Race-ready Chevy S10 pickup dominates “daily driver class” with bottled big block.
This is one wicked Chevy S10 race truck, participating at the Battle of the Street event at Silver Dollar Raceway in Georgia. While it might not look like a machine that will beat anything that lines up next to it, it does just that, beating all comers in the event’s “daily driver” class, as we see in this video from the Jmalcom2004 YouTube channel.
A Subdued Beast
The details on this Chevy S10 pickup are slim, but in hunting around online, we have found some key details. Most notably, this truck is powered by a 540-cubic-inch big block Chevy V8, fitted with a nitrous setup of unknown size. It has a set of lightweight Weld Racing wheels on all four corners, with skinny front tires and fat slicks out back. It also has a cowl induction-style hood, but as fast race trucks go, this one is fairly subdued.
This Chevy doesn’t have a huge wing out back or a roll cage that extends through the back of the cab into the bed. The nitrous setup isn’t on display, as it is tucked nearly under the tonneau cover and for a race truck, it isn’t all that loud. However, it is fast and the driver knows how to get away from the starting line – making this truck a beast in this street car-based racing event.
The Racing Action
Unfortunately, this is a no-time event, so we don’t get to see what kinds of elapsed times this Chevy S10 is running, but we don’t need times to know that it is crushing the competition.
The video starts off with the Chevy comfortably crushing a Ford F-150 and a Pontiac G8 before facing a tough fight with an 80s Monte Carlo that still results in a win for the truck. The S10 then absolutely destroys a Hellcat Charger on the line and the last race – against another G8 – ends like most of the others, with the Chevy truck cruising to the win.
While this truck is clearly much quicker than most of the competitors, this video shows how a good driver can take a quick race machine and drive it to an event win.
"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.
