Thunder in the Bunker REVIEW/Results!

 

DIESEL Motorsports held the last event of the year this past Saturday at Bunkerhill Dragway which is the oldest Dragstrip in Indiana. A cool brisk day but we did have sunshine the entire day! Over 40 vehicles raced during the day along with over 1300 enthusiasts watched as trucks and cars ran down the track. A couple of our longtime racers (since 2001) showed up in diesel cars instead of trucks to race (one BMW and one Chevy Cruze), in fact the Chevy Cruze won the ET Class.

 

 

DIESEL Motorsports wants to thank all of the competitors and enthusiasts who came out Saturday for the Thunder in the Bunker/redux from this Spring. It was a beautiful day on Saturday and a big thanks goes to the Bunkerhill crew for helping with the event along with sponsors Cornfed Diesel, Agro Eco, Diesel Mafia, Amos Diesel and Blessed Diesel Performance! 

 

A lot of familiar old competitors along with some new faces enjoyed a day of racing and conversation about our favorite subject Trucks! Winners are listed below along with a few photos - go to DM FB photos for the album of the event.

 

Winners:

Heads-Up Class

Champion - Cody Lambert

2nd - Vince Neiderhauser

ET Class

Champion - Bruce Block

2nd - Seth Blackburn

Show-N-Shine 

Best of Show Julia Camp

 

Photos:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=DIESELMotorsports.US&set=a.4827552483945611

 

 

SEMA 2021 Review - DIESEL Motorsports!

 Many of our diesel shops or enthusiasts are too busy working to take the time to come to SEMA, so I try and give a short review along with photos so they can see what they might have missed.

After being canceled last year because of Covid and coming back to a high level restriction for access I would say they had a good show! Was it as big as the shows before pandemic? No, but you have to remember this show gets a lot of foreign companies and enthusiasts that regularly come that could not come this year. 

As I told one SEMA official, you have to start somewhere and this was it for the year. Many manufacturers opted to not be there which is understandable right now with Covid still an issue and part shortages throughout the automotive world. The crowd was down quite a bit but it made it nice to be able to walk the show easily, take photos and visit with clients with time to spare.

Reminded me of the SEMA show in the 80/90s era, where quality not quantity was important to the show as far as visitors with badges. 

Was the vendors there worthy to see and visit, yes they were for my part looking for truck performance and accessories. And yes, I still am a motor enthusiasts both gas and diesel so I look at them all.

There were many display vehicles which made for nice viewing along with some great vendor booths. Many vendors had video or social media outlets at their booths along with visiting industry leaders.

I actually had time to visit with longtime friends and business associates since we had not seen each other for over two years. It is always good to network and visit with people in the industry about the one thing we all love - motorsports! 

Since we have a booth at the PRI show (#1835), I was actually coming to SEMA to measure what to expect from the enthusiasts and industry manufacturers. 

Both were very positive about the future and wanted to keep the sport alive for many generations. That is exactly what I wanted to hear from both groups. 

Problems they need to fix for 2022, BETTER PARKING, easier registration (many of my guys got nixed) and always more water lol! Had a fun week and back to normal setting for SEMA! (masks were required but many chose not to wear them).