It’s never too early to begin thinking about next year’s motorsports competition, especially if you’re planning on doing something wild.  At the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, electric cars and gas-powered monsters have been dominating the mountain for the past decade, leaving little room for other fuel and engine styles to make a mark.

But LoveFab Motorsport, out of Buckley, Michigan, wants to show the world what a diesel-powered Toyota NASCAR truck can do when its been built to conquer Pikes Peak. The aptly-named Torquezillion is unlike anything that’s ever taken to the Peak before.

The former Toyota NASCAR chassis isn’t exactly meant for hill climbing, though it does wear some of the toughest and most carefully-calibrated performance parts in the world. It’s a solid start to a custom project such as this, though the engine under its hood is pretty much the polar opposite of the 800 horsepower V8 race motor it originally came with.

In its place is a 6.7 liter Cummins inline-six turbodiesel that LoveFab says will produce in the neighborhood of 1,000 horsepower and 2,000 lb-ft of torque. Regardless of whatever else shows up, this should be one of, if not the most powerful machine at Pikes Peak 2016. They’ll also be bringing a custom hill climber called Enviate v2.0 with 700 horsepower, just for good measure.

Cody Love will be piloting The Toyota diesel racer up the notoriously treacherous race course, with the goal of beating the 11:11 diesel record currently owned by a Mercedes C250d 4MATIC. Turns out diesels just aren’t popular vehicles at Pikes Peak, but maybe LoveFab can change all that with a new record run. After all, who thought EVs would become some of the fastest cars on the PeaK? Maybe diesels are next.