
While the Indy race car drivers get the glory, they'd be high and dry without the team of drivers that get the race cars to the event.
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HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park donned a nomex fire suit to take a ride in a two-seat Indy Car at the Honda Toronto Indy race weekend.
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Mack commands a strong presence in the Class 8 market east of the Mississippi, but it's working to grow its market share on the West Coast. HDT editors got to meet two very different customers.
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A little friendly competition found Rush Truck Center technicians and a top Nascar pit crew working together to catch the eye of tech school students.
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The Bandit Series is looking to bring big rig racing back to America. One of the series' permier sponsors, Minimizer, invited HDT to attend the thrid race on the circuit at the Montgomery Motor Speedway, just outside Mongomery, Alabama. Minimizer chief Craig Kruckeburg likes to take his turn behind the wheel, and provided fans with some excitement when a mix-up in turn four put his Ford tractor into the wall. But no one was hurt and a good time was had by all. Photos: Jack Roberts
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When Cummins entered its #28 Special race car in the 1952 Indianapolis 500, it wasn't looking to get into the racing business. It was trying to prove a point about diesel engines, and boy, did they succeed. Equipment Editor Jim Park met got a close look at the car at the launch event of Cummins 2017 engine lineup in July.
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Read More →After nearly a month since its inaugural event, big rig racing -- returning to the U.S. after a 22-year hiatus -- is heating up with race events two weekends in a row.
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Continental Tire the Americas has been named the tire sponsor of the ChampTruck truck racing series in 2015.
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Big-rig truck racing is returning to the U.S. for the first time since 1993 with the Meritor ChampTruck World Series for the 2015 season.
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