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Comin’ In Hot—U.C.C. 2025

There isn’t a busier event in the diesel industry than the Ultimate Callout Challenge, and this year there will somehow be even more to see and more to do than at any time in UCC history. Friday (May 30th), gates open to the public at 9 am and Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park doesn’t shut down until midnight. Day 1 will feature U.C.C. competitors hitting the drag strip, qualifying for ODSS, a KC Turbos-sponsored burnout competition, and the yearly all-day fan dyno session. Saturday, the U.C.C. dyno challenge goes down, along with the ODSS finals, the brand-new Seventy 2 Fast class, and the Amsoil show ‘n shine awards. Sunday brings the sled pull finale for U.C.C., followed by the U.C.C. award ceremony and a Fleece Performance Engineering-sponsored truck pull put on by the Epic Pulling League.

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A 6.4L Power Stroke Competing In 3.0

If you remember this Super Duty as a Pro Street pulling truck (i.e. 2.6 smooth bore), you won’t find it there anymore. Over the winter, Andrew Kicak transformed his 6.4L-powered Ford into a dual rear-wheel, Limited Pro Stock rig (3.0 smooth bore)—and it’s just about go time for his new whip. It’s a bold power plant to campaign in a pulling category where it’s believed an engine turning out at least 1,500 hp is what it takes to win. We’re not sure how many ponies Andrew’s 6.4L produces, but we do know it sounds positively wicked. Look for the “American Ride (Chapter III)” to shake things up in one of the most competitive pulling classes on the planet this summer.

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It Costs How Much?? 2026 Mustang GTD

If you're looking to get yourself a GTD, it's not as easy as just placing an order. Ford has an approval process for GTD sales. This means that getting pricing is not the easiest thing either. A few months back Ford Authority somehow sourced pricing and released sales numbers on the 2025 GTD. The car started (at the time) at $325k and went up to $429k with all options checked. Remember, this is not any Mustang; it's a legit street-legal race car. And one of the fastest to run the Nürburgring straight from the factory floor (sorta..). Well, new numbers have been leaked and it looks as though the cost may actually be over $600k for a fully loaded GTD. We'll take two... 

Source: https://fordauthority.com/2025/05/2025-ford-mustang-gtd-pricing-tops-600k-with-options/ 

NHRDA Truckin’ In Tulsa

The NHRDA season rolls into Oklahoma this weekend for the Truckin’ In Tulsa event held at Tulsa Raceway Park. A full race program will include everything from Sportsman to Top Diesel, with qualifying and grudge racing going down on Friday night (along with an onsite chassis dyno and a big-rig light show). Saturday, the final rounds of drag race qualifying will take place before heading into eliminations, a show ‘n shine will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the dyno will be printing dyno graphs from 9 to 5, and a burnout contest will cap off the weekend.

Source: https://nhrda.com/

The Purple People Eater

A good day at the track has been a longtime coming for Steven Giordano and his Cummins-swapped and 48RE-shifted ‘95 OBS Ford, and on Saturday he got it. After a winter chock full of upgrades and updates that included an AAM 1150 swap, a 3.73 re-gear, lightweight brakes, and a massive GTR60 from Forced Inductions added to his compound arrangement, Steven’s old-school F-250 went 6.18 at 117 mph in the eighth-mile. Trying the next tune in his arsenal, the truck blew all four slicks off on the following pass, killing Steven’s chance of getting the elusive 5.90 ET he wants. However, we have a feeling he’ll be in the 5’s soon enough.

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Who Will Be The First To Offer A ZF 8-Speed Swap?

Without a doubt, the new ZF-built eight-speed automatic transmission is a hit in the ’25 Ram heavy duties, which begs the question as to who will be first-to-market in offering an eight-speed swap for 68RFE equipped Ram trucks? All indications are that Firepunk Diesel is about to get to the bottom of finding out if it’s feasible. Once available, and presuming it holds up as well as it does in the gas world (where it literally changed everything for Ram 1500 series trucks), the ZF unit has the potential to give ’07.5-’24 Cummins owners a massive upgrade over the Chrysler-built 68RFE. But even beyond that, the eight-speed could be an attractive swap for 47/48RE owners that use their trucks to tow.

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