The Numidia Dragway after 13 years changed our date to a month earlier because of higher paid track rental! So after changing dates I knew we had an uphill battle in front us including the Covid period where many people stayed home! Throw in the hurting economy with high inflation, double fuel prices ($6-7 a gall East Coast) and date change we accepted the challenge this year.
We came out just fine most likely because we have held this event so long over the years and we tripled the advertising budget for more local participates! Beautiful weather of course helps which being a month earlier did help a few degrees but for local they said it was warm than usual 87º which is fine for me coming from 100º! Cool breeze all day along with low humidity it was a sunny great day for a fun event.
DIESEL Motorsports included new classes for 1/8th mile racing for diesel and gas trucks. Over 8 classes for racing along with new classes for the Show-N-Shine which had over 50 trucks of SEMA quality! We moved the gates open time to noon instead of early morning so people could have time to drive to event on Saturday. All afternoon activities included vendors, dyno competition, show-n-shine, Grudge racing, and race classes till 5pm. DIESEL Motorsports started the pulling around 5:30 pm with 8 classes of pulling which included diesel trucks, tractors and modified multiple engine rails. Pullers with up to 3000 hp trucks and tractors went down the 300 ft track and produced a great show for the crowd.
Since the locals considered it warm many every year line both sides of the tracks with trucks, popups and coolers (tailgating) to watch the activities. The crowd stayed pretty much through the entire day because there is always plenty to see and show the kids with so many activities going on throughout the day.
I noticed from years past a lot of competitors not coming from out of state with fuel prices so high but did notice an uptake of a lot of PA entries. I don't blame them with high fuel prices and towing a vehicle you only get 8-10 miles per gallon hauling. We still had a lot of great trucks and tough competition with many local shops sponsoring the event.
Numidia Dragway is only 2 hours from Philly, Newark, NYC, Baltimore and located in the Eastern part of Pennsylvania! It makes for a great place for truck event on top of the Poconos mountains! We met a lot of new young people and saw many older faces from when the event started! Always a pleasure working this show even though trying to get there flying was an issue this year!
DIESEL Motorsports/Truck Motorsports wants to thank ALL of the fine people/fans/competitors who came this last Saturday to the show! With a change of dates we decided to change a few things up such as classes, trucks, diesel & gas and pulling classes/times! Still the same great gathering of trucks, vendors, dyno competitors and race/pull competitors - it was a fun day!
East Coast Diesel National Winners: 2022
Racing
ET Bracket – Diesel – ¼ M
1. Dennis Harnish – Quarryville PA – 06 GMC/R-.062/DI-11.75/ET-11.790/MPH-110.72
2. Doug Brarens – Stroudsburg PA – COECummins/R.091/DI-19.40/ET-19.571/MPH-68.73
ET Bracket – Gas – ¼ M
1. Joey Lamond-Effort PA-03 Chevy/R.169/DI-12.60/ET-12.653/MPH-106.54
2. Jason Hoover-New Holland PA/R.104/DI-13.50/ET-13.716/MPH-93.41
6.70 Index – Diesel 1/8 M
1. Eric Snow-Newark CT-01 Chevy/R-.171/DI-6.70/ET-6.702/MPH -103.78
2. Susan Soga -Kutztown PA – 1934 ChevyRod/R.144/DI-6.70/ET-6.799/MPH-100.08
7.70 Index – Diesel 1/8 M
1. Dennis Harnish – Quarryville PA – 06 GMC/R-.254/DI-7.70/ET-7.794/MPH-36.30
2. Brandon Aungst – Pine Grove PA – 12 Dodge/R-.362/DI-7.70/ET-8.006/MPH-87.70
Quick Truck – Diesel 1/8 M
1. Pat Trichilo – Carbeich PA – 05 Dodge/R-.394/ET-6.448/MPH 21.64
2. Susan Soga -Kutztown PA – 1934 ChevyRod/R.106 ET-6.752/MPH-103.17
Runwhatubrung – Diesel – 1/8 M
1. Pat Trichilo – Carbeich PA – 05 Dodge/R-.243/ET-6.524/MPH 20.88
2. Dalton Ness – Shade Gap PA – 94 Dodge/R-.529/ET-6.341/MPH-112.60
Sled Pulling
WorkStock
1. Tommy Hassler – Bethel PA – 08 Ford – 326.33 FT
2. Ben Gelsinger – Robesonia PA – 05 GMC – 319.64 FT
3. Jake Stewart – Robesonia PA – 06 Chevy – 319.45 FT
HOT WorkStock
1. Tommy Hassler – Bethel PA – 08 Ford – 357.97 FT
2. Seth Ulmer – Lock Haven PA – Chevy – 331.99 FT
3. Ross Harter – Avis PA – 06 Chevy – 328.34
2.6SB
1. Riley Andrews – Pifford NY – 90 Dodge – 261.71 FT
3.0 SB
1. Jared Brown – Wmspt PA – 98 Dodge – 296.22 FT
2. Griffin Sullivan – Moodus, CT 01 dodge – 274.61 FT
Super Stock
1. Tommy Hassler – Bethel PA – 08 Ford – 316.76 FT
2. Calvin Miller – Guys Mills PA – 02 Dodge – 300.26 FT
2WD 6200lb Trucks
1. Ian Erricker – Poolesville PA – 314.51 FT
2. Eddie Ocher – 8-up – 305.09 FT
3. Dale Forrester – Scotland PA – 23 Ford – 296.19 FT
8500 lb Modified Turbo
1. Justin Latour – Brooklyn CT – Addicted – 342.21 FT
2. Jason Forrester – OOZ – 335.14 FTT
3. Cole Forrester – Papa Smurf – 318.49 FT
7800 lb Modified Tractor
1. Andy Forrester -Boss 9 – 341.47 FT
2. Kevin Stouffer – Ruff N Ready – 325.83 FT
3. Ian Erricker – Unstable – 325.11 FT
Mothers Show-N-Shine
Best of Show – Erik Pariseau – Budd Lake NJ – 2012 Dodge Ram 2500
Best Dodge – Sheldon Horning – Denyr PA – 1993 Dodge W350
Best Ford – Hugh Kapalkq - Wyoming PA – 2003 Ford F350
Best GMC – Jeremiah Zimmerman – Selinsgrove PA – 2008 Chevy 2500
Best Rat Rod – BJ Keiffer – Watsontown PA – 1930 Ford
Best Import – Steve Berry – Northid PA – 2016 Nissan Titan XD
Best Vintage – Dayton Cote – Sanya PA – 1991 Dodge W250
Best Semi – William Stewart – Weatherly PA – 1995 Peterbilt
Best Dump Truck – John Robinson – Pennsburg PA – Orange Tri-Axle Dump
Best Work Truck – Chris Coleman – Pennsburg PA – Crazy Train Dump Truck
Ken's Auto Dyno – Highest HP – Justin Burke – 2006 Dodge 2500 – 1413.03 HP
Ford HP - Ben Brenner - 822.60
Chevy HP - Troy Hall - 603.30
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