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BURN, BABY, BURN

LET’S ALL BE A LITTLE honest with ourselves here, it doesn’t matter how old we are, how young we are, how ‘mature’ we pretend to be, whether we wear a suit or high vis work gear, whether your mum still packs your lunch or you order a high priced soy mocha latte chai tea every morning. When you see someone with their foot hard on the brake and the other foot hard on the ‘go’ pedal, you still get a bit of the larrikin, ‘Go on, give her some!’ attitude. The ensuing smoke haze, well that’s just our reward for positive encouragement, right?

Well, if you can’t agree then I strongly recommend moving onto the next story because this one involves a lot of smoke. A lot of smoke. Sit back and imagine that rubber-laced aroma wafting into your nostrils as we take a look at the resurrection of the ‘King of Tyre Smoke’, the fresh-looking Bullet Burnout Truck.

For those wondering, yes, this is the original Bandag Bullet. Same running gear, same fire breathing 16V 92 engine; it’s the same diff that spins the same four wheels fast enough to cover a small town in

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