“Aruba is pretty limited for universities and if you want to become an engineer, you either have to come to the United States or Europe to go to school. “I came to the United States because the universities we have in Aruba are a medical school, a law (school) university or a hospitality management (school),” Eman said. He is a senior at UCF majoring in mechanical engineering and he is scheduled to graduate in December of 2011. Then, I came to the United States to go to college, and I started racing here.”Įman is attending college at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. “I was born and raised there and I bracket raced there for about two to three years. “I started bracket racing when I was 16 years old in Aruba,” Eman explained. While there are numerous roads to professional drag racing, Eman has taken a different path to the ADRL. He beat Mark Martino in the opening round, but lost in the second round to Steven Boone.Īctually, Martino is who Eman faces in the second round at Topeka when that race resumes. So at Houston July 23-24, the first Houston race will be completed followed by the new Houston race.Įman’s solid effort at Topeka came on the heels of him qualifying a career-best third at the ADRL event in Martin, Mich., June 11-12. The next ADRL event is July 23-24 at Houston, but the Topeka race couldn’t be finished there because the Houston schedule is already crammed.Īt the season-opening ADRL race March 19-20 at Houston Raceway Park, qualifying was never completed. The plan is to complete the Topeka event at St.
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If we can keep up our performance as a team, hopefully we can win a race.”Īt Topeka, the first round of Pro Extreme Motorcycle, Extreme Pro Stock, Pro Nitrous, and Extreme 10.5 were completed before the race was postponed Saturday evening by persistent rain. “I just need to keep getting better at my lights and keep them more consistent. “I’m happy with what I was able to do (at Topeka), and I just need to (keep) trying harder,” said Eman, who competed in two ADRL races last year. 034 reaction time, while Morton was two hundredths slower at. Where Eman beat Morton was at the light, with a. Eman used a holeshot to beat Morton, clocking a 4.206-second pass, compared to Morton’s 4.191. He proceeded to win his first-round match-up with Elijah Morton.
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The 23-year-old Eman is in his first full year competing in the ADRL’s Extreme Pro Stock class, and he showing a lot of progress.Įman qualified eighth at the ADRL Hardee’s Independence Drags IV at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan., this past weekend. Trevor Eman with his crew which includes past mountain motor Pro Stock icon Carl Baker.
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