Why we have safety in place for diesels!

By Larry "Gene" Mohney

Over 12 years DIESEL Motorsports has had safety measures in place for diesel trucks for a reason. It's motorsports! Racing, pulling and dyno competition is dangerous like all motorsports. We are taking the OEM vehicle and making it go faster, higher HP and competing with more power.

These vehicles were not made to do so with their original specifications so we add safety measures as the HP increase in the classes for racing and pulling. They are there to protect the competitor, the enthusiast watching and the sport!

If an accident does happen then the sport is hurt because venues question if they are safe and more important can they get the event insured. 

DIESEL Motorsports has our own SFI techs and insurance made just for diesel competition. NHRA and IHRA does not have classes for diesels so they run under guised classes for protection. Many events are not insured fully for all activities.

You never know when something will go wrong when we are pushing the envelope for more power and torque. Make sure safety measures are in place to not only protect yourself but also the sport.

1st Outdoor event in Nebraska a cold windy success!

Nebraska Diesel Show 

April 27, 2019 

  

As always when doing these early Spring shows the weather is a consideration for success. This event was no different so when I arrived at the Kearney Raceway Park on Friday it was Sunny, 70 degrees and a bit windy (10 mph) and I unloaded and met with the track about conditions and scheduling for the next day.

By Saturday morning a cold front had moved in with 35-45 mph winds and temperature was warmest in the morning at 50 degrees falling to 41 by evening. In normal conditions I would have called the event but NOT with these Nebraska diesel crowd!

Day started out rough with very high winds, we barely got 20ft popup put together with strap downs to the fence and sandbags on the legs along with rubber-banding all of the literature and decals.  

However more and more people and trucks came through the gate closer to noon when the winds dropped to 15-20 mph and the sun broke through the clouds. Diesel enthusiasts in Carhart coats and sock hats brought their many different diesel vehicles into the track for grudge racing (110 trucks teched), dyno competition, show-n-shine, burnout contest and sled pulling.

By evening the winds died down and the sun came out steady but the temperatures started to drop, still pretty pleasant for the sled pulls. Crowds were good all through the afternoon till the sun started to go down. We saw and talked to people from Colorado, South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and of course Nebraska.

Despite the weather concerns we consider this show a success with lots of diesel trucks, good amount of people, constant traffic at the tent and lots of competition on both tracks!

Winners:

Sled Pull Winners:

3.0 Super Class

1^stPlace = Bryan Banghart – 1992 Dodge – 342.13 ft

2^nd– AJ Eilert – 1994 Dodge – 313.10 ft

3^rd– Russ Horns – 1996 Dodge – 305.89 ft

4^th– Matt Heideman – 2005 GMC – 256.80 ft

Hot Work Stock

1^st– Jeremy Stickney – 2005 Dodge – 266.27 ft

2^nd– Daniel Topham – 2006 Ford – 250.71 ft

3^rd– Matthew Schepler – 2013 Ford – 248.61 ft

4^th– Zack Larson – 1998 Dodge – 229.98 ft

5^th– John Topham - 2003 Ford – 224.04

Work Stock

1^st- Kaleb Henebry – 2001 Chevy – 290.22 ft

2^nd– Matthew Schepler – 2013 – 238.27 ft

3^rd– Garret Kruger – 2001 Ford – 223.99 ft

4^th– Zack Larson – 1998 Dodge – 209.67 ft

5^th– John Schmidt – 2005 Excursion – 193.69 ft

6^th– Nick Manhart – 2009 Ford – 182.84 ft

7^th– Logan Klingson – 2015 Chevy – 175.82 ft

Open Class

1^st– Bronson Gibbons – 1942 Ford – 306.60 ft

2^nd– Mark Gibbons – 1942 Chevy – 301.18 ft

3^rd– Brandon Kibbee – 1952 Big Hooker – 296.47 ft

4^th– Will Gibbons – 1975 Ford – 282.38 ft

Dyno Competition

Highest Horsepower/Chevy – Michael Duesbur

Highest HP Ford – Brook Huffman

Highest HP Dodge – Leo Kochanowicz

Where did DPFdelete originate? The rollin smoke kids?

