THE GREATEST SHOW IN DIESEL

were Super Farm tractors, Hot Rod Semis, and the top dogs of the diesel truck pulling world--super Stock diesels. Both nights also saw exhibition runs by the impossibly loud Wagler Performance two-wheel drive Super Modified truck. “That thing ain’t no diesel,” was a common sentiment, but it is--albeit with a big screw blower in place of normal turbochargers.

The Pro Pulling League’s classes started on Friday night, where the best of the best would battle to see who could come out on top. In the Diamond Eye Limited Pro Stock Diesel 3.0 Class it was Rob Wright in All Attitude, who’s won either Friday or Saturday night for the last five years in a row! After qualifying during the afternoon pulls, Eric Widman’s Big Red came in Second, with Josh Land’s The Crippler finishing third. Saturday would see Rob Wright (surprise!) winning again, followed by Adam White in the O’bryant Diesel entry, followed by Mac Cottrell in Cantankerous.

In the Diamond Pistons Pro Stock Diesel Truck (3.6) class, Friday night had Jacob Bair putting it on the whole field with a 311.51-foot pull, which meant he was handily ahead of Jared Cox in Boosted Outlaw, and Jim Greenway in the FASS Ballie Diesel truck, which both pulled 302 feet and some change. On Saturday Jared would get revenge, beating the Chapter 11 entry of Norman Newswanger and the Scheid diesel truck driven by Brad Ingram, with a 318.32-foot effort.

In the top truck class, the ARP Super Stock Diesel class, competition was fierce, as 16 trucks made the call to compete. On Friday, Scheid Diesel’s Kent Crowder was the spoiler by winning their own event with a killer 338.32-foot pull, followed by Cody Hastings in Against the Grain, and Shane Kellogg driving Trump, respectively. The story was different on Saturday Night however, as the field flipped, and Van Haisley in Rock Hard Ram and Josh Deeter in Up in Smoke would go

 Fords and Dodges seemed to dominate the show section, and then there were some that were both--like this compound turbo Cummins-powered Excursion.

 The Show n’ Shine presented by Purdue Diesel saw dozens of trucks on hand, many of which were downright classics, like the ultra-clean OBS Ford.

 A vendor’s row is also a big part of the Scheid Diesel Extravaganza, as Scheid had their own P-pump swap kit for those who get tired of replacing the VP44 injection pump on their Cummins engines.

 Looking for an education in diesel? Vincennes University has a Diesel Technology program that can lead directly into a job for graduates.

 Haisley Machine fields or sponsors a number of pulling trucks in the 3.0,3.6, and Super Stock classes. They had one of their 3,300-horsepower Super B engines on hand, so that onlookers could see just what powers the top-class pullers.

 Plowboy Diesel had their ‘70 Dodge powered by twin Cummins engines on hand for the second year in a row, and this time it was running! The innovative ride had twin radiators in the bed, and a massive single front intercooler for both engines.

 This beautifully done Ram looks like a show truck, and it is, but its also a very capable off road race rig. Nice to see an extremely well built show piece that actually gets used.