| Indiantown Marina Teams With Sheltra Motorsports
For Third Consecutive Year At Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (February 4, 2010) - - Indiantown
Marina for the third consecutive year will join Sheltra
Motorsports and driver Patrick Sheltra as a associate marketing
partner for Saturday’s Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at
Daytona International Speedway.
Boasting it’s “Stay the Night or Stay Forever”
campaign, Indiantown Marina consists of 28 acres of fun
and relaxation in a quiet serene atmosphere. Indiantown
Marina is located on the St. Lucie Canal which links Stuart
(Florida) on the East Coast to Fort Myers (Florida) on the
West Coast via Lake Okeechobee on the Calloosahatchee River.
“We continue to be appreciative to Scott Watson and
Indiantown Marina for all of their support this weekend
and in the past,” said driver Patrick Sheltra. “Their
dedication to our team means the world to me and my guys.
We know that they will be some of our biggest cheerleaders
on Saturday and we hope we can bring our hometown supporter
a great finish.”
Sheltra will make his third start at Daytona (Fla.) International
Speedway on Saturday afternoon. In his previous two starts,
Sheltra has a best finish of 14th last February which was
overshadowed by a near-career ending accident in the event’s
final circuits.
Entering Daytona, Sheltra has 67 ARCA Racing Series presented
by RE/MAX and Menards 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 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona (80 laps / 200
miles) is the first of 20 events on the 2010 ARCA Racing
Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards schedule. The 47th
ARCA race held at Daytona is a three-day show. Practice
begins Thursday, February 4 with a four hour and fifty minute
practice session planned from 12:00-4:50 p.m. Menards pole
qualifying presented by Ansell is set for Friday, February
5 slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. A fifty minute final practice
session is etched in on Friday evening from 5:40pm-6:30
p.m. The event will take the green flag on Saturday, February
6 shortly after 4:30 p.m. The race will be televised live
on SPEED with additional race coverage including live timing
and scoring and radio broadcast through the ARCA Racing
Network (ARN) online at arcaracing.com. All times are local.
Stay tuned for a revamped web site and several social networking
opportunities to connect with Patrick Sheltra and the Sheltra
Motorsports team but in the mean time for the latest and
marketing partnership opportunities please visit PatrickSheltra.com.
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 Racing Series presented by RE/MAX
and Menards (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 Mooresville, North Carolina.
TEAM COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT:
Chris Knight, Sheltra Motorsports
P: 239.834.9797
E: chris@patricksheltra.com |
