Didn't TNT motorsports used to have a guy that did this with an old pickup? seems like the bed would pull off, then the truck would break in half (similar setup)
There was a guy that came to one of the locals fairs 20 or so years ago that called himself Corky Short that put on this same exhibition with a very similar truck. The pull (and truck separation) were preceded by some banter between him and the track announcer, him "demanding" to be allowed to hook and the announcer finally "relenting" and letting him. While driving onto the track and backing up to the sled, I remember noticing that the truck had an awful lot of bow, bounce and wobble, in retrospect because the frame behind the cab had been weakened somehow. Of course no one knew what was about to happen, but after about 50 feet and some hard sawing on the wheel, presumably to flex the frame enough to make it break, the truck came in half and he drove the front half of it around for a bit. Parked in front of the announcer's stand, got out, and had a bit more banter with the announcer, got back in, and drove away on the front half. The whole thing was put on, of course, but the crowd loved it.
