Dallas, Texas – July 19, 2012 – The Build Your Future campaign’s sponsored NASCAR driver David Starr and the Arrington Racing team head to the Chicagoland Speedway. Starr will make his 300th Truck Series start at the 1.5 – mile speedway for the American Ethanol 225 on Saturday night.
The veteran driver is proud to be racing in his 300th career race with the support of many of his friends and sponsors. Starr is 5th on the list for career starts in the Truck Series.
Starr is currently 16th in points for the season and finished in 28th place during last week’s American Ethanol 200 at the Iowa Speedway after mechanical issues ended hisrace early.
Several new sponsors have joined in this week to help David celebrate his 300th start including: Niece Equipment, Thoroughbred Contractors, LLC, Jerry Squires, HR Fix, Aubrey Health Mart Pharmacy, ASC Environmental Services, John Avary with Light Tower Rentals, Don Hanvey with Oil Interests Inc., BRG Motorsports, A – Affordable Office Furniture, RedTopRacing.net, and season supporter the Build Your Future campaign and NCCER.
“Everyone involved with NCCER is excited to congratulate David on his 300th NASCAR race and we are pleased to play a small role in helping David to achieve this significant accomplishment!” stated Don Whyte, president of NCCER. “David is an outstanding ambassador for Career and Technical Education through the Build Your Future campaign, and NCCER is proud to be associated with David and the Arrington Racing Team.”
In the 2012 NCWTS season, Starr races with primary sponsorship from longtime supporter San Antonio-based Zachry H
oldings, Inc. Other sponsors throughout the season include: AdvoCare, Striping Technologies, Chasco Constructors, and fentonmotors.com.
About Build Your Future — The Build Your Future Campaign (BYF) is a collaborative grassroots approach to construction workforce development that includes recruitment, training, placement, retention and image enhancement strategies. The ultimate goal of the campaign is to lead individuals to opportunities for job placement, advanced education and training and ultimately long-term rewarding careers in the construction industry. BYF is led by NCCER under the Choose Construction Initiative. For more information, visit www.byf.org. Check out BYF on Facebook at facebook.com/BYFcampaign and follow @BYFcampaign on Twitter.
About NCCER — NCCER is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) education foundation created by the construction industry to develop standardized curriculum and assessments with portable credentials and to help address the skilled construction workforce shortage. NCCER is recognized by the industry as the training, assessment, certification, and career development standard for the construction and maintenance craft professional. For more information, visit www.nccer.org or contact NCCER customer service at 888.622.3720.
About Zachry Holdings, Inc.
Zachry Holdings, Inc. is a privately held business engaged primarily in the engineering, construction, and maintenance of large industrial projects and facilities in the United States. Based in San Antonio, Texas, the company participates in a wide range of the energy sector including traditional and renewable power, petrochemical, refining, forest products and nuclear. Zachry has offices throughout the U.S. and safely employs more than 10,000 craft and professional staff. Visit www.zhi.com for more information.
