I believe Jerry Eckman works for Tom Hammonds or Chaos' team. I can't remember which but I'm pretty sure it's one of them. As far as a lifetime suspension, I haven't heard that one. Eckman and Bill Orndorff were fined pretty heavy and I understood that Eckman had a 2 year suspension from driving. After NHRA kicked Orndorff's team out, he showed up a few weeks later with another team. About a year or so ago, Competition Plus had a really nice interview with Jerry telling what really happened. Look it up, it was a good read. It was a nice story and quite revealing. Funny, never heard the real story from any of the Illinois shop break-in victims. Jerry Eckman is a good guy and in my opinion, he got a bum rap.
Dave