Wednesday, May 18, 2022

BIG TEXAS Truck Show 2022 Review

 Most of us forget or don't know how BIG Texas can be when traveling by truck. Some of the people who came to our event in Amarillo Dragway drove further than I did coming from Kansas City (8 hr drive) and they lived in Texas. Montana/Idaho my be the big sky country but Texas is the BIG horizons country. It seems like you can see forever across the landscape.





Many of the trucks who came to the event whether diesel or gas was high-end performance trucks that were nice looking machines. Many have been displayed at the SEMA show the year before and some on TV shows.

Being a first year show in the middle of nowhere was not a big show but something to build on for the future. This area and longtime track has good vibes since it was built in 1959 and have held many drag races in the past.

It needs some updating but the young staff is doing their best to bring it up to modern standards with a new timing system installed before we got there. We raced both days with lots of fast times and a best reaction time of .0072. 

The town has a lot to offer as a visitor such as the Cadillac Ranch (Cadillacs buried up-rite in the ground) and the Big Texan Steakhouse and hotel.



DIESEL Motorsports met a lot of young enthusiasts who own their own shops that build some very interesting trucks for show and performance!

We look forward to coming back to this location and build for future events.

Winners are listed below along with photo links:


Photos:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.5484940481540138&type=3


Winners:

Quick Diesel
Winner - Russell Longo
R/U - Vince Neiderhauser
Quick Gas
Winner - Gary Quals
R/U - Genaro Chavez
7.70 Index
Winner - Lane Wright
R/U - Larry Knapp
ET Bracket
Winner - Bobby Banks
R/U - Fred Miner
Friday Best Reaction Time
Bryan Tucker - .0072
Dyno Competition
Highest Horsepower
Russell Longo – 1138 HP 1926 Tq
2006 Ram 2500
Best Dodge – Dakota Sargent – 1096
Best Ford – Isaih C – 533
Best GMC – Vince Neiderhauser – 696
Mothers Polishes Show-N-Shine
Best of Show – Carlos Molina – 2021 Ford F-150
Best Dodge – Chris Blair – 2000 Ram 1500 12V
Best GMC/Chevy – Cordale Ussery – 2013 2500 GMC
Best Import – Luis Lopez – 2014 Toyota Tundra
Best Performance Truck – Dakota Sargent – 1998 Ram 2500
Best Vintage Truck – Trevor Tedrick – 1983 Chevy C10
Best Work Truck – Bobby Banks – 2022 Chevy

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