AMSOIL is a company that makes specialty lubricants like engine oil. Diesel performance trucks often use it to help protect the engine when they’re working hard.
A “transmission” is the gearbox that sends power from the engine to the wheels. Diesel engines make a lot of twisting force, so performance builds often upgrade the transmission to handle that extra power.
“06 Ram” means a Ram pickup truck from 2006. Ram trucks are popular for diesel upgrades because there are lots of parts available and people use them for towing and racing builds.
“Diesel Power Challenge” (DPC) is referenced as an earlier era of diesel competition the guests participated in. It indicates they’ve competed in structured diesel-performance events before moving into the current AMSOIL Ultimate Call Out Challenge.
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NSRDA
“NSRDA” sounds like an organization that runs or sanctions diesel events. The guests are saying it limited their ability to compete for a period of time.
The Ford Mustang is a sports car built for strong acceleration and driving fun. A “turbo Mustang” means it uses a turbo to help the engine make more power. People talk about it in performance podcasts because it’s a common reference point when comparing how fast cars can go.
Injectors are the parts that deliver fuel into the engine. If you’re trying to make more power on a diesel, you may upgrade them so the engine can get the right amount of fuel.
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DPC
DPC is the name of the racing competition/series they decided to enter. It’s basically the event they showed up to compete in.
“Stock internals” means the engine still has the original factory internal parts. If you push a lot of boost with stock parts, you’re more likely to break something.
Boost is how much extra pressure the turbo adds to push more air into the engine. More boost usually means more power, but it can also be harder on the engine.
Nitrous is a chemical boost system that helps the engine make more power. If you spray it at the wrong time, it can create too much stress and break parts.
They kept the original engine block, but they built the engine with upgraded internal parts. That’s how you can make more power without starting from a completely different block.
Industrial Injection is a company that makes aftermarket parts to improve how a diesel engine injects fuel. Their parts can be used to make a diesel much stronger for competition.
Term
concrete filled wet head
This is a heavily reinforced engine cooling and strength setup. The idea is to keep the engine from cracking or warping when it’s pushed very hard for competition.
Forced induction means the engine gets extra air pressure from a device like a turbo. More air helps the engine burn more fuel, which is how you make more power.
UCC is the racing/competition event they’re talking about. They’re building and scheduling the truck so it’s ready to compete and still reliable enough to finish.
“Twin 14 mil XG pumps” refers to a high-flow diesel fuel-injection pump setup, where “twin” means two pumps working together and “14 mil” indicates a pump size/flow spec. In competition diesels, pump upgrades are used to deliver enough fuel to match the turbo’s airflow for big power.
The fuel rail is like a high-pressure fuel manifold. With their upgraded pumps and injectors, they’re using an XG rail to keep fuel pressure up so the engine can keep making power.
“Four links” is a rear suspension upgrade that helps keep the back axle located more precisely. That can improve traction and make the truck hook up harder when launching.
AirDog is a brand of diesel fuel system hardware. It helps make sure the engine gets a steady supply of fuel, especially when you’re pushing the truck hard.
ECU means the engine computer. It controls how much fuel and other settings the engine uses, and tuning it is a big part of making a diesel build work correctly.
A dyno is a testing machine that measures how much power a vehicle makes. It lets the team test and compare changes without needing the car to be at the track.
Phoenix is where they did their dyno testing. It’s just the location of the session they’re talking about.
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2,500
They’re talking about a power number from the dyno—basically a target horsepower level. Hitting that number suggests the car should be competitive on the track.
Drag racing is racing in a straight line where you try to get to the finish as fast as possible. Diesel drag teams tune the car to launch hard and stay consistent without breaking.
“Test and tunes” means going out and making small adjustments, then trying again to see if the car runs better. It’s how racers fine-tune the car for the track conditions.
“Air setup” means the parts that bring air into the engine. More and better-quality air helps the engine make more power, especially on turbocharged diesel builds.
