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Max Gresham To Face Stiff Test In Nashville All American Event This Weekend
Press Release
Included in the mix of competitors are defending CRA All American winner Chris Gabehart,, recently crowned 2009 CRA Super Series Champion Johnny VanDoorn, Eddie Hoffman, Scott Hantz, Eddie Mercer, Chase Elliott, Ross Kenseth, Johanna Long, Bubba Pollard, John Bolen, Rick Turner, Josh Vadnais, Dennis Schoenfeld, Brian Ickler, Chris Wimmer, Mark Day and Jeff Fultz.
According to Gresham, a 16-year-old high school Junior student at Woodward Academy in College Park, GA, this year’s All American event will be one of the toughest of his young racing career.
“This is truly going to be my first-ever Super Late Model start,” said Gresham. “We got wrecked on the first lap of my only other Super start earlier this year, so that really didn’t count because we never got to race. Given the very tough field entered at Nashville, just making the race is going to be a major accomplishment this weekend. To win it would be phenomenal. To do well at Nashville would be a big confidence booster for us going into the string of big races we have to end the season like the World Crown 300 and the Snowball Derby.”
Gresham, who will wheel the No. 7-11 Gresham Motorsports Park/World Crown 300 sponsored entry Sunday at Nashville, recently tested at the historic half-mile fairgrounds oval.
“The test went real well,” said Gresham. “We were very consistent and we think we got to the point where our lap times will be very competitive. We’re running a different tire than they did last year at this event, so we won’t know exactly what a really good time is until all the other cars get there for the race this weekend.
“I’ve only raced at Nashville one other time and that was in a Pro Late Model car last year,” Gresham continued. “This is going to be way different. The Super Late Model car has way more engine and you are running way harder into and off the. It’s really easy to burn the tires off the Super car, a lot easier than it is the Pro Late Model. I’m just going to have to be on top of my game, make the race and take care of the car and tires. If we can do that, I think we’ll have a successful weekend.”
The All American Weekend in Nashville will start with an open practice on Friday, October 30, from 4-9 p.m. Pits open on Saturday, October 31, at 8:30 a.m. with practice beginning at 11 and qualifying at 3:45 p.m. There will be racing on Saturday night with 50-lap features for the Howe CRA Late Model Series with the Nashville Super Trucks, the CRA Street Stocks with the Nashville Sportsman cars and for the USA Modifieds.
The pit area will open on Sunday, November 1 at 9:30 a.m. The All American events will begin at 1 p.m. beginning with the 250-lap CRA All American event followed by the 150-lap GAS Series All American event.
More event information is available at www.fairgroundsspeedwayatnashville.com. More information on all the CRA Series is available at www.craracing.net.
To learn more about Max Gresham and Gresham Motorsports, please log on to www.greshammotorsports.com.
- Gresham Motorsports Press Release
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