Mid America Motorsports President Dave Didero is pleased to announce that they will be entering the #20 Mid America Freight Chevrolet in the final two CASCAR Super Series events of the season with Pete Shepherd Jr. behind the wheel. The races at scheduled for Saturday September 10th at Cayuga Speedway near Hamilton, Ontario and on Sunday September 18th at Kawartha Speedway in Ontario’s Cottage Country.
“We are very pleased to have Petey join us for the remainder of the season in the Mid America Chevy” said an enthusiastic Dave Didero. “I’ve known the Shepherd family for many years and remember saying to Pete when he was just starting out that he’d be racing in one my cars some day, I guess I’m finally keeping my word. With Pete joining Sean Stafford in the #42 car we’ll have two of the best young drivers in both events”.
Pete Shepherd has already made quite a name for himself in racing circles. Shepherd was the CASCAR Super Series rookie of the year in 2004. He qualified on the pole position at Cayuga Speedway last season and finished 10th in the overall points standings. He has competed in select Super Series events this year and was a finalist in the recently completed Roush Racing “Gong Show” search for a talented young driver. The events of the search were chronicled in a Discovery Channel reality series airing this fall.
Even with this busy schedule it’s important for the youngster to get quality seat time. “I’m really happy with this opportunity to drive the Mid America Motorsports Chevy” said Shepherd. “It’s great to be running at Cayuga for the first event, I like that track and feel really positive that we can put up a solid result”.
Pete Shepherd and the Mid America team will be on track for practice and qualifying this Saturday September the 10th beginning at 4PM. The green flag for the 200 lap feature race waves at 8:30PM.
The CASCAR Super Series competes at historic oval tracks like Delaware Speedway, Cayuga Speedway along with the challenging road course at Mosport International Raceway and also on the temporary street circuit at the Toronto Molson Indy. For more information on Mid America Motorsports and the CASCAR Super series log onto www.cascar.ca and watch all of the races on Rogers Sportsnet.
Contact Information:
Mid America Motorsports Dave Didero, President
(905) 741-9244 midamericamotorsports@hotmail.com
This release prepared by, TL Sports & Entertainment
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