Chevy & GMC Vans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAoydc1oeLE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdmGTNf7_P0

Wow, that's pretty insane. I once rode in the back of one of those types of vehicles in the first video. It is called a YAZ (except the Y makes an "oo" sound in Russian). Handled really well in the Russian Winter!

I can't believe that red (Isuzu I think) 4x4 going under in the second video. I would start to cry if it was mine.

I remember, on Saturday tv, there were those mud hole type races. A "track" dug deep in some sort of round layout like a circle track with asphalt. Then flooded with water. The "contest" was to go around the track so many times in the shortest amount of time. A lot of Jeeps and other 4-wheel drive, of the day, were modified. Some were engineered to actually travel along the bottom of the track with just the engine air intake and the driver's head above the water. As the vehicles evolved, some put skis on the front and large flotation tires in the rear and kinda just skimmed around on the surface like a bug.

So ... anyone know what the actual name of that event was?

betz wrote: I can't believe that red (Isuzu I think) 4x4 going under in the second video. I would start to cry if it was mine.

I thought it was funny when he turned on the wipers as he sunk.

Water Boy wrote:I remember, on Saturday tv, there were those mud hole type races. A "track" dug deep in some sort of round layout like a circle track with asphalt. Then flooded with water. The "contest" was to go around the track so many times in the shortest amount of time. A lot of Jeeps and other 4-wheel drive, of the day, were modified. Some were engineered to actually travel along the bottom of the track with just the engine air intake and the driver's head above the water. As the vehicles evolved, some put skis on the front and large flotation tires in the rear and kinda just skimmed around on the surface like a bug.

So ... anyone know what the actual name of that event was?

Swamp Buggy races....

swamp buggy racing vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_FVSkoNfM

tbhager94 wrote:swamp buggy racing vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_FVSkoNfM

What I remember was a lot more Redneck..............