Can these Diesel Race Cars Beat a 4,200 lb Truck up Pikes Peak?

"Old Smokey" (1400hp Ford F1) set the Pikes Peak Diesel Record in 2020. Will a new challenger beat it?
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0:00 The diesels of Pikes Peak
0:54 Fan Fest
2:20 Scott Birdsall
5:07 Randy Pobst
7:35 Grégoire Blachon
10:12 Practice - Mid Section
12:22 Cole Powelson
14:13 Smokeless Record Diesel Run
15:11 Practice - Upper Section
19:42 Race Day
22:19 Should we bring Debocho?
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[@Syncrogreg]

Pretty pumped I was the DIESEL KING OF THE PEAK for the historical 100yrs 🤴 thanks for the video ❤️. 🏎️💨

[@connerlabs]

Didn't you do a TDI conversion on Grind Hard Plumbing Co's van 😁

[@Syncrogreg]

@@connerlabs correct :-)

[@stans5270]

"I have no idea how it [engine blowing up] happened... Very out of the blue". You should have been a straight man in comedy.

[@David-cy2ug]

That diesel bug launching looked so sick

[@calholli]

I thought the same.. It was scootin

[@Syncrogreg]

The bug launched so hard! The radical launch even faster! :-)

[@musicfrommicksroom]

If you look around, there is footage of it running in the Chasing the Dragon Hillclimb in Robbinsville, NC!

[@michaelblacktree]

I agree about the "rolling coal" thing. We get this in the VW TDI community, as well. Everybody wants a hood stack, and everybody wants to roll coal. Then they wonder why they get treated like red-headed stepchildren.

[@JosephArata]

People think they are leaving performance on the table if they aren't running hot rich fuel, which is completely ass backwards. You don't need 1800 degree F EGTs to make power, you're just throwing fuel out the exhaust for a smoke show. In a spark ignition engine, if you aren't running 1800 degrees or possibly 2000, you probably aren't making enough power. But compression ignition is completely different and nobody really understands that air surplus will produce power, with longer engine life.

[@michaelblacktree]

In my experience, most of the guys who "roll coal" are just doing it for giggles. They don't care about performance. They just want to blow smoke in somebody's face.

[@JosephArata]

@@michaelblacktree Show them the numbers, if they still don't understand, they need their play toys taken away from them. Because they're going to ruin a good thing. Commercial diesel already gets a bad rap because of these stupid light duty pickup truck assholes here in the US. Nobody wants diesel engines because they think they are "dirty" or "cost" too much.

[@jimlee7317]

My ALH TDI is slightly modified for a bit more power but no smoke at all, mostly it's had upgrades to prolong it's life since I love it so much. I HATE people that make us look bad by immature disgusting displays of childish disrespect for the air we share.

[@David-xl8zf]

At some point it will puff no matter what you do. But never in full swing. People will never get it, just because someone tells them that it's shit. 🤷‍♂️

[@TokyoCraftsman]

Randy has to be the coolest race driver around. I'd love to see Randy drive your Audi!

[@SpyderGarage]

This was the best BTS coverage of Pikes Peak I’ve seen to be honest, and kudos to Aaron for some stellar editing on this one! 👍🏻

[@twodogsyyc6729]

This could have been a full length docu series it was so well done. Great vid thanks so much for sharing all the information on some of this year's runners. Truly awesome to see the passion and the technology evolving so much..

[@repalmore]

I don't know who did your editing for this but I would really have to hand it to them. Really good job. If you ever get tired of swinging a wrench you could become a commentator/production company.

[@Whateverpoopiepants]

I don’t even think it’s diesel vs electric in motorsport like this, each is its own science. Huge knowledge in both fields from these guys is undeniable. Love it all. Thanks for the video brother .

