Engine Change Forces Patrick Sheltra To Start Weis Markets 125 From The Rear

Engine Change Forces Patrick  Sheltra To  
Start Weis Markets 125 From Rear  Of The Field  

LONG  POND, Pennsylvania (July 30, 2010) - - ARCA  Racing Series (ARS) 
presented by RE/MAX and Menards championship contender  Patrick Sheltra 
qualified his No. 60 Recycling Services / Ferguson Pipe Toyota  Camry 10th Friday 
afternoon at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway but will start  Saturday’s Weis Markets 125 
from the rear of the field after team officials  opted to change the motor 
following the 24 year old’s qualification run.   
Sheltra  who was scheduled to roll off 37th in Menards Pole by Ansell  
qualifying maneuvered the 2.5-mile triangle of Pocono (Pa.) Raceway in 55.207  
seconds amounting a speed of 162.023 miles per hour. However, immediately 
after  taking the checkered flag during his time trials effort, Sheltra 
informed his  team led by veteran crew chief Jon Wolfe that the motor didn’t feel 
right.   
Upon  further consultation, it was agreed upon by the managing officials at 
Sheltra  Motorsports to pull the motor from the team’s Camry and replace it 
with a fresh  one in time for the 11th installment of the 2010 ARCA season. 
  
“We  thought we might be having a problem after practice,�?? offered 
Sheltra, who  despite his trouble qualified his automobile inside the top-10 for 
the fourth  consecutive race at the track nicknamed, “The Tricky Triangle.�??   
The  Indiantown, Florida native continued, “I had the pedal to the floor 
and that’s  all she had (in qualifying). I didn’t feel comfortable and I know 
that one of  our other Toyota competitors may have had a similar issue to 
what we were  facing. We cannot afford to take any chances in the race, so to 
be better safe  than sorry; we opted to go to the backup motor.�??  
ARCA  rules states that any unapproved change(s) done to a racecar 
following  qualifying forces the team to relinquish their original starting position 
and  start the respective contest from the tail end of the starting grid.   
 
With  the green and orange No. 60 of Sheltra dropping to the tail of the 
field before  the green flag drops for the 51st ARCA race held in Long Pond,  
Sheltra quickly asserted to the point that charging from the rear of the 
field  will be no easy task, but it can be accomplished.  
“Patience  is going to be crucial those first couple of laps,�?? Sheltra 
admitted. “I’ll be  back there racing with guys who may be on a different 
agenda than myself. I’m  going to show them the same respect I would for any 
other driver but with the  race being just 50 laps – we have to go. I just hope 
that we emerge from any  potential chaos unscathed, avoid any further 
mechanical scares and find  ourselves in the hunt for the win.�??  
Sheltra  is searching for his ninth top-10 of the year and hoping to back 
up his solid  fourth place outing in the Messina Animal Wildlife Stopper 200 
at Pocono just  seven weeks ago. The aspiring racer is also eyeing his third 
career top-five  (and top-10) Pocono (Pa.) Raceway run tomorrow.  
Cost-effective  marketing partnerships are still available for the 
remainder of the 2010 ARCA  Racing Series season. For additional information, please 
contact _brandon@patricksheltra.com_ (mailto:brandon@patricksheltra.com)  
or _marketing@patricksheltra.com_ (mailto:marketing@patricksheltra.com) .  
Entering  Pocono, Sheltra has 77 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and 
Menards starts  to his credit with one career victory at Salem (Ind.) 
Speedway (April 2009).  During his ARCA tenure, Sheltra has accumulated 15 
top-fives and posted 30  top-10 finishes. A third place qualifying effort at 
Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway  (April 2009) and Michigan International Speedway 
(June 2010) is Sheltra’s best  time trials effort to date. He has controlled the 
ARCA field six times for 148  laps. 
The Weis  Markets 125 (50 laps / 125 miles) is the 11th of 20 events on the 
 2010 ARCA Racing Series schedule. The 51st ARCA race at Pocono  Raceway is 
a two-day show.  The event will take the green flag on Saturday, July  31 
shortly after 3:00 p.m. The event will be televised live on SPEED with  
additional weekend (practice / qualifying) and race coverage broadcasted live  
through the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) online at _arcaracing.com_ 
(http://www.arcaracing.com/)   presented by ARCANation.com.  All times are local. 
For  the latest on Patrick Sheltra, Sheltra Motorsports and marketing 
partnership  opportunities please visit  _PatrickSheltra.com_ 
(http://www.patricksheltra.com/) .  
Join  the official Patrick Sheltra fan page on Facebook by clicking _here._ 
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About  Sheltra Motorsports: 
Sheltra  Motorsports (_sheltramotorsports.com_ 
(http://www.sheltramotorsports.com/) ) is a three-tier professional  Motorsports organization consisting 
of dirt and asphalt competition. Patrick  Sheltra, a 24-year old native of 
Indiantown, Florida competes in the UMP and WoO  (Dirt) Series; while also 
running a full schedule in the Automobile Racing Club  of America (ARCA) 
Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards (No. 60) and a  limited schedule 
in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).  The team is 
headquartered in Indiantown, Florida with additional operations in  
Richmond, Indiana and Mooresville, North Carolina.  
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TEAM  COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT:  
NAME: Chris  Knight, Sheltra Motorsports   
PHONE: 239.834.9797  or 239.214.1083   
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