Nelson Piquet Jr. Texas Motor Speedway Preview
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001YCG7_2nRMIpYlp7f6EWOrku_SYQTLJvpd3fyEy7XJCq-jwVndv1wm_Ju0Bjk7LBySssK9CGkk9-nYbF2XtyIbEfkFer-cYctfIU_8DcMp2787GGPX6eedA%3D%3D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nelson Piquet ARCA Racing Series Advance: Texas Motor Speedway Race: Rattlesnake 150 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards: 4 of 20 Track: Texas Motor Speedway Date: April 16, 2010 Nelson Piquet and the Eddie Sharp Racing No. 6Toyota will take the track at the Rattlesnake 150 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday, April 16, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. CDT. Continued Relationship with ESR: Piquet Jr. will rejoin Eddie Sharp Racing this weekend after making his ARCA Racing Series debut with ESR at Daytona in February. After his start at TMS this Friday, the 24-year-old will compete with ESR at Michigan International Speedway on June 11 and Pocono Raceway on July 31. Seat Time at Texas Test: Piquet Jr. went to TMS in March to test with ESR at the ARCA Racing Series open test. The test provided another opportunity for the former Formula One driver to gain experience at a 1.5-mile speedway and more seat time in a stock car. Piquet Jr. finished the test 16thquickest with a speed of 180.186 mph. Second Place Finish: The Brazilian driver competed last weekend in the first Copa Chevrolet Montana race in at the Autódromo Internacional inCuritiba, Brazil. Piquet Jr., invited as a special guest, was the quickest car in the field of 32 in the first practice, 11thquickest in the second practice and qualified in the sixth position. In the main event, Piquet Jr. finished second behind Júlio Campos. ARCA back to TMS: The Rattlesnake 150 marks the first time the ARCA Racing Series has raced at TMS since the inaugural Z-MAX 250 on Sept. 18, 1998. Of the 36 cars entered for the race, only Brad Smith and Frank Kimmel have competed with the ARCA Racing Series at TMS. QUOTES Piquet Jr. after the Texas Test: "Every day I've been learning a lot, hearing stories. The driving part is taking time because I'm not in a car every day. For me, it's tougher to run these kinds of cars than a normal road course. Hopefully, I'll eventually get more and more used to it. It was a big day for me." On Racing at TMS: "I'm really excited to be back in the Eddie Sharp Racing No. 6 car, and to be with such a good team for more wheel to wheel racing. I'm looking forward to applying what I learned during last month's test at Texas and taking advantage of this opp ortunity to better prepare myself for the June 4 Truck race at Texas Motor Speedway. I'm also looking forward to meeting more people this weekend and continuing to learn more about NASCAR." Eddie Sharp after the Texas Test: "The test was an eye-opener for Nelson. The only thing he had to relate to was Daytona, so Nelson got another chance to see what he still needs to learn. Seat time and running more ARCA races are really going to help him. I think if he went back and tested the next day, he would have done even better. Nelson really has a lot of talent. I am excited to work with him and see him develop into a great stock car driver." Nelson Piquet Jr. ARCA Racing Series History No. Track Year Start Finish Laps Notes 6 Daytona 2010 7 27 67/80 Running Race length: 100 laps, 150 miles Track layout:1.5 miles Shape: Quad-Oval SCHEDULE (All times in CDT) Thursday: Practice 12:30 -2:30 p.m. Qualifying 4:30 p.m. Friday: Race 6:30 p.m. SPEED Live Timing and Scoring with Live Streaming Audio on ARCANation.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Eddie Sharp Racing Eddie Sharp set up shop in 2005 after several years of transforming young, talented drivers into ARCA championship contenders. Today, Eddie Sharp Racing has evolved into the rite of passage for any serious upcoming driver with an ambition for professional stock car racing. Located in Denver, North Carolina just north of Charlotte, Eddie Sharp Racing occupies a top-notch facility that closely resembles a five-star NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, both inside and out. The two ESR buildings each contain two teams where on any given day, championship contending cars are assembled, engines tuned and teams strategize to score the next race day victory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Activ8 Communications Activ8 Communications, based in Mooresville, North Carolina, specializes in public relations, marketing strategies, brand development and sponsor activation. With focus on NASCAR public relations and relationship building, Activ8 creates unique identities and connections for the drivers and clients under its umbrella. 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