[@fastinradfordable]

Yea one is beholden to an electric grid. The other can run off various fuels all over the world. Ever heard of the coconut rebellion? Indigenous peoples. Blockaded by military. Continue to drive around diesels. They had been making coconut oil in their culture for thousands of years. And the vehicle can run on coconuts indefinitely. Each his own science. …. More like one beholden to The grid. And… One free to roam indefinitely on renewable resources

[@Whateverpoopiepants]

@@fastinradfordable Have you got a petroleum refinery or are you tanking nonsense ? Why can’t you charge off a generator or solar or wind or hydro ? - which people actually have and don’t pretend they have on the internet to score points and then end up looking silly .

[@laser69beam]

Only reason why I’m 30 seconds late are the ads before the vid ;)))

[@RaddestDad]

I was at the staging area where the cars get the flag drop. That GTR was the last car to leave. Once it got on boost it was an animal. Sad to see it break.

[@wobblysauce]

Race car life.

[@adrianp3098]

@@wobblysauce In the first sector it was 20 seconds faster then old Smokey’s record. Shows potential, but then oiling issues because of the incline.

[@wobblysauce]

@@adrianp3098 Age ol thing, of not how fast you are, but the first to finish, once you can finish then you can get faster.

[@dennisschmitter7310]

This was so well done! Would love to see the Randy Post collaboration!

[@mikeallen266]

I’ve got to say Rich I was hoping to see you climb the mountain in the KW🤣🤣

[@hanselgretel8563]

I think a great diesel recipe would be an Isuzu 4JJ engine on a regular cab Isuzu Dmax pickup platform. They are extracting crazy power from that 3.0L 4cyl motor in Thailand.

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

I want 1 in a 70s LUV or 80s PUP

[@fowletm1992]

Mostly in boats though Can do lots with unlimited cooling Plenty of cars in aus as well but cranks become an issue as well as blocks

[@slowdaze]

A 6.0 blowing up??? Who’d have thunk it! Hahahaa. Blachon is a character should have his own show.

[@calholli]

lol.. Why would they ever pick a 6.0. That's baffling.

[@user-zr1ij2nz6j]

For me the real race was 2.0 TDi vs 6.0 Powerstroke - which one blows up first.

[@Adscam]

The 6.0 engine polluted with rubber o-rings everywhere.

[@edwardman1742]

@@calholli haha… I think it’s brilliant. 6.0 is fairly light, compact, makes lots of power is super responsive and revs high. People love the 6.0 for its performance. The car failed because it didn’t have enough development. They rushed it in.

[@jesseleesamples]

Ok I do live under a rock I wasn’t familiar with Randy Pobst but wow what a genuinely nice guy and so enthusiastic and happy to share any information he has. What a cool guy I’d love to see more stuff with him in it

[@draggonhedd]

Im so glad that you've finally got together with randy! I knew he'd love your stuff. People love your audi, rich, they really do. You really have the classic privateer spirit.

[@motogideon]

Great video and thanks for coming to Colorado, also check out that 7 foot man in the background of the last shot seems like it even startled you

[@moabfrican2]

Rich seems like one of the friendliest guys around, like he genuinely could get along with just about anybody out there and strike up a conversation about literally just anything (motoring preferred) and has one hell of an infectious laugh about him lol same goes for his brother! What a guy, I'd be damn glad to meet ya Rich. Hope i do some day! Great channel!! Love you guys!!!

[@PowerHousePerformanceLLC]

Was stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs for 5 years, great part of the country, great car scene, Pikes Peak is amazing, can't wait to go back.

[@dasjuggernaut1]

Audi made 3 LMP1 TDI race cars R10, R15 and R18, all were fast, lots of power and NO smoke

[@AndrewCollins7]

Super cool to see you cover an event I grew up watching! Also really cool to see that diesels and EVs are getting into it too.

[@oldschoolmotorsickle]

Great video with excellent lens work throughout. The machines and technology are inspired.

[@BuildSomethingAuto]

Awesome video, the production was amazing well done getting so much race footage from everyone, next level! 👍

[@christopherwebber1104]

On the smoke issue. I drive a first gen cummins. Very hard to tune out the smoke and still have any power. I have single stack straight up so it's not in traffic. I rather blow some smoke than buy any new truck these days.

