It is always fun watching a Cummins Turbo Diesel powered Ram beat up on a high performance sports car and having the Ram leave the car in a cloud of diesel soot in the process serves as an extra bonus. This week’s truckin fast Wednesday video shows a 2nd generation Cummins Ram smoking a turbocharged Acura NSX. In fact, the Ram smokes up the track so badly that we don’t know what either vehicle ran in the quarter mile – nor do we know who actually won the race.
We can see as the race begins (and before diesel soot engulfs the track) that the 2nd gen Ram in the far lane screams out to a quick lead ahead of the boost Japanese supercar. Around the 14 second mark of the video, we can see through the smoke that the Ram is still out ahead of the NSX and the track announcer is talking about the vehicle in the left lane which would lead me to believe that the big Ram won the race. However, we don’t know that for sure but the fact that this Ram is able to tear out to a big lead over one of the most respected Japanese sports cars of all time shows that it is pretty truckin fast – regardless of who won the race or what the vehicles ran.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
