Salem Test Sends ABR Crew Scrambling

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Salem Test Sends ABR Crew Scrambling
 
(Concord, NC) April 7, 2008 --  The sight of the crew diligently cutting
away wrinkled sheet metal on this Monday morning at Andy Belmont Racing
tells the story- the Salem test session had quickly turned sour.  
"We had a great car," said Andy Belmont.  "We got in some great runs and
were fine tuning the setup and something just broke.  It sent Tom (Hessert)
into the wall at well over 100mph and Odie, our primary car, is not making
the trip back to Salem this week.  The guys are working very hard to get
Daisy prepped and ready to go.  Overcoming adversity is what makes this team
championship caliber and my guys know what we have to do to get the job
done."
"Everything went well," said Hessert.  "We made some minor changes to the
car and we kept moving forward with it.  We went back out to make our last
lap of the day and going into turn one I'm not sure whether the throttle
stuck, but it sent us into the wall for a pretty hard hit.  I have no doubt
that the team will bring back another good car for the race this weekend.
I've run a lot of laps here at Salem and have had some good runs so we
should be just fine on Sunday."
Tom Hessert and the ABR team head to Salem Speedway 5th in points after a
career-best 6th place finish in Daytona for the ARCA RE/MAX rookie of the
year contender.  Hessert's best run at Salem Speedway was a 5th place finish
out of a handful of races in sprints and midgets and that previous
experience is going to come in handy for Hessert against the stiff
competition entered for the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200. NASCAR Sprint
Cup veteran Ken Schrader, Formula 1 star Scott Speed and 9-time ARCA RE/MAX
Series champion Frank Kimmel are just a few of the top names Hessert will
compete against on Sunday.    "The competition is great," said Hessert. "I
learned a lot from these guys in Daytona and am taking that with me to Salem
so we should have a good showing in our #1 MAACO Ford Fusion."
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