With 1,800kW of power and roughly 6,800Nm of torque the Banks Super-Turbo Freightliner is a thing of mechanical beauty. And terror. Sheer, sphincter-clenching terror.
With a supercharger, a turbocharger, methanol-injection and Hollywood stuntman (read: insane, crazy person with no fear who will do anything) Mike Ryan driving it, there is clearly no more insane way to head up Pikes Peak. (Bonus points for the “NZ” carved into the snow bank at the 3 minute 20 second mark!)
Oh, and by the way, he also drifts it.
He is clearly the most insane and most awesome man on the planet!
And here is the second-most awesome man on the planet: Gale Banks, the brain behind the engineering on the monster truck!
