Brace yourself. You're about to experience 43 pages of the most powerful, capable, and technically advanced diesel trucks on the planet. We call it Diesel Power Challenge, and for 2009, our event has returned to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to bring 14 trucks together to battle in five torturous tests. The Diesel Power Challenge is the only place on earth you'll find this caliber of Power Stroke, Cummins, and Duramax mills competing on the dyno, dragstrip, highway, and sled pulling arena.
We begin our quest each year by inviting Diesel Power readers from all over the world to enter their rigs in our three-day event (see page 84 for the 2010 entry form). From the submissions we receive, we pick five Fords, five Dodges, and five Chevys or GMCs and instruct the contestants to assemble in a central location for our private event.
Yet, unlike other motorsports, the Diesel Power Challenge is as much a science lab as it is a competition. Our goal is to find the reader with the most versatile diesel-powered truck, and because of that, we have very few rules. The rules we do have are simply intended to keep this a competition of real trucks. To that end, we require competitors run the same tires for the entire event. They are welcome to use any street-legal tire they wish, but they have to run whatever tire they choose for all five events. On top of that, they need to bring a vehicle that is registered and insured and is able to drive more than 100 miles on public roads and highways.
Almost sounds easy, right? Hardly! But it is the best test of man and diesel-powered machine in North America, and one that we're honored to share with you now.
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