I went to the Champ Truck World Series race in Las Vegas. 

"Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car" (pilot-and-car-guy) 11/03/2015 at 11:09 • Filed to: None

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MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car 11/03/2015 at 11:14

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How’s the racing? I’ve never watched one of these

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 11/03/2015 at 11:18

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This was my first. It was really interesting. LV motor speedway has a 2 part road course and both Champ truck and Chump car got track time over the weekend. Also a local Corvette club was out. It was really fun to watch, we went to the paddock and talked with all the drivers, but especially Mike Morgan, truck number 88 (see image above), he’s a really awesome guy. I have a signed shirt and poster he gave me free.

The racing itself is a series of 20 minute races. Points are used to determine the actual season winner, and there’s a podium race as well. For the $20/person weekend pass we saw 8 champ truck races and 6 chump car races. Very worth it, the drive from Denver, less so. Took about 11 hours each way.

BigBlock440 > Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car 11/03/2015 at 11:23

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Whoa, their still doing this? I thought it ended in the 80’s. Day made.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > BigBlock440 11/03/2015 at 11:26

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I guess so. It was a very nice race. Vegas is....interesting.....

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car 11/03/2015 at 11:27

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That’s pretty cool - I have no knowledge of large vehicle engines and such, so what size engines and/or what kind of power do these engines normally put out? I’d imagine they’re some sort of diesel/turbodiesel?

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > gin-san - shitpost specialist 11/03/2015 at 11:30

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All turbo diesel I6’s.

From 8L to 16L.

Power starts at about 500hp and 1000 ft/lbs.

All are manual, with welded diffs. (Race rules)

Most used 5 and 6 speed semi (un-synchronized) boxes.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car 11/03/2015 at 11:33

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I love all these numbers. It’s great when you have an engine that makes the Viper displacement look like a pansy's engine.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > gin-san - shitpost specialist 11/03/2015 at 11:35

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Yep. That #88 truck has a mack 16L.

The driver, Mike Morgan, is a mack mechanic. IIRC he won this rears series on points, but a little tangle got him black flagged with 5 minutes to go on the podium race. :(

SubiSanchez > Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car 11/03/2015 at 13:58

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I went to the Champ Truck races here at Portland Raceway. The racing was pretty cool and it was a pretty good time. Lots of spins and trucks going off as they tried to navigate the road course. Really fun to watch.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > SubiSanchez 11/03/2015 at 14:01

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Yeah. A few times they got a little in the dirt but only one spin. #3 tried to spin out #88 as 88 was passing. Both got black flagged. 88 lost the podium race as a result. Think he still won the series on points though.