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If you catch Bray Hubbard leaving Alabama football practice, he is usually able to be heard before he is seen.
"My truck sounds like an airplane," Hubbard said in a radio appearance on Sirius XM.
At the 2026 SEC Football Kickoff in Tampa on Wednesday, July 22, the senior spoke with College Sports Radio and described the modifications that make his vehicle, in his words, "kind of illegal."
REQUIRED READING: Why Bray Hubbard wants to finish his Alabama football story
"I drive a GMC 2500," Hubbard continued. "I have it tuned-deleted so all my emissions are cut out of it. It's diesel."
While it technically is a crime to tamper with emissions equipment, tuning and deleting a diesel truck can improve fuel economy, boost horsepower and prevent soot-related wear to the engine.
Hubbard proceeded to describe the gripes that come with driving a truck that large, especially when the tank is empty and it's time to head for the gas station.
"What really makes me mad is when I try to pull through the diesel pump and there's some little-bitty car that's at the diesel pump getting gas," Hubbard said. "I'm like, well, I guess I got to wait 10 minutes for this car to fill up."
But then again, Hubbard is a bulldozing safety at heart.
"Or I could just run him over and get him out of here," Hubbard joked.
Hubbard returns to Bryant-Denny Stadium for action with the Crimson Tide as Alabama on Saturday, Sept. 5 against East Carolina.
Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for The Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at [email protected].
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama football's Bray Hubbard has one complaint every diesel truck driver knows
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"My truck sounds like an airplane," Hubbard said in a radio appearance on Sirius XM.
At the 2026 SEC Football Kickoff in Tampa on Wednesday, July 22, the senior spoke with College Sports Radio and described the modifications that make his vehicle, in his words, "kind of illegal."
REQUIRED READING: Why Bray Hubbard wants to finish his Alabama football story
"I drive a GMC 2500," Hubbard continued. "I have it tuned-deleted so all my emissions are cut out of it. It's diesel."
While it technically is a crime to tamper with emissions equipment, tuning and deleting a diesel truck can improve fuel economy, boost horsepower and prevent soot-related wear to the engine.
Hubbard proceeded to describe the gripes that come with driving a truck that large, especially when the tank is empty and it's time to head for the gas station.
"What really makes me mad is when I try to pull through the diesel pump and there's some little-bitty car that's at the diesel pump getting gas," Hubbard said. "I'm like, well, I guess I got to wait 10 minutes for this car to fill up."
But then again, Hubbard is a bulldozing safety at heart.
"Or I could just run him over and get him out of here," Hubbard joked.
Hubbard returns to Bryant-Denny Stadium for action with the Crimson Tide as Alabama on Saturday, Sept. 5 against East Carolina.
Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for The Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at [email protected].
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama football's Bray Hubbard has one complaint every diesel truck driver knows
Continue reading...
