We call it the tow truck motor. Because that's basically what it was.
Less than a week before Arizona, this truck had no engine, no transmission, no axles.
Sitting on jack stands so we could finish welding the cage.
Pure thrash mode just to get it on the trailer in time.
We unloaded it, made a pass, and ran a personal best. Then did it again.
Every single pass out there was a new PR,
including a 5.70 right off the trailer on a truck whose best run before that was a 5.90.
Built under zero sleep and way too much pressure, and it showed up anyway. That's diesel racing.