Eric Ruppel Bark River II - Race Report

For immediate release
August 16, 2006
Chetek, WI

Ruppel Has Mixed Results at Bark River Revisited

After suffering through a lackluster weekend at Bark River back in  
July, Eric Ruppel was looking to get back on the podium and gain  
valuable championship points. The month long break gave the team  
enough time to build a new motor and put  ?smoky? back in Eric?s  
snowplow truck.

Saturday ? Round 9
Eric Ruppel and his #837 Chetek Off-Road, Art Carr Transmission,  
AMSOIL, Phil?s Inc. Truck Stuff, True Flow, BFGoodrich Tires F-150  
were in the third spot as the eleven truck field prepared for the land  
rush start. When the green flag flew, Eric jumped on the throttle and  
the BFGoodrich tires dug into the Upper Peninsula soil and put the  
#837 into third place. The new engine was built will a bit more  
reliability and slightly less horsepower, and Eric had to use his  
driving ability to keep the truck in the front pack of trucks.

At the end of the first lap Eric moved into second place as #841 Bort  
fell back to the fifth spot.  Quickly Eric and # 834 Wells had a brief  
battle before Wells to over the second spot. The next lap Wells  
faltered and moved back to fourth place. Then #809 Steele made a move  
and passed both Eric and wells putting Eric and his Art Carr  
Transmission backed truck back to third place. The remaining six laps  
saw Eric run consistent lap times, keeping Rod Wells behind him to  
finish a hard fought third place.

?Finally we got back on the podium. After a good start in Antigo, we  
have struggled a lot with our engine program. Our new motor isn?t as  
strong as before, but hopefully we built in some reliability. Thanks  
again to everyone that supports our program, BFGoodrich Tires, Art  
Carr Transmission, AMSOIL, True Flow Filters, Phil?s Inc., Optima  
Batteries and everyone else that?s on the truck. ? ? commented Eric  
Ruppel.

Sunday ? Round 10
The start on Sunday saw Eric grab second place coming out of Turn  One  
and quickly take the lead at the top of the hill heading for the back  
pit loop. Suddenly small signs of white smoke began to come out of the  
  #837 Ford F-150. On the third lap Eric pulled the truck into the  
pits ending his day early. In the end Eric Ruppel was credited with  
tenth place.

Currently Eric Ruppel is in 6th place in the 2006 CORR Sportsman Stock  
Championship.

Eric Ruppel thanks all his supporters including:
Chetek Off-Road
Art Carr Transmissions
Phil?s Inc. ? Truck Stuff
AMSOIL
BFGoodrich Tires
True Flow Filters
Summit Racing
Optima Batteries
MSD Ignition,Dynomax,
Fox Shox, American Racing, Ringers Gloves,
Racing Optics, Alliance Realty ? Kelly Ewert,
A & J Landscaping, and Nonemaker Dairy.

Next Race:
September 2 & 3,
BorgWarner World Championship Off-Road Races  - Crandon, WI.

www.ericruppel.com

Action Photos from www.off-road.com

-Mike Reusche, marketing - MTG