Bankspower - Diesel Performance Specialists since 1958

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  2008-08-07High Performance Diesel Builder’s Guide

  “High Performance Diesel Builder’s Guide” Now Available!
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  2008-07-28Gas & Cash Giveaway

  Congratulations to the winners, who will receive a $500 Fuel Card and a $500 Gift Card for Banks merchandise!
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  2008-05-01Gale Banks Given Keys To BMW's Hydrogen 7

  BMW has asked Gale Banks to road test its new advanced-technology showcase vehicle, the Hydrogen 7 sedan, and Gale's going to blog about it!
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  2008-03-13Banks Sidewinder S-10 Sets NADM Record

  Banks Sidewinder S-10 Sets NADM Record at Saturday's Crude Drags 2 event
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  2008-02-16Banks Cleans Up!

  Banks Power is once again sponsoring the hugely successful Calico Clean-Up in California's High Desert, this year set for Feb. 16. Join with hundreds of other off-road enthusiasts for a day of good, clean fun!
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  2008-02-15Banks Back in Boats

  A concept twin-turbo Duramax diesel V-8 from Banks Marine is creating huge crowd interest at the 2008 Miami International Boat Show, Feb. 14-18.
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  2008-02-14Banks Sidewinder to Compete at Diesel World Crude Drags 2 Event

  The record-making Banks Power Sidewinder S-10 drag truck will be competing at the Diesel World Crude Drags event at Bakersfield's Auto Club Famoso Raceway on Saturday, February 23rd, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  2008-02-11What's coming down the Banks pipeline

  From selling his first engine at 16 to revolutionizing the performance aftermarket, see what Gale Banks now has in store for 2008.
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  2008-01-23Bob Robe Celebrates 30-year Milestone

  Bob Robe was just 26 when he joined Gale Banks Engineer-ing.“Thirty years later, he’s still the go-to guy out in the shop, a leader by example,” says Gale of his longtime friend.
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  2008-01-15Banks Building Diesel Digger

  Team Banks will be on the strip this year with its world's fastest drag truck, and in the works is a Mike Spitzer-built rail.
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  2007-12-18Banks: First Into the Sevens!

  Turning an astonishing 7.96 seconds at 167.34 miles an hour, the Duramax-powered Banks Sidewinder S-10 became the first diesel truck into the sevens on only its fifteenth and fastest-ever pass down a quarter mile drag strip.
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  2007-11-30Gale Banks joins the Automotive X Prize team

  The X PRIZE Foundation looked to Gale for advice on laying down the rules and guidelines for the Automotive X PRIZE. Gale is playing a part in determining the goals of the competition as well as establishing the prize structure.
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  2007-10-2950th Anniversary Congrats!

  Both the White House and the Governor of California sent letters of congratulations to Gale Banks for his 50 years in business. The letter from President Bush was similar to this letter from Gov. Schwarzenegger.
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  2007-10-25World's Quickest & Fastest Diesel Pickup Truck!

  Banks’ Sidewinder® pickup truck blasted down the “Strip at Las Vegas” bettering ALL existing records for diesel-powered pickups.
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  2007-08-02Gale Banks Elected to the 2007 SEMA Board of Directors!

  “What I hope to bring SEMA is a clear view into the future, its challenges and its opportunities.” — Gale Banks
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  2007-07-13Banks Acquires Automotive Balancing Service

  Check out Banks’ new partner and see why the world’s fastest rely on the world’s first engine balancing shop—ABS!