gonna spin or wreck them unless your really turn into them hard and through them wide open other then that beating and banging is part of it
I'm surprised the short drive shafts hold up in these monsters. I have made them for a living and sometimes UPS trucks slip on ice and pop the driveshafts right out.
This is awesome. Thanks for the upload
My father was the public relations director for the The Great American Race , series a real old school truck driver , would not let the big corps in , they where all owner operators , that's what he told me. He's the guy waving the checker flag in the Movie Smoky and The Bandit one , in the beging drag race seen .
My Daddy was the 33 , Murtaugh. Trust me I know the life you grew up in!!!
Sounds awesome
This is where the detroits shined.
Been driving 39yrs an would retire right now if I got the opportunity to do this...I've practiced an practiced im ready this is so bad ass
I remember watching this on the old tnn.
I never got to watch it...I hated that it was always teased in the intros. Motorsport Mundial did the same thing, just teaser clips during the intro. I still watched...
American Sports Cavalcade!!! Ahhhh the memories. Good stuff.
A clear day everywhere except over the track.
OMG bring this back!
This is amazing
Look at the air quality in the stands!
I saw them race in the late 70's at the Milwaukee mile 👍
MOST TRACKS COULD NOT HANDEL THAT KIND OF WAIGHT SAD THAT WAS SOME GOOD RACEING.
Boy you can hear them Detroits🤣🤣🤣
That is an amazing sound, it is music to my ears. 🥹
this needs to still be a thing
Detroit Diesel 2stroke the good old days.
This should come back,makes me feel like hauling border wall when that was a thing,my floor was so hot from the exhaust i thought truck was on fire,lol.
The 80s version of the Bandits Big Rig Series.
Your talkin to the Dale Earnhardt of this if they brought it back
So badass
Well those right front tires must be working overtime. The force those things are going through and heat
They have a truck touring series down here in the South it's called the big rig bandit series and they race that tracks like mobile or national speedway five flags speedway and a lot of your actual half mile asphalt tracks and sometimes a quarter mile track they erase a lot of tracks all the biggest race they did was Bristol motor speedway but they need to bring a class back like this and run places like Daytona international speedway Dover and Rockingham and all the bigger tracks that are still around like Talladega this would be awesome to see that too I know the speeds would be too high but they can modify the trucks make them work and them guys in the bandit big rig series are not afraid of using the term putting a bumper to somebody for the win I mean I've sat there and watch them take each other out there's two brothers that race each other and they wreck each other almost every race of spit each other at least once and there's a couple of young onions like 16-18 year olds which is cool I race regular race cars around asphalt tracks like pro trucks and modifieds and late models and then guys are crazy to show up in those big rig 18 wheelers and go around mobile speedway or five flags speedway or like some tracks down in South Florida as well that wide open man it's crazy on the speeds they carry in the big trucks and if you hit a wall you're going off in the stands or you're flipping cuz even the 6-ft wall at mobile speedway on the outside going on the front straightaway is it going to be tall enough in case if one of those starts to run away but they are a crazy series I wish I could see him at Daytona or a bigger super speedway type track they can make them safe enough so if they wreck it won't kill the driver
Back when men were men... open face helmets, tennis shoes, smoking cigarettes while racing #MERICA!
Makes me wonder what refreshments were served in the stands; atomic coffee, blue plate specials, and day-old pie?
salted herring, smoked Turkey drumsticks, pickled eggs, and an onion for a dessert treat
Hows the smog!? Take THAT! ozone.
What a great race series!
I wish they would bring this back
I never knew they raced These on a big track.....
My kind of racing,where can I find truck races 🔥👌
Man I miss Steve Evans voice
"Here's lots of smoke coming out the exhaust stack, that IMPLIES some engine problem?" Buddy do you think smoke coming out the exhaust stack might mean low tire pressure? Cheees!!
Wow it doesn’t even look like Dover
I remember watching those races... About 15 minutes later you couldn't see the other side of the track from the exhaust... LOL... Libs would be crying....
is it just super over cast?! or is that the smog?
That's fog! There's no smog in Dover. Especially back in the 80's.
How many horses do these motors have?
Back before woke commies took over Motorsports. Love real racing. Now days you have to find a short track and one that’s not closed up and being turned into a dollar store.