| Patrick Sheltra Prepared To Defend Salem Title
“Indiantown Native Has Sights Set On Domination,
Three Times Over”
SALEM, Indiana (April 7, 2010) - - ARCA Racing Series (ARS)
driver Patrick Sheltra returns to Salem (Ind.) Speedway
this weekend ready to do more than just defend his Kentuckiana
Ford Dealers 200 presented by Appliancezone.com title. The
Indiantown, Florida native wants to leave the bullring short
track with the point’s lead.
Should the 23-year old driver master his tasks, he’ll
move onto his next goal which will consist of capturing
the trio of three victories in the April ARCA stretch which
consist of Salem (Ind.) Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and
the breathtaking Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. The proposal
is no easy task but Sheltra has acquired a new taste of
determination and “want” thanks to the surrounding
of his Sheltra Motorsports team.
“Not only am I looking forward to Salem this weekend,
but I’m eager for Texas and Talladega too,”
said Sheltra, who sits fourth in the championship standings
entering the third race of the 2010 season, just 35 points
from the lead. “Salem is one of my favorite races
on the schedule and I know that we have a good car for this
weekend, so I’m more than ready to get back after
it.”
And if the fame of returning as the defending champion
isn’t enough, Sunday’s race will mark the return
of Cincinnati, Ohio based Buffalo Wings & Rings (BWR)
on-board as the team’s primary marketing partner for
Sheltra’s seventh ARCA start at the historic southern
Indiana short track. Last April, Sheltra Motorsports took
BWR to victory lane in their first taste of stock car racing
at Salem Speedway.
Known for its “Great Food; No Bull!” campaign,
Buffalo Wings & Rings is the fastest-growing privately
owned franchised chain of restaurants in the nation serving
Buffalo-style chicken wings, onion rings, burgers, gyros,
wraps and salads. And the only wing establishment in the
country with a unique saucing system, customers of BWR get
to choose from 45 different sauce combinations. Founded
in 1984 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Buffalo Wings & Rings operates
56 franchised restaurants in 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.
“I am stoked to have Buffalo Wings & Rings back
on-board this weekend,” sounded Sheltra. They are
a great company with awesome employees and the food is delicious!
We’re going to have tons of guests from the surrounding
Buffalo Wings & Rings Indiana stores plus some contest
winners in the stands for the race and I would like nothing
more to take them to victory lane on Sunday!”
All About Flowers, American Concrete, CAM 2 Blue Blood
Racing Oil, Ferguson Pipe Enterprises, Recycling Services
and Sheltra & Son Construction, Inc. join Buffalo Wings
& Rings as the team’s marketing partners in Sunday’s
contest.
Entering Salem, Sheltra has 69 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 11 top-fives and posted
24 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 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 presented by Appliancezone.com
(200 laps / 111 miles) is the third of 20 events on the
2010 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards
schedule. The 84th ARCA race held at Salem Speedway is a
two day show. Practice begins Saturday, April 10 with an
hour and half practice session planned from 12:30p.m. -
2:00 p.m. Menards pole qualifying presented by Ansell is
set for later in the day slated to begin at 3:30 p.m. The
event will take the green flag on Sunday, April 11 shortly
after 2:15 p.m. The race will not be televised but race
coverage including live timing and scoring and radio broadcast
will be available through the ARCA Racing Network (ARN)
online at arcaracing.com. All times are local.
For the latest on Patrick Sheltra, Sheltra Motorsports
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.
Join the official Patrick Sheltra fan page on Facebook
by clicking here.
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.
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, gyros,
wraps and salads. Founded in 1984 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 |
