The Lil Red Express Dodge Ram was an on-road performance truck well before on-road performance trucks were really a consideration in the segment. These trucks followed in the footsteps of the earlier Dodge Dude pickups and the Lil Red Express took performance to the next level with a great deal of success. However, very few Lil Red Ram trucks look anything like that one in the newest Muddy Monday feature. As you can see, this Ram has a monster lift kit, huge tires and based on the sound – quite a bit more engine than the basic 360 that powered the production trucks. The result is one of the baddest Lil Red Express trucks that I have seen…one which is capable of taking on an incredibly deep mud pit.
As this lengthy mud boggin’ video goes on, we sadly see that our hero truck is hooked up to one of the several tractors that have been deployed to free the stuck trucks from the mud. Of course, it took quite some time and quite a bit of abuse to the mud pit before this Lil Red Express Dodge Ram had found mud deep enough to get it stuck and in the long run – if you don’t ever get stuck, you aren’t pushing your truck far enough.
In any case, this jacked up Lil Red Express Dodge Ram sounds just as awesome as it looks and performs to make sure to have your speakers cranked up to get the full effect of this beastly Ram in action.
"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.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
