Great American Truck Race, Atlanta 1980...Trucks, Speed...

[JOES66FURY]

This may be a repost, I know we talked about this type of racing before but I don't recall seeing this footage...So freakin awesome!

part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQPh0asoPb8

part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFb1hvfvus&feature=related

part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCA5NT3IsMw&feature=related

part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7RCXqmz-6M&feature=related

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: Great American Truck Race, Atlanta 1980...Trucks, Speed...

old #97 was who I was pulling for

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: Great American Truck Race, Atlanta 1980...Trucks, Speed...

1000hp 30 years ago ...

[JOES66FURY]

Re: Great American Truck Race, Atlanta 1980...Trucks, Speed...

could you imagine wheeling one of those monsters at 125 into a corner? on regular street tires? so bad ass!

[mustang13]

Re: Great American Truck Race, Atlanta 1980...Trucks, Speed...

My Dad and I watched that live when it aired on CBS in 80, we rooted for the lone Brockway ;D

Here are a few of the photos I posted last year that started all the talk of big rig racing.

I took these at the Syracuse Mile in 86

This is Charlie Baker's KW, and what 6 years of evolution did for it


The winner that day, drove by Barefoot Bob McCreadie