Nashville, Tenn. (July 3, 2007) - Deborah Renshaw announced on Saturday
that she would be returning to the racing world at Nashville,
Tennessee’s Music City Motorplex in a car fielded by Hooked Up
Motorsports and Late Model driver, Andy Johnson. In Renshaw’s Late
Model debut behind the wheel of the No. 112 AskPatty.com Chevrolet on
Saturday night, the Bowling Green, Kentucky-native qualified on the
outside pole and finished second in the 18-car field.
After nearly a five-year absence from Late Model racing, Renshaw
narrowly missed becoming the first woman to win a premier-division race
in Music City Motorplex’s 50 year history. Renshaw finished just a
half-car length behind race winner, Mark Day, in a final heated battle
to the checkered flag.
“She raced me hard but she raced me
clean,” said Day following the race. “She did a great job. She’s
obviously improved a lot over the years,” he said.
Day
started on the pole position for the race with Renshaw to his outside.
Renshaw fell to fourth before making a charge toward the front in the
closing laps. On the final lap, Renshaw pulled door-to-door with Day,
but couldn’t make the pass for position, settling for second in her
debut back at the Music City Motorplex.
"Mark (Day) and I
have a bit of history but I consider him one of the best drivers ever
to race here and it was exciting to come that close to beating him,"
said Renshaw following the race. “I wanted to be careful and not take
him out. I don't want to win like that. I'll have more chances to get
one,” she said.
"It's great to be back," said Renshaw, who plans to run six more Late
Model races this season. "It's an honor to come back and race against
these great teams." In addition, Renshaw and the Hooked Up Motorsports
team plan to race in the United Auto Racing Association (UARA) event at
Bristol Motor Speedway on July 28th, 2007.
“I’m
thankful to everyone who has helped get me back behind the wheel,” said
Renshaw. “It’s great people like Andy Johnson and the Hooked Up
Motorsports team and great sponsors like AskPatty.com that have made it
possible for me to return to racing. Hopefully we can secure more
sponsorship and ultimately get back to racing in either the NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series or NASCAR Busch Series.”
For more
information on Deborah Renshaw, please visit www.deborahrenshaw.com,
www.askpatty.com or for sponsorship opportunities, please contact Brent
Bushu of Integrity Sports Marketing, LLC at (704) 947-2300.
Photo's by:
Mike Curran
www.OnTrackPhoto.com
###
Jamie Maynard
Director of Media Relations
Integrity Sports Marketing, LLC
13420 Reese Blvd. West
Huntersville, NC 28078
Phone: (704) 947-2300
Mobile: (707) 287-5450
