Watch A 2,400 Horsepower Drift Semi Charge Its Way Up Pikes Peak

We've already seen pictures of the Banks Pikes Peak Freightliner, but to see it in action is a patriotic thing of pure joy.

With a supercharger, a turbocharger and methanol coursing through its veins, the Banks Super-Turbo Freightliner puts out 2,400 horsepower and somewhere around 5,000 pound-feet of torque. That's enough to haul itself up a mountain for sure, if not a gazillion pound load as well.

Oh, and in case you don't think this thing can really drift: