Team Aruba
Team Aruba on Display for 15,000 at 2017 Summit Racing Atlanta Motorama
ATLANTA, GA – Recently, Summit Racing Equipment held its annual Atlanta Motorama. Team Aruba had the 
privilege of making the short trip from their stateside base of Union, S.C. to be on display for the mega car show.
The event, held at Atlanta Motor Speedway, welcomed 15,000 attendees and 2,500 participants. Dubbed a “massive celebration of anything with an engine” the event features hot rods, motorcycles, monster trucks and more.
“We were very honored to be a part of this,” Trevor Eman stated on behalf of his team. “I consider it a huge milestone for Team Aruba to be able to stand together with such a huge brand name as Summit Racing Equipment. We’ve created a recognizable name for this team and events like this help us to market it to all auto enthusiasts, beyond the scope of drag racing. To be able to be part of an event together with Summit, on display next to other major motorsports brands, such as Bigfoot 4×4, is truly a great achievement for us, especially as a team coming from the small Happy Island of Aruba.
Team Aruba Flies to the Number One Spot
BENSON, NC – Trevor Eman and the Extreme Pro Stock team from Aruba showed they mean business this season at 
the recent PDRA East Coast Nationals, the team’s first race of the season. The Aruba Airport Authority backed team qualified at the top of the Extreme Pro Stock pack, their 4.04 effort flying past the other 13 cars present. The Aruba.com Mustang had the top MPH, too, at 178.24.
The team moved into eliminations with lane choice, which proved to be helpful with the uncertain weather conditions of the weekend. Eman used an incredible .009 reaction time and driving prowess to get down the track ahead of his opponent, Rocky Watford, in round one. In round two, Eman had the bye thanks to his top qualifying spot. He had another amazing reaction time, .005, and was set to meet multi-time world champion Cary Goforth in the semi-finals. Although Eman put together a strong run with a 4.046 elapsed time, Goforth would get to the finish line first. Although Eman and the team had hoped for a win, beginning the year with a number one qualifying award and a semi-final finish provided a strong base for the season.
Championship on the Line for Team Aruba
MARTIN, MI – With schedule changes to the International Hot Rod Association’s 2016 tour, this weekend’s 
Northern Nationals has become the final event of the season. Three rounds of qualifying and three rounds of eliminations are all that’s left to determine the 2016 Champions. In Pro Stock, Team Aruba sits a mere three points out of first, making their first ever IHRA Pro Stock World Championship a serious possibility.
Team Aruba has had a standout year, with three back-to-back finals earning them their hard fought points position. Points leader and reigning world champion Cary Goforth is a worthy opponent and will not be easily overcome. However, Team Aruba, led by team owner Ven Eman and driver Trevor Eman, have found their stride this season and are primed to secure their first ever IHRA Pro Stock World Championship.
Third Time’s the Charm for Team Aruba
GRAND BEND, ON – The last three events have equated to three final rounds for Team Aruba. While the team came 
heartwrenchingly close to its first ever IHRA Pro Stock win in its last two outings, it was the IHRA Canadian Nationals and Team Aruba’s third trip to the final round that would give the team, led by team owner, Ven Eman, and Aruba.com Mustang pilot, Trevor Eman, their first victory. An elated Eman was thrilled to get the win for his hard working team and the country he represents:
“It’s very relieving to win an IHRA race finally. We’ve been after a win for a long time, and we have gotten close several times, but when the win doesn’t come, you feel as if your determination and patience is being tested. All the time traveling away from home and on the road to make it to a final round and not win, blow up engines, tear up a race car only makes the perseverance in continuing the stride and achieving the win so much more satisfying and finally relieving. As they say; ‘the monkey is now off our back.’”
IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals Presented by Williams Racing Pro Results
Trevor Eman Takes First-Career IHRA Pro Stock Title
GRAND BEND, ON – After two consecutive runner-up finishes, Pro Stock driver Trevor Eman earned the first IHRA 
Drag Racing Series victory of his career today at the IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals presented by Williams Racing. Jay Turner (Nitro Motorcycle), Mark Sanders (AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car) and Billy Harper (Pro Mod) also won their respective titles at Grand Bend Motorplex.
Eman was the runner up at both the IHRA Good Vibrations Texas Nationals in April and last week’s President’s Cup Nationals in Mechanicsville, Md. He defeated J.R. Carr in the final round – it was the third time in as many years that Carr and Eman met in the Mopar Canadian Nationals final round.
