What if you took Formula 1 and then added huge ramps so the cars have to land from 10 feet or 20 feet of air? Obviously everything about the car needs to change in order to handle the impacts. The cars start to look a lot more like Baja Trophy Trucks, with enormous suspension travel and incredible beefy frames. Add a big engine for plenty of power and… This is Super Truck racing!
Here is what a typical Super Truck race looks like
From the description: “Final 2 laps from 2016 Gold Coast SST Race 3, HUGE AIR from Matt Brabham during his epic battle with Sheldon Creed.”
In this video the suspension and engine of one of Robby Gordon’s trucks:
The wrecks can be impressive, but the massive frames seem to take it in stride
This is a rock crawler instead of a Super Truck, but shows the kind of materials and thinking that goes into a suspension
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