Concord, NC (July 25, 2012) — In continuing efforts to showcase Nashville’s brightest country music stars, Venturini Motorsports has teamed up with Buddy Jewell, Diamond Dust Records and Music Row Nashville’s So Good! Entertainment for an appearance at Lucas Oil Raceway on Friday, July 27th.
Buddy Jewell, the Grammy nominated artist best known winning the first-ever “Nashville Star” in 2003, with hit songs “Help Pour Out the Rain”, “Jesus, Elvis and Me”, AND “Sweet Southern Comfort” will serve as the primary sponsor on Venturini Motorsport’s No.25 car driven by championship contender Brennan Poole in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.
In addition to showing his support for Venturini Motorsports and Brennan Poole, Jewell will kick off the evening by performing the National Anthem prior to the “Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200” race event at Lucas Oil Raceway.
Lucas Oil Raceway is located in Clermont, Indiana just outside Indianapolis.
All on-track activity for the Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 is scheduled for Friday. Two practices will take place, from 1:35-2:30pm and 3-3:45pm. Menards Pole Qualifying will start at 5:30pm, setting the field for the 200-lap race at 9:00pm ET.
ARCARacing.com will feature live timing and scoring of all of Friday’s action, and SPEED TV will televise the 9:00pm ET race live.
About the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards 2012 is the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards’ 60th Anniversary Season, featuring 20 races at 18 tracks. The complete 2012 event schedule is available at ARCARacing.com.
The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards has crowned an ARCA national champion each year since its inaugural season in 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 26 states since its inception. The series has tested the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, visiting tracks ranging from 0.375 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course in its most recent season. This year, the series visited Alabama’s Mobile International Speedway and Minnesota’s Elko Speedway for the first time.
Founded by John and Mildred Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in three professional touring series and local weekly events.
About Venturini Motorsports Venturini Motorsports (VMS), fielding cars in the ARCA Racing Series, is one of the premier NASCAR driver development programs in the country. The 2012 season marks the team’s 30th Anniversary of competition in the ARCA Series. Multiple team championships and consistent on-track success, VMS has evolved into one of the most recognizable names in motorsports.
Since 2007, VMS has assisted in the career development of notable NASCAR drivers such as Joey Logano, Justin Allgaier, Steve Arpin, Brian Scott, Max Gresham, Miguel Paludo, Josh Richards, Ryan Blaney, and Scott Lagasse, Jr. Official: www.VenturiniMotorsports.com | Twitter @VenturiniMotor | Facebook: Venturini Motorsports
