No, this is not a scene from Grand Theft Auto Online where players come to a drag race in contraptions that are hilariously unfit for the job. Instead, we're dealing with a real-life sprinting battle involving a pair of 26-foot haulers.
In the White corner, we have a Ford that started out in life as an E350 dual-rear-wheel cutaway, with the full-size van battling a low cab forward truck, namely the Isuzu NPR HD occupying the Yellow corner.
In a way, this is the sort of gas-guzzling brawl Americans are accustomed to: as far as the motivation goes, we're looking at a duel of big motors and automatic trannies, with the Blue Oval machine's 6.8L V10 battling a 6.0L or a 6.6L V8.
And the YouTuber behind the shenanigan (Can I Be Frank) delivers a straightforward explanation for all the racing in the piece of footage at the bottom of the story: "I was moving all day from 10AM to 8PM. We had [rented] two trucks because no one had a 26-footer. We made the best of our situation."
However, from the racing taking place on the street to this sort of use not being appropriate for a rental vehicle of the sort, there's more than one reason to steer clear of reenacting this sort of challenge, so please keep this in mind while checking out the stunt.
Unlike in the case of most street fights, which use rolling takeoffs, you'll even see a standing start confrontation at the 2:19 timestamp, with the drivers appearing overly determined to find out which of the vehicles could reach the horizon first.
What's the 0-60 time on these things, you ask? Well, as the joke goes, the answer is a big, fat YES, since the speed governor of such machines is set past the said value...
In a way, this is the sort of gas-guzzling brawl Americans are accustomed to: as far as the motivation goes, we're looking at a duel of big motors and automatic trannies, with the Blue Oval machine's 6.8L V10 battling a 6.0L or a 6.6L V8.
And the YouTuber behind the shenanigan (Can I Be Frank) delivers a straightforward explanation for all the racing in the piece of footage at the bottom of the story: "I was moving all day from 10AM to 8PM. We had [rented] two trucks because no one had a 26-footer. We made the best of our situation."
However, from the racing taking place on the street to this sort of use not being appropriate for a rental vehicle of the sort, there's more than one reason to steer clear of reenacting this sort of challenge, so please keep this in mind while checking out the stunt.
Unlike in the case of most street fights, which use rolling takeoffs, you'll even see a standing start confrontation at the 2:19 timestamp, with the drivers appearing overly determined to find out which of the vehicles could reach the horizon first.
What's the 0-60 time on these things, you ask? Well, as the joke goes, the answer is a big, fat YES, since the speed governor of such machines is set past the said value...