Ultimate Callout Challenge: Drivers Seven And Eight Announced

#7 Brett Marcum: Banghart Diesel

Brett Marcum - Banghart Diesel

A few short months ago, we were out at the Ultimate Callout Challenge in Indianapolis. While we were there, we met a young man very intrigued with the competition all three events. Eager as ever get his chance at the top dogs, now he is there.

Brett Marcum will be the youngest UCC competitor and a rookie to the UCC competition. The Iowa-native is only 23 years old, but Brett isn’t the guy that is intimidated by the powerhouses that rule this competition. His 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 was totally stock just two short years ago. Since he’s been the No Prep All Wheel Drive Class champion two years running in 2016 and 2017.

His best run in the 1/4-mile is 9.6-seconds at 144 mph and a best 1/8-mile pass of 6.01-seconds at 118 MPH. While those passes are blistering fast, Marcum knows that he will have to step his game up to compete with the strongest trucks in the diesel world. With that rolling through his thoughts, Marcum turned to the experts at Fleece Performance and Freedom Racing Engines to build a new competition engine for the truck.

It starts with a Hamilton Cams solid Cummins-based engine block punched out for a larger bore that combines with Wagler Competition Products and Diamond Pistons to yield a 6.8-liter engine. Freedom prepped cylinder head that includes porting, polishing, and milling of the intake shelf to flow more air compared to the factory cylinder head. Timing is set by Hamilton Cams Camshaft that actuates the valves through Hamilton push rods and Hamilton valve springs.

Marcum is also upgrading the induction system on his Cummins with a set of Forced Inductions turbochargers. He will be configuring the compound turbo plumbing himself with the S488/GT55 combination to provide plenty of air for the engine. Custom tuning from Fleece Performance Engineering and a ton of fuel from Dynomite Diesel Performance will work well with the turbos to deliver plenty of power for the UCC competition.

The stout engine will be backed by a 48RE Dodge transmission built by Banghart Diesel and Performance. Despite his young age, Marcum handles the fabrication and chassis work on his truck himself. In fact, the only elements he has farmed out on his build are the engine, tuning, fuel system and transmission.

We look forward to seeing Marcum’s new engine and see how the truck does on the track, rollers, and dirt. Can he hang with the old-timers? We don’t know, but it sure will be fun to watch!

#8 Dan Snyder: Snyder Performance Engineering

Returning for the 2018 UCC event is Dan Snyder of Snyder Performance Engineering (SPE). With high hopes of domination last year, things didn’t go as planned. Owner, driver, and builder of the fastest Power Stroke-powered diesel dragster have had a year to reflect on their previous performance with their 2010 Ford Super Duty. But, after a year to reflect on his last performance, he’s got a game plan for Indianapolis in 2018!

Sadly, the 2017 UCC turned out to be harder than it appeared for team SPE. During the event, a late day oil down followed by a rain delay caught team SPE without a pass during day one. Unfortunately, that started Dan with a big zero on the scorecard, but striving for victory, SPE pushed forward to Day two of competition.

Snyder struggled to put down the number he wanted on the UCC chassis dyno, but still managed to deliver 1,400 horsepower. Moving to the pull track the next day things didn’t get much better when he struggled on his first hook, then caught fire on the second hook. The combined results left the SPE team in 21st position for the overall.

Needless to say, Snyder and his team are out for redemption at the 2018 UCC. Their deep blue Ford is completely built in-house including not only the engine, transmission, and exotic triple turbo setup, but also the chassis and even the beautiful paintwork on the Super Duty.

The truck is powered by a 2017 7.0-liter Scorpion, 6.7-liter-based Power Stroke, engine with a triple turbo setup using a pair of S488s which are feed into a single valley mounted S588 turbo to make sure that the big Ford has more than enough air for their power desires.

To get the power from the engine to the driveline Snyder relies on a heavily modified Ford 4R100 transmission that they built in-house to hold up to the rigorous demands of UCC competition. They also configured the chassis to accept a solid suspension and a DRW rear axle for the sled pull.

While 2017 did not go as planned, Snyder and his SPE team will have had a year to plot their UCC redemption by the time they hit the track again at the Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on May 4th-6th 2018. No doubt he will have the gremlins worked out of the truck and it will perform up to his hopes and expectations to make the large contingent of Power Stroke Ford fans proud.

About the author

Artie Maupin

Artie Maupin is from Southeast Missouri and has an extreme passion for anything diesel. He loves drag racing of all kinds, as well as sled pulling competitions.
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