Chevy S10 Wheels-Up Start Leads to a Thrilling Loss
Chevy S10 gets too much traction, bouncing around and nearly losing control before lifting.
The footage above comes to us from the URBAN HILLBILLY VIDEOS YouTube channel and it features a Chevy S10 pickup from the 1980s that has been transformed into a monster race truck. Unfortunately, the lack of wheelie bars makes for a wild, uncontrollable ride, causing the front end to bounce around violently until the driver gets out of the throttle and concedes the race to the Fox Body Ford Mustang.
This footage was captured at the H-Town Street Drags in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, a planned street racing event. While the starting line prep usually makes traction a problem at these pop-up racing events, this Chevy pickup has no problems getting enough traction to stand the truck on its back bumper.
The Competitors
There are no details with this video beyond the location, but there are a few key points that we can take away from the video footage.
During a close-up of the top of the S10’s engine, we can see a four-barrel carburetor, so we know that this Chevy truck does not have forced induction. There could be some form of port-injection nitrous setup, but we don’t see any sign of that, nor is there a big purge before the run. In short, this truck looks like it might be powered by a naturally aspirated V8 with the headers venting through the fenders.
Also, the Chevy S10 has been tubbed to fit the huge race tires under the body, allowing it to make use of all of that V8 power. Notice, there are no wheelie bars, but there is a parachute.
As for the Mustang, there are no typical forced induction sounds, nor is there any nitrous purge, so the Fox Body might also be naturally aspirated, but if nothing else, we know that this is not a stock pony car.
The Battle
After each vehicle cleans off the wheels, they carefully stage at the starter and when he runs backwards, flipping on his light, the Mustang and the S10 both come roaring out of the hole. Within a few feet of the starting line, the Chevy begins to lift the front end and it just keeps on coming up. It looks like the truck might hit the back bumper, at which point the driver lifts.
The front end slams down, sending a shower of sparks out the back of the truck and due to the soft from suspension, the Chevy S10 bounces a couple more times before the driver gets it under control. During the bounces, the truck was pointed to the curb, then to the middle and at some point, the driver wisely lifts, keeping his pickup in one piece while watching the Mustang race to the win.
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