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The Scheid Diesel Extravaganza, which is the gold standard of diesel pick-up truck events, continued its rich tradition at Wagler Motorsports Park thanks to the efforts of Scheid Diesel Service Co. Racers and pullers from all over the USA came together for a wild weekend of diesel-fueled torque and RPM-driven HORSEPOWER!

It was a great weekend for Team SSfueled in Outlaw Diesel Super Series drag racing action over at the strip. Mattie Graves and the Hollyrock Customs team got the Pro Dragster win in their twin turbo Duramax-powered rail, complete with S&S fuel system and MoTeC electronics package.

During Friday’s qualifying session, Ben Shadday and the Done Right Diesel Parts team ran a 4.160 at 178.44 to reset the Pro Mod ET record. The S&S Diesel Motorsport-fueled, MoTeC-controlled, Wagler Competition Products-powered, Corvette was on rails for the weekend, and Shadday went on to take the Pro Mod win.

Johnny Gilbert and the Stainless Diesel team had bittersweet experience during qualifying, running a personal best of 4.212, but then put the WMP sand pit and safety net to the test when the parachutes malfunctioned. Gilbert and the car are a little banged up, but both will be back on the track soon. More importantly, the track shutdown safety measures worked, and Johnny walked away.

Brett Marcum and the Hard Knocks Racing Team (aka Team Waffle House) ran a perfect 5.900 during Outlaw 5.90 qualifying to earn the top spot. Marcum ran a series of 5.90s through eliminations all the way to a final round win against fellow Team SSfueled member, Travis Trent. Congratulations to Marcum on the win and to Trent for runner up!

S&S pump man, Daniel Wint, went three rounds in ET Bracket, making it to the quarter finals in his SSfueled hot shot truck on drag radials. The white 2003 Dodge has proven to be a reliable cross-country tow pig, and a consistent 9.20 drag truck. It’s also a testament to the durability and versatility of an S&S 12mm CP3 with an SP3000 mechanical supply pump, racking up thousands of towing miles and supporting the S&S 100% over early 5.9 Cummins injectors when needed.

Thanks to hard work by the Wagler Motorsports Park team, the twin track was on point for Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League (PPL) action.

In the Pro Stock Diesel Trucks class that is dominated by p-pumped 12-valve Cummins power plants, a few SSfueled common rail V8s are holding their own, and one of them is NOT a Duramax.

For Pro Stock Diesel Trucks on Friday night, Matt Schaefer finished 10^th out of 22 in his Duramax-powered late 50s Chevy, “Banana Max.” A few places down to 13^th, was Nathan Vegh in “Jumping Jack Flash,” a Hypermax Engineering 6.7 Power Stroke-powered Ford Super Duty. The pulling world is full of Cummins-powered Fords, and it’s refreshing to see a team that stays true to the brand.

Saturday night in Pro Stock Diesel Trucks Nathan Vegh took 15^th in “Jumping Jack Flash,” Jeremy Beetz got 18^th in “Durty Deere,” and Matt Schaefer finished 19^th in “Banana Max.”

The Scheid Diesel Extravaganza brings in some of the toughest diesel truck pulling competition in all of the land. When the competition is tight and the truck count is high, qualifying pulls are needed in order to keep the number of hooks reasonable for each class. Pro Street Diesel Trucks and Limited Pro Diesel Trucks are two widely-popular classes that require such thinning, only taking the top (6 for Pro Street and 10 for Limited Pro) trucks from each of the twin tracks.

Four SSfueled Limited Pro Diesel Trucks made it into the show on Friday night. After winning his qualifying pull during the day, Jordan Kinderman earned 3^rd place in “Cummin Get It,” and Paul Richardson followed up in 4^th with “Fancy Hooker;” both using the Freedom Racing Engines/S&S Diesel Motorsport combo. The Loucks brothers, Matt and Garrett, finished 19^th and 20^th with “Night Howler” and “Wire Fired.”

On Saturday night four SSfueled trucks qualified for the Limited Pro Diesel Trucks session and Brian Shew took the win in “Iron Maiden,” Adam Hallien drove “Wrecker” to 6^th place, Evan Davis earned 9^th in “Grey Area”, and Matt Loucks secured 17^th in “Night Howler.”

On Friday, Ronnie Hall won the Pro Street Diesel Trucks qualifier in “Hall Pass” during the day. In the Friday night show Hall got 9^th and Jon Shew secured 10^th in “Iron Patriot.”

In the Pro Street Diesel Trucks Saturday night show, Jon Shew got 7^th in the “Iron Patriot,” Ronnie Hall earned 10^th in “Hall Pass,” and Lee Stiltz was 11^th in “Privileged.”

Not one to let her old man get all of the glory, Nora Wint drew on three generations of International Harvester pride, and pedaled that little red tractor to a Pedal Tractor Pull win. It’s a good day when one of our own gets a W, no matter how small.

The success of the Scheid Diesel Extravaganza (SDX) remained uncertain after changing venues, and then was further compounded by a global pandemic.  It’s safe to say that the staff of Scheid Diesel Service Co. and Wagler Motorsports Park pulled it off, and delivered a great event worthy of the twenty-plus year reputation. S&S Diesel Motorsport is extremely proud to have sponsored the Friday Night Grudge Racing (which was postponed until the next ODSS race due to a quick rainstorm) and exhibited alongside many other reputable companies.

Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League (PPL) put on a great show as usual. Several members of Team SSfueled claimed ultimate victory and many others found success.

