For you nonbelievers out there, here is our collection of downloadable video clips from around the country, all featuring turbo minivans doing what they do best--surprising the pants off our fellow motorists! These videos are in various formats, so check the file name extension. For your convenience, all file sizes are listed as well. TIP: if your browser doesn't let you play the files, you may Right Click and Save As to download them to your hard drive.
ryan1205.wmv (6.9 meg) Terry Ryan does a beautiful nighttime burnout, then runs 12.05 @ 111 MPH!
ryan1248.wmv (3.4 meg) Terry Ryan blows off a poor unsuspecting '69 Firebird.
ryan1295.mpg (3.71 meg) Terry Ryan makes his first 12-second pass.
paulburn.mpg (496k) Paul Smith demonstrates cropdusting the minivan way.
ps_v_z28.rm (733k) Paul Smith runs a 12.65, completely ruining a Z28's day. Listen close and you can hear his kids cheer him on!
ps_milan.mpg (1.28 meg) Paul Smith runs a 12.95 at SDAC-10 in Milan, Michigan. (His opponent, Dean Stille, pops an intercooler hose on this run.)
bl_1487.rm (538k) Bryan Lugert takes a peaceful country 14.87-second drive.
circle.rm (3.74 meg) Bryan Lugert tries his hand at circle track racing his Plymouth Voyager... and takes third place in the event! (His story can be read here.)
srt4_van.wmv (5.6 meg) The Bluesmobile goes heads-up against Utah's first SRT-4... and guess who takes the win light!
blue1543.mpg (1.46 meg) The Bluesmobile's best pass of 2001 shames a '78 V8 Chevrolet Malibu by over four seconds. The track announcer nearly chokes!
blue1435.wmv (5.8 meg) In bracket racing, the swiftest isn't always the winner... but in this case it was.
clif_roc.mpg (1.34 meg) Dempsey Bowling and Clifford (circa 2001) shame a TPI IROC-Z Camaro by a full second.
clif1256.wmv (2.1 meg) Now owned by Corby and making much more power, Clifford heads south for the winter... and lays down a 12.56 second ET!
clif1276.wmv (4.35 meg) Another 12-second pass for Clifford, this time against an old Road Runner. Listen to the announcer laugh about it!
russbird.mpg (3.5 meg) Russ Jerome and his stock-turbo snow-tired Voyager take on an '87 305 TPI Firebird on drag slicks. The announcer really rubs it in, too. (Listen closely: at the 60-ft mark, Russ flips his two-stage boost control to HI and the tires break loose.)
meanmini.rm (990k) Gus Mahon has a very close race with Bill Baker's Dodge Shadow.