“Third gen build” means the car is from the third generation of that model line. Different generations have different designs, so the build parts and tuning approach can change.
“Keep it together” means don’t break anything during the event. In fast racing, cars can make big power but still fail if parts can’t handle repeated hard runs.
“Power Driven” here sounds like a specific racing team or builder name. The host is saying that team has been doing this for a while and is worth watching.
Duramax is a diesel engine made by General Motors. People in the diesel world use the name to talk about that engine and the trucks it comes in, especially when they’re building big power for competitions.
Common rail is a diesel fuel system that pressurizes fuel and delivers it to the injectors very precisely. That precision helps tuners make more power and control how the engine burns fuel.
VP44 is the name of a diesel fuel injection pump used on some Cummins trucks. When people talk about VP44 in performance, they’re usually talking about how that pump handles (or struggles with) higher power.
A sled pull is a competition where a truck drags a heavy sled. The goal is to pull it as far as possible (or with as much weight as possible), usually focusing on strong low-end pull and traction.
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lead pool setup
A "lead pool setup" is a particular way the truck is set up to make power in a controlled, repeatable way. The goal is usually to help the truck hook up and pull consistently instead of wasting power.
They’re saying winning isn’t just about the driver—it takes a team. Different people handle the build, tuning, and event support so the truck can perform consistently.
Company
poor boys
“Poor Boys” sounds like a local shop or support group that’s been helping this team with advice and access to resources. It’s mentioned as part of the network behind the truck’s progress.
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Thank you for joining. You're listening to the diesel performance podcast. I'm your host, Chris
Emke. We have another AMSOIL Ultimate Call Out Challenge 2026 competitor on the line for us
today, guys. Well, two brothers. So without further ado, we'll dive into it. We have Stephen and
Eric Lucero. Guys, how you doing? Pretty good. Good, good. So I guess, you know, I kind of always
back into these with, you know, a little bit of background, a little bit about your guys's,
you know, yourselves individually, but you guys have a shop in, is it Arizona or New Mexico?
So we have a shop in Las Cruces in Mexico. It's pretty much as south as you can go.
And you guys specialize in diesel performance or like what's the shop's,
what is the shop specialize in per se?
Everything in diesel really means we do pretty much everything we build in here. We build
transmissions, maintenance, repairs, all kinds of stuff like that. We kind of want to shift what
we do a little more in such a performance series. I guess like just performance,
transmissions, performance engines, custom fabrication, but kind of hard transfer.
Gotcha. As far as your guys is kind of upbringing, getting into diesel, can you give us,
give the listeners a little bit of background on, you know, basically your background and
how you got to this point? So basically, for me, it started, you know, back in high school.
My dad actually, he had an 06 Ram, maybe cab is actually one that he gifted me as for my senior
gift. That's kind of what prompted the whole kind of diesel obsession. And it kind of just
went from there. I would say, yeah. Now, you guys, you guys aren't like, you know,
new to, I guess, diesel contests in a sense. You guys competed in diesel power challenge
during the DPC years, correct? Yeah, correct. We did.
And that would have been what, 2019? 2019, yeah, it's going to be competed.