Pro Stock Diesel Trucks – The lone SSfueled truck in the class was none other than the Beetz Brothers’ Durty Deere, piloted by Jeremy Beetz. Team Durty Deere represented well by earning 4^th on Friday night and 3^rd on Saturday night, out of 23 hard hooking Pro Stock trucks. S&S Diesel Motorsport would like to recognize the Beetz Brothers for their commitment to innovation and helping us get to where we are today. Durty Deere was the first Duramax to run a Bosch stand-alone ECU, back in 2010 when S&S co-founder, Andrew Stauffer, worked for Bosch Motorsport. We would like to thank the Beetz Brothers for their contribution to progressing common rail diesel technology.

Limited Pro Stock Diesel Trucks – With a legendary heavy metal namesake, Brian Shew’s Iron Maiden had them running for the hills all weekend long. Brian and his team won on Friday night with a 337.39-foot hook and was barely edged out of first by 3.24 inches on Saturday night, with a 322.91-foot hook. It’s worth mentioning that Team Iron Maiden also earned 1^st and 2^nd in qualifying. By drawing in 61 highly-competitive Limited Pro trucks SDX is still the biggest truck pull in the land, and the SSfueled, Freedom Racing Engines-powered, Iron Maiden put on a show!

Only 26 out of the 61 Limited Pro trucks onsite were able to qualify for evening competition, so making the show is an accomplishment within itself. On Friday night Evan Davis earned 3^rd behind the wheel of Grey Area, Garrett Loucks pushed Un-Locked to 7^th, Jesse Knight scored 14^th in Hillbilly Bone Unleashed, Tim Tuttle got 15^th in Common Cents, and Nick Gillett rounded out Team SSfueled placing with 20^th in Black Smoke Matters. Saturday night competition concluded with Tim Tuttle earning 5^th, Evan Davis took home 12^th, Doug Monroe earned 22^nd in Hard Times, Matt Loucks placed 24^th, and Nick Gillett got 25^th.

Pro Street Diesel Trucks – PPL Pro Street Diesel Trucks, or commonly known as 2.6 Smooth Bore, is growing in popularity and SDX 2020 pulled in 37 competitive 2.6 trucks. Out of 37, only 12 qualified for the show each night. On Friday night Fleece Performance’s Evan Rusk earned 5^th in In Line Hustle, Ronnie Hall secured 7^th with Hall Pass, and Lee Stiltz came in 12^th. Team SSfueled scored another win on Saturday night thanks to Doug Monroe! Doug used Bad Influence to drag the sled to 327.38 feet for the Pro Street win. Lee Stiltz wheeled the Dermody Diesel-prepped, CTT-tuned, Privileged into 5^th, and Ronnie Hall scored 6^th.

Over on the rubber-coated side of Wagler Motorsports Park the Outlaw Diesel Super Series (ODSS) put on an equally impressive record-breaking show.

Pro Dragster – Quite possibly the most unique, and surprising, competition vehicles on the property was the Wagler Competition Products dragster, tuned and piloted by S&S Diesel Motorsport employee, Andre Dusek. It’s powered by a nitrous injected, screw-blown, Wagler Duramax featuring an S&S fuel system and control package using MoTeC. It’s a shining example of the outer limits of common rail diesel and an excellent test bed for both Wagler and S&S. As with most new technology, there are bumps in the road along the way, and the Wagler dragster hurt the engine in testing on Thursday. Not ones to give up, the father/son team of Andre and Allen Dusek rose to the challenge, with encouragement from Jared Jones, and support from Wagler Competition Products and S&S Diesel Motorsport. A fresh bullet was in the dragster by the final round of qualifying, where Andre ran a 4.64 at 121 MPH to make it into competition against the class stalwart, Jared Jones. It was a Jones/Dusek matchup for the finals and when bulbs dropped, Jones pushed the Scheid Diesel dragster to the stripe first with a 4.19 at 179 MPH to Dusek’s 4.23 at 166 MPH. All in all, it was a great day for Team Dusek, earning Runner Up honors and a personal best for the Wagler Dragster’s competition debut.

Pro Mod – The Hammertech Race Cars-prepped, SSfueled, Done Right Diesel Performance ’63 Corvette, driven by Ben Shadday, is also a new build that is showing consistent improvement in its first two races. Team Done Right once again raced their way to finals for a matchup against Larson Miller. While Shadday was thrilled to run a new personal best of 4.40 at 166 MPH, it was not enough to surpass Miller’s 4.32 at 174 MPH. Congratulations to Team Done Right Diesel on a Runner Up in Pro Mod.

Pro Street – Thanks to the hardworking crew from Team Stainless Diesel, the fans got to see a record-breaking pass for the Pro Street class. Johnny Gilbert wheeled the SSfueled 4,400 lbs 2^nd gen Dodge to 4.82 at 156.72 MPH, to claim the Pro Street ET and MPH records. Team Stainless made it to the final round to race former record holder, Josh Scruggs. Scruggs and company got a little payback by beating Gilbert with a 5.01 at 149 MPH to a 5.027 at 146 MPH. The Stainless Diesel team finished the day with Runner Up honors and two world records.

5.90 Index – After facing mechanical issues on his journey from Florida, the King of all things positive, Rod MacMaster, persevered and raced his way to the top in his SSfueled, Hardway Performance-prepped, 2WD Dodge. At the end of the day, Rod ran a 5.907 to beat Austin Doidge’s 5.918, and claim 5.90 victory.

6.70 Index – Newcomer, Deanna Ring, is proving to be a threat in her SSfueled Dodge, by going rounds in 6.70 Index and making it to the Quarter Finals.

7.70 Index – Congratulations to Corbin Hall for racing his way to the 7.70 Index Semi Finals and to Daniel Hargrove for making it to the Quarter Finals.

While the location may have been different, both tracks were expertly prepped, and the competition was just as tough. The best pulling trucks/tractors and diesel-powered drag cars/trucks answered the call from Dan Scheid, and rallied to Wagler Motorsports Park to prove that nothing can stand in the way of pulling and racing.