Thursday, May 23, 2024

Wapak Truck Festival 2024 Review!

 What a fun packed weekend in Wapakoneta Ohio at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds! Friday found DIESEL Motorsports setting up for the Friday night Dirt Drags and the burnout contest! The burnout contest was unbelievable what these guys put their trucks through on the concrete pad in front of thousands of people! The longest burn used up the entire pad to blow both tires.






Because they had so many entries in the burnout contest the dirt drags ran behind an hour but it gave us time to line up more trucks to run down the track. For the first time at the track it went great and the crowd loved the action on the 200 ft track! Winners are listed below in all of the classes.
Saturday found DIESEL Motorsports watching the parade of trucks going to the Truck Show with over 80 entries. The UNOH Diesel club had a great display and they brought over a dozen students from the diesel club to help us with the dirt drags and the tug-a-truck! Good to see the youth getting involved with truck motorsports.
The truck tugs started around 3pm with a large crowd watching from both grand stands. They ran well into the night with over 110 entries, the list of winners will be posted soon. The dyno ran some high power trucks with some high horsepower reports and a couple of exciting blowups from trucks.
The ATV/UTV races on the new built course offered some great entertainment before the tugs and truck show! So this was an action packed weekend in this little local county fairgrounds. Everyone had a great time whether you camped/RV or drove to the event the crowd was enthusiastic the entire weekend.
Until next year with even more fun motorsports activities planned.

Wapak Truck Festival 2024 Winners
Dirt Drags
Street Diesel Truck
1st – Logan Frey
2nd – Fred Painter
3rd – Gabe Koston
Street Gas Truck
1st – Bryson Smith
2nd – Nathan Buchman
3rd – Blake Davis
Modified Diesel Truck
1st – Lewie Latham
2nd – Zeb Rupe
3rd – Ashtin Frey
Modified Gas Truck
1st – Brandon Mitchell

US 36 Horsepower Festival Spring review!

 This first show of the year has been held at this track for several years and we expanded it during covid since it remained open. Most of the activities surrounding the Kansas City area canceled all of it's events so the local clubs called me and wanted to bring their cars to our truck event.









The truck guys loved the mixed motorsports and it has been the same every year! Car and truck show along with drag racing plus food trucks and vendors at the event. It is like a county fair with motorsports.

The afternoon is filled with cars and trucks rolling in while they enjoy good food/drinks and visiting the vendors. A beautiful Spring day makes it relaxing for all those that attended.

Over 70 show vehicles and 1500 fans strolled through the drag strip looking at vehicles. All waiting for the drag racing that took place after 6pm, the normal classes ran from the track with many visiting vehicles! 

Over 100 vehicles raced down the track while 2000 plus watched from the stands during the evening hours.

DIESEL Motorsports wants to thank US 36 Dragway for cohosting this event with us along with our many sponsors and staff who help us all day long! Below are the winners!

Photos:

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Mothers Car/Truck Show

Trucks
Best of Show – Robert Jenkins, 1975 Chevy K20
Best Chevy – RJ Hallwell, 1979 Chevy El Camino
Best Dodge – Nick Hotzlev, 2013 Dodge Mega Cab
Best Ford – Terry Kruder, 1961 Ford F100 Unibody
Best Work Truck – Justin Shelman, 2002 Ram 2500
Best Import Truck – Aaron Despain, 2024 Toyota Tundra
Best Semi – Robert Jenkins, 1987 Freightliner COE
Cars
Best of Show – Dalton, Jordan, Myra Dreler, 1969 Chevy Impala
Best Ford – Ron Sells, 1968 Ford Fairlane
Best Chevy – Steven Beshears, 1965 Chevy Camaro
Best Pontiac – Andrew Schenkart, 1986 Fiero
Best Survivor – Ray Hallfwell, 1999 Corvette
Best Stealth Machine – Ryan Weidmeyer, 2011 Mustang GT
Best Jr Dragster – Abby Kerus, Jr Dragster
Best 70s – David Bloom, 1979 Corvette
Best Clean Machine – Steve Lamar, 1973 Chevy Nova
Best 50s - Roger Murray, 1954 Chevy Bel Aire
Best 80s – Kale Anno, 1983 Chevy Monte Carlo
Drag Racing
Sportsman
1. Brian Schroeder
2. Jeff Wakefield
Trophy
1. Ryan Skaggs
2. Brody Hendrix
JrDragster
1. James Sloan
2. Abby Kerns
Motorcycle
1. Todd Daily
2. Nickolas Myers
PRO
1. Hayden Webster
2. Dean Penn
Super Pro
1. Steve Rivera
2. Dean Penn
Truck ET
1. Austin Murphy
Truck HDS
1. Chris Caulkins
2. Vince Neiderhauser