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Spiering pleased with 2006 IHRA season Consistent qualifying and solid engine program keys to successful racing
year
JORDAN STATION, ONTARIO (December 4, 2006) – Although he did not win the championship, Carl Spiering believes his 2006 campaign in the competitive IHRA Torco’s CompetitionPlus.com Pro Modified division was successful. Consistency in qualifying, plus a stout and dependable engine program were key factors to his performance again this year. “Consistency was key to our success this year and the G-Force Race Cars Eaton Road Warrior,” said Spiering. “We were one of only two teams (the other being Quain Stott – 2006 IHRA World Champion) that qualified for every one of the 11 IHRA national events this season. For 2006, we averaged sixth spot in qualifying for all the events, with an average low ET of 6.14 seconds, making us the highest average qualifier over all of our competitors.”
This highest average qualifier status gave Spiering and his team the best “batting average” for the season. While other teams may have qualified higher or lower at certain events, the Eaton Road Warrior always qualified well at each event with a steadiness and reliability that no other Pro Modified team matched.
Most IHRA National events featured fields of over 30 Pro Modifieds, with a couple of events topping 40 cars and two boasting the quickest qualified fields in IHRA history, all vying for the top 16 spots for elimination rounds.
Spiering, the
42-year old driver from Jordan Station,
Spiering added he was particularly pleased with his engine program, which has remained rock-solid over the past several seasons.
The Torco Race Fuels Pro Modified
class features a special program based on each team’s final qualifying spot at
each national event. The top eight in points will have the opportunity to
participate in the 2007 Torco Race Fuels Pro Modified Shootout, which will be
held at the IHRA Northern Nationals in
Carl Spiering Motorsports, www.CarlSpiering.com, thanks all of its sponsors and supporters including
Eaton Electrical, (ATC) Aluminum Trailer Co., Competition Tire Canada - Goodyear Racing
Tires, ERD (Engine Research and Development), Excel Tool & Die,
G-Force Race Cars Inc., NGK Spark Plugs, Pennzoil®, RBS Superchargers, PSI
Superchargers, Bicknell Racing Products (BRP), The Trailer Shop, VP Racing
Fuels, Aeroquip Performance Products, Cynergy Composites, AFT
Clutches and Scott Jahren Paint.
Eaton's Electrical Business
(Canadian Operations) Visit us at www.eatonelectrical.ca For more information, visit www.eaton.com
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"We have gone three consecutive years
with no powerplant failures with our ERD engine program,” he said. “Our ERD
(Engine Research and Development) facility features a new state of the art
Dynamic Test Systems (DTS) dynamometer system that allows our engines to be
tested, developed and race ready when we get to the track. Although our race
luck was not there this year we want to emphasize our success at being one of
the very few teams to qualify at each
event.”
