For the 15th year we have held this event at Numidia Dragway in PA! It has always been a drag race, sled pull, dyno competition, truck show and vendors at the track every year! The size every year has gone up and down depending on weather and the economy. This year was extremely hot with a not so good economy on the country.
Many of the diesel shops have been hit by the EPA in the past 3 years so everyone is a bit leery about appearing out in public, however the same supporting shops showed up this year as usual. DIESEL Motorsports always sees some great trucks at this event whether it's racing, pulling, dyno or the truck show - this year did not disappoint! Take some time to look through the photos.
Yes the crowd was not as big as previous ECDNs because of the extreme heat but many still came out because they know it is a fun event. We have done enough of these events to know when it's hot you just have to slow down and take it easy as to not stress people and machines out.
Even with taking it easy we saw a lot of racing trucks break on runs down the track, the heat is hard on these 1500-2500 hp trucks. Talking to many of them as they picked up their winnings they all had fun and enjoyed seeing each other again after a long stretch.
A huge "Thank You" for all of those fans, competitors and crew who showed up this past Saturday for the 15th East Coast Truck Nationals at Numidia Dragway PA! All of the East Coast tracks surrounding us closed down for the day but not DIESEL Motorsports! Temps hit 96º with comfort index at 101º but we did have a nice breeze on top of the mountain. We originally held this event in the middle of July but moved it to June to get cooler weather - NOT! Hot weather did effect event and operations but we moved a bit slower and did not push items and everyone still had a great time with lots of truck action in all area of the track.
A BIG thank you to Numidia Dragway, the DiMinos and their staff for working through and helping us with this event. More thanks to DIESEL Motorsports crew, Suzet Martin, Interstate pullers/Forrester Farm Equipment for pulling track prep and of course the brave competitors!
Photos are under event photos on DM FB page, as you can see we had some great trucks diesel and gas in areas of competition. All I can say is we had a fun time and got to visit with a lot of people we only get to see once a year!
Photos - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.869078698586913&type=3
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