Carl
Spiering’s day ends with crash
at IHRA Texas event
MARION, TX (March 26, 2006) – Carl Spiering’s
day ended abruptly Sunday when he crashed the Carl Spiering
Motorsports Eaton Electrical Supercharged Pro Modified Chevrolet
Corvette in the quarter finals at the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals
in the International Hot Rod (IHRA) eMax Drag Racing Series
at San Antonio Raceway San Antonio, Texas.
In the second round of Torco Race Fuels Pro
Modified eliminations, Spiering 41, of Jordan Station, ON
took on number six qualifier Kenny Lang from Grande Pointe,
MB with a 1953 Chevrolet Corvette. Lang had the quicker light
and was out in front at the 660-foot marker.
But after that, Spiering pulled ahead and
was out in front when they passed the 1,000-foot marker. Spiering's
car drifted left out of the groove and came close to hitting
the outside wall of the left lane. As he tried to get back
into the groove, Spiering crossed over the center line after
the finish line, running over to the other side of the track
and hit the wall on the outside of the right lane. The cars
did not hit but Lang waited to deploy his parachutes, making
sure he got by Spiering's car, and by not getting the chutes
open early enough, he coasted into the sand at the end of
the track.
Spiering ran a 6.299-second, 207.98 mph pass
for the win. With his car crossing the center line after the
finish line, he was declared winner of the round. Spiering
was unable to make the call for the semi final round, which
gave the win into the finals to the 1963 Corvette of Tommy
D'Aprile’s from Port Charlotte FL.
Spiering defeated Jason Hamstra from Demotte,
IN in the first round of eliminations with a 6.179-second,
231.64 mph run. Hamstra was in the field as an alternate for
number two qualifier Scott Cannon Jr from Lyman, SC who Spiering
was scheduled to run before Cannon crashed in the final qualifying
session Saturday night.
Glen Kerunsky from Priddis, AB won the Torco
Race Fuels Pro Modified Championship at the Amalie Oil Texas
Nationals over Tommy D'Aprile from Port Charlotte, FL.
The next International Hot Rod (IHRA) eMax
Drag Racing Series event of the season the 36th Annual Spring
National presented by Advance Auto Parts will take place April
21-23 at Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina.
For information, call 910.582.3400 or visit www.rockinghamdragway.com
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