By Larry "Gene" Mohney

Wrong! It originated in the rural areas by farmers who bought the new trucks for their farms. It didn't take long for the farmers to load it up and take it out into the fields to either unload feed, bales or equipment, then leave it running so it would be warm when they hopped back in the truck!

Guess what? The truck went into regen for the DPF while idling and in field grass it caught on fire!!!

Yep burned it to the ground with all of their feed or equipment in it. Now most farms/farmers buy 1-10 trucks at a time so you can imagine how the local dealer felt when he demanded he take all of them back and give him his old trucks back!

I know many rural dealers and or shops who secretly handle these requests in order to
KEEP selling their trucks!

Once local workers and rural users of diesels found out about the benefits of deleting the DPFs then the trend took shape and before you know it everyone was wanting it done!

Many companies formed and literally made millions of dollars offering the kits/programmers to do so for the truck market.

Then what is seen on social media/youtube (rollin coal) started up the bad image of diesel trucks, smoking the girl on the side of the road or the Prius at the stop light. As you can imagine this is not going to turn out good!

The kids doing it was less than 5% of all of the diesel users but that is what the public saw to draw the attention.

I constantly asked the big 3 OEMs to make their diesel trucks powerful, add efficient turbos and injectors, etc in order to comply to demand what people want including a cleaner burn.

Still not up to the standards of European diesels but they are better and many I know do nothing to their new trucks because of the warranty and service. The reason we are not up to par with Europe is the quality of the fuel! Studies have been done to show up to 30% less additives and chemicals are in the US version of diesel fuel so it will burn more efficient and clean.

As always Americans adapt to the environment and innovate in order to adapt to best fit their conditions or vehicles. Today's standards of fuel injection and electronic ignition is because of what was innovated in the 50/60s in order to run faster and more power in certain vehicles.

Americans have been raised to be individuals and change the rules if they don't fit what you are trying to get done in your life - adapt and improvise! Hmmm sounds like a good movie for automotive minded people!

Keystone Nationals benefits FFA - huge turnout!

Keystone Nationals sponsored by Forrester New Holland Equipment held every year for over 15 years raising funds for the FFA - giving back to the community that the sport of pulling came from in the past. This is a 3 day event showing sled pulling with tractors and trucks in a in-door arena under a huge show room where locals can view the tractors and trucks before they pull everyday.

It is a great event attended by competitors and enthusiasts from 6 states and Canada. There is a vendor section which is where DIESEL Motorsports setup and talked to people. DIESEL Motorsports also hosted the HOT WorkStock class along with Hassler Diesel for the first time at the event. These HOT WorkStock trucks are licensed street trucks that have all modifications done to them so they are high horsepower trucks.

This is a family event with all ages attending at the Pennsylvania Farm Complex in Harrisburg Pennsylvania which is the capital of the state. A very large complex near downtown Harrisburg so you get to see the historic city along with the famous Civil War Museum - one of the best to see in the country.

The horsepower on these tractors are un-believable and they put on quite the show for the attendees. Our diesel trucks put on a great show with two classes a 8000 lb diesel unlimited class and our HOT WorkStock class. 

The finals were held on Saturday with a afternoon and evening session combining over 160 hooks for the finals. Pull-offs were done on Thursday and Friday in order to get to Saturday. This is a grass-roots event that attracts rural people for rural entrainment and farmers who like to see tractors and trucks taken to the limits of power.

Also early Saturday the kids got to take part with a kid-peddle tractor competition pulling a metal plate on a track just like the big guys. Involving the entire family brigs the sport up from the youth to the experienced competitors.

DIESEL Motorsports has sponsored this event for many years and now participated with a class of diesel trucks, it was a lot of fun! We got to see a lot of rural people and passed out a lot of information for our future events and for our sponsor's products.

