Early Day For Patrick Sheltra At The Milwaukee Mile

Early Day For  Patrick Sheltra At The Milwaukee Mile 

WEST ALLIS,  Wisconsin (August 28, 2007) - - On the heels of a  career best 
third place finish the week before at the Illinois State Fairgrounds  
(Springfield), Florida’s Patrick Sheltra leaned into The Milwaukee Mile looking  to 
continue the surge and produce another satisfying  finish. 
Sheltra Motorsports  has been a headliner for the second half of the season. 
The consistency the  rookie team has shown has propelled Sheltra from 15th to 
sixth in  points during the course of the last eight races. The team was 
hoping to leave  another mark in the Governor’s Cup 200. 
In the first  practice session of the day, Sheltra utilized the hour and 
fifteen minute  session to gain track knowledge and experience around the famed 
oval, preparing  himself for the rest of the weekend. 
At the conclusion of  the practice, Sheltra had posted the 17th fastest time 
with a time of  31.522 seconds at 114.206 MPH. “We’re loose. I know a lot of 
the guys are facing  a tight problem, but we’re the opposite. I’m not 
worried. The guys are working  hard on the Sheltra Motorsports team to give us a good 
setup for qualifying  later this afternoon. This should be a good race 
tomorrow, but I think track  position will be key, so we need to see if we can put 
our Chevrolet in the  top-10 later today. For the race tomorrow, we’re itching 
to beat our third place  run from last weekend, so hopefully with a little 
luck, we’ll accomplish  that.�?? 
Heading into ARCA  SIM Factory pole qualifying, Sheltra knew that a strong 
starting spot would  equal success at The Magic Mile. Drawing the 24th position, 
Sheltra  would watch his fellow competitors, hoping to learn something that 
would help  his qualifying run.  
During his time  trials run, Sheltra mounted a lap of 30.646 seconds at 
117.470 MPH putting the  No. 60 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 11th on the starting grid. 
Sheltra,  nicknamed “Mr. Showtime�?? picked up nearly eight-tenths of a second 
from his  practice run earlier in the day. 
“I’ll take that,�??  said Sheltra, a rookie on the tour. “It was a good lap. 
The car is pretty good,  I think we’ll have to tweak it on it a little bit 
during the race, but overall,  I think we’ll be in good shape.�?? 
Teams entered The  Milwaukee Mile on Sunday under perfect racing conditions. 
A tight schedule was  set for the teams on race day with the green flag set to 
waive shortly after  12:00pm. 
At the start of the  Governor’s Cup 200, it didn’t take long for Sheltra to 
make his move into the  top-10. By the conclusion of lap one, Sheltra had 
locked the 10th  position. 
Planning to inch his  way forward, Sheltra was working on Dexter Bean for 
ninth, finally making that  pass on lap five with his eyes setting for more. 
Unfortunately, while  gunning for eighth, Sheltra’s motor expired on lap nine 
sending the Sheltra  Motorsports team to the garage and done for the day.  
“This is our first  motor failure of the year and I know we’re going to have 
some mechanical hiccups  along the way, but we didn’t need this type of run 
today,�?? said Sheltra who  finished 36th.  
“The car was  handling pretty good and I was just getting into my rhythm. 
There was no  warning, she just blew up. Nothing we can do about it except find 
the cause of  the problem and move forward towards Gateway this weekend. We’ve 
got a good team  and great sponsors; we’ll just try and make it up to them at 
Gateway on Friday  night.�?? 
CP  Concrete Products, US Construction, SawHorse Outfitters, Brady Ranch and  
FloraGanics all sponsored Sheltra’s No. 60 machine this past weekend at The  
Milwaukee Mile. 
“I’m  really sorry to our sponsors. We’ve had some really good runs lately, 
and  unfortunately, we just couldn’t put it all together this weekend. We’ll 
bounce  back and put them in the spotlight at Gateway.�??  
Despite  the disappointing finish, Sheltra still locks the sixth position in 
the ARCA  RE/MAX Series championship standings behind fellow rookie Phillip 
McGilton.   
Next  up for the ARCA RE/MAX Series is a stop at Gateway International 
Raceway, a  track that oversees the famed Gateway Arch. The Gateway ARCA 150 is a 
one-day  show with practice and qualifying setting the field for the 18th  event 
of the 2007 season. The green flag is scheduled to waive at 8:00pm Local  
Time with live coverage on SPEED. 
For  more on Patrick Sheltra, please visit _PatrickSheltra.com_ 
(http://www.patricksheltra.com/)  
MEDIA  CONTACT: 
NAME: Chris  Knight, Sheltra Motorsports   
PHONE: 239.834.9797 
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