Unless I'm mistaken, I think tracks were originally designed for agricultural vehicles to spread their huge weight before the British adapted them for use on the first tanks, which was a century ago. In that time, the technology remained largely dormant until America's fine folks discovered they can put tracks on cars as well.
The industry boomed and now Ken Block gets his kicks in a tracked Ford Raptor truck, while Volkswagen even built a "Snowareg" as a promotional vehicle during winter games in Scandinavia.
There's no Monster Energy or snow in this next video, just a big truck burning the heck out of some tracks. Just in case people were wondering if you can still do a full burnout with tracks on, the mechanics at Mattracks Inc. fitted a Ford F-150 with heir most heavy-duty units and put their CEO Glen Brazier behind the wheel.
Turns out that you can make a lot of smoke using these things because they're made from rubber and the large contact patch means plenty of heat buildup. Mind you, this isn't your basic truck, as the F-350 from 2010 (when this video was shot) puts down between 300 and 362 horsepower, depending on the engine. The most powerful has a towing capacity of 15,000 lbs, which is like pulling 5 Honda Civics in a row.
You have to give it up to Glen though, because even though the damage is coming out of his own pockets, he doesn't stop until the tracks are close to bursting. How long before this becomes an official form of motorsport?
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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