![]() ![]() Everyone was crowded around a barbie, music on, beer in hand – a full-on festival vibe, with the soundtrack being hundreds of tough machines fanging around the 3.1-mile race track. “They have to be done for Powercruise it’s not even an option!” This mentality has seen the event grow steadily each year without control being lost or any overt hooliganism displayed.Ĭruising the camping area, the infield was teeming with enough pit bikes to feel like a street in Vietnam. “We have all winter to build our cars, but we’re always thrashing in the lead-up to this,” driver Jonathan Snyder explained. The chance to cut loose at a track rather than hitting the streets and always looking in your mirror for the brass has put Powercruise USA right up there with Hot Rod Drag Week when it comes to cult following. “When we get a chance to come out and tear it up, it’s always balls to the wall!” “We only get about three months of good driving weather,” said local bloke Jay Audette. In Brainerd it’s below freezing for almost half the year and usually covered in white stuff, so an event like Powercruise USA means a lot to local enthusiasts. He’d been a fan of the sport for a long time, and joked that his mates got sick of him talking about it when they were all into drag racing.Ĭhatting to both entrants and punters, it was clear they’re keen to see the popularity of burnouts grow Stateside, hopefully leading to the off-street sport being promoted and an event circuit developing that attracts some tough Yankee cars. ![]() ![]() Judged by the cheers from the crowd, Kyle Nelson took home the gong after putting up a skid in his blown LSA-powered Chevy S10 that had even the Aussies impressed. A few of the entrants had never done a proper skid before, but the crowd showed huge support for the brave competitors, more than a handful of whom managed to pop a set for the first time. A USA-led burnout competition on the Saturday arvo turned out a huge crowd as drivers had a crack at applying what they’d learnt from our boys. *Requires an OBD-II compliant vehicle that supports engine RPM and an ELM / OBD Wifi or Bluetooth adapter.A sketchy forecast of 100km/h winds and hail barely put a dampener on the event in the end the ground was quick to dry between rain bouts so that over 650 entrants could carry on all weekend. You can also experience RevHeadz Engine Sounds while driving your own car using OBD-II (On-Board Diagnostics / OBD2) communication. To experience the real scope of RevHeadz Engine Sounds, simply connect your device to a home or car sound system and take control of the best engine sounds ever created. RevHeadz Engine Sounds puts you in control of gear-shifts, brakes, and accelerator speed, incorporating sonic models of real engine sounds with real-world mechanical physical parameters including speedometer, tachometer, accelerator, brake, drive ratios, drive lashing, engine load, gear-shifts and backfire logic. RevHeadz Engine Sounds is a state-of-the-art interactive engine sounds application, accurately simulating a huge range of modern and classic cars and motorcycles from off-road to Grand Prix and everything in-between. ![]()
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