[@fowletm1992]

Smoke under acceleration or as it's going though the rev range is fairly unavoidable in the mechanical pumps Not that hard to tune out the smoke once it's up on boost Smoking is just lazy tuning chucking in more fuel than it needs Tune it right it'll run better make more power and last longer But doesn't look as cool and no one wants it aparently

[@JTL-DK]

Excuse my bad language... but i F-king LOVE Randy Pobst

[@BIllMcCambridge]

Thanks for sharing y'all's adventures!!

[@mattgraham1983]

I definitely want to see Randy drive the Audi

[@FixItStig]

This was really cool to see covered, im glad i already watch you cuz i might not have seen it otherwise

[@danielhoffman7576]

👍Great show!! Loved the racing! that hill is wild! I've been there! I hope to see you next year????

[@kw9849]

I always thought that narrow '48-50 Ford truck front end looked very sharp.

[@John-Laird]

It's the best looking Ford truck they ever made in my opinion.

[@madrew2003]

Well done video guys! I really enjoyed it.

[@JChurchua]

This year was an absolutely awesome event and probably one of the best years Ive attended!! Vid of spactating and camping on my page. your documentary was awesome! well put together and all well done. I am a TDI fanboy and absolutely love that I get to watch a TDI showing off up the mountain!

[@mowler8042]

This Channel should have over a million subscribers its so professionally done.

[@alfonsoalonzo]

randy loves a challenge lol every time i see him on a YT channel hes looking to throw down gloves and get at it love the energy

[@CarswithNash]

Excellent coverage of the event Rich, I really enjoyed.👍

[@marshallbrowne5371]

One of your best videos ever!!!!!!! Thank you.

[@weeniewawa]

There is also the Silver State challenge in Nevada you could run with the Audi. I think it is less pressure than going straight to Pikes Peak.

[@tomcleghorn4005]

Randy looks excited too driver your Audi!! What a cool place!

[@breech123]

Great coverage

[@emilschw8924]

Amazing to see that diesels have advanced a lot ever since the 1600 passat diesel.

[@andrewsmart2949]

no one has really expored engines like the nissan RD28,turbo and revs to 5000 rpm

[@andrewsmart2949]

and diesel pump UK on you tube has built some mental mercedes OM606 engines with 600hp+ and put them in nissan patrols etc

[@562LBLegend]

Scott and Randy are just genuinely good dudes.

[@ashtonmariefranklin725]

100% bio/synthetic fuel, would be the future for diesel. And making a high HP smokeless tune would be a great goal for diesel performance

[@calholli]

If you're going to race pikes peak... Make sure you race it a LOT in a video game, and you'll memorize all the turns and that will help you remember what is coming.

[@misterjacksons]

Scott is such an amazing guy, just love him and the Old Smokey.

[@LongPeter]

22:22 Shaved sasquatch just chillin' through the frame.

[@--Zook--]

freaking great coverage.

[@stuffnwords]

Shouts out to chuckles for the bit on rolling coal and clean diesels man. Well said.

[@dakotashireman6404]

Randy is such a cool human ... Humble as i can get out

[@Alexx120493]

14:26 the Volkswagen diesel scandal is probably one of the most overexaggerated industrial incidents of the last two decades. The engines in question did not produce any more particulate matter or carbon monooxide. The only issue they had were NOx emissions, which are a direct result of high pressures and temperatures leading to high efficiency. In the aftermath other manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz, GM, Porsche, Renault and Volvo admitted that they manipulated their ECUs as well to cover up NOx emission above the limit.

[@NicholasMavrikBrandt]

was there for all of it, honestly race day was pretty good weather, usually now days they end up only doing half the mountain on race day because of the pavement getting wet, but was able to hold it all race day full open. Middle of the mountain where I was, was clear and sunny

[@marksaunders2500]

Hi from uk rich 👋👍great practice runs but shame weather changed for main event but that's the test of drivers commitment to course but everyone did well 👌 gtr powerjoke could of been up there but rodney came knocking 🤨 we have an uphill event at goodwood festival of speed in uk and this year got a special from car known as mcmurtry speirlung and blew a load of records for it being a e.v maybe check it out if got spare minute in your hectic schedule 🤣 thanks for taking us along and thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👍 👋

[@Zzus321]

Great video 👍👍

[@EL-ru8nl]

I miss the days of sitting on engineers corner, truly experiencing the race. Awesome race, just wish it was still for the fans

[@georgedreisch2662]

Looking forward to Gale Banks having an entry… Great video as always Rich.

