Drifting a high horsepower 3,000 pound sports car…easy. Try it in a 10,000 pound purpose built Semi Truck….not so easy. DEI sponsored Racer / Stunt Man Mike Ryan has driven this truck to 12 Pikes Peak Hill Climb Championships and decided it’s time to show his skills and the capabilities of his race truck on the original Gymkhana location at El Toro Marine Base in CA ala Ken Block.

Mike was also feature on a recent episode of Carcast with Adam Carolla. The website feature an audiocast (or "podcast"), multiple videos and a photo album of Adam Carolla, Mike Ryan and the semi.

ARC AUDIO 2001 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT
Owner: Fred Lynch; Location: Oakdale, CA; Vehicle: 2001 VW Passat; Power: 344HP with 322lb-ft;
Written by Mark Pereire; Photos by Fred Lynch

Although most automotive enthusiasts enjoy customizing their cars, it takes a truly determined individual to dedicate the massive amount of time and resources needed to build the vehicle of their dreams. Enthusiast Fred Lynch has been obsessed with building his 2001 Volkswagen Passat into a personal work of art and it shows. Lynch has been involved in many extravagant builds appearing in our magazine for car audio manufacture ARC Audio and this one aimed to top them all.

This project originally started back in November of 2000 with Lynch buying his new 2001 VW Passat (originally purchased as a daily driver while his other vehicle was being built for sound quality competition circuits. Lynch still claims he never planned to modify his Passat but a call from a close friend to build a demo car for the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) changed everything.