And then from 2019 to current, have you guys done any competitive, you know,
events or anything like that? Or has it just been just to love a diesel performance or what's
that background look like? Well, for a while, the NSRDA kind of shut out. It was I think four or
five years it was out, or maybe it also was that long. So that's what we used to run. We used to
Denver and Bandamere, Tulsa. But once that kind of took a break or, you know, just didn't have a
whole lot to do. I mean, if you didn't want to drive on the East coast, we kind of just did some
street races here or just even some local stuff. They had this East versus South 1320 diesel event
we went to in Kansas. So for the most part, though, we just kind of, just, man, we love fast
trucks and love things that have high horsepower. Yeah, it's making power. I love the street race
events. You know, I've always been diesel oriented myself, but you go to these like 1320
events and you go to these street racing events and it's, you know, these 8,000 pound trucks,
you know, running against cars and they make for very good viral videos and really good clickbait,
you know, to see this monstrosity of a vehicle just, you know, keeping up with a turbo mustang
or whatever the case may be is just to see. Yeah, for sure. I think that's part of the funnest part
of it. You know, you can make a car fast, but I feel like it's even cooler. You can make it
easily even faster than these little sports cars and stuff, but it also takes about 30 times the
amount, you know, to make them that fast. So that, that's always the thing I always, you know,
joke around with, with, with, you know, friends, colleagues, customers. And it's like, you want
to know the secret to going fast. You want to know what the easiest way, the cheapest way to do it,
what have something that's light the minute you're playing around with a 15000
pound truck, like it takes double triple everything else. So everything starts breaking and then
it's like, we kind of figured out what this new build of ours that, I mean, it's, it's,
I consider it very light for still having mostly steel panels on it, but it weighs at
5,500 is what it weighs right now. And I mean, even at 1200 horsepower, you're making 590 passes
and that's pretty conservative, you know, so. So the, the truck, we'll back into, because you said
this is a new truck, the truck that you guys competed in DPC 2019, that was like an 06 Ram.
Can you give a little background on that truck? So yeah, it was an 06 Ram. Basically, I've got it
and senior of high school back in 2012. I started off with, you know, it's just small
modifications, you know, through a Smarty on it, some 18 inch wheels, 33 inch tires,
just the basic stuff, you know, exhausts and, you know, kind of kept it like that for a good
while, you know, start slowly doing more upgrades injectors, turbos. And then, I guess, I don't
know, just wondering, we kind of got the idea just to kind of just compete in DPC. And yeah,
we just kind of entered, got voted in actually, I was actually voted as an alternate for the
challenge. And then one of the guys dropped out, and then KJ called me and said, Hey,
we got a dropout. Do you want to take that place? And I was like, Yeah, sure. So then that's kind
of how we ended up at DPC, you know, it was actually, it was a stock 59 engine, the
original engine that was in its stock, bone stock, bottom end wise. And we had, what was it?
It was a 200. And then he had a 72 88 T six compound set up.
Yeah. So we were, we were pushing some pretty high boosts for stock internals on that one,
that motor. And it could be made like 1200 horsepower on the dyno. And then we ran a 10
one or something at the track stock bottom end. I still, yeah, stock bottom end. I actually think
full weight too. Yeah, full weight. I still think that truck might still hold the record as far as
stock bottom end, full interior mega cab. I'm not sure. But last time I heard it was kind of
still up there from that record. So now we can fast forward to this. Why not? So you still have
that truck that that truck is still in one piece. You still use it? Or is it kind of, you know,
off to the wayside or what's the status of that truck now?
So for, I'd say from probably like 2019 till this past year, 2025, I basically didn't do a whole
lot with the truck. My brother Eric, he was, he was one drag racing, his, uh, his O2 Ram.
So he was drag racing, you know, and he could in the circuit and the street races, but I kind of
he didn't want to cage you. That's what he did. He didn't want to cage you. So he just died of it.
I didn't want to cage it. Uh, I guess it's kind of like the sentimental value of it. I didn't want
to tear up the interior and do that. So I kind of just, uh, yeah, it sat around in the shop for
a while, did a few competitions like that. Um, it's in my garage right now. I'm actually trying
to steal some parts off of it for, for this new truck. So I guess that back's into the next question.
So you, you said you have a new truck that you're bringing to, you know, UCC this year.
Is that, is there a strategy in mind around that? Or was it, Hey, the, the O6 is sentimental. I want
to keep it and preserve it for what it is. Let's, you know, hack up and build a new platform for
competition specific use. Yeah, that was pretty much exactly the mindset of this.
We thought about building that O6 made of the gold one,
Steve. So we thought about building my, uh, black second year around,
but I mean, they were kind of just set up just strictly drag race. Yeah, we could make adjustments.
