| Groupe Beton Brunet Returns With Patrick Sheltra
& Co. For Kentucky
“Cayuga Marketing Partners Moves Forward
To Race Kentucky Speedway”
WHITESVILLE, Kentucky (July 11, 2008) - - Officials from
Sheltra Motorsports announced today that Groupe Beton Brunet
will return as the primary marketing partner for the ARCA
RE/MAX Series (ARS) next stop at Kentucky Speedway for next
Friday night’s Kentucky ARCA 150.
Groupe (pronounced Group) Beton (pronounced Be-Ton) Brunet
(pronounced Brew-Nay) joined Sheltra Motorsports for their
inaugural trip to Cayuga Motor Speedway last month. Sheltra
qualified 17th before marching forward to lead 11 laps before
late race setbacks issued a disappointing 18th place finish.
Groupe Beton Brunet has more than 75 years experience in
the underground/infrastructure industry throughout Eastern
Canada. Groupe Beton Brunet grown substantially in adding
(7) new acquisitions and various product lines. Groupe Beton
Brunet has expanded their markets to include the United
States with a plant located in Florida.
“We’re thrilled to have Groupe Beton Brunet
back on board for Kentucky,” said driver Patrick Sheltra.
“While we were disappointed with our Cayuga finish,
everyone including Groupe Beton Brunet was pleased with
the performance. We’re heading back to Kentucky Speedway,
our hometown track looking for a win. Hopefully all the
components will play out and we can celebrate in victory
lane.”
Bernard Brunet, President of Groupe Beton Brunet offered,
“We’ve very excited to be back onboard with
the Sheltra Motorsports team for Kentucky next weekend.
The team did a magnificent job at Cayuga Motor Speedway
despite all of the adversity they faced. We look forward
to seeing Patrick and the team up front and in contention
for the win under the lights next Friday night.”
Returning with the same Dodge Charger that Sheltra Motorsports
scored an seventh place finish with earlier this season,
the team hopes to exit the 11th race of the season with
their sixth top-10 performance of the year.
“Kentucky Speedway has been statistically a good
race track for us,” offered Sheltra. “We’re
not worried about not participating in the recent open ARCA
RE/MAX Series test, we’re just focused on going to
win. There is no hesitation that when the green flag drops
next Friday night, we’ll be a contender.”
Entering Kentucky, Sheltra has 35 ARCA RE/MAX Series starts
to his credit with a career best finish of second at Toledo
Speedway (May 2008) with two additional top-five finishes
(third) at Illinois State Fairgrounds (August 2007), (fourth)
at Berlin Raceway (July 2007) while holding additional top-10s
at Michigan International Speedway (June 2008), Kentucky
Speedway (May 2008), Kansas Speedway (April 2008), Iowa
Speedway (April 2008), Kentucky Speedway (June 2007), DuQuoin
State Fairgrounds (September 2007) and Toledo Speedway (October
2007). An eighth place qualifying effort at Kansas Speedway
(April 2008) is Sheltra’s best time trials efforts
to date. He has controlled the ARCA field twice for 15 laps.
The Kentucky ARCA 150 (150 miles/100 laps) is the 11th
of 21 events on the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule. The
17th ARCA race at Kentucky Speedway is a one-day show. Practice
begins Friday July 18 with a two hour and fifteen minute
practice session planned from 11:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. ARCA
SIM Factory pole qualifying is slated to begin at 4:30 p.m.
with live television coverage on SPEED. The field will take
the green flag later that evening shortly after 8:00 p.m.
The race will be televised live on SPEED with additional
race coverage including live timing and scoring available
online at arcaracing.com. All times are local.
For more on Patrick Sheltra, please visit the newly re-launched
PatrickSheltra.com.
About Sheltra Motorsports:
Sheltra Motorsports (sheltramotorsports.com) is a three-tier
Motorsports operation consisting of dirt and asphalt competition.
Patrick Sheltra, a 21-year old native of Indiantown, Florida
competes in the UMP and WoO (Dirt) Series; while also running
a full schedule in the ARCA RE/MAX Series (No. 60) and a
limited schedule in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (No.
35). 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 Whitesville, Kentucky.
Sheltra Motorsports Quick
Facts:
Team Name: Sheltra Motorsports, No. 60
Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Driver: Patrick Sheltra, Indiantown, Florida
Car Owner: Grace Sheltra, Indiantown, Florida
Crew Chief: John Hayden
Team Manager: Keith Strunk
Marketing Partners: Groupe Beton Brunet,
Ferguson Pipe Enterprises, Inc, FloraGanics, American Concrete
Industries, Inc, The Casite Company, J&S Bulk Transportation,
Inc., US Construction Supply Corp., CP Concrete Products
of the Palm Beaches, Martin County Petroleum, Sheltra &
Son Construction, Sheltra Cattle Company, Recycling Services,
Aaron’s Outdoors, Indiantown Marina, All About Flowers,
Speed Media, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, DMC Graphics and
Purcell Tire & Rubber.
TEAM COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT:
NAME: Chris Knight, Sheltra Motorsports
PHONE: 239.834.9797 or 830.261.1215
EMAIL: knight849@aol.com
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