HEADLINES: 100+ Trucks Take To The Dirt

The Scheid Diesel Extravaganza continues to grow following its change of venue in 2020, and over the weekend the increased spectator turnout was treated to top-tier truck and tractor pulling. In total, 104 trucks would hook to the sled(s) in the 2-night affair held at Wagler Motorsports Park in Lyons, Indiana. Super Stock, Pro Stock, Limited Pro Stock and Pro Street classes were on the docket, along with Pro Stock, 4.1-inch Limited Pro Stock, Super Farm and Hot Farm tractors being part of the show. The Pro Stock diesel truck category would see the biggest turnout, with 23 cut-tire beasts battling for every inch of ground. Carl Ankiewicz’ “Livin’ On The Edge” (shown) would finish fifth on Saturday evening.

Drag Racing

Records Set At SDX

While the sled pulls were plenty entertaining at the Scheid Diesel Extravaganza, all kinds of things were happening over on the drag strip. A catastrophic engine failure, a wreck and new records highlighted the eighth-mile ODSS action. Early on in qualifying, Michael Cordova reset the ODSS ET record in Pro Dragster with a 3.97-second blast, and would eventually cap off the weekend with a victory. By weekend’s end, Jared Jones reset the Pro Dragster trap speed record behind the wheel of the Scheid Diesel rail. In Pro Mod, Austin Doidge took the win. In Pro Street, Justin Zeigler won his fifth event in a row. With one race left, he might just achieve his goal of sweeping the entire season. The index class winners included Mark Rojee in 5.90, Landon Miller in 6.70, and Dustin Mintern in 7.70. Ken Phillips earned the much-deserved W in ET Bracket.

Total Carnage

A boatload of boost, a tune-up set on kill and ALL the nitrous proved a bit much for the Cummins powering Hunter Coffey’s Pro Street Dodge at SDX. Just past half-track (and pitted against Ethan Patterson), his engine exploded in catastrophic fashion, sending the top section of the block, the sleeves and the cylinder head air born as one hulking assembly. Upon landing, the 300-plus pound hunk of iron and aluminum gouged and dug up a portion of the track’s (concrete) racing surface. Thankfully, no crash occurred and Hunter escaped without injury. However, the same can’t be said for the front-end of his truck.

Out West

Daily Driven Performance & Idaho Diesel Adventure Dyno Day

You’re reading that correctly. Randy Reyes of Randy’s Transmissions strapped his triple-turbo common-rail Cummins-powered third-gen known as “Red Delecious” to the dyno at the Daily Driven Performance & Idaho Diesel Adventure Dyno Day and made an insane 2,778 hp. It was enough horsepower to easily win the Unlimited class, but the crew said they were shooting for 3,000 hp. Look for them to get back on the rollers before the end of the year for a final push for 3K. Other heavy hitters in the Unlimited class were Bryton Williams, his Cummins making 2,255 hp, and Levi Krech, with his Cummins clearing 1,900 hp on the rollers.

New Product Alert

High Performance MAP Sensors

Coming soon to a high-horsepower common-rail Cummins near you… Check out the 10 bar (145 psi) map sensor Hardway Performance has developed in conjunction with Rife Sensors. It works with the factory harness, also reads temperature, and shouldn’t be as failure-prone as other aftermarket 10 bar units have proven to be. Fully functional prototypes are currently in the works and should be available for pre-sale through Hardway in the near future. With Rife Sensors onboard, look for the quality of these units to be well worth the money.