SCHEID DIESEL EXTRAVAGANZA 2020
Josh Stahl kicked off the Pro Stock truck action just after 11 p.m. on Friday night. The second-gen Dodge he refers to as Thicker ‘N Blood was one of 23 trucks signed up to compete in the always-entertaining 3.6-inch smooth bore turbo class.
You don’t see a lot of yellow tractors out on the track these days, but that doesn’t stop Russ Yoder from campaigning one in the elite Pro Stock category. And on Friday night, it sure didn’t stop him and his “Xtra Butter” workhorse from finishing strong amid a sea of hot-running green machines. His Minneapolis Moline would go 300.04 feet before all was said and done on Friday, and he claimed Seventh Place footage on Saturday.
One of the more unique tractors on the Pro Stock circuit is Travis Kuhns’ Trailblazer—but that’s not because it’s a Massey Ferguson… The headers that protrude through the side shields indicate its V-8 means of propulsion. The 640ci eight cylinder Perkins turns out an estimated 3,500hp and emits one of the coolest exhaust notes you’ll here in the I-6 dominated class. Kuhns took the Trailblazer on a 318.5foot ride on Friday (Seventh Place), and ended up 16th out of 25 tractors on Saturday.
Two Chevy’s made the cut each night in the Pro Street diesel truck class, including Ronnie Hall’s nasty Mud Grappler-equipped ’06 Silverado called “Hall Pass.” His Duramax earned him the number one spot during Saturday’s qualifying session, and he followed it up that night with a Sixth Place distance of 320.34 feet.
Evan Ratcliff’s Ve-fueled first-gen was a strong contender in the ET Bracket class, even though he fought breakout issues. The old Dodge simply wanted no part of its 8.85-second dial-in, eventually breaking out with an 8.75. The day before, we watched Evan click off an 8.60 at 78 mph—proof that the Ve-pumped first-gen sends well over 400 hp to the wheels.
Watching an AGCO storm the track isn’t something you see a lot of in tractor pulling, especially in Pro Stock. Friday’s Ninth Place, 310.97foot hook proved just a warm-up for driver of the Young Blood machine, Brian Shramek. On Saturday, he returned for a Fourth Place, 328.7-foot encore.