[@2H80vids]

Pikes Peak looks like a stunning location and there seems to be a whole load of fantastic shots available for the cameras. To me anyway, it looks like many of the best shots are from perfectly safe locations too, so no need for spectators to take the stupid risks we see at so many road-race/rally tracks. Shame the weatherman never got the memo but a great wee documentary guys - could have been a bit longer. IWould have been good to stay for the actual event but it kinda makes sense, filming a video like this during practice, with less crowds and more chance to talk to the drivers/crews.

[@johnk510]

I thoroughly enjoyed your pikes peak video, it reminded me of a video I came across that you may be interested in. It's on KZbin and is the Cummins powered indy race car.

[@Shadeza1373]

Wow enjoyed your video looks tip top👍

[@59vaughn]

Love the peak...not the commercial takeover...very top of the line machines tho....needs a at least three days...one for what ya brung, we'll pick ya up tomorrow if...🤔😝

[@halnutt1790]

Seriously need to get the prices back to normal between gasoline and diesel…. Just wait till the winter hits and heating oil costs more than a gallon/liter of gasoline… gonna be a lot of issues especially with the cost of transport… nice to see Aaron K!

[@funder8981]

Could be interesting to see how much smoke would come out of these diesel race cars when running on Shell GTL.

[@johnstrange4567]

7 yrs ago we added propane injection on a 01- 7.3. Greatly improved 0-60 and mpg. Oh, and no smoke.

[@mypony7310]

When he wrecked all i could think of was ricky bobby, you are truly better than me

[@donaldhalls2189]

It would be great to see yours against the Testler would be great, hope the person that parked his car into the tree gets it back together, good luck to them all, thanks for the coverage, all the best to yous and your loved ones

[@marinavvs5189]

22:22 that guy in the back ll be one of the tallest guy alive on earth

[@NoWr2Run]

I saw that at the end also, LMAO.

[@davegardiner3097]

Deboss look into KNOX MTN hill climb in BC. Might be a place to start before attempting Pikes Peak

[@h276wah7]

Ol' Smokey F1 - Legend!

[@samuelt321]

Do some more local hillclimbs first to test Debocho before going to Pikes Peak. I look forward to see what Randy can do with Debocho on a track.

[@billharrison4975]

There are hills in Ontario???

[@rodneymcneely4245]

Thanks

[@mickeythorpe2426]

Oh outstanding soon that beautiful mountain will be shrouded in a cloud of black diesel smoke. Awesome

[@kingcat01]

Yes bring it

[@kevinwright1551]

Vary awesome indeed. Keep up the great work. Okay.

[@zachb6078]

A 6.0 blew up omg who woulda thought but yes super cool build

[@chrisoakey9841]

i would love to see a radial diesel mounted perpendicular to the ground so you get low cg and gyroscopic stabilization from the engine itself. i would also love to see a deeper head deisel so the head gasket is at the low part of the stroke instead of at top of compression. then you can really bump up the boost.

[@torehelgenes5654]

Steyer makes marine engines with monoblock.

[@rmcjr5206]

The 6.0 PowerStroke blew up? I can't believe it!

[@ahmsokhbu4913]

Props to Scott for re-invigorating Diesel.

[@trevor6894]

The ending when he looked at the tall dude 😂😂😂😂

[@LostInThe0zone]

Great fun!

[@mikethatguy27]

Yessir! Here we go💯🙌💪

[@RaddestDad]

14:00 that’s me in the blue jacket to the right.

[@Tbe4r]

It would be awesome to watch Randy Pobst drive the audi

[@turbolife5912]

Thanks finally someone getting behind the no reason for smoking diesels,I have a diesel it never produces any soot in the exhaust in other words it doesn't smoke at all. The soot production is a result of part of the fuel not burning properly, This makes the Black smoke so you waste power , fuel ,money and pollution all pretty stupid.

