The Toyota Supra is one of the most respected Japanese sports cars of all time and when modified, they can build serious power from their inline 6-cylinder engine but the powerful Cummins Ram pickup in the video below has an inline 6-cylinder of its own…one that packs enough power to give the mighty Supra a big run for its money.
Unfortunately, as the video comes to an end, we do not get to see the trap speed of the Cummins Ram or the elapsed time of the Supra due to the old school scrolling style timing boards but we do get to see that the Ram ran a time of 11.44 while the Super pulled out an incredible trap speed of 141.78 miles per hour. The comments suggest that this Supra runs times in the low 10 second to high 9 second range and based on that trap speed and the sound of the Supra as it blows past the cameraman, those times seem very reasonable. However, there doesn’t seem to be a win light at the end of the track but based on how far ahead the Ram was around the midpoint of the race – the big diesel powered pickup may have beaten the built Japanese sports car to the finish line.
In any case, the fact that this Ram rolled enough coal to prevent us from seeing who won while also pulling hard enough away from the starting line to hold a lead through much of the race makes this video worthy of the Black Friday feature here on DodgeForum.com.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
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