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NHRA Sonoma Nationals – Results

This weekend’s NHRA race was a fun one. A new ET record was made by Matt Smith in Pro Stock Motorcycle; Doug Kalitta made the quickest run of the season so far at 3.649; we had several massive blower and engine explosions; it all ended with a very tight race between Tony Stewart and Anton Brown in TF with Anton coming out the winner by a 0.028 margin. Notable results from this weekend’s NHRA races in Sonoma are below.

FINAL ROUND:

Top Fuel: Antron Brown wins with a 3.746 @ 329.67 mph vs Tony Stewart 3.774 @ 321.73 mph

Funny Car: Bob Tasca III wins with a 4.088 @ 277.15 mph vs Ron Capps 4.725 @ 175.59 mph

Pro Stock: Aaron Stanfield wins with a 6.540 @ 209.98 vs Cory Reed 6.557 @ 209.65 

Pro Stock Motorcycle: Matt Smith wins with a 6.700 @ 203.77 mph vs John Hall 6.746 @ 200.26 mph

Competition Eliminator: Joshua Lee wins with a 8.862 @ 136.29 mph vs Steve Graham 7.686 @ 131.16 mph

Super Stock: Jim Grossi wins with a 8.500 @ 156.43 mph vs Justin Lamb 8.633 @ 149.12 mph

Stock Eliminator: Paul Calvert wins with a 13.902 @ 93.85 mph vs Jared Jordan 10.378 @ 114.31 mph (breakout) 

Super Comp: Allison McKoane wins with a 8.898 @ 176.56 mph vs Jerron Settles 8.857 @ 187.63 mph (breakout) 

Super Gas: Ryan Giacone wins with a 9.870 @ 160.18 mph vs John McKoane 9.864 @ 161.30 mph (breakout) 

Top Sportsman: David Cook wins with a 6.678 @ 207.94 mph vs Jeffrey Gillette 6.804 @ 196.33 mph

Top Dragster: Thomas Bayer wins with a 6.130 @ 223.58 mph vs David Myhre 7.476 @ 176.37 mph

Source: www.NHRA.com

Cummins and Ram Sued

More bad news for Cummins and Stellantis came this week via the Arizona Attorney General. The lawsuit looks to essentially mirror other lawsuits previously filed against the engine and auto manufacturers, again, based on illegal emissions defeat devices installed in the vehicles. Prior lawsuits resulted in fines being paid by Cummins to the tune of over $1.6 billion dollars, the second largest environmental penalty in history. The Arizona Attorney General estimates that more than 23,600 Ram’s equipped with the 6.7L Cummins exist in the state. Previous fines paid averaged roughly $1750 per vehicle. So, if the average fine stays true in this case, the State of Arizona could potentially be asking for well above $41 million from the manufacturers.

Cole Pesz to Compete in No Prep Kings

News released earlier this week from Drag Illustrated tells us that Cole Pesz, a long time racer who’s has countless hours helping on others’ campaigns as well as his own, has teamed up with Cody Cattle Co Racing to compete in the Street Outlaws No Prep Kings series. The first race will be just outside Spokane, Washington at the newly revamped Qlispe Raceway Park, August 16-17th. Look for the team on the track campaigning their 1967 Mustang bodied ProMod.

Source: www.dragillustrated.com

Diesel Prices Fall For Third Week In A Row

While it’s not much, it’s heading in the right direction. For the last 4 weeks in a row the average cost of diesel across the nation has dropped nearly 10 cents. For an over the road driver, this change could save thousands, for the rest of us? Just be happy the price is moving down. Experts state that this drop is due to a decline in oil prices due to a recent drop in demand with supplies that remain at the seasonal average. This drop, as we speculate, could also be due to a rising surplus in Russia. Russia has previously banned exports due to this surplus. Rumors are surfacing stating that this ban will stop soon. Russia simply cannot store the amount of oil they’re currently producing. Now the embargo on Russian fuel in the US would make many think that won’t affect us, however that would be untrue in today’s world economy. A massive change anywhere in the world will impact us all, eventually.

Image Credit: Green Handle Media

Upcoming Diesel Events

It’s truck event season! Get out there and enjoy some custom truck and racing events! Here’s a list of some of the most recent events happening across the country:

August 2-4 - Carlisle Truck Nationals - Carlisle, PA - https://www.carlisleevents.com/events/events-detail/index?id=truck+nationals

August 9-10 - Michiana Auto Mania - Elk Hart, IN - https://michianaautomania.com/

August 9-10 - Big Sky Truck Fest - Acton, MT - https://nhrda.com/pages/events-nhrda

August 23-24 - Scheid Diesel Extravaganza 2024 - Lyons, IN - https://www.scheiddiesel.com/scheid-diesel-extravaganza.html

September 8-9 - Lifted Truck Nationals - Jay, OK - https://www.liftedtrucknationals.com/

September 13-14 - NHRDA World Finals - Ennis, TX - https://nhrda.com/pages/events-nhrda

September 20-21 - Snyder Performance Engineering Outlaw Finals - New Alexandria, PA - https://tickets.thefoat.com/OutlawFinals/ODSS+Outlaw+Finals/tickets/id-gYEKaB6cuPpx/

September 28th - Truck Mania - Sacramento, CA - https://www.facebook.com/norcaltruckmania

ODSS Racer Prepares for Scheid Diesel Extravaganza

Paul Cato, a well known name in the diesel truck racing world, recently packed up his second gen Ram Cummins ProStreet truck and headed to US 60 Raceway for a testing session before the upcoming Scheid Diesel Extravaganza event in Lyons Indianna. Cato’s goal? According to Green Handle Media, to dial in the truck’s 60-foot times. Well get ready to see some 4-second passes from Cato. During the testing session Cato was able to consistently improve the times into the 1.2 second range.
Source: https://greenhandlemedia.com/2024/07/headlines-unstoppable-in-the-dirt/