This time made Old Smokey the fastest diesel-powered vehicle to ever race at Pikes Peak, surpassing the record previously held by the Mercedes-Benz factory team. Photo: Garrett Motion.

Why Old Diesel Trucks Are Suddenly So Expensive. ... They smell. They might leave an oil stain in your driveway and smoke out your HOA. But for a growing crowd of buyers, that's not a deal-breaker.

Aaron Kaufman's car, Old Smokey, set the diesel record two years ago. Gregory Leporati Robert Prilika, in a 2022 Ford Shelby GT500, gets ready to embark up the mountain in a thick, heavy fog.

The “Old Smokey F1,” a vintage Ford truck heavily modified with a 1,400-hp Cummins engine, has held the Pikes Peak record for diesel-powered vehicles since 2020. In an attempt to improve his ...

Still, the fact that a more than 70-year-old pickup held the record at all is a testament to how special a truck “Smokey” was—but also to the savagery of Pikes Peak, and how far from settled ...

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