The Pro Stock Diesel division is the top of the line class for diesel four-wheel drive truck pulling that is being offered by Full Pull Productions in 2012 through the USA-EAST sanctioning body. The huge plumes of dark gray exhaust flying from these ultra-powerful machines give them an appearance that is very much akin to the pro stock and super stock diesel tractors and allows the trucks to demonstrate their awesome power on the track.

This class had been called the Pro Street Diesel class until 2009 when the name was changed to Pro Stock Diesel.  At the time of the change of names, the rules for the class were altered in order to eliminate the requirement that each truck had to be licensed for the highway.

While the class has been dominated for six years by the 24-valve Cummins-powered Dodge brand, 2011 was the first year that a GM Duramax powered truck has taken the top spot. Trucks will cross the scales at 8000lbs and are required to use a factory engine block but certain twin turbo charger set-ups are permitted in the class.  The main delineator is the fact that all trucks must run DOT tires.

Tim Jackson from Geauga County, Ohio was the winner of the Pro Stock Diesel 4x4 championship with USA-EAST in 2011.  Jackson’s black 2002 GMC has the ever-popular 6.6 GM Duramax under the hood and uses a very large single turbo-charger set up.  The Chardon, Ohio native is the owner of his own landscaping business in the Cleveland metro area when not a part of the truck pull circuit.  The “Brothers Diesel” team from New York was the runner-up with their Dodge that captured the crown just a year ago.

South Bend Clutch of the state of Indiana has been a constant contingency sponsor of the Pro Street Diesel class. Each class winner and runner-up finishing truck is eligible for additional purse payments if they are using a genuine South Bend Clutch.  And in 2011 Dave and Loretta Mitchell’s Enterprise Engine Performance of Thornville, Ohio is a contingency sponsor for the Pro Stock Diesel 4x4 Truck division.

The trucks in the Pro Stock Diesel division will be permitted to compete with the "Run What Ya Brung" gasoline trucks again in 2012. This should also give the fans some new and very interesting competition to look forward to in the coming summer.

Dave Mitchell Passing on 1.1.12 "One of the originals in diesel truck pulling"