| Points Leader Patrick Sheltra Remembering
Matt Hawkins Again At Iowa
NEWTON, Iowa (July 5, 2010) - - ARCA Racing Series (ARS)
presented by RE/MAX and Menards current points leader Patrick
Sheltra returns to Iowa Speedway this weekend for Saturday
night’s running of the Prairie Meadows 200 with a
strict agenda.
While Sheltra, the Indiantown, Florida native is gunning
towards his first ARCA win of the season and his ninth consecutive
top-10 finish in nine races this season, Sheltra will continue
to honor Matt Hawkins, a former racing colleague and Iowa
Speedway ARCA winner.
Hawkins, who won at Iowa Speedway in his lone ARCA Racing
Series start at the .875-mile paved facility in 2008, lost
his life in February 2009 in an accidental gun-discharge
incident. Sheltra remembered his friend and close racing
colleague in last year’s Prairie Meadows 200 by carrying
a decal on the b-post of his No. 60 Dodge Charger.
As the series returns to Iowa for their annual summer tradition,
Sheltra is vowing to keep Hawkins’s spirit alive in
the ARCA garage and at Iowa Speedway.
“When the ARCA Racing Series comes to Iowa, it’s
hard not to think about Matt,” said the 24-year old
Sheltra. “Matt was a friend to us all. He raced you
clean and hard but also gave you respect on and off the
racetrack. He came to Iowa and won in his first ARCA start
that says a lot about his devotion he had to racing. He
was a good person and I know he’ll be with us in spirit
on Saturday night.”
Thanks to long-time decal supplier, DMC Graphics of Philpot,
Kentucky, the Sheltra Motorsports brigade has over 50 “In
Memory of Matt Hawkins” decals for this weekend’s
competitors, ARCA officials and track personnel. The team
will once again plaster the decal on the driver side b-post
area.
Sheltra now sporting the role as both driver and owner
will make his fourth start at the Rusty Wallace-designed
speed plant Saturday night behind the wheel of the No. 60
Sheltra Motorsports Toyota Camry led by crew chief Jon Wolfe.
Sheltra continues to lead the championship standings after
eight races, 35 markers ahead of second-place contender
Justin Marks.
Cost-effective marketing partnerships are still available
for this weekend at Iowa Speedway and for the remainder
of the 2010 ARCA Racing Series season. For additional information,
please contact brandon@patricksheltra.com or marketing@patricksheltra.com.
Entering Iowa, Sheltra has 75 ARCA Racing Series presented
by RE/MAX and Menards starts to his credit with one career
victory at Salem (Ind.) Speedway (April 2009). During his
ARCA tenure, Sheltra has accumulated 15 top-fives and posted
30 top-10 finishes. A third place qualifying effort at Rockingham
(N.C.) Speedway (April 2009) and Michigan International
Speedway (June 2010) is Sheltra’s best time trials
effort to date. He has controlled the ARCA field six times
for 148 laps.
The Prairie Meadows 200 (200 laps / 175 miles) is the ninth
of 20 events on the 2010 ARCA Racing Series presented by
RE/MAX and Menards schedule. The fifth ever ARCA race at
Iowa Speedway is a one-day show. Practice begins Saturday,
July 10 with an hour and thirty five minute practice session
planned from 10:00 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. A final fifty
minute session has been etched in from 1:00 p.m. –
1:50 p.m. Menards Pole by Ansell qualifying is slated to
begin at 5:15 p.m. The event will take the green flag shortly
after 8:00 p.m. The event will air live on SPEED. Additional
race coverage including live timing and scoring and audio
broadcasting throughout the day will be available through
the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) presented by ARCA Nation online
at arcaracing.com. All times are local (Central).
For the latest on Patrick Sheltra, Sheltra Motorsports
and marketing partnership opportunities please visit PatrickSheltra.com.
Join the official Patrick Sheltra fan page on Facebook
by clicking here.
About Sheltra Motorsports:
Sheltra Motorsports (sheltramotorsports.com) is a three-tier
professional Motorsports organization consisting of dirt
and asphalt competition. Patrick Sheltra, a 24-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.
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
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