{"id":7767,"date":"2014-10-28T07:30:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rallyways.com\/?p=7767"},"modified":"2014-10-27T12:50:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T19:50:59","slug":"stadium-super-truck-formula-off-road-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rallyways.com\/7767\/stadium-super-truck-formula-off-road-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Stadium Super Truck Formula Off-Road Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"
Watching a bunch of off-road super trucks racing a makeshift airfield racetrack while jumping man-made metal ramps proved to be hugely exciting. The trucks are out of their element driving on pavement, so they handle like crazy hyperactive clown cars making for even more amusement. The closest thing to off-road racing are the metal ramps set up near the spectator stands. For a brief moment each truck actually goes offroad – or rather, off-over-the-road in an exciting series of jumps.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n The jumps look like 20 or 25 feet high. Like really high. Probably even more in distance as well. This truly made for a really exciting race. As exciting as the actual jumps were, the approach to them was crazy and never-wrecking. See, the first two ramps are each set up immediately after a corner. The set up for the jump itself is actually more scary the the jump. Finish the first jump and you have a corner to deal with and immediately after, another ramp! The proof of the success was the packed stands with excited onlookers that just had to stand up during every single pass.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I heard some people complain that off-road racing trucks do not belong in a vintage racing event – but I will respectfully disagree. Coronado Speed Festival might be mostly a vintage racing event, but it’s still a speed festival. Why cage the show into just vintage racing? Plus, last year Coronado Speed Fest<\/a> hosted the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup race – and those cars aren’t any more vintage than the Stadium Super Trucks. The Robby Gordon SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road trucks race is sponsored by Traxxas, famous for radio-control off-road trucks. All the trucks run Toyo Open Country tires – and for good reason.<\/p>\n