Without a doubt, this year's Redneck Nationals kicked off a long list of must-attend diesel events for 2009. New to this event, Stuckey Racing combined its yearly drag race with Sun Coast Converters' annual open house, and thanks to Air Werks, TS Performance, Dynomite Diesel, and Competitiondiesel.com, the outlaw diesel eighth-mile event brought competitors and enthusiasts from all walks of life down to Holt, Florida. And, like all outlaw events, rules and complexities were kept to a minimum, allowing racers to just go out and do what they do best-race.
The day before diesels were set to tear up the track, Sun Coast held an open house at its shop in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where anything and everything transmission related was on display, including its bulletproof Duraflite transmission. In addition, the National Association of Diesel Motorsports brought its mobile dyno to the open house, as well as the track, so owners could see what kind of power they were making.
Eleven trucks showed up at the track to run in the Pro Street class, including four Duramax-powered HDs mixing it up with the Cummins boys. The Scheid diesel dragster was on hand and gave spectators a taste of blistering-fast speed, along with nearly a dozen 7.70-Second Index class entries, and more than 40 E.T. Bracket trucks, all going head to head throughout the day. With this kind of high competitor turnout, look for the Redneck Nationals to be even bigger next year with more outstanding side-by-side racing. Here's a look at some of the deep south action!
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