Powerhouse Racing is proud to announce that they have signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with ECR Engines (Earnhardt Childress Racing Technologies) for 2009. As a result, Powerhouse Racing will be the first ever ECR sponsored team outside of NASCAR. ECR will supply the horsepower for Powerhouse Racing’s C6 Corvette in the Trans-Am Series and SCCA GT1 National Run-Offs competition to be driven by championship driver / team owner Terry Giles. Powerhouse Racing will promote and endorse ECR Engines and will also offer ECR Engines for sale to other road race teams in the U.S. and abroad as they help ECR promote their new engine development program for other forms of motorsports outside of NASCAR.

 

ABOUT ECR ENGINES

ECR is a joint venture between Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Richard Childress Racing that was formed in 2007 to develop the GM based race engines to their fullest potential. The combined knowledge and expertise of these two race organizations has produced over 11 NASCAR Championship Titles and over 180 wins. Powerhouse Racing driver and team owner Terry Giles said “I am honored to be selected by ECR to help introduce their engine program for road racing through this sponsorship and humbled by the years of racing heritage and history I have been allowed to benefit from”. “ECR and their entire staff have embraced this venture and have shown me the greatest amount of respect and courtesy imaginable - I am truly honored to be running ECR Engines and am confident in the amazing technology and horsepower they are providing us this season.

The Road to the Run-Offs  2009 National Championships                 Driver: Terry Giles - USA

 

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Powerhouse Racing / ECR Engines Take Second National GT1 Win in Atlanta.

June 1, 2009 - Braselton, GA

Following a very disappointing loss at this very track back in March due to mechanical failure, the Powerhouse Racing Team piloted by championship driver Terry Giles and powered by an ECR Engines Chevrolet 358 ci V8 put the #85 Powerhouse Racing / H2O Overdrive / ECR Engines / Base Race Fuels / Goodyear Tires / PST Driveshafts GT1 Corvette on the top step of the podium in Sunday's National GT1 Championship Points Race here at Road Atlanta. Terry had missed placing the #85 on the pole by 4/10th's of a second - however at the drop of the green flag - he made a decisive move taking the lead into turn one and never looked back, as he lead every lap of the race from flag to flag winning with an over-all margin of victory of about 4 seconds. This is Terry's second win in GT1 National competition with an ECR engine under the hood. "The car made incredible horsepower - at the drop of the green it launched when I mashed the pedal - it was all over. The crew had the car working so well I kept a comfortable distance on the field the whole race. Horsepower and handling gave us this win as I was untouchable at the start and had plenty of power throughout the run" commented Giles in the impound area following the race. "Our engineer Kevin Allen did a fantastic job on designing the new wing and aero set-up for this race" stated crew chief Ben Brooks as tech officials checked the car after the race for compliance. This win moves Terry and the Powerhouse Racing Team firmly into 2nd place in the SE Division GT1 National Points Standings, just 3 points back from the lead. The Double National Points Championship race at Roebling Road is next up for the team as they continue their quest in pursuit of the coveted GT1 National Championship title for 2009 over the Fourth of July Weekend. The team has always performed well at the historic road course circuit at Roebling Road and hope to emerge after that event with the GT1 points lead.