Tanner; Stott Classic Racing Look For Successful Chicagoland Debut

Topics:  Billy Tanner, Chicagoland ARCA 200

Chris Knight
Stott Classic Racing
September 6, 2007

JOLIET, Illinois (September 6, 2007) - - ARCA RE/MAX Series driver Billy Tanner looks to Saturday’s Chicagoland ARCA 200 as a day to shine.

Following a successful top-20 run at Gateway International Raceway, Tanner is itching to put his Stott Classic Racing team into the top-10 for the first time this season.

“We are going to do it,” said Tanner when asked about Chicagoland. “We’ve come a very long way this season with Stott Classic Racing. This team is awesome. I can’t say enough about them. We’ve had some runs gone bad, but that’s racing. In the end, the team has persevered and we’re looking forward to Chicagoland.”

He continued, “We’ve worked hard this year to put this team in position for 2008. We’ve made a lot of strides and I think everyone is looking forward to Saturday’s race.”

Tanner had an opportunity to test at Chicagoland last month in preparation for Saturday’s event. He notes that experience as a critical point in the team’s building process.

“Corrie (Stott, crew chief and car owner) has made it work out where we’ve been able to test almost everyone and that’s real important, especially to me as a rookie driver. We made a lot of gains at the test and I hope what we learned there will come back into our hands for practice and qualifying on Friday.”

Tanner’s banking on his run at Kentucky Speedway this past May as a way to prepare himself for Saturday’s race. “I think almost all the drivers will agree, the track looks a lot like Kentucky Speedway, but once you put four wheel and nearly 200 mph on Chicagoland Speedway, it really is a lot different. Luckily for us, we’ve been able to put together a good setup, which I think will help us tremendously this weekend. Corrie knows what I am looking for now, so I know we’re going to be okay.”

Sailing into Gateway, Tanner, 25 is in the 10th of 12 races with SCR (Stott Classic Racing) and sponsor CheapCaribbean.com as the group is using this season as track time to prepare for a full season run in 2008.

“After Chicagoland, we’re heading to Talladega Superspeedway and Toledo Speedway in October. As much as I’m looking forward to Saturday’s race, I’m also extremely excited about next month’s races. We have a wicked fast car for Talladega and I ran well at Toledo in the spring, so I’m looking forward to both venues. Before we can look ahead to those races though, we have to stay focused on Chicagoland.”

“I know how much Corrie and the entire Stott Classic Racing team wants a top-10 and believe me I want it bad too. The components are coming together to make it happen, so look out ARCA, here we come,” sounded Tanner.

Crew Chief and car owner Corrie Stott offered his two-cents on Chicagoland.

“We’ve shown some success at the intermediate tracks this season and there’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll be competitive this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway,” Stott added. “Billy has done a great job the last couple of races. With a little luck, we’ll be in great shape for Saturday.”

The Chicagoland ARCA 200 (134 laps/200 miles) is the 20th of 23 races on the 2007 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule. The seventh ARCA race held at Chicagoland Speedway is a two-day show. Practice begins Friday, September 7 with a two hour practice session planned from 1:00pm-3:00pm. ARCA SIM Factory pole qualifying is set for later in the day at 5:00pm Local Time. The event will take the green flag, Saturday, September 8 shortly after 1:00pm Local Time. The race will be televised live on SPEED with additional race coverage online at arcaracing.com.

For more on Classic Stott Racing and driver Billy Tanner please visit StottClassicRacing.com

About CheapCaribbean.com and COMM Group:

CheapCaribbean.com is owned by COMM Group, Inc (Customer Oriented Marketing and Management Group) which provides wholesale and direct to consumer distribution of vacation packages, resort reservations, and cruises worldwide to Bermuda, the Caribbean, and Mexico , servicing over 250,000 passengers per year.

About Billy Tanner:

A fourth generation driver, Billy Tanner IV, 25, hails from Newtown , PA. A veteran dirt specialist, Tanner won several events in 2006 including at Bridgeport and on his home track of New Egypt Speedway in New Egypt, New Jersey . Tanner finished last year sixth in the Race of Champions (ROC) North series, seventh in ROC South, seventh in ROC combined, seventh at New Egypt Speedway, and eighth at Bridgeport . Tanner will run more than a dozen ARCA races in 2007 in hopes of a full season campaign in 2008.

About Stott Classic Racing:

Stott Classic Racing has over 50 years of racing heritage and success. Started in 1955, Ramo Stott was an ARCA champ in 1970 and 1971 along with USAC champ in 1975. His sons Corrie and Lance carried on the tradition, with Corrie having 20 years of NASCAR experience. Successfully starting and operating various NASCAR teams, Corrie was a Crew member for Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte and Crew Chief for Sterling Marlin and Jimmy Spencer. Corrie has spent the past 12 years in management positions with Hendrick Motorsports, SABCO, and PPI Motorsports.

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