Due to the internet I already knew who won the SO/GMG race, so the outcome was no surprise. Chief is a fierce competitor when it comes to drag racing, and is quite savvy on applying as much power as possible to a given racing surface. He has beaten more powerful cars regularly on the show by hooking his car better than the competition. He also has a great deal if finesse driving on an unprepped track surface.
It amazed me that the Farmbird came within .02 of the BMW on the autocross course, especially with all the tire smoking they did. On another Youtube video I watched, the original 455 in the bird dynoed at 430 HP before they freshened it, 507 HP after. Pretty healthy iron headed engine.
The guy that does the engine in Farmtruck is the one that worked on the 455 so he's probably is a pretty good engine guy. "Mark, out of Kansas City" was as much information as I could find on him. Anyone know who that might be? I found it, Advanced Racing Engines Salina KS.....
http://advancedracingengines.com/ Looks like he can build most anything, ford, chevy, mopar and now a Pontiac. Some imports mentioned too.
The Bio says Marc, drives dirt late model cars, guy can't be all bad if he's a dirt track racer......LOL
On the drag race they killed the BMW.
The tug of war was really funny. I told my wife that they had it won as soon as they hooked the cord up. If anyone noticed Sean (Farmtruck) hooked the cord to the top bar on the rollcage. I would assume he maybe grew up on a farm because where you hook to the vehicle vehicle doing the towing has a great deal to do with how much downforce is exerted on the wheels. The higher the hook point on the towing vehicle and the lower the hook point on what your towing transfer the weight from one vehicle to the other because of the lifting action. Granted that the Farmbird weighed more to start with, however the hook point tipped the scales in favor of the Farmbird further.
I have actually seen a 1/2 ton ford win a tug of war against a 3/4 ton ford even though the 3/4 ton outweighed the 1/2 ton. There's more to it than which vehicle weighs more.
A great night for Pontiac Stratostreak power plants, 2 for 2.