This week on the channel +9.5M views this week

Horsepower Ranch gets a drag strip with Westen Champlin

His only new upload has viewers proposing a Top Gear-style leaderboard for the ranch's vehicles.

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Westen Champlin Story of October 16, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

I Built My Own Drag Strip At The Horsepower Ranch!

Building the strip is only the beginning of the idea in Westen Champlin's comments. Viewers are already imagining timed runs for every new car and improbable contraption, with a Top Gear-style leaderboard to keep them all straight.

"I Built My Own Drag Strip At The Horsepower Ranch!" was Westen's only upload this week, reaching about 2.4 million views after a strong opening day. Alongside the leaderboard suggestions, commenters are asking for more of the off-road Hellcat and giving the UTV builder credit for acknowledging the people who helped with the project. The appeal isn't confined to committed gearheads: one viewer introduces themselves as a surfer who unexpectedly found a reason to keep watching.

The ranch isn't doing all the work, either. "Cheap Diesel Trucks VS 800 Mile Road Trip," posted just before this week's window, is drawing more than twice the drag-strip video's daily views. Farther back, "I Bought A Broken SHERP And Tried To Fix It" remains an active draw almost three months after publication, keeping an unusual repair project in the mix alongside the road trip and track build.

Westen added roughly 30,000 subscribers over the week, putting six million within reach. His weekly views were the largest among this nearby motoring group, with Mat Armstrong also having a substantial week and Cleetus McFarland drawing plenty of viewing. Today's channel-wide pace is much slower than Westen's usual, but the diesel-truck trip remains his busiest individual upload right now.

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What viewers say

Once the track is 100% done, you should do what top gear did with their track. Every new car / screwed up contraption you make, do a fast lap of the track and make a leaderboard for them. Please and thank you.
@Chopsee_originalSee it on YouTube
I'm a surfer, never in a million years would I be interested in this kind of stuff, but for some reason it popped up in my feed and Westen and family are so fun to watch.
@jonasm3812See it on YouTube
Massive respect to the UTV builder. Took a lot of pride and quality in getting that thing done right AND mentioning all his friends and the others involved to help it all come together.
@B_M_ASee it on YouTube

4 more comments

Now we can see a drag tournement of all the cars that run and drive on the horsepower ranch
@edge_combSee it on YouTube
Glad to see the off road hellcat again. We need more videos of it
@johnmaxwell4801See it on YouTube
“Track caution! The grader is still making the track!” 😂😂😂
@spazzboySee it on YouTube
Early bird gets the Weston
@User_not_found_2898See it on YouTube