Paul Stender and his team equipped a school bus with a jet engine out of a Phantom jet fighter, allowing it to reach a top speed of 367 mph
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High-performance diesel cars and trucks roar into the Speedworld Dragstrip for the Desert Diesel Nationals on Saturday in Wittmann.
Diesel trucks are the workhorses of the automotive world, but the only thing these super-powered vehicles have in common with grandpa’s farm truck is a diesel engine.
“I feel the attraction here is that people aren’t used to seeing a diesel truck in a drag race,” said Nate Brekken, owner of Scottsdale-based sponsor Strictly Diesel. “Who’d have thought that a diesel truck could do something like that?”  … Details