| Patrick Sheltra Maneuvers To Career-Best Nationwide
Qualifying Run At Talladega
TALLADEGA, Alabama (April 23, 2010) - - Indiantown, Florida
driver Patrick Sheltra posted a career-best 22nd place qualifying
effort Friday morning at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway
in the No. 09 RAB Racing Ford Fusion setting the tone for
tomorrow’s Aarons 312.
The 23-year old ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX
and Menards pro will make his fifth career NASCAR Nationwide
Series (NNS) start but first at the 2.66-mile superspeedway.
His previous best qualifying run occurred at Daytona (Fla.)
International Speedway last July for MacDonald Motorsports
where he rolled off 27th.
Sheltra was the 28th automobile to tackle the speedway
and posted a lap of 52.126 seconds at 183.709 miles per
hour which posted the RAB Racing with Brack Maggard team
in the 14th spot. At the conclusion of time trials, the
second-year Nationwide operation slipped back to 22nd, where
they will start their seventh race of the season.
“I was real happy with our RAB Racing Ford,”
said Sheltra, who will also compete in today’s Talladega
ARCA 250 for the ARCA Racing Series. “The car is good
by itself and in the draft, so I’m looking forward
to the race.”
He added, “I just want to thank Robby (Benton, co-owner),
Brack (Maggard, co-owner) Ben (Gable, crew chief) and the
entire RAB bunch for their help and support. I’m looking
forward to a good finish in our debut together.”
On the ARCA side, Sheltra will start 15th this afternoon
in his No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings Dodge Charger vying
for five straight top-10 finishes in the series first five
events for his Sheltra Motorsports operation. The event
will be televised live on SPEED beginning at 4:00 p.m. local.
The Aaron’s 312 (117 laps / 312 miles) is the eighth
of 35 events on the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule.
The race set to take the green flag on Saturday, April 24th
shortly after 2:00 p.m. The contest will be televised live
on ABC with additional broadcasting coverage available through
the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and XM / Sirius satellite
radio channel 128. All times are local.
For more information on RAB Racing please visit: teamrab.com.
For more information on Patrick Sheltra please log onto:
patricksheltra.com.
TEAM COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT:
Chris Knight, Sheltra Motorsports
P: 239.834.9797
E: chris@patricksheltra.com
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