DYNOING & DRAG RACING AT ONE OF CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST EVENTS BY JASON SANDS
here’s a reason we keep coming back to the Golden State, as Northern California has become an unusual hotbed of diesel performance. There’s a big show contingent too, as lifted, lowered, and swapped trucks are numerous and well-executed. The dyno, provided by the Northwest Dyno Circuit, was spinning all day, as tons of trucks hit the rollers. There was drag racing, with numerous trucks on hand making 7, 6, and even 5-second eighth mile passes. A vendors row was also an attraction,
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as everything from clothes, to turbos, to transmissions were available for interested enthusiasts. One fun aspect of covering an event year-to-year is seeing the emergence and changing of trends. This year, probably one of the biggest new influences we saw was that of 6.0L Performance. A number of extremely hot Fords hit the dyno and track, where the respectively put down some of the best numbers and times of any vehicle in competition.
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