Banks Sidewinder NHRDA Diesel Drags Update!
- Thread starter jbarker@bankspower
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Well I had to leave the event a little early to catch a flight. Hopefully I'll get some more update info when I get back to the office tomorrow. The following is from another forum posted by the NHRDA:
The 2010 MBRP Diesel Drag Race Series got kicked off at Speedworld Dragstrip on March 6th 2010 with the 3rd Annual Desert Diesel Nationals , Sponsord by ITP and Strictly Diesel.
This event produced several records including
Spectator Attendance - Over 8,000
Diesel Alley - 23 vendors
Top Diesel National Record - Banks Power
Super Street National Record - Shawn Ellerton
The NHRDA wants to thank all the competitors and spectators and Sponsors that made this event such a huge success.
We also want to thank everyone at Speedworld Dragstrip for all the hard work and preperation they did to make the Desert Diesel Nationals the biggest event they have had in quite a while.
The NHRDA road show is heading for Texas to start promoting the 2nd Annual Texas Diesel Nationals at the Motor Plex on April 10th 2010 , and with over 35,000 free tickets being handed out this should be another record setting event and yet another step towards the 2010 NHRDA World Championship in Topeka Kansas on September 25th
The 2010 MBRP Diesel Drag Race Series got kicked off at Speedworld Dragstrip on March 6th 2010 with the 3rd Annual Desert Diesel Nationals , Sponsord by ITP and Strictly Diesel.
This event produced several records including
Spectator Attendance - Over 8,000
Diesel Alley - 23 vendors
Top Diesel National Record - Banks Power
Super Street National Record - Shawn Ellerton
The NHRDA wants to thank all the competitors and spectators and Sponsors that made this event such a huge success.
We also want to thank everyone at Speedworld Dragstrip for all the hard work and preperation they did to make the Desert Diesel Nationals the biggest event they have had in quite a while.
The NHRDA road show is heading for Texas to start promoting the 2nd Annual Texas Diesel Nationals at the Motor Plex on April 10th 2010 , and with over 35,000 free tickets being handed out this should be another record setting event and yet another step towards the 2010 NHRDA World Championship in Topeka Kansas on September 25th
And your whinny little comment pertains to this thread how? If you have/have had a problem with Banks service start another thread with evidence and not hear say.
I can't say for sure but I think the Scheid rail may have run a low seven up here a mile high.
Bryce
There 1/4 mile time has nothing to do with there 60' NOR there 1/4 mile time
Jim perhaps your track time is?
Bob: Jim what did ya do in the 1/4?
Jim: I ran a 12.8 BUT the company i bought my exhaust from delivered it same day!
Bob: So that equates to a 12.6
Jim: Exactly!
Great post Jim:rofl:
For those that couldn't be there, and while we wait for video from this weekend, here's what the new engine combo sounds like:
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When I was there, it didn't get into the 9's.
It's a systemic issue that has nothing to do with Scheid or drag racing.
The "12v Internet Spectator Club" has misrepresented diesel drag racing for so long, that the typical diesel hotrodder can no longer rely on internet for a source of race results:
True or False - A typical ProStreet event has 20 or more entries.
F, if it has ever happened once, it wasn't a published event. The average is perhaps 4 entries.
True or False - ProStreet racing was reduced to 1/8th mile due to safety considerations.
F, the 1/8th move started well before any mention of safety. Only when racers balked at it was safety added as a reason, but they never supplied any data that safety had become a problem. They posted a 1/8th mile only race truck that crashed due to driver error, AND he walked away unhurt.
True or False - The 12v's run the same rules as the Fords and Chevy's.
F, 12v entries often are permitted to ignore written race rules that have eliminated other brands from competition events. Even though many rulebooks are written with 12v entries in mind.
True or False - 12v ProStreet trucks could be driven on the street if they changed tires and put on a plate.
F, perhaps Stuckey's truck could, the most other 12v trucks are essentially drag cars. A max effort 9 sec Duramax is more of a street vehicle than a 11 second 12v is. The changes required to make the 12v put out 700+ HP aren't compatible with street operation.
True or False - The Scheid Dragster runs consistant 7's or quicker.
F, it still has issues with reliability (as do all the max effort 12v racers), it is not Indestructible as was posted by the 12vISC. I've seen it run at least 3 times, and it never ran quick once.
True or False - My truck never ran a 10 sec ET.
F, it has done it many times with thousands watching. This is the latest rumor by the 12vISC, even though the rumor starters have been at the start line watching it run. It's one of the few to put 3 different drivers into the 10's on the same day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6sm0lFKmXU
True or False - CompD (the business arm of the 12vISC) has the goal of supporting diesel competition in all it's forms.
F, they are there to turn a fast buck and get free parts. None of the founders were racers, pullers, etc. They support or oppose various race efforts purely based on financial benefit to them. They are into marketing, not racing.
Video is up!! From the cameras mounted on the top of the rail facing front and back Enjoy!
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That is a great video, thanks for posting. I'd like to see one of the last run when Wes was doing some serious driving. Again thanks for coming to Whittmann and really looking forward to seeing it run in Bowling Green.:thumb:
Thos are part of the oil system, they aren't attached to the turbos. Here's a better shot of it, they attach to the the blue fitting on top of the valve cover:
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