Day Two:
Steele, Alabama
The second day saw more problems for Project X, as a deeper set of cogs couldn't be found, and the 2.70 gears were still in place. To make matters worse, a wastegate leak meant Project X was having a very hard time spooling at the line, which meant, yep you guessed it, another 13-second pass-well off the 11.50-second pace of last year. Craig and Dennis rattled off another high 11-second run before venturing on to the next track ahead of everyone else. The Dr. Performance 6.7L continued to thwart every attempt at making the truck more powerful, and the 13.2-second run in test-'n'-tune couldn't be duplicated. Mike threw some bigger nitrous jets in his Mustang, yet still continued his 10.30-second pace. The big news for Mike was that after the first day, he had gotten better fuel mileage than any other vehicle in the event, including the rental cars! After the first day, the diesel-powered Stang had gotten an unreal 33 mpg, not bad for a 10-second car!
Day Three:
Montgomery, Alabama
Day three saw an unfortunate event: Craig Colburn's mother passed away, and Craig and Dennis had to hightail it back to Bowling Green, Kentucky, before the start of the Montgomery race. It was too bad, since the truck had run a Drag Week-best 11.85 seconds at 116 mph the previous day. With a 300-mile drive to the next track, all of the diesel class competitors elected to just make a couple runs and then head out. Mike's Mustang was still running low 10s, Kenny was still running low 13s, and Greg was still fighting turbo issues and running low 13s with big mph trap speeds.
 Packing for five days can...  Packing for five days can be quite a chore, which meant not only was the bed of Project X full, the cab was too. |  A humungoid turbo from Industrial...  A humungoid turbo from Industrial Injection was added to Project X, along with this cool header. Unfortunately, wastegate and converter issues kept the 5.9L Cummins-powered truck from running the times it should have. |  Dennis and Craig were the...  Dennis and Craig were the early birds of the group, usually only making one pass at about 10 a.m. before heading to the next track. |
 Perhaps the biggest buzz of...  Perhaps the biggest buzz of the event, diesel or not, was generated by Mike Woods and his 6.6L Duramax-powered diesel Mustang. With more than 800 horsepower in a car that is half the weight of most diesel trucks, we expected big things out of Mike and his Mustang. |  Getting lost on the drive...  Getting lost on the drive between tracks was half the fun of Drag Week. Here Project 6.7 is seen turning around after making a wrong turn onto a dirt road. Oops. |  Here Project 6.7 gets the...  Here Project 6.7 gets the jump on an LS1-powered Corvette. At every track we went to, people were impressed by the quick times these diesel-powered vehicles were running. |