{"id":21501,"date":"2012-12-16T22:38:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T05:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=21501"},"modified":"2013-10-10T23:32:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T06:32:27","slug":"insane-drifting-freightliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/","title":{"rendered":"Insane Drifting Diesel at Optima Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Finsane-drifting-freightliner%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F12%2FOptima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-2.jpg&amp;description=Insane+Drifting+Diesel+at+Optima+Invitational\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[21501]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Insane Drifting Diesel at Optima Invitational\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Insane Drifting Diesel at Optima Invitational&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\" data-text=\"Insane Drifting Diesel at Optima Invitational\" data-desc=\"Mike Ryan and his Freightliner Drifting! 10,000 lbs and over 3000 ft-lbs of torque. This was one of the highlights of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Follow along as Mike get's her sideways at Spring Mountain Ranch. (Click to see any picture full size) If you listen closely, you can\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-2.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>Mike Ryan and his Freightliner Drifting!<\/h2>\n<p>10,000 lbs and over 3000 ft-lbs of torque. This was one of the highlights of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Follow along as Mike get&#8217;s her sideways at Spring Mountain Ranch.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21501]\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21506\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Step one of Drifting a 10,000 lbs truck\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-2.jpg\" alt=\"freightliner drift truck, pikes peak diesel, hot rod diesel, drifting diesel\" width=\"575\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-2-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-2-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(Click to see any picture full size)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21501]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21506\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Step two, start turning left to go right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-3.jpg\" alt=\"freightliner drift truck, pikes peak diesel, hot rod diesel, drifting diesel\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21501]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21506\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Step three - turning and sliding 10,000 lbs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-4.jpg\" alt=\"freightliner drift truck, pikes peak diesel, hot rod diesel, drifting diesel\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21501]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21506\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Step four - ripping sideways! Damn that pole in the way!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-5.jpg\" alt=\"freightliner drift truck, pikes peak diesel, hot rod diesel, drifting diesel\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-6.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21501]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21506\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Step five - I got this!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-6.jpg\" alt=\"freightliner drift truck, pikes peak diesel, hot rod diesel, drifting diesel\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf you listen closely, you can hear Chad Reynolds from Bangshift.com quietly whimpering in the passenger seat as they use every bit of the track drifting out of this turn.<\/p>\n<p>I had to share this one too:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21501]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21506\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Insane smoky burnout \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Optima-drifting-diesel-freightliner-truck-1.jpg\" alt=\"freightliner drift truck, pikes peak diesel, hot rod diesel, drifting diesel\" width=\"575\" height=\"866\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aftermath of one of the smokiest burnouts ever. Laying on the ground, now in powder form is the handmade Michelin X-1 tires abused regularly by Mike and his Freightliner. Overkill with a side of crazy. I love it.<\/p>\n<p>Last thing&#8230; Here&#8217;s a video of Mike Ryan warming up for a Formula Drift event with drift champion Samuel Hubinette. Worth a watch as Mike works the bugs out and gives a Make-a-wish child the ride of his life.<\/p>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:575px;height:355px;\"><span id=\"vvq-21501-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iw0e6aBfNiI\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Iw0e6aBfNiI\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>How can you not like and share this?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See all of the <a title=\"SEMA Super cars on the track with Optima\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/2012-optima-invitational\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">2012 Optima Invitational Stories &amp; Pictures here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Finsane-drifting-freightliner%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Insane+Drifting+Diesel+at+Optima+Invitational\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Insane Drifting Diesel at Optima Invitational\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Insane Drifting Diesel at Optima Invitational&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/insane-drifting-freightliner\/\" data-text=\"Insane Drifting Diesel at Optima Invitational\" data-desc=\"Mike Ryan and his Freightliner Drifting! 10,000 lbs and over 3000 ft-lbs of torque. This was one of the highlights of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Follow along as Mike get's her sideways at Spring Mountain Ranch. (Click to see any picture full size) If you listen closely, you can\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Mike Ryan and his Freightliner Drifting! 10,000 lbs and over 3000 ft-lbs of torque. This was one of the highlights of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Follow along as Mike get&#8217;s her sideways at Spring Mountain Ranch. (Click to see any picture full size) If you listen closely, you can hear Chad Reynolds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[384,19,378],"tags":[2573,669,1802,2105,1800],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21501"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22279,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21501\/revisions\/22279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}