[@Shenanigans_tday]

These cars are amazing!

[@jeffsnider3588]

I'm puzzled by the money and time thrown at the Achates OPOC engine, partnering with Ford and Cummins and then nothing? Even the Army invested in this engine. Interesting concept with two pistons in each cylinder and two crankshafts but I still think a 4 stroke OPOC would be better (like two flat head blocks bolted together with a thin spacer between them. The injector would be in the spacer. The Czech T64 tank used one of these 2 cycle OPOC engines which produced 1,000 Hp so the concept is far from a new idea. Emissions have been an issue, usually 2 cycle engines have problems with emissions, aka Detroit 2 strokes.

[@connerlabs]

As far as I know an opposed piston engine must be 2 stroke because a 4 stroke needs poppet valves and the opposed piston engine has nowhere to put them.

[@jeffsnider3588]

You're correct Steve, at least all I have ever seen were 2 cycle, but a 4 cycle can be built and I have seen two examples. Both were prototype basically being made from two flat head lawn mower motors with the cranks chained together and engines assembled with a thin spacer between the blocks. The valves had room to open and close and the spark plug was in the spacer. Not sure why the 4 cycle versions are not evolved into production. The advantages of OPOC as has been stated is long stroke with relative slow piston speed since there are two cranks/pistons/rods covering the total stroke. I can attach a link to one of the test if you are interested.

[@Modlendingen]

Impressive those lightweight diesels!

[@DumbCarGuy]

I have two Diesels one will roll coal like a freight train. The other rolls smoke from excessive blow by.

[@gettothechase636]

Some one some where has a duramax mustang lol I saw it in a Hotrod magazine!

[@canuckchris5733]

Awesome 😎

[@microbuilder]

6:00 May the Schwartz be with you, Randy!

[@TheChuckie340]

Gonna question. What's it like to have a deleted diesel in Eastern Canada? I'm from Alberta headed that way next summer with my deleted Cummins wondering if the cops over there are gonna pull over me and test my truck?

[@stans5270]

I drove RT 24 [Independence Pass/Continental Divide] to Aspen in about the same conditions on the way down but at around 32 degrees Fahrenheit. [100 miles West of Pikes Pike]. It was the scariest drive ever. No guard rails and it was so steep you couldn't see any ground off over the side, but you see how steep it is by looking up. I had to check for the road freezing over every 1/2 mile. Pucker factor of 100.

[@Grasshopper.80]

That thing sounds like a jet!

[@40beretta1]

I want to use Banks on my first cummin Diesel swap. Peaks is one of my favorite motor sports racing....only slightly behind Isle of Man... even the Frenchy knows..."Diesel Cummins" and wishes he had a shifter. The buddy with the sq body / Cummins that pulls 6's and rips 60mph burnouts... Don't need the smoke

[@HotForgeChaos]

22:22 ole hightower back there makes Rich look short

[@LOZO-wr4bx]

22:23 that dude in green made everybody look like a dwarf, lmao

[@claytonandrews251]

Mr France definitely drives like a québécois lol

[@andrew5792]

I get that electric is quick, but lets face it, they will never be as exciting as the rumble of a diesel or V8, the top end scream of a small capacity gas engine or the high pitch wine of a turbo. It's about "feeling" the speed in your chest as much as seeing it.

[@Adscam]

If it doesn’t thump your heart it is sterile. Miss the old days of Formula 1 with their NA 3.5L V8, V10, and V12’s.

[@Adscam]

The Lamborghini V-12 sounded the best.

[@Adscam]

I would rate the best sounding engines from best to worst as: Lamborghini V-12, Honda V-10, Ferrari V-12, Renault V10, Yamaha V-10, Cosworth V-8, and any Judds .

[@majcrash]

You could do a "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" version of this race. What could possibly go wrong?

[@hahaha12345678993]

i like randy, a genuinely awesome dude

[@mariusfridlund55]

👍👍👍 love diesel racing😁❤🇧🇻