2,000-hp Banks Super-Turbo Freightliner hauls out to Pikes Peak

Stunt and race driver Mike Ryan has made his name racing a Freightliner Cascadia semi truck in most tire-shredding, physics-taunting forms possible — from the Internet-famous drifting demonstration to running the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. After a successful trip up the mountain last year, Ryan turned to diesel tuner Gale Banks for some power upgrades. This year's truck, the Banks Super-Turbo Freightliner, has so much power that it's not clear there's a device strong enough to measure it. The conservative estimate? At least 2,000 hp.