MIKE SNELL: CREW CHIEF, BODY MAN, MECHANIC

BOB RINGO: WELDER, FABRICATOR, CREW CHIEF

DRIVER PROFILE:

ERIC SNELL: AGE 22

RACING EXPERIENCE: 12YEARS

ERIC IS DEDICATED TO BUILDING HIS LIFE AROUND THE WORLD OF AUTO RACING. HE HAS SPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE IN THE GARAGE WITH HIS FATHER BUILDING AND MAINTAINING RACE CARS, OR AT THE RACE TRACK.

IN 1992 ERIC BECAME INVOLVED IN KART RACING WITH HIS UNCLE WHILE HIS FATHER WAS TRAVELING WITH A.R.C.A. TEAMS, (AUTOMOBILE RACING CLUB OF AMERICA). THEY WERE RACING WITH THE OHIO VALLEY KARTING ASSOC. COMPETEING AT SEVERAL RACE TRACKS IN OHIO AND INDIANA.

KARTING HIGHLIGHTS

FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 IN POINTS ALL SEVEN YEARS. HE ALSO WAS INVOLVED IN KART RACING.

IN 1997 FINISHED SEVENTH IN “WORLD KARTING ASSOC.” NATIONALS OUT OF 60 KARTS IN HIS CLASS.

IN 1998 HE WAS THE POINT LEADER FOR MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF THE SEASON AND ENDED UP THIRD.

1998 C.I.K.A.-O.V.K.A. SHOOT OUT CHAMPION

IN 1998 FINISHED IN TOP 5, 14 OUT OF 16 RACES

IN 1999 RACED THREE TIMES WITH A RECORD OF TWO WINS AND A SECOND PLACE FINISH.

AFTER THESE 3 RACES ERIC WAS PUT IN A CAR HIS FATHER HAD BUILT THAT WAS OWNED THEN BY THE DRIVER THAT DROVE FOR HIS FATHER IN THE LATE 1980’s. ERIC RAN LAPS THAT WERE JUST .4 TENTHS OF A SECOND SLOWER THAN THE FASTEST LAPS TURNED IN THAT CLASS. AT THAT POINT THEY DECIDED TO SELL ALL THE KARTING EQUIPMENT AND START BUILDING THERE FIRST TRUCK.

ERIC RACED THE LAST 6 RACES AT KILL KARE SPEEDWAY IN 2001 AND ALL SEASON OF 2002, (CLICK STATS ON THE HOME PAGE).