Winners listed below for the HOT WorkStock Class:

FFA Keystone Nationals - Harrisburg PA March 16th
HOT WorkStock Results
1. Nick Wenger 251.34
2. Nicholas Stalnaker 248.75
3. Ross Harter 245.08
4. Wes Kless 240.73
5. Cisco Raffi 235.19
6. Jade Georgetti 229.61
7. Derek Borden 227.26
8. Thomas Hassler 211.03
EX. Benny Stone 228.97
EX. Gregg Slingluff 95.43
DQ. Jill Heining 0

Why the STREET trucks are important for the sport . . . DIESEL Motorsports!

DIESEL Motorsports has always put importance on the street truck and individual because the numbers are larger than the upper classes. But that wasn't the main reason, the main goal is for street trucks to become upper class racers or pullers.

That's right it builds the sport in numbers not to mention they buy our sponsor's products - more!

I know my english is horrible but this is how we think lol!

The larger the numbers not only in participation but also buying products from our sponsors, pretty important in order to keep the sport alive and growing for the future.

It also helps the local shops when our beginning classes want more power and when they break something during competition. The shops help sell the products which keeps the warehouses busy which keeps the manufacturers busy!

Imagine how that works, it is like a chain reaction up and down the line. DIESEL Motorsports now has 2 street classes for pulling - WorkStock and HOT WorkStock! Racers will soon have 2 classes, watch for a major announcement soon!

We still have a great spot for upper classes and still pay more than the local events so we are not ignoring them. Some of the fastest times and distances are run by the upper classes and we honor these guys every year at the PRI Show!

Something NEW will soon be announced within the month for those winners too!

Benefit Pull in a couple of weeks!

DIESEL Motorsports will be helping again with the Keystone National Indoor Sled Pull and this entire event benefits the state FFA (Future Farmers of America)! Our entire registration was donated to the cause and we will be taking donations at our booth, so any of you who support our young farmers please come by the booth during the 3 day event!

Giving back to the community that supports our sport is important to not only DIESEL Motorsports but also our sponsors. They all come from rural roots who knows what it is like living and raising our youth in a rural community.

This indoor sled pull has been held for many years and I know DIESEL Motorsports has been supporting it for over 10 years. This year we are sponsoring and holding a pulling class that is fairly new - the HOT WorkStock class. It is street trucks with hot high performance drivetrains including map-groove turbos. This class is also sponsored by a well known local shop Hassler Diesel Performance which as 2 trucks in the pull along with many customers.

DIESEL Motorsports will have a booth there every day so come by and see us. We will have sponsor's swag, decals and info on this year's events.

For tickets go to this site:
https://www.keystonenationalspull.com/tickets?fbclid=IwAR2aYnOYdeWZSNyBpAHZ22hrhSV9z9mnYzEz6JbY_vnOUcHLHF_Nydgsd-E


For info go to this site: https://keystone-nationals-indoor-truck--tractor-pull.ticketleap.com/2019-keystone-nationals/

Our site: https://www.facebook.com/events/768887596823886/?active_tab=discussion

It is a great way to start the season and DIESEL Motorsports looks forward to seeing everyone there.

Getting ready for 2019 - DIESEL Motorsports!

So much opportunities are available for the sport going into the new year! DIESEL Motorsports first event is a benefit pull at the Keystone Nationals in Harrisburg PA for the FFA! Hosting and sponsoring a HOT WorkStock class for the first time at this indoor pull we had over 30 applicants for just 10 invitational spots! Hassler Diesel and PPE is helping us sponsor this event for the 3 day indoor pull.

This is telling me that diesel truck is still alive and kicking big time when it involves the street trucks with LOTS of power! This industry was built on power but the past couple of years I feel a lot of enthusiasts have been left behind because they could not afford some of the upgrades required for the classes in pulling and racing.

It seem the shops can afford the trucks because of their resources and labor but an individual had a hard time because it was their cash in hand. I had reports from all of the shops across the country that trucks are being rebuilt but going for high HP on the street level! That is an equal level so things don't break so often which means they still want a bad ass truck but running everyday so they can use it!

DIESEL Motorsports has already made the adjustment in our classes by providing new classes in pulling and racing for the high horsepower street truck! Make sure to watch for updates made on our blog here and we will keep you informed!