Chetek, WI (December 19, 2011)  – After several successful seasons competing in the TORC Sportsman Super Stock Truck division, Eric Ruppel moved up in class to the V8 powered PRO-Light division with the purchase of a brand new Jenkins Brothers chassis as he and team engineer/crew chief Kent Kramer assembled their first true all out short course off-road race truck. Even without a true title sponsor, Ruppel Motorsports went work creating the Ford Ranger thanks to the assistance of product sponsors and local area marketing partners from northwest Wisconsin. Even with a limited budget Eric competed in ten rounds of the fourteen rounds of racing, finishing in the top ten eight times, including a season high sixth place finish during Round 2 in Red Bud. Read the rest of this entry »