Craig Johnson and his crew from Big Power Diesel put on another great event. And Brian Massetti and his crew from MLM Motorsports did a great job with their Terminator sled.
It was arguably the smoothest SoCal pulling event ever.
I was bummed that Tom Colesanti had a clutch issue and could not pull. He was serving in Afghanistan just over a week ago, and they burned the midnight oil to get the truck ready, but it was not to be.
It was like old times. Craig, Timmmmmmyy, Tom, Scott, Massetti, Betty, Nick, Doug, MikeL, heck, it was almost a reunion instead of a pull. Even Steve Cole was there.
The track was clay and gripped more like asphalt than dirt. They kept it well maintained, and ran 2 tracks (one sled) just in case it got tore up.
WorkStock was the largest class. Probably 50% of all entries. I forget the name of the driver, (sorry
) but a Dmax Dually pulled first and went full-pull. One of the rules for this event is that either the sled operator or the puller could request a second pass on the first pull. Massetti tightened up the sled and the Dually re-pulled. He repulled and and went ~204', and none of the first 21 trucks could match it. Then up comes the
Blonde LBZ Mafia: Kat driving Wendy and Chantel driving the Neensmobile. Kat nails it right off the line running a skip-shift program, clicks into 3rd, and ZOOM! She is gone. 234'? Then Chantal in her first pull ever, follows it up with a 211'? pull. Dmaxes go 1-2-3 followed by Betty's 6.7 Dodge. Then for dessert, Johnny hooks up his Killer Kodiak for an exhibition pass, and nearly drags it out of the fair.
There were only 3 trucks in 2.6, all Dodge, IIRC. Don't remember the results.
SuperStreet had Nick D'amico pull to an early lead, with his exhaust manifolds and risers glowing red, then yellow. It took a very long time for him to spool up, and the announcer started joking about it. Doug Linsey pulled just shy of D'amico's pull, then near the end John Esteves set the mark that nobody could match, even though he was having troubles keeping in the powerband. Matt pulled very well as aslo, and Dmaxes were 1-2-3-4 in a class normally dominated by Dodges.
Scott Voorhees in Big Bad Dodge did the Grand Finale, and it certainly was. Beautiful truck, and it runs HARD. If they didn't flag him at 340' he would have driven the truck home.
There were also modified tractors running, one with an Allison V12 that briefly caught fire, and another tractor with a jet engine.
Thanks out to all the competitors and crew, everyone was professional and certainly helped the event run smooth.
And I'd like to offer special thanks to Mike D with his 6.4 Ford. Regardless of interwebbythingy smack-talkin', he was professional and pulled well. There has not been much of a Ford presence at our SoCal pulls, and we need Fords there for the fans. Thanks to all the Ford Crew for showing up and throwing it down.
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