2001 SWT Champion Craig Raudman to race Spears SRL Race of Champions

ANDERSON, CA, (October  8th, 2009) Craig Raudman, driver of the #2 Mouse 
Graphic's/Approved Memory Chevy Impala, owned by Bob Strandwold, will be 
returning to the Spears SRL Southwest Tour Series this weekend at the 
Toyota Speedway at Irwindale with two goals in mind.  First, win the 
Race of Champions, the first of its kind for the series.  It will 
include six past tour Champions competing in a 12-lap race similar to a 
Trophy Dash format whereby along with competing for the win, drivers 
will need to make sure they have something left to race for the main 
event in the NTS Inc. 125.  The second and similar goal is to take the 
checkered flag in the main event.

Raudman is the 2001 NASCAR Elite Division Southwest Tour Series 
champion, who has had 29 poles and 17 wins in Elite Division competition 
and was runner up in the 2008 Spears SRL Southwest Tour Series 
championship.  Craig has won at Irwindale in the past and lead many laps 
there.  Craig will be in good hands with Junior Joiner returning as crew 
chief for the race. Junior and Craig have a great chemistry and work 
really well with each other.  Both Junior and Craig have something to 
prove this weekend and that is to set fast time, lead the most laps and 
win the race.

This past weekend, while the Spears SRL Southwest Tour was racing at 
Stockton 99 Speedway, Raudman took the weekend off to be with his 
family.  His famed #2 race car was at the Coto De Caza Golf & Racquet 
Club in Orange County raising money for the Village of Hope, MDA - 
Augie's Quest, and ClubCorp's Employee Partners Care Foundation.

 

The car was on display during the golf tournament for viewing and later 
the car hood space was auctioned off for the upcoming Irwindale race.  
The winning live auction bidder was Tom Lane, owner of Mouse Graphics in 
Costa Mesa, CA.  Mouse Graphic's offer's a broad range of graphic and 
reprographic services. Tom shared, "Having a race car at a charity golf 
tournament was something new and refreshing, I thought this would be a 
great way to help out and to get involved  with a great race team and 
bring our company team members, as well as, friends and family out for a 
fun day of racing and team building while cheering on Craig for the 
win".   For more info on Mouse Graphics go to their web site at 
www.sendmouse.com <http://www.sendmouse.com/>.

Car owner, Bob Strandwold commented  on the charity event, "We are 
really happy we can use the race car to help benefit people in need. We 
look forward to having the Mouse Graphic's people out to the race track 
to support the team and have a good time while watching the best racing 
on the west coast".

About the Spears SRL Southwest Tour Series.  Celebrating its ninth 
season in 2009, the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series is a regional stock 
car series competing on paved ovals in the southwestern portion of the 
U.S. The series utilizes cars based on the former NASCAR Elite Division 
Series rulebook.  www.SRLSouthwestTour.com 
<http://www.srlsouthwesttour.com/>.   



  Dave Reed
  Approved Memory Corp.
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