More than 100 diesel big rigs, tow trucks and pickups will converge on the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Mo., Saturday, Oct. 20, for the first All-Diesel Drags.
The event is coordinated by the Diesel Drag Racing Assn., based in Eldridge, Mo. Some of the vehicles are able to accelerate from a standing start to more than 110 mph in a quarter-mile.
Joe Seaman Jr., Midwest coordinator for the association, races a 1984 Peterbilt. “We have some rigs that are prepared specifically for racing,” he told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “but most of the guys race in the rigs they use every day on the road.”
The Diesel Drag Racing Assn. has about 250 full-time members across the country and sponsors 13 races.
The event is coordinated by the Diesel Drag Racing Assn., based in Eldridge, Mo. Some of the vehicles are able to accelerate from a standing start to more than 110 mph in a quarter-mile.
Joe Seaman Jr., Midwest coordinator for the association, races a 1984 Peterbilt. “We have some rigs that are prepared specifically for racing,” he told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “but most of the guys race in the rigs they use every day on the road.”
The Diesel Drag Racing Assn. has about 250 full-time members across the country and sponsors 13 races.
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