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SEEKING FIRST SNOWBALL DERBY WIN: Cale Gale returns to Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, looking to pick up his first win in one of the most prestigious short track races in the country. Gale will pilot the No. 83 Rheem / 4 Way Truck Sales & Parts Chevrolet in what he considers one of the best races he has competed in.

CALLING THE SHOTS: Veteran crew chief Alex Query will call the shots for the No. 83 Rheem Chevrolet for this weekend’s 43rd Annual Snowball Derby. Two weeks ago at Gresham Motorsports Park, Query sat atop the pit box calling the race for Gale and the No. 83 team. Gale started the race from the pole with a new track record and finished eighth.

BEFORE THE RACE: QUOTES WITH DRIVER CALE GALE:

On how tough Five Flags Speedway is on the engines: “This place isn’t as bad on engines as it is tires but it still creates a challenge for our engine builder Keith Hamner with it being a 300 lap race. The car has to handle good, but the power of the car is very important, and you have to weigh in the reliability factor.”

Do you consider Five Flags your home track? “Definitely. I grew up in Mobile (Ala.) and can clearly remember going to watch my dad compete here and at Mobile Speedway every weekend. It is always fun to come back home to race in front of my family and friends.”

CHASSIS: Gale will pilot a Hamke chassis that has only one race on it which was at Gresham Motorsports Park two weeks ago.

PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Cale Gale piloted the No. 83 Rheem Chevrolet for the World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park in the World Crown 300. He broke the previous track record at the half mile oval with a time of 15.982 making him the first driver in the tracks history to get in to the 15 second bracket. After overcoming a loose wheel condition and going two laps down, Gale still finished eighth.

About Rheem - Rheem Manufacturing Company (www.rheem.com) is a privately held company with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. In its 81st year of operation, the company distributes throughout North America and world markets an award-winning line of eco-friendly, technologically advanced residential and commercial heating, cooling, water heating, whole-home standby generators, controls, swimming pool and spa heaters, indoor air purification products and commercial boilers.

The nation’s leading consumer products review magazine recently reported that Rheem air conditioning products have been rated most reliable among all leading brands by tens of thousands of consumers.

- Double C Media Relations Press Release

No. 83 Rheem / 4-Way Truck Sales and Parts Chevrolet Impala (Cale Gale)