Patrick Sheltra, No. 60 Ferguson Pipe-FloraGanics Dodge Charger
ARCA RE/MAX Series, Drive Smart! Buckle-Up Kentucky 150
Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky
Practice Notes & Quotes
Saturday, May 10, 2008

Under gorgeous racing conditions, over 40 ARCA RE/MAX Series (ARS) teams participated in the first and only practice session for tonight’s Drive Smart! Buckle Up Kentucky 150. The teams utilized the one hour and forty five minute “test” session to make adjustments and tweak their machines in preparation for this afternoon’s ARCA SIM Factory Pole qualifying slated to begin at 3:30pm EST.

The 16th ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Kentucky Speedway is the site of the Sheltra Motorsports return to the Chrysler nameplate. At Kansas Speedway last month, the Whitesville, Kentucky based team rolled out their brand new Dodge Charger with impressive results. After practicing in the top-five for much of the session Patrick Sheltra, the sophomore ARCA driver busted our a career-best qualifying effort (eighth), leading his first career laps and yielding his second top-10 finish of the season.

The team has brought that same piece to Kentucky Speedway this weekend. The team is confident with the similar characteristics that the 1.5-mile speed plant shows with Kansas Speedway; they will be able to back-up their performance in the first night ARCA race of the season tonight.

Kentucky Speedway also holds a sentimental value to Sheltra. In last year’s Buckle-Up 150, the Indiantown, Florida native attracted his first career top-10 finish in RE/MAX competition after maneuvering from his 23rd place qualifying effort to finish ninth.

Practice was postponed for 45 minutes with cars tackling the Sparta, Kentucky facility shortly after 11:15am EST.

PATRICK SHELTRA, NO. 60 FERGUSON PIPE-FLORAGANICS DODGE CHARGER
Team: Sheltra Motorsports (Whitesville, Kentucky)
Team Owner: Grace Sheltra
Sponsor(s): Ferguson Pipe-FloraGanics
Manufacturer: Dodge Charger
Crew Chief: John Hayden
Points Position: Seventh (1,020 points accumulated)
Owners Points Position: Seventh (1,020 points accumulated)
Practice Time & Speed: 30.934 seconds at 174.565 MPH
Practice Position: 15th
ARCA SIM Factory Qualifying Draw: 19/41

Notes of Interest:

· Sheltra Motorsports will run a mixture of Dodge Chargers and Chevrolet Monte Carlos during the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series season. For Kentucky, Sheltra Motorsports will run a Dodge Charger purchased from NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team; Penske Racing. This is the same automobile the team competed with in the Kansas Lottery $150 Grand which yielded an eighth place finish after starting eighth. RC Consultants will provide the horsepower for the sophomore ARCA team.

· Sheltra currently maintains a point’s position in the top-10 (seventh) heading into Kentucky Speedway this weekend. Sheltra moved into the top-10 in the series’ second race of the season at Salem Speedway and has remained locked in the top-10 since. The Indiantown, Florida native is just 95 markers from entering the top-five and 210 credits from the number one position held by SunTrust Rookie-of-the-Year candidate Matt Carter. Last year, the 21-year old superstar finished seventh in the championship standings competing in 22 of the scheduled 23 events.

· Sheltra will make 400 left hand turns on Saturday night, eight hundred forty eight (848) less turns than last Sunday afternoon at the 1.0-mile track of Rockingham Speedway.

In addition to running a full 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule, Sheltra will also run a limited schedule in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (No. 35) and compete in selected dirt late model events (UMP and WoO Series) throughout the United States.

Patrick Sheltra, driver of the No. 60 Ferguson Pipe-FloraGanics Dodge:

“We went out on older tires to start off the session and we weren’t bad. We put on stickers and we became real good. The car will plant itself good around the track; we just need to make a few minor tweaks to seal the deal. It appears to be a little stronger field than Kansas. We had a good lap going on our mock-qualifying run, but we were held up behind a slower car.”

Sheltra continued, “Night racing will change the affect of this race. Luckily for us, we know what worked last year and we think that with our Dodge Charger and our motor powered by RC Consultants, we’re going to be stout.”

“We should be in contention for our first career-win tonight,” concluded Sheltra.

The Drive Smart! Buckle Up Kentucky 150 (150 miles/100 laps) is the sixth of 21 events on the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule. The first of two events held at Kentucky Speedway this season is a one-day show. ARCA SIM Factory pole qualifying is slated to begin at 3:30 p.m. The field will take the green flag shortly after 8:00 p.m. The race will not be televised but additional race coverage including live timing and scoring will be available online at arcaracing.com. All times are local.

Marketing Partners: Ferguson Pipe Enterprises, Inc, FloraGanics, American Concrete Industries, Inc, Hardie Pipe, The Casite Company, J&S Bulk Transportation, Inc., US Construction Supply Corp., Martin County Petroleum, Sheltra & Son Construction, Sheltra Cattle Company, Recycling Services, Aaron’s Outdoors, Indiantown Marina, All About Flowers, Speed Media, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, DMC Graphics and Purcell Tire & Rubber.

TEAM COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT:
NAME: Chris Knight, Sheltra Motorsports
PHONE: 239.834.9797 or 830.261.1215
EMAIL: knight849@aol.com