Diesel Trucks For Children's Charities - Desert Thunder

Pat McSwain made it a family affair by winning Super Street after putting about 1,400 pounds of sandbags in the back of his truck to make weight. There were cash payouts for both Street and Super Street, which the McSwain family generously donated back to the event after their respective wins.

The hard-luck guy of the event was actually a girl. Angela Ulloth drove her truck 500 miles to the event, only to have a driveshaft break and rip apart the transfer case. Since she couldn't even put it in two-wheel drive, it looked like it would be a long walk home. Fortunately, Betty Sutherland from Sutherland Diesel, Joel Gooch, and Craig Johnson helped get her back on the road again a few days after the event.

Even with cut tires and 1,800 hp, Scott Vorhees had trouble getting ahold of the track and pulled "only" 297 feet.

Kat McSwain took the win in Street, with a 272-foot pull that was about 10 feet ahead of the rest of the field.

Cole Dow had an intimidating first-gen Dodge with a P7100 pump providing the fuel instead of the power-limited Bosch VE pump. His truck also weighs in at a little over 6,000 pounds, so he was able to hang nearly 2,000 pounds off the front and still make weight.

John Esteves used his lifted 700hp Duramax to take a Fourth Place finish in Super Street.

This Duramax-powered dualie used its traction advantage to take one of the top spots in the Street class.