Desert Stormers 3 - The Video Nasties!

It's all about getting you lovely RubberDuck Magazine readers the very wildest in video action, so here I am getting way too up close and personal with this 14-litre, nitro-guzzling, supercharged V8 'Jeep' down on the start line, as the pit crew fires her up ready to race. As the mighty engine catches I get sprayed in the face with toxic over-fuel from the exhausts and my innocent eardrums blasted like never before. It looks like I'm moving back to get a nice, full-frame shot of this wicked racer, but I'm actually just trying to salvage at least some of my hearing. This is savage V8 power in full-on effect! This is the sand-drag-racing madness of the Liwa Festival, here in the UAE.



This is how it's done, boys 'n' girls - 300-metres up a 50-degree incline in deep, soft sand. This near perfect run from this blue-belter, short wheelbase Nissan Patrol took a smidge under 10-seconds, thanks to plenty of power and plenty of skill. Keeping this bucking beast in a straight line as the big turbo power thumps in is tougher than it looks - sand isn't exactly a predictable drag racing surface! This Patrol runs in the 'modified class' that sits just below the ultra-aggressive 'V8' class. The original straight-6 Patrol engine configuration must remain, but you can hang a turbo of two off the side for extra kick. One of the pit guys told me that the cars run the biggest turbos money can buy and that if they are lucky enough to make it to the top without a big bang then it's happy days! These 1500bhp engines burn bright and fast.



Making that sub 10-second turbocharged straight-6 sound like a peppy little lawnmower is this big daddy, 3000bhp, 14-litre V8. Running huge capacities and gallons of laughing gas, these top class racers hit the top of the dune in the late 8s or early 9s. Nothing rips up the hill quicker...



Next up is this matt-black menace to society. The pilot makes a rippin' start, but right from the off he just can't keep it in a straight line. Showing no fear (and no regard for the markers) he keeps his foot firmly floored and still makes it to the top in good time.



And saving the best until last - this RubberDuck Super-Movie has it all: jets of purging nitrous, thunderous revs, massive rooster-tails on take-off... and a near nuclear explosion as that big-dollar engine lets go in sky-lighting style! Just the maddest, loudest, wildest racing I've seen anywhere in the world. Love it!