He came back strong this year after pulling in a few 3rd places and a few 2nd places in various categories in 2011, with most of the scoring changes resulting from some off-season engine and paint work.
“It’s an eye-catcher,” Rodriguez says of his engine’s new paint job. He says he wanted the engine to match the rest of the truck, and when he had the 475-hp Cat out earlier this year for some maintenance work, he decided to lay on some flames back-dropped by a purple base.
The result is, as Rodriguez puts his Best of Show victory, “Pretty shocking.”
Here’s a before and after of the truck’s engine, the former taken at the 2011 show and the latter taken last week on the show floor. Also, from the OD live blog from the show, a video of Ray on the show floor discussing the new work. Don’t miss the truck at the Dallas show this year.