Video: Recreating Ken Block's Gymkhana... in a Gulf-livery semi truck

Video: Recreating Ken Block's Gymkhana... in a Gulf-livery semi truck

by Aaron Richardson (RSS feed) on Apr 1st 2011 at 12:30PM

Mike Ryan has won a dozen Pikes Peak Hill Climbs in his Gulf-liveried Freightliner Cascadia, so it's no joke when we say this man has some serious talent. To raise his and the truck's profile a little bit, Ryan has decided to show off what he does when he's not storming mountains to stay sharp.

Aping Ken Block's Gymkhana series, Ryan haunts abandoned airstrips, looking for cones, old hangars and dirt roads on which to slide his truck around. In fact, Ryan has gone so far as to shoot this video at El Toro, the same Marine air base where Block filmed the first installment of his epic videos.

Ryan's Freightliner packs 1,950 horsepower and more than 3,400 pound-feet of torque, so roasting the truck's handmade custom Michelin tires isn't a problem, even in a 10,000-pound Big Daddy Freightliner. 

Check out all the action in HD splendor after the jump. Top tip, Jason!











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The Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 (Group B Rally)

engine: XU8T Inline-4
aspiration : Garett Turbocharged
valvetrain: 4 Valves per Cyl
displacement: 1775 cc / 108.3 in³
bore: 83 mm / 3.27 in
stroke: 82 mm / 3.23 in
compression: 7.0:1
power: 316.2 kw / 424 bhp @ 7500 rpm
specific output:238.87 bhp per litre
bhp/weight: 467.48 bhp per tonne
torque: 490.81 nm / 362.0 ft lbs @ 5500 rpm
driven wheels: 4WD
front brakes: Vented Discs w/4-Pot Calipers
rear brakes: Vented Discs w/4-Pot Calipers
steering: Rack & Pinion
f suspension: Wishbones w/Bilstein Shocks
r suspension: Wishbones w/Bilstein Shocks
weight: 907 kg / 2000 lbs
wheelbase: 2540 mm / 100.0 in
length: 3825 mm / 150.6 in
width: 1674 mm / 65.9 in
transmission: 5-Speed
gear ratios: 1


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