Spiering
pleased with 2006 IHRA season
Consistent qualifying and solid engine
program keys to successful racing year
 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, Ontario, finished
the season in seventh position in the IHRA eMax Nitro Jam™
Drag Racing Series in his Eaton Electrical 1967 Camaro and
continues to lead the chase for the 2007 Torco Race Fuels
Pro Modified Shootout.
Spiering added he was particularly pleased
with his engine program, which has remained rock-solid over
the past several seasons.
"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.”
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 Martin, Michigan. Spiering remains in
the number one position in this category and has kept this
since winning the 2005 Shootout again reinforcing his consistently
strong performance throughout the 2006 season.
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.
For more information, please contact Bruce F. Mehlenbacher
at bruce@jajentertainment.com
Photo Credit: www.dragracecanada.com
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