From Shay, NCPSD founder and event coordinator
Okay everyone. Truck Fest is a comin' and this year the folks at Bandimere are watching especially close to see what kind of participation they get with the diesel trucks (1 ton and smaller group). If we can fill the ATS Diesel Shoot Out race to the brim and really make a good showing of diesel trucks, next year we will get our very own day at Bandimere with a weekend of events to go along with it.
What I am talking about is the Bandimere people are thinking of taking all the diesel events out of Truck Fest and having a diesel only day, called "Diesels on the Mountain" next year! This would be a great opportunity for all 3 diesels, PSD, Cummins and Duramax to really shine and have a lot of fun doing it!
I spent a considerable amount of time yesterday at Ford Fest talking with the folks at Bandimere about all this and I told them that I know we can get lots of trucks to participate, not only from Colorado, but from out of state, but I need all of your help on this! If we can prove to them this year that we can provide them with a money making day next year (after all, that is what the bottom line is), then we could be having the next "Thunder in Muncie" right here in Colorado! Bandimere is even talking about making it a whole weekend event, helping me to plan Bar-B-Que dinners and Dyno running on Friday night and Sunday (Diesel on the Mountain would be on the Saturday before Truck Fest).
You could still attend Truck Fest if you wanted to, but the diesels would not have any active participation in it whatsoever. No diesel classes at all. You would just be parking your truck in the regular parking lot and attending as a spectator. But I think that it would be much better to have our own day anyway!
So, lets get out there and try to get every diesel truck we can to participate in Truck Fest this year. Everyone can race, it doesn't matter if your truck is bone stock or modded to the hilt. It is a blast to run down that track and well worth it too. Showing your truck is also fun. We all just need to be involved someway, some how.
Businesses, we need you too! Showing your support for this event will show the Bandimere folks how huge our passion really is! And your business will be rewarded by lots of new customers, plus the undying gratitude of all of us current customers! Cummins is coming on board with this all, but they still need to bump it up a notch. What we really need is for Power Stroke and Duramax to jump in.
If anyone has any questions, please contact me. I am going to be in contact with Bandimere on a regular basis until we can make this happen. I had one Bandimere bigwig tell me that he thinks that I am thinking that this diesel thing is bigger than what it is and he wonders if we can really bring trucks in from all over! Let's show him how big this diesel thing really is!
Thanks for all your support on this! Please feel free to contact me anytime via email or my cell phone.
Shay Black
Colorado Power Stroke Club Founder and Event Organizer
970-219-7502 or email at -- email address removed --
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