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The IMMORTALS!

ImmortalsAct2014Ad_tn As a tribute to the original "Masters Of Disaster" team, we proudly introduce the hottest air show act in years, The IMMORTALS!

The epic battle of Good vs Evil! The photo says it all... This is the best of the best in the air show industry!

This epic battle includes the Darnell's SHOCKWAVE Jet Truck, Kyle Franklin's Dracula, Skip Stewart's Prometheus, Melissa Pemberton's Edge 540, Stender's School Time Jet Bus, and Pyro by Firewalker's international Pyro.

Booking 2014 shows now!

SHOCKWAVE gets new owners!

HeadOn_sm Darnell Racing Enterprises, Inc. & Flash Fire Jet Trucks is proud to announce that we have acquired the World Famous SHOCKWAVE JET TRUCK! The baddest/most impressive jet ground vehicle on the planet!!! 3 times the smoke, 3 times the fire, 3 times the noise, and 3 times the horsepower! THREE afterburning J34-48 jet engines totaling 36,000 HP. SHOCKWAVE is the Guiness Book world record holder for the fastest jet truck in the world at 376 MPH.

We are immediately signing contracts with 2013 Air Shows for the SHOCKWAVE Jet Truck and Flash Fire Jet Trucks ! Dates will go fast, contact us immediately for your 2013 booking!

Circus Maximus

New for 2012, Circus Maximus!!!

Not your ordinary 3 ring circus! This new act includes 2 Tumbling Tiger Yak's flying through smoke rings generated by the Ringmaster below and a smoke bellowing/fire breathing Jet Truck!

An extreme aerobatic duel between Mark Sorenson and Buck Roetman flying the two Russian Yak 55's painted like Tumbling Tigers competing to fly through the most smoke rings without getting distracted by Chris Darnell's 12,000 HP fire breathing Flash Fire Jet Truck below. The winner of the smoke ring contest challenges the Jet Truck to a high speed race. The Jet Truck catches the "Tiger" Yak at a blazing 350-375 MPH at air show center!

This act is sure to be a crowd favorite for all ages, mixing all the fun and entertaining elements of a family friendly circus with the extreme speed, high intensity, fire breathing excitement given only by combining all the elements of Flash Fire Jet Trucks and Tiger Airshows!!!

Contracting 2012 venues now! Contact Tiger Air Shows at 678-463-5944 or Darnell Racing Enterprises at 417-861-4722.

12,000 Horsepower Truck Does 375 MPH is World’s Fastest

By Jerry Stone | Thu Aug 4, 2011 06:23 PM ET

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There are car mods, and then there’s the Flash Fire Jet Truck–a jet-powered Chevrolet built by Neal Darnell and his Team Chaos cohorts.

Flash Fire does 0-60 in just over one second, has a top speed of 375 miles per hour and a jaw-dropping 12,000 horses under its belt. This vehicle will definitely put some hair on your chest. During a regular performance, Flash Fire drops close to 60 gallons of fuel in a 10 minute stint.

The truck’s jet engine is made by Pratt & Whitney, which Darnell picked up on eBay. Originally it was used on a Navy T-2 Buckeye jet.

You can see the truck in action at the Oregon International Air Show or at many shows throughout North America.

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Chaos or not, pilots, jet truck have fun

By BARBARA A. SCHMITZ

Team Chaos' Sky Bolt is one of the two planes in their air show act. PHOTO BY DEKEVIN THORNTON It may look like chaos, but the two pilots and jet-truck driver who make up the Team Chaos show say it is scripted and safe. The team made its debut at EAA AirVenture 2011 earlier this week, with each of the three members performing solo acts as well. Randy Harris, who flies a Skybolt 300, Gary Ward flying his MX2, and Neal Darnell, of Flash Fire Jet Truck, make up the group and are sometimes joined by Darnell’s son, Chris, in the jet truck.

Harris describes their act as a “reality TV show where you get to see grown men acting badly.”

The routine follows a story that has both pilots wanting to race the jet truck, and so they try to impress the driver with their aerobatic maneuvers in order to get the driver’s nod. It ends with the “winner” of the competition racing the jet truck and the “loser” trying to disrupt the race.

“When we all meet together and there’s a wall of fire, we have had people run away screaming, thinking that we hit each other,” Harris said.

And more than once, the team members have been told: “You scared the crap out of me! But I’ll be back to see you tomorrow.”