Sean Corr Looking For Uphill Climb At New Jersey Motorsports Park

Topics:  Sean Corr, ModSpace 150

Chris Knight
Knight Motorsports Management/Empire Racing
May 18, 2011

MILLVILLE, New Jersey (May 18, 2011) - - Goshen, New York native Sean Corr will continue through his rounds of “firsts” during his young ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards career by competing in his very first road course event in Sunday’s ModSpace 150 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

After notching four consecutive top-20 performances thus far in 2011, Corr would like nothing more than to conquer New Jersey’s tight and twitchy course with a top-10 run in the No. 82 Roush Yates Performance / Roush Yates Engines / Empire Racing Ford Fusion.

To assist Corr and his Empire Racing team in those efforts, the team will have former ARCA winner and road racing sensation Robb Brent on-hand with Mooresville, North Carolina-based team for the fifth race of the season.

Brent who used to race as a competitor against Corr will now be on the same team and is determined to have the New Yorker digest the tricks and trades that come with the boundaries of road course racing. In addition to shaking down the No. 82 Roush Yates Performance / Roush Yates Engines / Empire Racing Ford Fusion, the Shelby Township, Michigan native will also spot for Corr on Sunday afternoon.

“There’s some jitterbugs for sure,” said Corr, who enters the contest 10th in the ARCA Racing Series championship standings. “I’ve done a lot of things that I’ve never done before and this weekend will be another one to add to the list. I see now why they call the ARCA Racing Series such a diversified series.”

The 26-year old continued, “after running so strong last week and not getting the finish we were hoping for, it would be nice to bounce back at New Jersey at a place where we’ll have a lot of fan support. I also sincerely appreciate Robb (Brent) offering to come to New Jersey to help me. We had some time at Toledo to talk about the track and he showed me some video, so I’ve been studying that this week hoping that when practice rolls around on Saturday, I’ll be in a good comfort zone.”

Should Mother Nature’s forecast attempt to throw a curve-ball at the series for a third consecutive race, Corr knows that he has to be prepared for the unexpected, which could include racing in the rain.

“Now that will be interesting,” Corr said in a much firmer voice. “If it was to come down to it, I’ll be ready to do it, but I’m glad that I have someone like Robb (Brent) who has done it before in an ARCA car and can give me some influential tips.”

For team manager John Bellesfield attacking New Jersey Motorsports Park this weekend is like rewinding the clock back in time to his original racing roots.

“I am looking forward to heading back to NJMP not only so I can visit friends and family but also I have had great success at the track with winning a Ford Racing Mustang Challenge race and a pole award in SCCA World Challenge GT,” sounded Bellesfield, who also owns and operates Excel Motorsports Services.

Also this weekend at NJMP, Empire Racing and Andy Belmont Racing will support Roush Yates Performance and Roush Yates Engines initiative with their mission to ship necessities to those affected by the devastating severe weather in the South within the past month. Items including newly-used clothes, water, canned food and even monetary donations will be accepted at NJMP this weekend. Items can be dropped off behind each of the team’s No. 1 and No. 82 transporters.

The ModSpace 150 (67 laps / 150 miles) is the fifth of 19 events on the 2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards schedule. The fourth ever ARCA event held at New Jersey Motorsports Park is a two-day show. Practice begins Saturday, May 21 with an hour and a half practice session planned from 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. A final “happy hour” session has been etched in from 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Menards Pole by Ansell qualifying is slated to begin at 4:30 p.m. The field will take the green flag on Sunday May 22 shortly after 1:00 p.m. The race will not be televised but event coverage including live timing and scoring throughout the weekend will be available through the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) online at arcaracing.com presented by ARCANation.com.

Recently, Empire Racing and BoomText officially announced the “Hard Corr Fans” program powered by BoomText, a mobile marketing campaign which allows fans to pledge towards becoming an official member of the Empire Racing team – not to mention helping three of Corr’s personal charities. To join the campaign, fans just simply have to text the word “CORR” to 411247 where they will receive an automated safe-secured link to join the “Hard Corr Fans” team. The activation of the project continued this weekend at Toledo.

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About Empire Racing:

Established in 2009, Empire Racing LLC. (empireracingllc.com) is a two-tier professional Motorsports organization consisting of dirt and asphalt competition. Sean Corr, a 26-year old hailing from Goshen, New York pilots the team’s automobiles in the DIRTcar Series and Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). In 2011, the team will attempt to run for a championship in the ARCA Racing Series with aspirations of moving into the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The team is headquartered in Goshen, New York with an additional operation in Mooresville, North Carolina.

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