Category: Press Releases > Gale Banks Engineering    Email A Friend      Print This Page Click to enlarge Gale Banks Set to Drive in Baja 1000 Race Gale Banks Engineering—Thursday, October 20, 2005 The two powerhouses in the Ford truck aftermarket have teamed up to tackle the Baja 1000, the world’s toughest off-road race. Banks Power and Donahoe Racing are out to win the Baja 1000 in a brand-new F-350 Super-Duty Power Stroke diesel pickup that will compete in the Stock Full class. Banks Power, known for its power-producing products – and Donahoe Racing, known for its quality suspension components – have formed an alliance that will put Banks products on the truck and Gale Banks in the driver’s seat of Donahoe Racing’s brand-new Ford Super-Duty Race Truck. Banks, who has competed in many forms of racing, but never in the Baja 1000, will start the race. After Banks’ stretch at the wheel, Donahoe’s secret weapon, Steve Kreiger, will take over and drive to the 360-mile mark. Kreg’s father and off-road racing legend, Bill Donahoe, is actually coming out of retirement to put in a few hundred miles at the wheel to help the team to win. Finally, at the 560-mile mark, Kreg Donahoe will jump in and take the truck to the finish. “When we decided to run a diesel, the first name that came to mind was Gale Banks. We are proud to have Gale Banks Engineering as part of our team for the 2005 SCORE Tecate Baja 1000,” says Kreg Donahoe. No race is more difficult to win, or even finish, and this year’s course is a tough, technical loop that will start and finish in Ensenada. For extra power, the Ford Super-Duty Race Truck is powered by a 6.0-liter Power Stroke turbodiesel featuring a Banks Big Hoss Bundle for an additional 138 horsepower and 231 lb.-ft.! The Banks Big Hoss Bundle is a complete power system that not only adds additional fuel, but additional airflow for complete combustion and the most continuous power available. Every Big Hoss Bundle component was designed to withstand the torture of the Baja 1000. The Big Hoss Bundle includes Banks Six-Gun Diesel Tuner and Speed-Loader upgrade, gigantic Techni-Cooler charge-air cooler and larger 3-1/2” constant-diameter boost tubes. Also included is a larger, streamlined, High-Ram air inlet casting and a complete 4” stainless-steel Monster exhaust with stainless-steel straight-through-design Monster muffler. Donahoe revised the stock suspension with off-the-shelf 2-1/2” dual-rate leveling coil springs up front and gigantic new 4-1/2” by-pass shocks with remote reservoirs that will run with Deaver leaf springs in the rear. Suspension travel is now 11-inches in front and 14-inches in the rear, which should make a huge difference over the stock suspension. “When I got the call from Kreg Donahoe to provide power products for his new Baja 1000 truck, I was honored. Then, when he asked me to drive, I was thrilled,” Gale Banks said. Team Donahoe is an active participant in the Ford Truck Motorsports "Technical Exchange" program. Ford Trucks’ Cliff Irey says of the Ford Trucks-Team Donahoe relationship: “… We are particularly excited to have Team Donahoe on board with us. They are extremely competitive racers, members of SEMA, and they have staff engineers already knowledgeable about Ford products. Ford Motor Company’s positive relationship with Team Donahoe makes perfect sense for us. Technical feedback we receive helps us maintain our "Built Ford Tough" status. So come on down to watch the two Ford Truck aftermarket powerhouses, Banks Power and Donahoe Racing, kick ass at the Baja 1000, November 17-20, 2005! http://www.bankspower.com/Donahoe.cfm For more information, view the Ford Big Hoss Bundle 6.0L Power Stroke, '03-06 product page.  Find more products from Gale Banks Engineering  Find more products in Engine Performance > Performance Packages  Find newest products in Engine Performance > Performance Packages  Search Google for Ford Big Hoss Bundle 6.0L Power Stroke, '03-06  Visit Gale Banks Engineering's website Manufacturer: Gale Banks Engineering Location: 546 Duggan Avenue   Azusa, CA 91702 Phone: (800)601.8072 Email: Click to email Website: Click to visit