Diesel World – October 2019

T

heUltimateCalloutChallengeis noteasy.Not

onlymustyoudragrace,dyno,andsledpull,but

youhavetobeatnearlytwodozenothermaniacs

withvehiclessettokill.Withfiresandengine

explosionsupthisyear,everyonepushedtheirequipmentto

thelimits.Holdonfolks,andgetreadyfortheUltimateCallout

Challenge2019!

ThePits

Beforetheeventstarts,weliketowalkaroundthepitsand

seewhatkindofstrategiestheteamshavecookedup.Many

ofthetrucksenteredweretechnicallythesamevehiclesas

previousyearsbuthaddrasticallychanged.TonyBurkhard

broughta newmuchlighter“LastMinuteHooker”GM,

whichhadalsobeenswitchedoverfromanAllison 1000

transmissiontoa RosslerTurbo400.Rudy’sDieseltooka huge

weightcutandslammeditstrucktotheground—somuchso

thatturningreallywasn’tanoption!ChrisBuhidarandWade

Minter’shard-chargingtrucksremainedlargelyunchanged.

Therewerealsonewentrantsfor 2019 suchasKodiKoch’s

wildtwo-wheeldrivethataimedtodominatethedragraces

anddynoevents.

WhiletheFordandGMcrowdmadea resurgencethisyear,the

Cummins-poweredcontingentwasasstrongasalways.Last

year’swinningtruckownedbyLavonMillerwassoldtoJosh

Scruggs,whowaslookingfora repeatwinwithhimselfatthe

helm.ToddWelchandPowerDrivenDieselhadmadesomebig

powerin testingandhaddonesomelighteningaswell.The

ArmorInc./ DynomiteDieselProductsentryhaddoneperhaps

themostprepoutofanyteam,makingmultipledynorunsat

2,000rwhptogetthetruckreliable.TrevorPeterson(known

asT-Pain)andSchawnBacawerethererepresentingIndustrial

Injection,andDerekRose,JustinAndres,andthemechanical

truckofCoryWitteveenwerealsoonhandtomakewaves.

DragRacing

In pastyears,thedrag-racingportionwastime-onlybutnot

BYJASONSANDS DIESELWORLDMAGAZINE

ULTIMATE

CALLOUT

CHALLENGE

2019

FIREAND FIERCE

COMPETITIONINDIESEL’S

MOSTEXTREMEEVENT

EVENT LOCATION: LUCAS OIL RACEWAY, BROWNSBURG, INDIANA

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