Todd poached a purse and the diesel community is not happy about it.
He showed up to a Blue Collar class drag race in Phoenix with a high mileage Cummins truck, a nitrous setup thrown together the night before from used shop parts, and no real plan to win. Then he won. Now there are posts. Now there are opinions. And now Todd, Will, and Myer are here to talk about it.
The truck was not purpose built for the class. It fit the rules close enough to enter and that was the whole strategy. A 62mm turbo, a 52 jet, and a flat foot launch that just happened to hook. No PDD resources, no race prep, no endless planning.
The guys break down the full story, get into the spirit vs. letter of the rules debate that followed, walk through exactly what was on the truck, and dig into whether nitrous should be banned from the class or just opened up to everyone with a standardized jet.
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0:00 Intro / Todd gets called a purse poacher
1:45 Breaking down the Blue Collar class win in Phoenix
3:30 The nitrous setup: 62mm turbo, 52 jet, last minute decision
5:10 Did PDD resources go into this truck?
8:00 Engine background: high mileage, unknown rebuild history
9:10 Ratchet shifters on street trucks
11:20 What a full PDD build of that truck would have looked like
12:15 Pulling the front driveshaft in the pits / deal with Josh
13:50 Reading the track and nitrous strategy
15:00 Flat footing it in Phoenix and finding the tune
16:35 Should nitrous be banned or should everyone get a 52 jet?
18:45 Cummins advantage and making the class fair
21:30 Racing the 1/8 mile and looking for grip
23:00 Breaking down the truck cost: trans, converter, turbo
26:00 KDP fix and live pump discussion
29:00 Still negative on the racing career overall
30:45 Blue Collar is a rules class, not a class of people
32:35 Will's rough weekend and wastegate issues
37:30 Spirit of the class debate
39:00 Supporting new track ownership and what is next
43:00 Wrap up
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