Wednesday, June 25, 2025

East Coast Diesel Nationals Review 2025

Ever since we had the event moved to June DIESEL Motorsports has had to fight storms which we thought would be for cooler days. We had some pretty hot days when it was held in July. It is now apparent we now had to deal with storms all around us but also very hot days when it does clear off.

However we can't feel too bad since the track reported it was the first clear weekend from rain/storms in 6 weeks. It was clear but very hot for the 16th year of the East Coast Diesel Nationals. A lot of top quality trucks and tractors showed up for the day where enthusiasts could view racing, pulling, dyno competition,  truck show and vendors.



I want to thank the staff at the Numidia Dragway along with our local DM helpers and regular staff for putting on a flawless event. I also want to thank the sponsors who chose to attend such as Thom/SPAL fans, Scott/TotalSeal Rings, Charles/PPE Diesel and Ken/AMSOIL for your support at the event. Our longtime vendors of Street Diesel Performance and Big Time Kustomz  always brings a nice display of products for the enthusiasts. 

The Truck Show had some very top notch truck builds which made it very difficult to choose who the awards went to for the competition. From old to new the trucks it was easy to see the owners took pride in what they did to their trucks. The Best of Show went to a young man who won it a few years ago and the improvements done to his truck in just a couple of years was unbelievable - he deserved to win again.



Dyno competition from Ken's Auto mid-day called and announced the winner at 1,851.8 horsepower! i asked what if someone else comes up and she announced with confidence no one will come close, she was correct! This was for a Ford F-250 street truck owned by Steven Giordano. 



Racing and pulling are done right next to each other at the same time! Racing had some excitement in the Runwhatubrung Class with several trying ot go heads up racing in the 1/8th mile. ET Bracket had a lot of trucks gas and diesel trying to collect the healthy purse for that street truck class. Same goes for the street truck class for pulling in the Wild Street Class. 

Pulling is always exciting with the Interstate tractor classes with some high HP tractors along with local truck pulling classes! Beautiful weather makes for some high HP pulls that tests the sled for holding them back. Forrester Equipment as always does a great job on the track prep and keeps everyone rolling down the track along with the Allison Sled group.

We want to congratulate the winners for the 2025 event and we will see ya all next year!

EAST COAST DIESEL NATIONALS 2025 Winners

Racing

Runwhatubrung Diesel

Dennis Harnish – Champion

Lynard Martin – 2nd

Runwhatubrung Gas

Bill Schneider – Champion

7.70 Index 

Daniel Hurst – Champion

Peter Koppenhaefer – 2nd

6.70 Index

Joey Lamond – Champion

Dennis Harnish – 2nd

ET Bracket

Joey Lamond – Champion

Jake Bachman – 2nd

Sled Pulling

Super Stock

Justin Gordan Champion

3.0 SB

Andrew Kicak – Champion

Jared Brown – 2nd

2.6 SB

Chris Lloyd – Champion

Wild Street

Clyde Weaver – Champion – 323.34

Joseph Bayer – 316.32

Ross Harter – 316.02

Nick Harter – 305.28

Mike Garmon – 304.88

Bryan Rarick – 296.64

Benny Stone – 290.58

Lou DiMattro – 283.11

Trevor Marcom – 262.51

Harlee Hollenbach – 247.19

Dylan Miller – 122.82

Kevin Riggle – 4.00

Interstate 8500LB Tractor

Aaron Eberhart – 325.97

Vern Zerby – 333.80

Vern Zerby – 332.01

Scott Kiskeden – 329.74

Justin Lawtour – 327.67

Vern Zerby – 322.34

Eddie Ocker – 319.68

Gary Cubbage – 315.42

Gary Cubbage – 305.23

Matt Dershon – 305.16

Aaron Eberhart – 300.15

Ray Belack – 170.62

7800 Light Limited

Mark Smith – 362.79

10,000 Pro Form

Mark Culbertson – 312.06

Anthony Hammrick – 311.03

Gary Cubbage – 307.85

Shane Steed – 304.06

Marshall Biedel – 293.92

Chris Pangle – 287.99

Shane Steel – 280.45

Truck Show

Best of Show – Brian Wagner – 2015 Silverado 2500 HD

Best Ford – Tyler Kessinger – F250 2018

Best Duramax/GM – Ethan Good – 2018 Chevy 

Best Dodge – Reuben Lantz – 2016 RAM 2500

Best OBS – Setth Cbek – 1997 F350

Best Vintage – Darcy Brownell – 1989 Dodge W250

Best Ford Combo – Ben Maurer

Dyno

Highest Horsepower – Steven Giordano – Ford F250 – 1851.8 HP

Highest Ford – Clyde Weaver – Ford F-250 – 980.24 HP 

Highest Chavy/GM – Cleason Weaver – Chevy 3500 – 946.85 HP

Highest  Dodge/RAM – Brandon Martin – Dodge 2500 – 1341.82 HP

More photos:

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