Yeah, we could cut weight out of here, but we thought the best thing we could do is just kind
of build a shop truck in specific and just kind of label that as our personal shop,
trailer events. I mean, the bigger events just take that truck and kind of just put us more on the
map. Yeah. And I think what, what kind of started that, because we were talking the idea around
of doing UCC, but, um, last year I went to an event in Utah, the Southwest truck that's, um,
I took those six mega up there and, uh, it made 2,200, uh, on the super flow down.
I got greedy, uh, went for a second pull. Everything was hot and I just came in with
a nitrous too soon and blocks it right in half. Um, so I guess that's kind of what prompted
the move into Disney build is kind of like, you know, breaking that one and kind of just
reassessing what we're going to do with it. So 2,200 on the mega cab, that wasn't a stock,
stock engine at that point. That was a built motor stock block kind of thing, correct?
Yeah, that was a, that was an industrial injection. Uh, it wasn't a shredder, but it was just one of
the, the performance series in the mountain. So for that later, gotcha. So for the listeners now,
what's the new build? What's, what's the power plant? What's the truck?
What's the setup? What do you got going on with that?
So, uh, industrial injection, uh, you know, they sponsored the engine, uh, they supplied us pretty
much, uh, I should say helped us out quite a bit. Um, it's a 64 concrete filled wet head, uh,
64 uh, Cummins on it. Um, we, we're running right now at the turbo setup is an 85 125.
Yeah. It's the biggest turbo I believe that forced induction cell on their website. Uh,
the same setup is McCormick had pretty much on for the U, uh, UCC last year. We got on that.
But, uh, this is a, it's, it's, it's a similar truck. It's gold as well. We forgot to add that
it's a gold truck. It's a 2004, uh, quad cab, uh, long bed actually. So it, it looks similar as
many cattle. Like a lot of people think it's the same truck when they see it, like they think it's
the same one. So I know this is not made cap. So, but yeah. And then, uh, what else does it have?
I mean, like, so we got, uh, it's, it's got 450% over, uh, injectors. It's got twin 14 mil XG pumps
on it. Uh, XG rail. Uh, yeah. It's got a four links back after we did. Um, and then we, uh,
we got a Muldoon's stage four transmission Muldoon's helped us a lot, helped us out with that.
They helped us out sponsor us on that as well. Um, air dog with the fastest as well. We got that
setup. Other than that, I mean, we kind of, we still have to stock, uh, CMA 49 in there. I guess
I have to stop, but we put a CMA 49 in there. Uh, Cody Baldwin's harness. Uh, see everybody
doing the box or a mo tech. We just really didn't want to go there out yet. Um, the best thing to
do is kind of get our feet wet. See how this works out for us this year. And then next year,
if we do decide to do you CC again, we'll probably go with the box or a similar type of, uh,
just, uh, I guess ECU. Yeah. So the million dollar question is, is the truck in one piece?
Oh, the truck's freaking. Honestly, you should see right now, it's got a simple setup. We're
just button up some, some back half stuff on it. Just some support brackets. Um,
and I'm surprised we are this far along. I felt like we have time to waste at this point. We,
but I mean, I see some other competitors out there. Their truck is, they don't even have the
engine in yet. It's like they're freaking there. It's just, yeah, I gave everything to scramble.
I mean, I, you're the most, that was the most confident answer I've had out of any of the
interviews if you want the truth. So we have like a week, a week to kind of just, uh, you know,
work out small little bugs and, you know, just look everything over. So we do have bugs. That's,
that's not something that's inside a couple of bugs that work out. We're on the dyno with,
poor boys, diesel, uh, a couple of weeks back in Phoenix. And we got some data back to us.
Um, something on the, on, I think it's on the truck side is just kind of acting funky. So I
do what needs to do right now, but I believe we, we got to figure it out, but we really have no
place we can test the local. So we're kind of going to go in, uh, swing and hopefully fix the
issue. And you know, so hopefully we make some good power and we don't make a fool of ourselves
on the dyno. As for drag racing, I think it's going to do pretty good, but the dyno is kind of,
I mean, if we get anything over 2,500, I mean, that's a, that's a plus for us.
