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August 16, 2006
Chetek, WI
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Ruppel Has Mixed Results at Bark River Revisited
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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.
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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.
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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.
Action Photos from www.off-road.com
-Mike Reusche, marketing - MTG
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Currently Eric Ruppel and the Loose Cannon Off-Road Race Team have
marketing opportunities available for the 2006 Lucas Oil CORR
Sportsman series.
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- To contact Eric Ruppel
at Chetek Off-Road. Call (715) 924-2729 or email:
rupe@chibardun.net
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