DIESEL Motorsports has held this event for close to 10 years depending on the format and time of the year! The owners are the Franks which has always welcomed our organization to the track. Before COVID we always held a truck event but during that time local car clubs called me. They wanted to join us because the bigger cities would not allow them to meet. So I had them come during the COVID years and since our truck guys love motorsports we have kept the format and invited them every year.
This year not only did every one show up but we also had a mission to present the family a memorial plaque built by our local company Midwest Performance Fabrication which has done our great trophy plaques. Mike Franks always loved our trucks coming to his track, we were saddened by his passing from cancer during the winter months. His son Vincent has taken over along with Ruth Franks and still provided us a perfect run motorsport event.
You could not have asked for better weather for the 2025 Horsepower Festival Spring event! A little windy and cool in the morning but by 1pm it was a beautiful warm day for a perfect car/truck show with some top quality vehicles in all categories! Throw in some friendly swap meet people, food trucks and vendors and we have a fun afternoon for those who attended! Plus soome killer drag racing come the evening hours with many different drag cars, trucks, bikes and Jr's running in front of a local fun crowd. DIESEL Motorsports wants to once again thank the next generation of Frank's for a perfect day of motorsports along with their regular crew which is always nice to our truck enthusiasts.
I also want to thank our crew along with the vendors who made it a fun show to walk and view the many different vehicles. The winners can be seen below and i will post the track classes soon along with more videos of the night. Photos can be found our FB page under albums!
US 36 Horsepower Festival Spring Winners:
Drag Racing Cars
Super Pro
1st Jacob Short, Lawson, MO
2nd Travis Morris, Lawson, MO
Semi Nick Bestgen, Osborn, MO
Qtr Jeff Wakefield, Kansas City, MO
Qtr Brad Janousek, Lincoln, NE
Pro
1st Josh Henderson, St. Joseph, MO
2nd Clint Acord, Claycomo, MO
Semi Billie Teeter, Harrisonville, MO
Qtr Tyler Apley, Platte City, MO
Qtr Justin Sprague, St. Joseph, MO
Sportsman
1st Tyler Apley, Platte City, MO
2nd Mike Smith, Cameron, MO
Trophy
1st Benjamin Apley, Edgerton, MO
2nd Emily Gallus, Weatherby, MO
Motorcycle
1st Dakota Bomar, St. Joseph, MO
2nd Dustin Bomar, St. Joseph, MO
Jr. Dragster
1st Colton Koontz, Holt, MO
2nd Reagan Smith, Parkville, MO
Drag Racing:
Truck Classes
Heads-Up
1st – Brandon Chivington – Lee’s Summit, MO Tyler Williams – Blue Springs, MO
2nd – Tyler Williams – Blue Springs, MO
ET Truck
1st – Pete Gilbert – Gladstone, MO
2nd – Todd Tucci, Plattsburg MO
Car/Truck Show
Best of Show – Brandon Patrick – 1928 Ford Model A Rat Rod/Diesel
Best Gas – Don Bird – 1926 T-Bucket
Best Dodge/Diesel Truck – Kevin Neal – 2001 Dodge Ram 2500
Best GMC/Diesel Truck – Jared McElfresh – 2002 GMC 2500 HD
Best Dodge/Gas Truck – Al & Terri Roscoe – 1980 Dodge D-100
Best Ford/Gas Truck – Rusty Williams – 1953 Ford F100
Best GMC/Chevy/Gas Truck – Brady Anno – 1983 Chevy K-10
Best Shop Truck – Danny Coones – 1953 Ford F-250
Best Rat Rod – Ian Longner – Ford F100
Best ATV – Dakota Beemer – Polaris Ranger 1000
Cars
Best 70s – Kurt Omenski- 1971 Pontiac Tempest T-37
Best 60s – Steve Hurst – 1964 Ford Fairlane
Best 50s – Ben Mefford – 1955 Chevy /Stella
Best 40s – Art Brant – 1941 Willys
Best 30s – Ron Clemens – 1937 Lincoln Zephyr – V12 Flathead
Best Camaro – Roy Proctor – 2023 Chavy Camaro SS
Best Corvette – Chris Richardson – 1966 Chevy Corvette
Best Mustang – Jessica Silvey – 2017 Ford Mustang
Best Muscle – Walt & Jan Carpenter – 1966 Pontiac GTO
Best Station Wagon – Gary VanPelt – 1966 Dodge Coronet Wagon
Best Convertible – Fred Schmeckel- 1971 Chevy Chevelle
Best Import – Hector Paez – 2020 Subaru WRX
