WHEN THE STARS ALIGN

AT THE 2018 STARLITE DIESEL DYNO & UNITED PULLERS EVENT

There are only three or four things that a truck owner can legitimately brag about. Whose truck is fastest. Whose truck can drag a sled the farthest in the dirt. Whose truck gets the best fuel mileage. Whose truck makes the most horsepower. The diesel competition circuits all over the country help iron out some of these arguments and guarantee your right to brag to your buddies—should your truck have what it takes to win, of course. On June 16, 2018, the Northwest Dyno Circuit, Starlite Diesel and the United Pullers Association all joined forces and hosted a big dyno and sled pull event in Morgan, Utah, that brought out more than 100 competitors and a big crowd to watch it all go down.

The dyno competition ran all morning long beside the fairgrounds arena, where spectators were able to sit out on the bleachers for a good view of the action under the shade of the barn roof. Like all NWDC events, the competition is divided based on turbocharger size, with stock GM, Dodge and Ford classes—obviously for factory turbocharged trucks only. Small Single (under 70mm), Large Single (over 71mm), Small Twin (under 80mm), Large Twin (over 81mm) and Unlimited are the more high-powered modified classes. New for the 2018 Starlite Dyno Competition was a Street Truck Challenge, where competitors willing to pay the entry fee were able to compete in both the dyno and sled pull to collect points based on their placing in each. It was winner take all—all the prize money and the bragging rights.

The newest Superflow portable dyno offers great consistency and seemed to be putting out fair numbers for the day, with most everyone who competed going home happy with their numbers. The higher elevation made it a challenge for a few to get turbos to light, but at the end of the day the smiling faces told us it was a successful event. Paul Mcclure’s lowered LBZ dually made the top Stock GM number on the day at 564 hp. Trevor Lee had the best-running Stock Ford on the day with 703 hp, and Bryon Dodd’s 528 hp was enough for first place in Stock Dodge. The Small Single

 Cody Chynoweth became one of three guys to surpass the 2,000-horse mark on the day. While this beautiful red Chevrolet looks the part, don’t let it fool you. That horsepower comes from a fire-breathing, tripleturbo Cummins powerplant built by Industrial Injection.