The indoor truck and tractor pulling circuit made its way to PA over the weekend for the 2025 Keystone Nationals, held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg. After qualifying second on Saturday morning, Michael Wilson and his late-model Super Duty (coined “Fred”) took the win in the 8,000-pound Limited Pro 3.0 Diesel Truck class later that night. Kyle Spickerman’s “Ol Genny” first-gen (shown) made it to the edge of the sand pile and ultimately claimed Third Place behind Matt Horst’s “Pushin’ The Limit” and Wilson. The three-day, five-session affair also entertained with 8,700-lb Limited Pro tractors, 8,500-lb Light Pro Stocks, 8,000-lb Super Stock Dual Fuel tractors, 9,300-lb Super Farms and 10,000 and 11,000-lb Pro Farms.
Source: https://keystonenationalspull.com/
A piece of automotive racing history will be on the auction block at this year's Mecum Auction in Glendale Arizona this week. Bob Bondurant is a racing icon, with a storied racing career of his own, Bob Bondurant is most well known recently for his racing school, which he started back in 1968. Unfortunately Mr. Bondurant passed in 2021, but his personal instruction car, the one he used at his school, a 1997 Roush SVT Cobra, is now for sale. The Mustang is of course, not stock. On top of everything Mr. Rousch did to the car, Bondurant had a custom race seat, a roll cage, a 6-point harness, a fire suppression system, and more installed on his personal car. With many iconic vehicles being bought lately by museums such as the Peterson Museum, we really hope this one ends up somewhere where the public can enjoy it.
Source: https://fordauthority.com/2025/03/bondurant-1997-ford-mustang-roush-svt-cobra-heading-to-auction/
Long before the weather warms up in the Midwest, one of the first outdoor truck and tractor pulls of the season will go down in Hammond, Louisiana. It’s called the “Showdown In The Swamp” and it brings some of the country’s heaviest hitters to the southeast region of the Pelican State. Sanctioned by the Mid-South Pullers Association (a member state of the Pro Pulling League), the event’s five action-packed classes include Pro Stock Diesel trucks, Limited Pro Stock tractors, Super Farm tractors, Light Limited Super Stock tractors, and Super Modified 2wd trucks. The two-night southern showdown kicks off Friday, March 28th at 7 pm, and once more the following night beginning at 6 pm.
Source: https://midsouthpullersassociation.com/
Only at DNR Customs will you find a brand-new diesel truck test-driven and then immediately torn apart. After taking delivery of a ’25 Ram 2500 with the revised, 430hp 6.7L Cummins and the all-new eight-speed ZF automatic transmission, the folks at DNR took the truck drag racing, towing, and then began pulling the cylinder head. Long story short, the latest Cummins-powered Rams can sprint from 0-to-60 mph in 6.59 seconds, cover the quarter-mile in 14.89 seconds, perform better than the 68RFE and the Aisin hooked to a trailer (although not lightyears better), and come equipped with a performance-friendly—though glow plug-equipped—big valve head. Give DNR Customs a follow on social media to see how far into the engine they plan to go.
This message brought to you courtesy of Long Range Gear, LLC: PUT OIL IN YOUR TRANSMISSION! The Springdale, Washington transmission experts shared this lack-of-lubrication carnage on Facebook last week as a reminder to all bolt-action owners that, just because it’s a manual gearbox, no transmission is immune to failure when it’s run bone-dry. Despite what many believe, the NV4500, NV5600, G56, or ZF-6 behind your average Cummins, Duramax, or Power Stroke has a hard enough life handling huge torque inputs in 8,000-plus pound applications—don’t add another weak link to the mix. Keep fluid in your hand-shaker!
Source: https://lrgdiesel.com/
This ungodly sight rolls into your shop. How are you rectifying the situation?… Rounded off, hammered on, chipped, cracked, busted apart and a perfect case of simple maintenance gone wrong on a 3.6L Pentastar, the safest path forward from here is likely to remove the entire filter module as a complete unit to disassemble it. Reason #143 why you don’t use an impact on components that should only be a smidgen past hand-tight. And rule #946 of mechanic-ing: never use a 12-point socket when a 6-point is the proper tool for the job.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177735570527777
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