Is there any ability for you to do any, you know,
test and tunes at a track before next weekend, or it's pretty much just, you know,
it's not coming weekend is, uh, there's an event in Tulsa. It's that NHL, the Tulsa event.
Just thinking about hitting that up, but be honest with me, we have been traveling so much
we were in Utah. I think this weekend will be two weeks that we're from there. And then the
weekend before we're in Phoenix. And apart from just be working on the stroke every weekend,
I mean, I think we got to just button this up completely before we actually take it out to
a track. I mean, we do have some streets we can make some hits on, but I don't think it'll be,
I mean, good data for us, you know, it's just going to be spinning. So, I mean,
we might figure something out, try to run down the track sometime before,
what is it, June 5th? But I mean, if not, I think we should be able to pull off some 570,
maybe 560 passes in the eighth. Yeah.
So going into this, so this is your, this is your rookie year, right? For, for UCC at least.
What's, what's an expectation for your first year competing?
You know, honestly, um, I would just like to finish the event with some respectable numbers,
you know, across the board. Uh, I don't expect to win, but I would like to finish it and, uh,
you know, minimal carnage, I think is kind of like the goal, you know, we're not going to be
going to, hey, we're not going to conservative. Definitely not. I mean, like I said, if you look
at the setup, I mean, if you listen to the podcast and if you've seen the setup before, um, I mean,
it's, it's a pretty wicked air setup on that thing. It looks pretty, uh, pretty gnarly, but
so we, we're not being conservative with the, I guess the horsepower and goals of the competition,
but we're also just putting into consideration who's at this competition. And we got Zygler
in this competition. Now we got, uh, Robbie Garcia with a new, uh, third gen build. I guess
he's building, uh, we got another heavy hitters and just people that have had the experience.
So we're kind of like, you know, it's, we've been in your CC before watching it, seeing it,
but to be competing in it, I think our biggest goal is just to keep it together and
don't make any dumb mistakes on the big stage, you know, it's not following it here.
Is there any competitors that like you're eyeing up that you want to see how you stack up against
or next to you in that, in that, uh, on that center stage?
Um, yeah, I guess Meyer with the power driven, uh, that guy's been at it for a while. He's been
thinking, I got, I don't know how those guys are thinking function. I was gathered, I don't know,
they even sleep, bro. They're always like, one thing is, one day it's doing one thing. It's one
day it comes torn apart pieces. One day it's like in the blocks scattered in half. The next day
it's a whole incident. I don't even know how that function, but those guys got it. I mean,
I'm just holding you set up. He's running. I think he touched fours or not. He was right at
fives, bottom fives up, but he's gotta figure it out. I think those guys, they always get somehow
figured out, but another than that. I was going to say, I've always been astonished. Like I don't,
I don't have a close relationship with Meyer, but I have a pretty close relationship with
Josh McCormick and it's amazing to me how his drive and work ethic is and how he could have a
truck completely tore apart and together in 24 hours. And then you follow the stuff at Power
Driven and what Meyer's doing. And it's like, did they learn that from Josh or did Josh learn
that from them? Because they're kind of like cut for it. Those guys always have something to show
though. I mean, like he was harder stuff. Yeah. Like the 12 out, I mean, kind of make the big
stage of the 12 out. He could do it and it's impressive. But I mean, regardless, those guys
have always had a pretty serious setup on all the chokes and I have a lot of respect for those guys,
but no, um, I think other than them, I think the, what I'm kind of curious of is, uh, we've been
talking to Mori a lot as well, uh, with dirty hooker and Cody Hawk over there. We kind of want
to see what that stuff does. Um, just more than anything, just, it's cool to see that a different
bill like that. Duramax coming into the first service, I believe hit 3000 horsepower. Um,
so I'm kind of curious to see what that one does, especially I think they did some upgrades on it.
