| Sheltra Motorsports Focuses On Race Setup During
ARCA Practice At Rockingham Speedway
ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina (October 10, 2009) - - Even
though Patrick Sheltra was only able to maneuver his No.
60 Buffalo Wings & Rings-Kimmie Cares Toyota Camry to
the 24th fastest time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series practice
session Saturday afternoon, the Sheltra Motorsports team
is feeling very confident about their racecar for tomorrow’s
ARCA RE/MAX American 200, the season finale for the 58-year
old tour.
For the second time this season, the Whitesville, Kentucky
based operation pulled out a Toyota Camry as its primary
manufacturer of choice for the second event at “The
Rock” this season. Earlier this year, the team purchased
the Japanese branded Camry from Germain Racing through its
Hattori Racing Enterprises outfit. The team debuted the
machine at Michigan International Speedway in June but while
running in the top-five, the motor seized; forcing a disappointing
finish.
Back with the assistance of Mike Abner from Germain Racing,
the team focused on race day setup throughout much of the
first hour and fifteen minutes but as the team drew attention
to their qualifying run in the final half-hour of practice,
light rain began to fall around the one-mile oval forcing
the veteran team to regroup and hopefully prepare for Menards
Pole by Ansell qualifying later today.
The rolled out on the track shortly after 11:30 a.m. this
morning with a unique yet well accepted camouflage neon
pink to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
“We have a pretty good car for tomorrow’s race,”
said Sheltra, who finished second at Rockingham Speedway
in April. “We didn’t have the opportunity to
test on Monday like we wanted to because of rain –
and now it appears the rain is back and it hurt us for our
qualifying run in practice. Our car was extremely consist
on long runs with the older tires and that will be key for
tomorrow’s race, so we pretty confident that we’ll
have something pretty potent tomorrow.”
Sheltra is hoping that he’ll have a chance to qualifying
this afternoon but he admits it looks doubtful. “They
said when the rain gets here it’s going to be here
for a while,” Sheltra admitted. “I’m hoping
that what we experienced at the end of practice will taper
off and we’re able to get qualifying in because I
think we are plenty capable of qualifying in the top-10.
If not, we’ll start ninth and march our way to the
front and try and put our pink Buffalo Wings & Rings-Kimmie
Cares Toyota in victory lane.”
Entering Rockingham, Sheltra has 66 ARCA RE/MAX Series
starts to his credit with one career victory at Salem Speedway
(April 2009). During his ARCA tenure, Sheltra has accumulated
10 top-fives and posted 22 top-10 finishes. A third place
qualifying effort at Rockingham Speedway (April 2009) is
Sheltra’s best time trials efforts to date. He has
controlled the ARCA field five times for 109 laps.
The ARCA RE/MAX American 200 (200 laps / 200 miles) is
the 21st of 21 events on the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule.
The fourth ARCA race held at Rockingham is a two-day show.
Menards Pole by Ansell qualifying is slated to begin at
2:00 p.m. The event will take the green flag on Sunday,
October 11 shortly after 1:00 p.m. The race will be tape-delayed
on SPEED. The event will be aired at 10:00 p.m. Sunday night.
Live flag-to-flag weekend coverage will be available through
the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) online at arcaracing.com.
All times are local.
For more on Patrick Sheltra, the Sheltra Motorsports team
and marketing partnership opportunities please visit PatrickSheltra.com.
For additional input on Buffalo Wings & Rings, please
connect to Buffalowingsandrings.com or call 513.831.WING.
About Sheltra Motorsports:
Sheltra Motorsports (sheltramotorsports.com) is a three-tier
Motorsports operation consisting of dirt and asphalt competition.
Patrick Sheltra, a 23-year old native of Indiantown, Florida
competes in the UMP and WoO (Dirt) Series; while also running
a full schedule in the ARCA RE/MAX Series (No. 60) and a
limited schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Sheltra
Motorsports ownership is combined of Richard, Grace and
Patrick Sheltra. The team is headquartered in Indiantown,
Florida with additional operations in Richmond, Indiana
and Whitesville, Kentucky.
About Buffalo Wings &
Rings:
Buffalo Wings & Rings is the fastest-growing privately
owned franchised chain of restaurants in the nation serving
Buffalo-style chicken wings, onion rings, burgers, chicken
and salads. Founded in 1988 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Buffalo
Wings & Rings operates franchised restaurants throughout
the United States. Buffalo Wings & Rings was ranked
the No. 1 fastest growing restaurant chain nationwide in
the July 2008 issue of Restaurant Business, and ranked in
the top 500 franchises in the January 2009 issue of Entrepreneur.
For more information, visit buffalowingsandrings.com or
call 513-831-WING.
TEAM COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT:
Chris Knight, Sheltra Motorsports
P: 239.834.9797
E: chris@patricksheltra.com |
