BAnks makes fastest pass in NHRDA history

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Gale Banks Engineering Runs Fastest Quarter Mile Pass in NHRDA History

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Gale Banks Engineering Runs Fastest Quarter Mile Pass in NHRDA History

Speedworld Dragstrip Whitman AZ:
1st run 7.87 ET at 175.45 MPH
2nd run 7.90 ET at 174.40 MPH

October 4th 2008 during the NHRDA Desert Diesel Truck Nationals in Phoenix Arizona , Gale Banks Engineering ran the fastest pass in the history of the NHRDA and backed it up within 1% .


Driver Wes Anderson
Vehicle 2001 Pro Stock Chevy S-10
Chassis Don Ness tube chassis
Motor Chevy 6.6 Duramax ( estimated HP 1300 at 5500 RPM )
Turbo Twin Garret TR30R Turbos run in parallel
Tranny Bruno BRT converter drive , Hughes converter , Liberty extreme clutchless 5 speed
Rearend Don Ness fabricated housing, Mark Williams’s axles and third member

video will be up on nhrda site


Again the NHRDA wants to congratulate the Banks team on a great weekend of diesel drag racing.
 
:clap: Nice to see the Banks team get the record into the 7's:clap:

Looking forward to so actual heads up racing :D
 
I was out in Maryland this weekend and showed some pro mod guys that video and they could not believe that was a diesel turning those kind of rpm. They were very impressed and thought it was very cool to see what can be done with diesel power
 
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