Diesel World – October 2019

(Jacob Rumans) #1

PROBABLYTHESTORYOF


THEEVENT(OTHERTHANTHE


WINNER) WASTHETURBO


EXPLOSION,FUELLEAK,AND


40-SECONDRUNAWAYOFTONY


BURKHARD’SENTRY.


JustinAndreshadjustbeenconsistentlystronginhisRam,andwithdecentfinishesatthestripandonthe
dyno,allheneededwasa goodpullfora podiumfinish.Butwould 237 feetbeenough?

TheFumminsofChrisBuhidarhaditstransmissionfixed,but
unfortunatelya driveshaftletlooserightafterthestart,limitinghimtoa
coasting,144-footrun.

TeamTrippplemaxandWadeMinterwasanotherteamthatcould
eitherriseorsinkdependingonhowtheGMpulled.A 240-footrunleft
theteammid-pack.

Probablythestoryoftheevent(otherthanthewinner)wastheturboexplosion,fuelleak,and40-secondrunawayofTony
Burkhard’sentry.Thetruckwasonfiretheentiretimeit wasrunningaway,andit gotsohotthatdriverMarkBroviakhadto
bailoutofthetruckthroughthewindow!

whowasnearthetopofthefieldbeforethesled
pullbutwoulddroptoninthoverallbecauseofa
brokendriveshaft.AnotherfrontrunnerDonovan
Harriscouldn’tfindenoughgripandstruggled
toa 228-footpull,hurtinghischancesatthe
overalltitle.ThesamethinghappenedtoJustin
Andreswhohada 237-footeffort.JesseWarren
wasrightbehindJustinwitha 236-footpull,
provingthepowerofthebigFord.EricMerchant,
DaveMartin,andWadeMinterallhadsolid
pullsin the240-250footrange.Perhapsthebig
surpriseoutofthegroupwasDerekRose,who
endeduppullingtoa fifth-placefinishwitha
263-footrun.

Justlikeatthedragraces(whereyoucanrun
slicks),therearenolimitationsontiretypeor
sizeforUCC’ssledpull.It shouldcomeasno
surprisethenthatallofthetopfourplacespots
wouldbeoccupiedbyvehicleswithcuttires.
CoryWitteveenfromDeltaDieselhitfourthwith
hissetup,pulling 273 feet(10ft pastDerek)
butpossiblyblowinghisengineonthebigend.
Another 10 feetpastCorywasthehorsepower-
heavyShawnBaca,whomanaged 287 feet.
In secondplacewasa truckthatgota huge
ovationastheburnt-outbodyrolledaroundthe
corner.TonyBurkhardhadmadeit!Withcuttires
ontherearandaggressivestreettiresonthe
front,Tonypulleda whopping 308 feet,scoring
somebigpointsandmakinga killercomeback.
TherewasstillonetruckthatwouldbeatTony
however,asPowerDrivenDiesel’ssix-tire
monsterpulleda whopping 326 feetandscored
bigpointsonthefinaltally.Sowhowon?You’ll
havetoturnthepageandfindout!

ULTIMATE CALLOUT CHALLENGE 2019


104 OCTOBER I 2019 • DIESEL WORLD http://www.dieselworldmag.com

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