I think they did a standalone ECU on that as well. Um, but yeah, just like I said,
but I'd say like a good handful of people that are in this competition we've talked to before,
actually met, have some type of friendship with them, but the rest of them is kind of like,
yeah, you can follow them on Instagram, on Facebook. It's really about it. Yeah. It was,
we had Cody Hawk on for interview last week and you know, it kind of like clicked like out of,
out of all the competitors this year, you know, there's a lot of common rail in line,
you know, 5967 base trucks. There's only a couple, a handful of outliers,
you know, we got a second gen VP 44 truck competing. We have a 12 valve Cummins competing and then,
you know, we have a LB seven Duramax competing and you know, uh, you know, Cody in the Duramax
world, like, you know, he's, he's already made a number, you know, now can he bring that in? He
knows how to sled pull, you know, he, he enjoys drag racing and, you know, he's already made the
number. I feel like that truck can be a real contender. Um, but it's, it's nice to see like,
you know, different flavors, you know, I'm, I'm coming through and through, but it's,
it's nice to see those other platforms, you know, some, some, uh, yeah.
And personally, that's cool seeing like, uh, Zeigler back in it. Uh, I mean, it's just cool
seeing all the, I mean, all the fire pumps that those guys pull out over there and Justin over
there. They got pretty cool setups on all their stuff. I mean, it's definitely like, uh, I don't
know how they're going to set this strictly race truck up. This is a sled, but we're kind of curious
to see what they do over there, you know? Yeah, I was figured out. I was, and they have a good,
good, uh, little, um, I guess friendship with firepunk and they've done it off scene all over
there. And while me and Steve over here, we basically built this truck, just us too. We
had his help with, uh, one of our good friends, Alex scene. Uh, he has a company that he has called
seeing in diesel performance, but I live in that. I mean, he, he wired up the whole truck first,
but everything other than the wiring and you see, he just did. So it was about the last nine, 10
months. That's awesome. Done it all. I mean, we obviously would have the, the network, uh,
that people that we use, you know, for information. Yeah, like, I mean, we've been kind of with
Dr. McCormick a lot. I mean, he's helped us a lot with some advice. Uh, he also lent us his
lead pool setup for his, uh, his mud grapple isn't on the 17s, do we wheels, but yeah, he's helped
us a bunch of new information, uh, helped us get in contact with certain people. Um, but yeah, he's,
he's helped us a bunch on this path so far. I guess that was kind of tying me into the next,
the next thing here. Like, you know, the one common theme I've had with any of the competitors is
it's, it's not just the driver, right? It's not a team of one person and it's I, I, I, it's always
we, us, them, right? It's, it's a collective effort. Who's, who are some of the, the, the groups or
teams that, you know, you kind of want to give a shout out to that's kind of got the truck to
where it is now for you to be even able to compete. I mean, I would say, uh, for sure, industrial
injection, industrial injection, for sure. Uh, another guy, uh, Tim Moore was poor boys. Yeah.
He's definitely reached out to us a lot. Uh, he's trying to be helpful where you can. We
got set up on his time. I know, uh, the guy who runs around like crazy, like scatterbrained,
like just like me, you know, but he's very helpful. He's always reached out, making sure we're good.
If we need anything, he's, he's always told us use his shop. Uh, even when we go to events and
stuff, the last few events we've attended, he's been a real big help. And he's kind of been
pushing us to, you know, be a contender as well in this competition. But, um, there's another
couple handful of shops and people that'll help us out. Yes. I'll tell my head. It's just hard.
