This park with 100 year old oak trees provides a perfect setting for the family friendly environment where the first ever diesel only event was held in 2001. The Lion's Club has managed the park since 1953 and has made vast improvements since they were closed down for COVID. The park now has new grandstands, new lights, new sound system, remodeled clubhouse and rebuilt track.
The track has new dirt that is modeled for circle dirt track, demolition derby, dirt drags, and sled pulling among many other activities. With their remodeled park is also new fencing and resurfaced areas for parking and vendors.
It makes for a perfect place to hold a truck show with fairground like settings for our yearly Thunder in Muncie event.
Yes, after being closed for a few years it is hard to find the right date and time to rebuild an event but in order to keep our diesel heritage DIESEL Motorsports has decided to invest the funds for this event. In the near future we have plans for the park.
We could have not asked for better weather for this event especially for August! The work crew with Gaston Lions Club Park made us a perfect venue for the truck show, dirt drags, and sled pull. Many trucks competed in all three activities with a small break during dinner hours (4-6pm) which gave everyone time to listen to local entertainment plus enjoyed the food prepared by the Lions Club.
The largest class for dirt drags and sled pulling was the street trucks which DIESEL Motorsports specializes in since that who buys our sponsor's products the most. It is fun to see many different street trucks and what people has done to their trucks for performance and longevity.
DIESEL Motorsports own Ceili Fields sang with the entertainment and the National Anthem before the sled pull. Ceili has been with us for 14 years starting at 17 years old as a DIESEL Motorsports girl, and now can do most every function. Many have seen her yearly at the PRI Show in Indianapolis in December.
Look for more announcements regarding this yearly event at the fall industry shows.
Winners are listed below along with some photos - more to come! Give us a couple of days it takes a while to process them.
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