For Immediate Release:

 

Kyle Cattanach To Pilot Spraker Racing Entry In

NASCAR Camping World East Opener At Greenville-Pickens

 

 

Mooresville, NC - April 9, 2007

 

Team owner, and veteran NASCAR competitor, Jeff Spraker has announced that California

“young gun” Kyle Cattanach will be behind the wheel of the #37 Spraker Racing Monte Carlo for the season-opening NASCAR Camping World East Series event at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on April 19th.

 

Kyle brings an impressive set of credentials to the East Series, having posted a 4th place finish at Altamont Motorsports Park,  in one of his three West Series appearances in 2007. The talented 23 year old  has accumulated 22 wins in  77 career starts in both Late Model and ASA Truck Series events on the west coast. States Kyle: “I am looking forward to the opportunity, to take this next step in my career- I was very comfortable in the car during our test session , and know that I will have proven equipment from the Spraker team.” Supporting the West Coast driver in his inaugural NASCAR Camping World East Series race will be sponsors Dan Gamel RV Centers and Pepperjack Kennels.

 

The Spraker NASCAR East Series team posted a top-ten finish at the historic Greenville-Pickens facility in 2007 and is hoping to capitalize on their past experience at this track. Comments owner, Jeff Spraker: “Kyle has a strong short-track background and this place should be a perfect match for that experience. We hope to work with Kyle at other East Series events in 2008 - having run this entire schedule last year, we feel that Spraker Racing can offer a genuine opportunity for Kyle to showcase his talent here on the east coast”

 

Spraker Racing Enterprises, Inc., based in Mooresville, NC, is a full-service racing operation and currently fields teams in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, and the NASCAR Whelan All-American Series, in addition to the NASCAR Camping World East Series.  Kyle will join Spraker team drivers Dexter Bean, 21, of Westby, WI, and Alex Kennedy, of Aztec, New Mexico. Dexter, who was third in ARCA Series points in 2007, is running the full ARCA schedule in 2008 in the GLOCK, Inc. sponsored Chevrolets out of the Spraker stable; and 16 year-old Alex, joins the team for 2008 and runs selected events in the NASCAR Whelan All-American Series at Caraway Speedway. Jeff Spraker has been an owner, driver, and consultant for over 25 years, having incorporated his initial operation in upstate New York, in 1979. He has established a strong reputation in the development of  young driving talent, utilizing a driver’s perspective for coaching coupled with years of “hands on” technical experience.

 

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