EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 Saturday, October 27 at 1:00 p. m. Local Time Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) Qualifying: Saturday, October 27 at 9:45 a. m. Local Time Track Length: 1.5-mile paved-oval.
Welcome To NASCAR: Fresh off a successful rookie campaign in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, 21-year old Patrick Sheltra will make the next major move in his Motorsports career by competing in Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Atlanta Motor Speedway in a truck prepared by well-known and respected ARCA owner Andy Belmont.
How Did Your Season Go?: Indiantown, Florida’s Patrick Sheltra invades the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with impressive credentials from the ARCA RE/MAX Series tour in 2007. Hailing from the dirt, Sheltra earned the nickname “Mr. Consistency” with his very consistent finishes in ARCA which awarded Sheltra with two top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes en route to a seventh place finish in the ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship Awards standings.
Welcome Aboard: Andy Belmont Racing (ABR) and Patrick Sheltra welcome Racegear.com on board as the title sponsor of the team’s No. 12 Chevrolet Silverado for Saturday’s event. Racegear.com is a full-service NASCAR news site that includes original news stories, opinion columns and comments from readers on each story. Racegear.com also runs a NASCAR merchandise web site, store.racegear.com, which features more than 2,000 unique NASCAR items.
Thanks For Coming!: In addition to Racegear.com, ABR and Sheltra welcome CP Concrete Products, US Construction, Indiantown Marina, Palm Beach Grading (PBG) and Continental Fire & Safety on board as associate sponsors for the 22nd NCTS event of the season.
The Qualifying Pressure Is Off: With 36 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams pre-entered for the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200, Sheltra and ABR are guaranteed a starting position for the race. The team will focus on Sheltra adapting to the track during the first practice session before turning all concentration on race setup.
Surrounded By Friends: Patrick Sheltra won’t be heading into this weekend’s activities without any friends as he is one of five drivers entered for Saturday’s race that have competed in at least one ARCA RE/MAX Series race this season. Sheltra joins Josh Wise (No. 00), Justin Marks (No. 03), Chad McCumbee (No. 8) and Brian Scott (No. 16) who have all advanced their resume to NASCAR. Both Sheltra and Marks who are close friends will make their inaugural NCTS debut at the extremely fast 1.5-mile oval this weekend.
Did You Know?: Despite his many years as a driver and owner in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series and ARCA RE/MAX Series, Saturday’s race from AMS will mark the first time that ABR and Andy Belmont has competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Looking Ahead To ‘08: Patrick Sheltra plans to return to the ARCA RE/MAX Series for a full sophomore season with the intent to run a limited NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule consisting of seven races which would allow the promising driver to retain his rookie status as the organization hopes to soar ahead to a full NCTS schedule in 2009.
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