Charles Carpenter IHRA Northern Nationals Preview

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Charles Carpenter Racing IHRA Northern Nationals Preview press release.

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Charles Carpenter Racing IHRA Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals  
Preview


Steady gains, hard rains leave Carpenter anticipating Martin, MI event

(7-31-06) CHARLOTTE, NC­ Charles Carpenter endured the "second-worst  
rainout of his career�?? at the IHRA Canadian Nationals at Toronto  
Motorsports Park on July 21-22. The only rainout that Carpenter  
ranked higher in his 32-year career was a complete washout of a 1990  
Super Chevy Show event in Sonoma, California, then called Sears Point  
Raceway. “A rainout is a big disappointment no matter where you are,  
but the further you are from home, it seems to hurt a little worse.  
We also had our good friend Paul Albino join us this weekend, which  
added to the disappointment. I guess it’s the long ride back that  
lets it sink in,�?? Carpenter stated. “At least back in 1990 at  
Sonoma I was on my own little “western swing�??, stringing together  
several races in Seattle, Sonoma, Bakersfield, and Sacramento one  
after the other.�??

The downtime at the track brought on by the rain gave Carpenter extra  
time to field questions and comments on his recent letter to the IHRA  
and everyone involved with Pro Modified regarding the state of the  
class. Carpenter noted, “The vast majority of the feedback I have  
received on my letter has been very positive. A few people have had  
their qualms with it, but that’s certainly to be expected when  
addressing such a sensitive issue across every media outlet  
available.�?? He also granted 1320TV an interview conducted by multi- 
time Top Fuel World Champion Clay Millican on the subject, and used  
the time to its fullest. “Clay told me I get the award for being the  
first person to not let him get more than 5 words in during an  
interview,�?? Carpenter joked.

Carpenter feels that he has steadily improved his iconic nitrous- 
assisted 1955 Chevy’s performance at each event this season, and was  
looking to make even more gains in Toronto. “We ran a career best  
6.22 at 226.47 mph in Milan, and we were looking forward to perhaps  
running in better atmospheric conditions in Toronto,�?? said  
Carpenter. “Those better conditions coupled with a little more  
tuning on the car would have almost certainly produced 6-teens for  
us.�?? Carpenter went on to add, “We just need to keep improving our  
performance at every race. With the way the blown cars are running,  
it might not guarantee us a spot in the field, but at least they  
can’t say anything about the kinds of numbers we are running.�??

The extra downtime certainly gave Carpenter and the rest of the Embee  
Performance team the opportunity to prepare for this weekend’s  
event, the Torco Racing Fuels Northern Nationals at US 131  
Motorsports Park in Martin, MI.

A confident Carpenter added, “Hopefully, we just had to wait a  
couple weeks to squeeze some more great numbers out of this old  
Shoebox�??


For more on Charles Carpenter and the Embee Performance team, be sure  
to check out:

www.fastest55.com
www.embeeperformance.com

Photo courtesy David Anderson


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Thank you,

Mike Carpenter
Charles Carpenter Racing
(704) 737-2299
mvc753@aol.com