Friday, July 26, 2019

East Coast Diesel Nationals revue 2019!

This was the 11th annual event at Numidia Dragway on July 20th and it was the hottest event for the 11 years with temperatures reaching 110 heat index during the day. There is always a breeze on the mountain so it was tolerable but it was still very hot and humid.






This kept many of the diesels performing at their best but we still had racers in the 9s running 1/4 mile on the drag strip and many of the trucks pulling hard on the pulling track.

The grandstands were too hot to sit in so many of the die-hard fans spread out on the fences of both tracks under pop-up tents with coolers and even some had fans blowing on their families. Diesel enthusiasts poured in early in order to get a good spot along the fence on both sides of both tracks. Many gathered around the dyno watching many of the trucks run on the NJDRP dyno and filming their friends rides.

Show-n-shine had some great trucks lined up by the concession stands and vendors. They polished on their trucks all morning long then watched as the judges from Mahle walked around and looked inside each vehicle.

Drag racing had a bit of excitement when the first heads-up truck's hood come un-latched and flew back to break the front windshield which flew all over the track. It was a mess and took the track over 45 minutes to clean-up the track. The front line crew then checked all of the hoods before they pulled up to the line.

Many of the trucks ran and also some bought back in after the first round making it a large round of fast trucks. the finals came later in the after noon with some interesting final runs. The crowd saw many of their favorite trucks come to the end of the race.

The sled pulling started on time with lots of high power trucks and tractors running first then the HOT Work Stock ran with hope of the first five making the Keystone Nationals in March. The dyno was running well into the evening hours trying to get everyone in for the title of "King of the Mountain" for the highest horsepower.

By the end of the day every one was hot and thirsty but we got the entire competition in for the day in record time! DIESEL Motorsports appreciates every one who came out to brave the heat and enjoyed the show - these are true diesel enthusiasts.

Winners are listed below and more photos can be found on our FB page:


Winners:
Drag Racing
ET Bracket
Champion - Dennis Harnish
2nd - Damien Oswald
12.0 Index
Champion - Dennis Harnish
Heads-Up
Champion - Pat Trichilo
2nd - Susan Soga

Sled pulling
3.0 Class
Champion - John Dougherty - 330.34
Josh Gardiner - 329.15
Tyler Albert - 321.99
Joseph Weide-318.91
Daniel Rickard - 313.49
Caleb Herman - 306.11
Chuck Dutter - 272.67
2.5/2.6 Class
Champion - Matt Forba - 353.32
Joseph Goughan - 334.39
Josh Bordas - 330.69
Samuel Radel - 315.66
Nick Wenger - 314.66
Levon Vishofsky - 313.40
Benny Stone - 196.65
Carson Stauffer - 10
Tractor - Hot
Champion - Dalota Grove - 375.92
Jason Forrester - 371.77
Vernon Zerby - 367.66
Vernon Zerby 356.89
Rick Houck - 347.19
Vernon Zerby - 334.66
Tyler Woolover - 254.00
Vernon Zerby - 180.65
HOT Work Stock Class
Champion - Tommy Hassler - 334.42
John Costa - 334.10
Wessley Kless - 330.52
Ross Harter - 310.90
Nick Wenger - 309.36
Jacob Wood - 305.36
Jade Georgetti - 301.27
Shawn Bell - 299.65
Logan Henne - 274.14
Brad Swinsinski - 130.41
Work Stock
Champion - Brett Clark - 302.55
Logan Henne - 277.16
Ethan Sickler - 222.07

Show - N - Shine (Nano Ceramic)
Best of Show - Trevor McFeaters - Dodge
Best Ford - Jason Fry
Best Dodge - Brandon Sheilds
Best Duramax - Derek Bedway
Best Rat Rod - Calvin Schoch
Best Semi - Darrin Harter

Dyno Competition:
Highest Horsepower (KING of the Mountain):
Justin Burke, 2006 Dodge Ram
horsepower: 1424 
Highest Dodge:
Brad Houghtaling, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500
horsepower: 900 
Highest Chevy:
Brandon Martin, 2006 Chevy Silverado 2500
horsepower 783 
Highest Ford:
Robert Moss, 2015 Ford F350
horsepower: 547

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