Diesel World – October 2019

TheFordcrowdlookedreadytorockin theafternoon,withSamGabel(front),TravisTrent’sFummins,andJesse

Warren’struckalllookingtomakepasses.

TrevorPetersongotintoUCCthroughlastyear’squalifier,andheprovedit wasnojoke

witha veryquick5.58-secondqualifyingtime.

WewereallwonderinghowtheDeltaDieselentrywouldspoolconsideringitsmammothturbosthroughthegrille,butit actuallygotlitandgotmovingtothetuneofa 6.18.

SnyderPerformanceEngineering’sFordis alwaysoneofthebest-lookingtrucksoutthere,

andthisyeartheydidwellatthedragstriptoo,clickingoffa 6.63-secondrun.

Asthedynoeventprogressed,therewerea numberof

interestingstoriesbetween11thand16thplace.Shawn

Ellertonfinished16thwithhis6.0L-poweredForddespite

grenadingtheengineonthedynowithmorethan1,900lb-ft

oftorque.EricMerchantfinishedin 12thwitha strong1,395

hpand2,294lb-ft,butoddlyspunonthedynowhenthey

triedtoaddnitrous—oneoftheonlytruckstodoso.From

tractionproblemstoboostproblems,KodiKochlandedin

15thwitha 1,566hpnumber,butonly1,785lb-ftasthey

nevergotthebigturboquitelit.

Thebiggeststoryonthedyno(andperhapsthewholeevent)

involvedTonyBurkhardtandhis“LastMinuteHooker.”Tony

wasa favoritecomingintotheevent,butputtingfive

stagesofnitrousona bigsingleturboturnedouttobea

badidea.Verybad.Theturboexplodedina hugefireball,

andwhenit didtheshrapneltookouta fuelrailandputa

quarter-sizedholeintheairintake.Withthefuelpressure

controlleralsotakenout,theenginewenttofullfuel

pressureandtheDuramaxstartedtorunaway—whileit

wasstillonfire!DriverMarkBroviakhadthepresence

ofmindtotryandstopthetruckwiththebrakesbefore

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