As a follow-up to their diesel D-Max Type-D Pro Stocker pickup, Banks Power designed and built this NHRA Top Diesel Dragster with motivation coming from a 1,200 hp GM Duramax 6.6L diesel V8.

We saw Gale Banks' diesel-powered Sidewinder dragster at SEMA back in 2008, but that stationary display is not how the vehicle is meant to be experienced. No, Skip to main content.

The diesel performance gurus at Gale Banks Engineering are getting on the teaser bandwagon with this tail-shot of their new 200 MPH diesel dragster. Using a Duramax 6.6-liter mill not unlike Banks ...

The diesel dragster has a few issues and fails to complete a full run the first couple of times, but it eventually manages to race against the jet-fueled racer.

The dragster runs a nitrous-packing twin-turbo Cummins 5.9-liter six-cylinder engine with a transmission by ATS Diesel. And yet, as quick as the car is, it's also astonishingly filthy (unlike the ...

Read about this 24-valve Cummins Bentz Biodiesel Dragster built by Scott Bentz featuring boost at 25-40 psi at the launch and will hit up to 90 psi down the track inside Diesel Power Magazine.

His personal project is a diesel dragster, powered by the 5.9L Cummins engine you see here. While Keating has thousands of hours in the build, the parts themselves are surprisingly stock.

Dawna (Hall) Kraus would love to start defending her national crown in diesel drag racing right now, except for one minor detail: her dragster is in about 1,001 pieces as we speak. And that’s ...

Performance-parts guru Gale Banks Engineering's Chevrolet S10 Duramax diesel-powered pickup turned in a 180-mph run that made it the first-ever diesel pickup to reach that speed in the quarter-mile.

This dragster launches quicker than a jet fighter, it doesn't struggle much with grip, and runs the quarter-mile in 6.69 seconds. The trap speed is an insane 217.53 mph (350.08 kph)!

Here I am doing a burnout at the local drag strip in my 2001 Power Stroke diesel-powered Ford Excursion. By the way, I'm the founder of the Houston Area Power Strokes.com (a local truck club).

The diesel performance gurus at Gale Banks Engineering are getting on the teaser bandwagon with this tail-shot of their new 200 MPH diesel dragster. Using a Duramax 6.6-liter mill not unlike Banks ...