Diesel World – October 2019

BothChrisBuhidarandTravisTrentdidwellineliminations,butinthefinals,it wasTheTrippplemaxChevy

takingonRudy’sFord,withRudycomingoutontopbyabouttwotrucklengthsatthestripe.

throwingit inneutralandlettingit takeoff.“I tooka big

gulpofairwhenI sawallthesmokeandfire,butI knewI

hadtogetoutsoonerorlater—itwasn’tstopping!”says

Mark.Unabletofindthedoorhandlepasttherollcage,he

bailedoutthewindowwhilethetruckwasstillrunning

andstillonfire.Afteralmost 40 secondsofrunningaway

onfirethetruckfinallystopped,thefirewasextinguished,

andeverybodycountedtheirfingersandtoesandwalked

awayfroma scarysituation.Amazingly,aftertheevent

theDHDcrewtoretheenginedown,witha fullminute

ofthisenginerunningwithnorevlimiter,beingfedthe

maxamountoffuelandwhoknowshowmuchnitrous,

spinningthehighestRPMpossible,allwhileonfireand

drainingitsoilouttheturbo,thecrewfoundalmostzero

damagetotherotatingmass.Prettyimpressive.

EvenafterTony’sfrighteningmeltdown,therewasstilla

competitiontoberun,andthetop 10 trucksonthedyno

helda lotofsurprises.Ataninsane1,910horsepowerwas

JesseWarren’s6.0LFord,whichis definitelyunlikeany

other6.0we’veseen.Jessewasa littleshortontorque

though,asCoryWitteveenandWadeMinterbothfinished

aheadofhimwith1,600-hppullsandmoretorque.Seventh

wasa hugejumpin powerupto2,053,asJoshScruggs

in lastyear’swinningtruckbrokethe2Kbarrierbutblew

uptheenginein theprocess.Thingsgottightatthetop,

asDonovanHarris,ChrisBuhidar,ToddWelch,andShawn

Bacawereallin the2,100-to-2,200horsepowerrange.The

ULTIMATE CALLOUT CHALLENGE 2019

“I TOOK A BIG GULP OF AIR WHEN

I SAW ALL THE SMOKE AND FIRE,

BUT I KNEW I HAD TO GET OUT

SOONER OR LATER—

IT WASN’T STOPPING!”

 The very first race out was a doozy as Rudy’s Diesel took on Power Driven Diesel’s mechanical “dinosaur.” About 1,500 pounds made the difference as PDD’s 6.1 couldn’t match Rudy’s mid 5.

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