“Cha-Ching” for CSM Trucker

By: Bruce Biegler (June 10/06)

Carl “Big Dog” Spiering is apparently not the only skilled driver on the Carl Spiering Motorsports Eaton Cutler Hammer Pro Modified team.

Just one week before the IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals, dedicated team truck driver Bob Sackrider had a rather lucrative weekend himself while racing his 1967 Chevelle SS Super Pro ET car over in Michigan.

Bob was in competition at one of Ubly Dragway’s $10,000 to win events and raked in a cool $2400 when he placed runner-up in a 9 round 138-car shoot out. Bob was a picture of consistency in his car including no less then 5-straight 9.59 secs elapsed times during eliminations and a razor sharp .002 RT. For the final he did have the opportunity to split the purse when his scheduled competition made the offer – however he optioned not to. In the final he went .498 red while chasing down an 18-second car to just miss a huge payday.

“I must thank my crew chief Jim Bayless as well as Carl and Terry Vince,” said Bob, who lives in Ayr, ON. “Over the off season Carl made me remove a lot of gadgets and we made the car a lot simpler to tune and drive. That really helped with my consistency.”

Bob reported that while his intentions are not to replace Carl behind the wheel of the team’s Pro Mod Chevy Camaro, if Carl were to mess up he felt he should be considered for the seat.

“I’d like to think that my performance puts some pressure on Carl,” he mused. “Maybe if he can’t drive sometime – I will.”

Bob’s spectacular SS Chevelle, which has been in his possession since 1983 features a 396 CID engine. Because of his busy schedule transporting Carl’s Pro Modified team operation all across North America his own weekend racing endeavors are infrequent.

(Bruce Biegler Photos)