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“ Automotive aftermarket legend Gale Banks revs up Army's Humvee ”Los Angeles Times - April 2013Banks is using his expertise in making fast cars and trucks even faster to improve the underpowered Humvee's performance.
“ Gale Banks Comes Clean part 2”8-Lug - January 2013Gale's thoughts on black smoke, DPF delete kits, and more.
“ Gale Banks Comes Clean part 1”8-Lug - December 2012Spending a day with the iconic diesel legend reveals interesting thoughts on a variety of subjects.
“ 100 Most Influential People in RV History”RV Business - May 2010Celebrating the Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Visionaries Who — During the Past 100 Years — Made Lasting Contributions to the Inception, Growth and Success of the Business of Recreation.
“ Famed Hot Rodder Sees Opportunity in Clean Diesel Tech”The New York Times - online editionFrom The New York Times: We sat down with Gale Banks and came away with a genuine hot-rodder's perspective on the future of clean diesel engines and fuels.
“ Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum”DRIVE! - June 2009"Banks Power: The First 50 Years" is a very thorough exhibit containing memorabilia from the Banks long career and features items ranging from late ‘50s to the record-holding Sidewinder diesel dragster.
“ "Banks Power - The first 50 years" Opens at Wally Parks NHRA Museum”Diesel World - May 200950 years of automotive and marine engineering innovation was put on display at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum to honor Gale Banks and his achievements.
“ Gale Banks Receives 2009 Distinguished Service Citation”Hotrod & Restoration - March 2009The Automotive Hall of Fame has selected Gale Banks to receive one of their 2009 Distinguished Service Citations.
“ Gale Banks to be honored by Automotive Hall of Fame”Pasadena Star News - January 23, 2009Gale Banks set to receive the Automotove Hall of Fame's 2009 Distinguished Service Citation in New Orleans.
“ Museum exhibit a tribute to Banks' long career”Pasadena Star-News - December 4, 2008POMONA - Gale Banks calls himself a "futurist." So, what is a futurist doing in a museum?
“ NHRA exhibit chronicles 50 years of Azusa's Gale Banks Engineering”Pasadena Star-News - December 4, 2008POMONA - There were a lot of horses and a lot of power in a Fairplex museum on Wednesday. But it had nothing to do with a barn.
That's because 50 years of ramping up the internal combustion engine to make it go faster, longer and better went on display in the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum.
“ Gale Banks Engineering pushes to make vehicles more powerful, fuel efficient”Los Angeles Times - September 22, 2008Gale Banks Engineering pushes to make vehicles more powerful, fuel efficient
“ One On One With Gale Banks”Diesel Builder - February 2008Straight Talk With the Man Largely Identified as the Creator of the Diesel Aftermarket
“ Power Broker”Sport Truck - January 2008Here's a guy who's done it all and done it well, and he has the records to prove it. You'll find his name in the record books for building the fastest pickups on earth. This article features the Shop Truck, Gale's 502SS, Sidewinder GMC Sierra, Sidewinder S-10, and the Sidewinder Dakota.
“ Safe At Any Speed”Truck Trend - November 2007When I started in 1958, all engine tuning was a mechanical enterprise. Today, especially in the diesel world, many tuners still rely on retro technology, but I'm not one of them.
“ Azusa Firm Turns It Up A Notch”Pasadena Star News - October 1st, 2007“I'm a futurist. It's always about what's next. We tend to engineer the automotive future.” - Gale Banks
“ Drivelines Chatter: Gale Banks, Gale Banks Engineering”4-Wheel & Off-Road - March 2007Gale Banks knows how to make power, whether he's land-speed racing or improving the performance of an anemic motorhome.
“ Engine Builder Does It Diesel”The Detroit News - May 9th, 2007Could performance cars like Corvettes and Mustangs and others be powered by diesel engines in the future? They not only could be, but they would be if Gale Banks had his way.
“ Power Guru”Garage Magazine - Issue No. 1250 Years of Fast Times and Weird Science with Gale Banks
“ Dynamometers: Fact or Fantasy”Diesel Power - Summer 2005How to get factual horsepower and torque numbers using dynamometers—and why inertia dynos are dyno jokes!
“ Banks Goes Camping”Diesel Power - Summer 2005Camping World is a nationwide certified dealer and installer of Banks Power Systems.
“ Gale Banks Engineering”Undercar Digest - June 2003Winning Systems for Trucks, SUVs & Motor Homes
“ Chat with Gale Banks”Ford-Diesel.com - Online ChatGale himself fields many Power & Performance questions during a live chat on Ford-Diesel.com
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