Yeah. It's just, it's like you said, it's not just one person doing this. You know, it takes,
takes the team, you know, to do it pretty much. And yeah, I feel like our team local. I mean,
it was just kind of, kind of limited. Everybody's got their own life, our own techs have their own
lives. They have their own families. And it's kind of hard to say, Hey, after you get off,
let's go work on this truck till midnight tonight. You know, it's kind of hard to tell them that
after they just put in the whole day's work and they got their families and stuff. So it's me and
Steve out there till midnight. A lot of times, you know, it's just, uh, when these guys have a chance
at our shop, like Travis and Damien, they'll go out there and help us out. Uh, but I mean,
like the most probably said, we have a lot of friends we've known for years, like for the guys
of forced inductions. Um, I mean, just pretty much all those guys we've had in contact with
the last, I don't know, five, 10 years, uh, they've always been a big help trying to get us parts
and stuff. Uh, Logan and Jared over there, forced inductions. Um, I mean, I couldn't go on with
being the stuff, but it's kind of what we think right now. Yeah. Now, if any of our listeners
want to, you know, follow you guys on socials or get in contact with you for the business,
follow with, you know, updates and status of the truck, how can they find you guys?
I believe our Facebook is black diamond diesel performance and fabrication. Um,
it's got like a green logo across it. I'm not too active on Facebook. I will post from time to time.
But then we also have our on Instagram. We have, uh, it's just a black diamond diesel
performance with underscore, uh, same kind of thing. We're, we're a little more active on there.
How our personals, uh, seeds, uh, which is my Instagram is, uh, Steve Lucero underscore 10.
And then mine is, uh, Eric Lucero, uh, I believe underscore four. But yeah, I mean,
like I said, we're, we're not too good. But, uh, I guess throughout this whole
love bringing to this truck and all the progress we haven't recorded enough videos and posted enough
and to show everything we've done. So we have some videos recorded on one of our little cameras.
I think one day we'll pull out and make a nice YouTube video, kind of what we did on this truck.
But I mean, at that, at the moment, we're just a little bit, uh, all hands on deck still trying
to button small things up. Like I said, it's ready. The truck's ready. We just got ironed some
things out. We're trying to figure it out. We still got loads of trailers and stuff like that.
But I mean, that's where you can find us. We don't have a TikTok or anything, but, uh,
we do have Instagram and Facebook and keep up with us at, well, we're looking forward. We're
rooting for you guys. You know, it'll be awesome to see what kind of splash you make in your rookie
year going into this. Um, you know, we appreciate you guys taking the time. And I mean, as of,
as of today, I mean, we, we have what, nine days, eight days?
And it's like, sorry, uh, 13, 18. Yeah, I'm all, I'm all screwed up.
He heard you guys said you were pretty much good and he's like, no, I'm going to fuck you.
Yeah, right. Like jokes on your toes. But no, I mean,
So I guess technically we, we are about that time frame. We leave on the second of June.
So how many days is that? That's seven days? Yeah, 10, 11 days. So, you know, we're, we're
14 days, 15 days from, from the event, you know, so it's, it's coming up pretty quick.
It's coming up quick, but, you know, we're, uh, we're rooting for you guys and, you know, we're,
we're excited to see how everything kind of plays out. And, you know, maybe, uh, we can,
you know, get a recap and get you back on here once you guys are heading back home after the
long weekend and, you know, just, uh, kind of see how, see how the first year went for you guys.
Yeah, definitely man. I appreciate you guys reaching out to us and having us do this interview.
Yeah. Oh, we appreciate it. You take care.
Thank you for joining. Here's to another episode. I don't know why I said to here's to know.
I'm going to fucking cheers to the maid of honor, you know, fuck. All right.
About this episode
Steven Lucero and Eric Lucero talk about their Las Cruces diesel shop and how their competition background feeds into their AMSOIL Ultimate Call Out Challenge 2026 plans. They revisit past DPC builds—like a 2006 Ram—plus the street/drag culture that shaped their approach. For the new UCC truck, they discuss dyno targets, reliability-first strategy, and a reinforced “concrete filled wet head,” while detailing turbo and fueling upgrades and how close they are to leaving for the event.
We are joined by the Lucero brothers! Shop owners, massive racing fans, and now first time AMSOIL UCC competitors. We are big fans of these guys and we believe they can make huge waves at the event in a rookie season. They discuss the Cummins they're bringing, what they expect to see out of the competition field, and how they are going to attack the event. We are ready to see what they do!
