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NASCAR driver Kyle Cattanach had a very special sponsor when he made his second career NASCAR Camping World Series East start this past weekend (August 21, 2008) in Mansfield, OH.
Cattanach’s Spraker Racing Chevrolet carried the logo for “A Journey for 9.11.”
The 23-year-old Cattanach, of Redding, Calif., relocated to Mooresville, N.C., and works for Spraker Racing Enterprises. He became interested in the cause through Misty Cary and Marty Melo. The pair, who support Cattanach’s racing career, are from northern California and are both career Fire Captains. Pepper Jack Kennels is also supporting the effort.
Cattanach competed in the season opening race with the Spraker team at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, S.C.
In that event, Cattanach qualified 23rd and was running 12th before a late-race incident pushed him back to a 19th-place finish.
Spraker competed with driver Alex Kennedy recently at Lime Rock Park, where they qualified 23rd and finished 10th.
This isn’t the first time a NASCAR team has stepped up to raise awareness for A Journey for 9.11. Michael Waltrip and Best Western ran the “A Journey” logo on Waltrip’s car at the Subway Fresh 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Phoenix this past April. George Martin was at that event and also attended the Bank of America 500 last fall at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. George took a ride along in a stock car at 160 mph, and famously said upon exiting the car, “Where is the gift shop? I want to buy one of these.”
NASCAR sponsors have also supported A Journey in a big way. Sunoco provided free gas for the Featherlite trailer donated for the cross-country trip. Best Western provided free lodging. And Sprint wireless service kept the Journey team connected from coast-to-coast. |
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