The diesel dragster has a few issues and fails to complete a full run the first couple of times, but it eventually manages to race against the jet-fueled racer. It happens around the six-minute mark.

This dragster launches quicker than a jet fighter, it doesn't struggle much with grip, and runs the quarter-mile in 6.69 seconds. The trap speed is an insane 217.53 mph (350.08 kph)!

His personal project is a diesel dragster, powered by the 5.9L Cummins engine you see here. While Keating has thousands of hours in the build, the parts themselves are surprisingly stock.

Read about Wide Open Performance's 7.3L Power Stroke Dragster with four turbos, Nitrous Oxide, and Goodyear tires, only on dieselpowermag.com, the official website of Diesel Power Magazine.

The Banks crew used the event to further refine the engine controls that Banks has designed for GM's 6.6-liter Duramax V8 diesel. Several parts also will be used on Banks' new Top Diesel Dragster ...

This is a tube-chassis dragster with the body of a stretched W126 S-Class on top and a 1953 Westinghouse J34 turbojet engine with a diesel-fueled afterburner sticking out the back.