David Stover and #63 Truck Team on Home Turf at Gateway International Raceway
David
Stover and the #63 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool / Dave Porter Truck Sales
Ford Truck team are confident that the home track advantage and the excitement
of running in front of family, friends, fans, and sponsors will help them achieve
a strong finish in the Ram Tough 200 Saturday, July 19th. Gateway
International Raceway, located in Madison, IL, in the shadows of the St. Louis
Arch, is the home track for the #63 MB Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck team.
MB Motorsports, with their race shop in Foristell, Missouri, is the only NASCAR
team located in the St. Louis area.
"It will
be great to run at Gateway in front of all our fans, friends, & family,"
stated David Stover. "We have over 200 fans, friends, family, and sponsors who
will be at the track to cheer us on. This will be my first race at Gateway.
I'm told the track can be challenging and we will be shifting in turns 1&
2, but not in 3 & 4. I did a lot of shifting in road course racing, so hopefully
that experience will help us put on a good show and come home with a strong
finish."
MB Motorsports,
owned by Mike and Bev Mittler, started racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series in 1995, when the series began. Working out of their race shop in Foristell,
Missouri, on the west side of St. Louis, the team has competed in 76 of the
203 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races. The team, however, is most recognized
for spotting young, talented drivers and helping them launching their NASCAR
careers. Jamie McMurray (current Winston Cup rookie points leader), Carl Edwards
(current Craftsman Truck Series rookie points leader), David Stover (current
MB Motorsports #63 driver), Regan Smith, Kenny Irwin Jr. and Tony Roper, all
drove their first NASCAR race in the MB Motorsports truck.
"We enjoy
running in front of our friends, fans, and family, " commented Mike Mittler.
"The Gateway race gives us an opportunity to invite many of our good business
customers also to the race track."
Mike
Mittler, with his brother Paul, own Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool, also
located in Foristell, Missouri. Mittler Brothers manufactures and sells sheet
metal working equipment, such as tubing benders, tubing notchers, bead rollers,
and rear end housings to all types of racers (circle track, drag, road course,
off-road trucks, monster trucks, etc.).
"We are
very appreciative of all our marketing partners, many of which are from the
St. Louis area," continued Mike Mittler. "A special thanks to Childs Tire, Dave
Porter Truck Sales, C-K Welding Supply, Valvoline Oil, Russo Tinting, Kluhsman
Racing Products, and Summer Bay Resort. We've worked hard on our primary truck
the past two weeks, and plan to have a good run Saturday."
The “Ram
Tough 200” will be run under the lights Saturday, July 19, 2003 at 8:00 PM at
Gateway International Raceway. Speed Channel television and MRN radio will broadcast
the race live.
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