ROYALTY ROCKET

THE ROYALTY FAMILY’S DODGE DAKOTA DRAG MACHINE

- CHRIS TOBIN

Drag racing is a family-friendly sport which tends to draw families to both the grandstands and staging lanes. One such racing family is the Royalty family where Merit is the team owner and crew chief, his son Steve is the driver and Steve’s son Tyler is the tech and starting line man. All three generations of the Royalty family work together with a few additional team members to make the “Climate Change” Warren County Diesel Service Dodge Dakota Pro Mod drag truck fly down the race track.

The GTS Fiberglass 2000 Dodge Dakota body rides on a custom Gary Taylor Race Cars tubular chassis that was built specifically for the Royalty race team after they decided to move on from their previous Pro Mod drag truck “Flirtin’ With Disaster”. A billet aluminum block 6.7L Cummins engine built by Kent Crowder at Scheid Diesel Motorsports provides the oomph to propel the truck down the track. Internally the engine features a Scheid modified Cummins crankshaft that swings Arias pistons on R&R/Scheid Diesel connecting rods. The valves in the 12-valve Cummins cylinder head are controlled by a Scheid camshaft with Cook and Sons valve train components.

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