Battle Lines Drawn; Championship Leader Patrick Sheltra Leads Speedway Challenge

Battle Lines Drawn; Championship Leader Patrick Sheltra 
Leads Hoosier Superspeedway  Challenge Title
(TOLEDO, Ohio - June 15, 2010) - In  addition to a national championship at 
stake, the battle lines are clearly  forming for other prestigious titles 
here in the ARCA Racing Series presented by  RE/MAX and Menards.  
One of those  titles is the crowning of the Hoosier Tire Superspeedway 
Challenge Champion, the  official presentation coming each season at the 
championship awards banquet in  Covington, Kentucky.  
At present,  Sheltra Motorsports - the combination of car owner Grace 
Sheltra and driver  Patrick Sheltra - lead the superspeedway charge with 920 
points.  
"We've stepped it up this year," said Patrick Sheltra. "There's no  
questioning that. Our restrictor plate performances have been more successful  this 
year than in all my other years of competition. Not to mention our strong  
run at Michigan last week. There's still a long road ahead as far as the  
speedway challenge is concerned, but to have everyone chasing us is a nice  
change instead of the other way around."  
The Hoosier  Tire Superspeedway Challenge Championship is a separate points 
title combining  all the superspeedway events on the annual ARCA Racing 
Series schedule. This  year's superspeedway schedule is made up of events at 
Daytona, Texas, Talladega,  Pocono, Michigan, Chicagoland and Kansas.  
Car owner Grace  Sheltra also credits the team effort.  
"To be leading the speedway challenge in the ARCA Racing  Series is a 
testament to our race team," Grace Sheltra said. "We've struggled  more on the 
bigger tracks in the past compared to this season. Previously, we've  never 
ever been close to contending for this honor. The dedication, focus and  
"want" from the team and Patrick has installed the drive to succeed on all of  
the tracks this season. We cannot predict what may happen in upcoming races, 
but  we plan to be a threat nonetheless. It sure would be nice to take home 
two  trophies at year's end."  
Sheltra, who  also leads the overall championship points battle, has been a 
model of  consistency in 2010, and the only driver on tour who has not 
finished out of the  top-10. His impeccable performance on the superspeedways 
this year has a lot to  do with his leading the points in both categories.  
"I would say to  post eight top-10 finishes in eight races this season is 
pretty commendable,"  Patrick Sheltra added. "We haven't been able to seal 
the deal with a win yet but  in time that will come. We just need to keep 
doing what we've been doing and  that is top-fiving and top-10ing the field to 
death. Eventually, the door will  open up and we'll celebrate in victory lane 
again."  
In fact,  Sheltra has been the best of the best superspeedway-wise this 
year with speedway  finishes of second at Talladega, third at Michigan, fourth 
at Pocono, fifth at  Daytona and seventh at Texas. Everything, seemingly, 
expect a win.  
"It's not like we've gone to the races this year and finished  inside the 
top-10 but weren't a threat for the win. We started off the season in  
championship mode and really haven't looked back since. I know when Matt Kenseth  
won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in 2003, he only won one race. 
 There is no doubt in my mind that our team will win more than one race 
this  season. We'll get there; it's just taking a little longer than we all 
would  like. Until then, we'll keep running like we have been all season long 
and keep  turning some heads."  
The No. 25 owner/driver combo of Cathy Venturini and Mikey Kile,  the most 
recent winners on tour from Michigan, are currently second in the  Hoosier 
Tire Superspeedway Challenge points with 855, just five points ahead of  the 
No. 32 Win Tron Racing team (owner Nate Thiesse/driver Justin Marks) at 850. 
 The No. 81 of Eddie Sharp Racing (owner Eddie Sharp/driver Craig Goess)  
is  fourth with 790 ahead of the Kimmel Racing team (owner & driver Frank  
Kimmel) in fifth with 765.  
The award  officially goes to the car owner and is officially awarded in 
December at the  annual championship awards banquet.  
The late Davey Allison was the first recipient of ARCA's  superspeedway 
championship in 1984. Since then, the list of past winners is tall  and mighty. 
Past Hoosier Tire Superspeedway Challenge Champions include Eddie  Sharp 
(driver Justin Lofton), Ray Evernham (driver Erin Crocker), Larry Clement  
(driver Frank Kimmel), Ken Schrader (driver Bill Baird), Harold Steele (driver  
Tim Steele), Kerry Scherer (driver Mark Gibson), Barry Owen (driver Mike  
Wallace), James Finch (driver Jeff Purvis), Ron Keselowski (driver Bob  
Keselowski), Cathy Venturini (driver Bill Venturini) and Don Biederman (driver  
Tracy Leslie) to name a few. 
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