Patrick Sheltra Looks For Another Top-Five In Milwaukee

Patrick Sheltra  Looks For Another Top-Five In Milwaukee  

WEST ALLIS,  Wisconsin (August 23, 2007) - - Fresh off a third  place finish 
last Sunday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, ARCA RE/MAX Series  
Rookie-of-the-Year candidate Patrick Sheltra heads to the famed Milwaukee Mile  looking 
to keep his stretch alive and nail his third top-five finish of the  season 
Sunday afternoon. 
The Sheltra  Motorsports team has reeled in some late season momentum which 
has seen Sheltra  and his car owner and mother Grace Sheltra rise in the 
championship  standings. 
Even though the  experienced dirt racer has never had the opportunity to 
compete at The Milwaukee  Mile, Sheltra is not letting the lack of track time step 
in his way and he plans  to take the track by storm this weekend. 
“We’re still feeling  the wave of excitement from Springfield, but it’s time 
to get back to  business,�?? said Sheltra. “I’m extremely proud of everything 
my Sheltra  Motorsports team has done these past couple of races. We’ve really 
made an  impact on the series here recently and we’re looking forward to 
keeping it up  this weekend in Milwaukee.�?? 
“I’ve never had the  pleasure of racing at The Milwaukee Mile, but I’m 
hoping it’s a track that I can  adapt to quickly. There’s been a lot of tracks 
such as USA International  Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, Berlin Raceway and 
Illinois State Fairgrounds  that I ran very competitive in on my first try; I 
hope this is another weekend  that follows those tracks.�??  
Sheltra contributes  his recent string of strong performances to the 
dedication and effort of his  Sheltra Motorsports team. 
“Without the team,  there’s no racecar or driver,�?? Sheltra added. “John 
Hayden, my crew chief is a  former ARCA driver, so he has a good baseline for 
what a driver needs in a car.  Keith Strunk, the team manager also does a great 
job in assisting John and the  guys follow their lead. It took us a little 
while to shake the boat, but now our  performances are strong and we’re showing it 
on the  track.�?? 
Currently occupying  the sixth position in the ARCA RE/MAX Series 
championship standings, the Florida  native knows another top-five run like he had last 
Sunday will move him into his  season’s goal of finishing inside the first 
half.  
“We’re just 85 points from taking the  fifth position,�?? explained Sheltra. “
It’s not going to be an easy position to  grab, but we’re going to do our 
best. If we keep having finishes like we had  last weekend, we’re bound to leap 
into the top-five in the next couple of weeks.  At the start of the season, it 
didn’t even appear that this goal was possible,  but there’s always some 
light at the end of the tunnel, we just have to keep  digging.�??  
Continuing  their sponsorship of Sheltra's No. 60 entry this weekend is CP 
Concrete  Products, US Construction, SawHorse Outfitters, Brady Ranch and  
FloraGanics. 
The Governor’s Cup 200 (200  laps/200 miles) is the 17th of 23 races on the 
2007 ARCA RE/MAX  Series schedule. The 10th ARCA race held at The Milwaukee 
Mile is a  two day show. Practice begins Saturday August 25 with an hour and 15 
minute  session planned from 1:00pm-2:15pm. ARCA  SIM Factory pole qualifying 
is set for later in the day at 5:15pm Local Time.  The event will take the 
green flag Sunday August 26 shortly after 12:00pm Local  Time. The race will be 
televised live on SPEED with additional race coverage  online at 
_arcaracing.com_ (http://www.arcaracing.com/) .   
For  more on Patrick Sheltra, please visit _PatrickSheltra.com_ 
(http://www.patricksheltra.com/)  
Patrick  Sheltra, Sheltra Motorsports, The  Milwaukee  Mile,  Notes of 
Interest: 
    *   Sheltra  sits sixth in the ARCA championship standings and third in 
the ARCA RE/MAX  Series Rookie-of-the-Year standings despite missing the season 
opener at  Daytona International Speedway in February.
·        Patrick  Sheltra will make his 18th career ARCA RE/MAX Series start 
on  Saturday. In his previous  17 starts, Sheltra has collected two top-fives 
at Berlin Raceway (July 2007) and  Illinois State Fairgrounds (August 2007) 
while holding an additional top-10 at  Kentucky Speedway in June. 
·      Patrick  Sheltra is a native of Indiantown, Florida  
    *   Sheltra’s  crew chief John Hayden is a former ARCA RE/MAX Series 
driver with 10 starts to  his credit. Hayden holds a career best finish of third 
at Nashville  Superspeedway in 2002 as his personal best effort.  
MEDIA  CONTACT: 
NAME: Chris  Knight, Sheltra Motorsports   
PHONE: 239.834.9797 
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