WATERLOO, Iowa -- Corey Dripps Racing looks to start their 2007 season in the month of April. Once the team does get on the road, they plan to follow the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series trail.

“We still have a couple customer cars to finish up,” explained Dripps. “Once we finish those projects, we will turn our attention to our race program. The way it looks now, that won’t be until sometime in April.”

CDR spent most of the 2006 season building and perfecting the BC Chassis, which Dripps designed and built. The team is looking forward to returning to a regular routine on the O’Reilly USMTS trail. The only planned date that Dripps will miss is in July when he will race out East. Dripps will be a part of a Speedway Illustrated feature that will put him on an asphalt track. More details are coming soon on that feature.

The all-new BC Chassis made a lot of noise at the end of the 2006 racing season. Tommy Myer of Blooming Prairie, Minn., grabbed three wins in 15 races in the BC Chassis. Dripps severed as crew chief as the two worked on the chassis.

“If Tommy would not have rolled light across the scale in Kasson (Minn.), I think he would have been factor in the USMTS championship,” Dripps stated. “Tommy’s strong run in ‘The Hunt’ last fall with the USMTS taught us a lot. He’ll be back in one of our cars again when we hit the road in April.”

Myer will once again sport the chrome colors he ran last year during ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship.

“With both of us racing the chassis, that should really help speed up the learning process,” Dripps added.

The No. 31 that Dripps will drive will sport some new colors in 2007. The team is developing some new merchandise, and they hope for it to be unveiled in late summer.

“We think people will like the change from the red cars we’ve raced the past couple of years,” expressed Dripps.

To learn more about Corey Dripps Racing, you can log onto the team’s newly re-designed web site at www.coreydripps.com.