Team Aruba Goes to Back-to-Back Finals
UNION, SC – Back to back events generally make for a hectic few weeks under the best of circumstances. For Team 
Aruba, however, the week in between the IHRA President’s Cup Nationals and Canadian Nationals has turned into a major thrash. Highs and lows have marked their two-race quest, proving the determination of the team is not to be discounted.
At the President’s Cup Nationals, just outside of Baltimore, Maryland at Maryland International Raceway, the team ran into its first hurdle when their number one engine broke during qualifying. They switched to the back up motor and completed the swap just in time to make the final qualifying session on Saturday evening. While some of Pro Stock’s biggest names failed to make the tough field, the team from ‘The One Happy Island’ powered into the number 6 spot with a 6.319 effort. From there, driver Trevor Eman led the way with hole shot wins. His reaction time advantages, coupled with their Jon Kaase Racing Engines power, got the team all the way to the finals where Eman would face reigning champ, Cary Goforth. Once again, Eman was out of the gate first, an .011 light to Goforth’s slower .037. The Aruba.com Mustang was making it a tight race to the finish line before the weekend’s second hurdle presented itself.
Team Aruba Shares Vacation Paradise with Baltimore Area Fans
UNION, SC – Team Aruba is always easy to spot in their brightly colored uniforms that match their eye-catching Pro 
Stock Mustang. The team debuted new uniforms this year and recently presented a commemorative one to partners Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) and Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA). Together, Team Aruba, AAA and ATA work to promote ‘The One Happy Island’ and showcase all Aruba has to offer to travelers worldwide.
Trevor Eman, pilot of the Aruba.com Mustang, and the rest of Team Aruba have arrived at Maryland International Raceway for this weekend’s IHRA President’s Cup Nationals where they will continue their promotional efforts through their 200+ MPH Mustang.
“We are looking forward to this weekend in Budds Creek to be able to talk to all the fans about Aruba and our Airport,” Eman emphasized. “As a matter of fact, where we are here in Maryland is very close to the Baltimore airport, which has direct flights to Aruba. Many people may not know that access to a paradise vacation is that easy. We plan to let the fans in attendance here know that Aruba is a short flight away.
Team Aruba Makes Longest Trek of the Season to Compete at IHRA Texas Nationals
SAN ANTONIO, TX – This weekend Team Aruba will compete at the IHRA Good Vibrations Texas Nationals fueled 
by Sunoco with their 2011 Aruba.com Pro Stock Mustang. The trip to San Antonio Raceway is the furthest on the IHRA tour for the team who begins each trip from the island paradise of Aruba. Team owner, Ven Eman, and pilot of the Aruba.com Mustang, Trevor Eman, first fly from Oranjestad, Aruba to Union, South Carolina before beginning the next leg of their trip, driving the “rolling billboard” that houses the race car to the event.
“This is definitely our longest trip,” Trevor Eman elaborated. “We drove over 18 hours to get to the track. Add the flight from Aruba, which is about 1700 miles, with the 1100 miles drive and it’s just about 3000 miles, one way, to get to this race.
Team Aruba Starts Season Off with Number 2 Qualifying Effort
ORLANDO, FL – After a week of successful testing, Team Aruba took their Aruba.com Pro Stock Mustang to the 
IHRA Amsoil Nitro Nationals with high hopes. Despite a tricky racing surface, Team Aruba, led by team owner, Ven Eman, and driver, Trevor Eman, took the team to a number two qualifying spot, covering the quarter-mile in 6.234 seconds. Number one qualifier, JR Carr, posted the exact same elapsed time, but edged out Eman for the pole position by virtue of a higher mile per hour.
Unfortunately, the remainder of Team Aruba’s weekend would not go as smoothly, as they bowed out in round one to New Yorker John Pluchino. The competitors posted close elapsed times, but Pluchino crossed the finish line first due to a quicker reaction time.
Team Aruba Drag Racing Heads Stateside to Start 2016 Tour with International Hot Rod Association
UNION, SC – The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) will kick off their 2016 season with the Amsoil Nitro 
Nationals, March 4-6 at Orlando Speed World in Orlando, Florida. The Pro Stock team from Aruba has been diligently working toward this event all offseason long and the time has almost come to see the fruit of their efforts.
Driver Trevor Eman, along with his father and team patriarch, Ven Eman, have set aside the duties of their welding and machine shop businesses in Aruba to return to the Team Aruba race shop in Union, S.C. where the crew is working to prepare the Aruba.com Mustang for its first outing of the year. Both the Jon Kaase engine and the Jerry Haas chassis have received performance updates during the offseason. The team also made upgrades to the race trailer functionality.
