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there were also racers representing the 7.70 and 6.70 Index classes as well as Pro Street and Pro Modified racers giving fans a wide variety of vehicles to cheer on as they blasted down the strip.

With nearly $30,000 in payouts on the line, drivers in every class attacked the track with vigor to try to take home the first win of 2017. In the ET Bracket class, Mitchel Harkey took home the win with his 2006 Chevy making a 9.93 second 1/8-mile pass. Blake Miller won the 7.70 Index class with a 7.76 second run in his 2004.5 Dodge Ram. The 6.70 Index was decided by the holeshot when Banean Woosley and his 2005 Dodge took the win despite running a slower 6.79-second pass to Bruce Wilson’s 6.70. In Pro Street, Dustin Jackson drove his Cumminspowered 1994 Ford Lightning to an upset victory over 2016 Champion Lavon Miller with a 5.18-second run to Miller’s 5.32 (Miller also left early, triggering the red light and handing the win to Jackson). Two newly completed rigs went head to head in Pro Modified with Ryan Milliken’s Cummins-powered 1966 Chevy Nova taking the win over Michael Dalton’s Cummins-powered 2012 Ram 1500. Jared Jones in the Scheid Diesel dragster was the only competitor in the Pro Dragster class, but that didn’t stop the team from putting down low 4-second passes.

Throughout each day, while spectators were not cheering on the action at the track, they could peruse the booths of various manufacturers and vendors to see the latest and greatest parts and accessories the diesel world has to offer. Manufacturer representatives were on hand to advise showgoers on ways to improve their own trucks. Action was also taking place on the Dan’s Diesel Performance Reality Check mobile chassis dyno with 22 trucks going across the rollers on Friday and 25 trucks taking on the dyno on Saturday. The top dyno run of the day Friday was Chris Sheulin in his 2005 Dodge, which put more than 1,000 hp to the rear wheels. Saturday’s dyno action saw three trucks break the 1,000hp barrier, with Rusty Cordwell and his 2006 Dodge putting more than 1,100 hp to the rollers.

Rawlings Barnes debuted his 2WD Rudy’s drag truck by making some exhibition passes over the weekend and breaking into the 5s with a 5.998-second 1/8-mile pass, which makes it the quickest 6.4L Power Stroke truck that we know of.

With more than 8,000 spectators on hand, it’s no surprise that the grandstands were packed throughout the weekend.

In the 7.70 Index final Blake Miller drove his Dodge to the win over William Calloway’s GMC.

Mitchel Harkey and his Chevy took the win over Kyle Bassitt and his Dodge in the ET Bracket final.

Pro Street was stocked with heavy hitters making fast passes throughout the weekend. The final came down to Dustin Jackson and his Cummins-powered Lightning and 2016 ODSS Pro Street Champion Lavon Miller with Jackson coming out on top.

The 6.70 Index final was a Cummins battle with Banean Woosley and his white ’05 taking the win off the line with a better reaction time to Bruce Wilson’s ’12 Ram that ran a quicker ET.