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Team Aruba Finishes Up Another Successful Season
MEMPHIS, TN - With the IHRA come to expect from each The Mustang will remain at
World Finals in the books, the team’s stateside base
Team Aruba puts the cap other. and we couldn’t in South Carolina, while the
on another successful year Aruban team members
with their 2011 Aruba.com be happier to do this head home for the winter.
Pro Stock Mustang. They “We’ll settle down now
finished seventh in national anywhere other than on the a little bit at the season
points standings overall, ending, but plans are
quite an accomplishment IHRA quarter mile. At times already falling into place
in the extremely tough Pro for next season,” Eman
Stock division. certain races did not go as expressed. “We are
As car counts continue anxious to see what the
to increase in IHRA we would have wanted, 2016 IHRA race schedule is
Pro Stock, each race going to be like so we can
qualifying becomes more but in between we had start making our testing
of a challenge. Team plans. On behalf of Team
Aruba earned their spot some races we were very Aruba, we would like to
in the World Finals with an congratulate the IHRA for a
impressive 6.358 elapsed happy with, including our completed season, despite
time at over 222 miles per all the hardships with rain
hour. “We had the privilege final round appearance in throughout the year and
of qualifying and racing also all the 2015 champions.
with the world’s best Pro Bradenton, Florida.” We look forward to doing
Stock racers,” stated Trevor this again and more in
Eman, driver of the Aruba. A major facet of the the upcoming 2016 race
com Mustang. “IHRA Pro season.”
Stock has a nice, diversified Team Aruba operation is Follow Team Aruba on
group of racers from the Facebook and Twitter. Find
U.S. and Canada and also promoting ‘The One Happy Aruba,” Eman continued. would be difficult to trade it race results, team updates,
with us from Aruba in there. “We are also extremely in just yet. The power under videos and photos. Also
It means a great deal to us Island’ they call home. At proud of the hard work and the hood of the Aruba. leave your comments to
just to be able to compete efforts put out by our crew com Mustang has been cheer on Team Aruba!
with such a talented group. each event Trevor and members. We have a great tremendous this year. Jon For more on your Aruba
The racing competition team in place with great Kaase knows what he’s vacation visit www.Aruba.
was very tough this year, his team talk to fans and chemistry. Aside from the doing with these great big com.q
but it’s what racers have fun of racing a vehicle at 820+ cubic inch motors
fellow racers about this 220 miles per hour, the most when he builds them. We
fun is the time and laughs thank the entire gang at
paradise destination. Not you get to spend with your Jon Kaase Racing Engines
crewmembers. We are for supplying us with a
only can they give first lucky to have a good team powerful engine. We look
in place. forward to them digging
hand experience of Aruba, “Jerry Haas built us a great up some more HP’s for the
car back into 2011, which is 2016 season.”
they help plan the perfect still going strong. Jerry has With tens of thousands of
showed us pictures of the miles under their belt this
vacation through their new model Mustang being year alone, Team Aruba
built, but his shop built such has earned a well-deserved
travel partners. a good car for us that it break from travel and toil.
“We are extremely proud
to have represented our
country, Aruba and our
partners, www.Aruba.
com and the Aruba
Airport Authority in another
successful year of racing, a
successful year of getting
to know new fans, and a
successful year of getting
more racers and fans to visit
