Thursday, September 29, 2022

Horsepower Festival Review 2022

 As outdoor events go this was the nicest weather we have had for quite some time! Sunny in the 80s with low humidity all day long made for a perfect day for enthusiasts to get out and see some unbelievable cars, rods and trucks in our Show-N-Shine where we had over 65 entries competing for 2 best of shows - one for car category and one for trucks. Then 8 categories in cars and 8 categories for the trucks, we still did not have enough trophies for the top quality vehicles we had there! It has gotten better every year.






We started this venue 3 years ago during Covid and it was originally a truck show but then car clubs started to call because no one would let them gather in the cities. The US 36 Dragway sits on large carriage in the country so it is not an issue for large crowds, plenty of room to spread out. I told them to bring them out since our guys love all motorsports so thus the combination makes for a great gathering.

Add in the dyno, swap meet, vendors and the food trucks it is a nice way to spend a morning and afternoon! Once we made the presentations of the Show-n-Shine winners is about time the drag racers start showing up on the other side of the track. The drag racing had over 142 entries going down the track from 6pm to midnight! A wide variety of vehicles from trucks, rods, muscle cars, newer dragsters, junior drags and even a couple of brand new Yenko Camaros! 

The crowd of enthusiasts saw a great show of drag racing all night long! We started out paying tribute to the president of a local Diesels of Kansas City who passed over a week ago from a cycle accident - Joey Hull! We asked the crowd for a 30 second silence while he ran the lights one last time. Joey has supported and attended the event since it started! Anything motorsports he always supported!


Again the US 36 Dragway made for a perfect venue for our event with a great crew manning the track and racing. DIESEL Motorsports/All Speed Expo crew managed the rest of the show, we had fun doing it with such a great crowd of enthusiasts.

The winners are listed below along with photo link of the event!

Photo link:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.5875017699199079&type=3

Winners:

Diesel Motorsports/All Speed Motorsports want to thank everyone who made this weekend's show a great success and the beautiful weather helped tremendously! There was so many great Car/Truck Show entries we had a hard time deciding since many deserved trophies, we are going to include more categories/trophies for next year! High quality vehicles for this show and they get better every year! Also very high quality race vehicles who entertained the crowd all night long, we thank them for a great show! Of course we thank our sponsors, crew and workers at the US 36 Dragway, DM crew and attending vendors and sponsors! What a GREAT day for motorsports in the middle of the country! Winners are listed below!

Horsepower Festival Winners 2022
Car Truck Show Winners
Best of Show – Truck
Travis Baldwin 2016 Chevy/Silverado
Best Ford
Carl Hufford 1950 Ford F100
Best GM/Chevy
David Walker 1967 Chevy C10
Best Dodge
Nick Hotzler 2011 Dodge Ram 2500
Best Vintage
Derrick Parrott 1991 Dodge W250
Best SUV
Brett Burnett NSK Cadillac Escalade
Best Rat Rod
Paul Hamby 1953 GMC 150 – Johnny Cash Truck
Best Semi
Bryan Chellew 1986 Peterbilt 359
Best Race Truck
Al Roscoe 1980 Dodge D1500
Best of Show - Cars
The Drechelers 1969 Chevy Impala
Best Ford
Scott Hendrix 1955 Customline
Best GM
Brice Haman 1964 Pontiac GTO
Best Hotrod
Jerry Kins 1940 Chevy Coupe
Best Late Model Car
2022 Chevy Corvette
Best Dodge
Darek Schisser 1970 Dodge Challenger
Best Vintage Drag
Tim Owen 1931 Coupe
Jr Dragster
Waylan James 2005 Jr Dragster
Drag Racing Winners
Pro
1- Jimmy Lynn
2- David Williamson
Semi- Robin Hughes
Qtr- Stacy Behrman
Qtr- Jody Watson
Qtr- Jim Lynn
Super Pro
1- Jacob Mike Short
2- Scott Grubb
Semi- Chuck Berve
Qtr- Stacy Behrman
Qtr- Ryan Skaggs
Sportsman
1- Wyatt Wagner
2- Josh Reynolds
Trophy
1- Jessica Lynn
2- Ryan Williams
Jr Dragster
1- Mac Gear
2- Jackson Spilman
Diesel ET
1- Jacob Cole
2- Vince Neiderhauser
Diesel Heads Up
1- Vince Neiderhauser
2- Tyler Williams
Dyno Highest HP
Tyler Williams – 736 hp

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