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ML Motorsports and driver, Shelby Howard, are looking forward to racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after running back to back races at Daytona and Phoenix.

“We’ve got a really good car for Las Vegas that we took to Orlando to test last month. That car showed a lot of speed and handled really well” states Howard. “I’m looking forward to running at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and especially excited to have the Race Fuel Energy Drink and Stratosphere Hotel and Casino logos on the car”.

Veteran off-road racer Kenny Freeman of Henderson is sponsoring the Nationwide Series car driven by Shelby Howard in Saturday’s Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Freeman recently entered a business decision for his new venture Race Fuel, an all natural energy drink that will be available in stores by the end of the month. “The construction business has been so bad for the past two years that I decided to start another venture,” explained Freeman, whose family has been in the carpet business for 50 years.

Freeman began contacting NASCAR drivers seeking an opportunity for sponsorship of his energy drink last year. “Shelby has raced in Vegas before and he has respectable performances,” said Freeman. “His team was very receptive and offered us the hood and the TV panel for a very good price. They have bent over backwards for me with this deal and I’m excited to be sponsoring their team. Also, at the age of 15, Shelby was the youngest driver to run in an ARCA race and he also drove for Tony Stewart on the USAR racing team in 2005. “NASCAR is the way to go as far as auto racing advertising is concerned now. The drivers are on national television and that provides incredible exposure.”

ML Motorsports has also partnered with the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, the tallest free-standing observation tower in the United States, with the #70 Chevrolet will carrying their logo on the quarter panel in the Sam’s Town 300. The Stratosphere Hotel & Casino is a landmark tower, hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip. The property’s signature attraction is the 1,149 foot Stratosphere Tower, the tallest free-standing observation tower in the United States. The tower features two observation decks, a fine dining restaurant known as The Top of The World and three thrill rides: Big Shot, Insanity and X-Scream.

In addition, Howard will be signing autographs at the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino on Friday, February 26th at 9:00 pm in the hotels casino.

- ML Motorsports Press Release