This week’s Tire Smokin’ video features a 2005 Ford F-150 using 579 horsepower to do one big, nasty burnout. We don’t know what all is done to this truck, nor do we know for sure what engine is tucked under the hood of this high riding F-150, but we do know that it is packing a Whipple supercharger that helps it build some serious power – and sound great doing so.
The video starts by giving us a look at this 2005 F-150, along with letting us hear the lumpy idle of this full size pickup. After a few seconds at idle, the RPMs of this throaty V8 creep up and almost immediately, the tires get smoking.
When the tires do get to spinning, they instantly fill the wheel wells with thick white smoke and after 5 or 6 seconds, the rear of the truck is totally engulfed in burnt rubber. After about the seconds, this blown F-150 rolls away from the cameraman with the tires smoking the whole time.
"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.
