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Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
December 17th, 2014

Scott Groves Racing Expands and Prepares for 2015

Canton, Georgia (12/17/14) – The Scott Groves Racing (SGR) team has been extremely busy during the short off season.  The team has relocated their racing operations to their new Douglasville, Georgia race shop, added new team personnel, switched chassis manufacturers for their Super Late Model operation, and added a pair of new marketing partners to the team.

New team members with SGR include veteran Late Model racers, Michael Page and Eric Granger, along with Crate Late Model racer, Matt Black, and crew member, Jason Fraval.  Page will now be directing the #311 team race setups and maintenance program with assistance from the other team members.  The team has also made the switch to Warrior 1G chassis for the 2015 racing season.  They will be testing during the off season and looks forward to getting the Warrior car dialed in before our season opener at the Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track (Eastaboga, Alabama) in early January.

Along with the changes within the organization SGR is pleased to welcome two new marketing partners to the team for 2015. These great new supporters are Tricon Tool Inc. and Base Racing Fuel.

Tricon Tool, Inc, based in McDonough, Georgia is led by avid race supporter, Dean Lamar, and provides personalized service and precision work for all EDM applications. For more information on their services please visit www.TriconToolInc.com .

Base Racing Fuel is a prime product of the Hollander Corporation and is a specially blended racing fuel designed for a variety of racing applications.  Base Racing Fuel is setting the standard in dirt late model racing and is the fuel of choice for many of the sport’s super stars. Visit them online at www.HollanderCorporation.com .

"We are thrilled to have Tricon Tool, Inc. and Base Racing Fuel on board for the 2015 racing season,” said Scott Groves.  “Dean DeLamar and Paul Hollander will help my team continue to grow and will help us pursue our dream of helping sick and underprivileged children through our racing efforts this year and beyond!"

The Scott Groves Racing team will be releasing our preliminary 2015 racing schedule shortly after the first of the year.  The team will also have further press releases concerning additional marketing partners as deals are finalized in the coming weeks.  For more information, or to becoming a supporter of the team, please go to www.ScottGrovesRacing.com.  

Scott Groves and Eric Granger would to like to thank their current marketing partners for their support including Zen Windows, Tricon Tool, Inc., Base Racing Fuel, AED, Groves Excavating & Trucking, Shorty’s Shock Service, Capitol Machine, Georgia Boot, Modern Images, and MSR Mafia Media Services.

For more information on the team please visit www.ScottGrovesRacing.com .

Bell Ready for Battle after Strong Snowflake

Lonnie Wheatley, NORMAN, Okla. (December 17, 2014) – After finishing off his asphalt season in strong form in the recent Snowflake 100, Christopher Bell is set to finish off a fast-paced 2014 with Saturday night’s POWRi Midget “Battle at the Center” in Du Quoin, IL.

Saturday’s fifth annual event at the Southern Illinois Center will mark Bell’s 108^th event of a year in which he has already racked up 27 feature wins.

Bell comes off a rare idle weekend after racing to finish of sixth in the asphalt late model ranks at Five Flags Speedway’s Snowflake 100 in Pensacola on December 6.

Piloting the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 51 for the Snowflake, Mother Nature conspired against the team from the outset with a pair of rain delays that resulted in an extended evening with a checkered flag that ultimately flew at 4:00 a.m. the following morning.

One of those rain delays proved critical, taking place during qualifying.

“The temperature probably dropped 20 degrees during that rain delay and we were only able to qualify 14^th quick after that,” Bell explained.

Fourteenth best in qualifying among a field of approximately 80 still had the Norman, OK, native in strong contention for the victory in the preliminary to the prestigious Snowball Derby.

“We were fast the entire race, the cautions just never worked in our favor,” Bell said.  “We got stuck up top on just about every restart, you just run out of laps when you have to pass the same cars three or four times.”

Bell still finished off his final asphalt race of the year with a strong sixth place finish after a win and two runner-up finishes in his previous starts aboard the Kyle Busch Motorsports entries.

“We definitely learned a lot in our asphalt starts this year, it’s something we can carry over and hopefully have more success with next year,” Bell commented.

For now, it’s back to the dirt this Saturday night with one more Midget start before the prestigious Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in January.

And Bell will take to the one-sixth mile Southern Illinois Center oval in Du Quoin on Saturday night aboard the potent Keith Kunz Motorsports No. 71 Toyota-powered Midget that he’s already parked in victory lane on 16 previous occasions in 2014.

A 17^th win aboard the Kunz machine and 28^th overall for the year would be just the shot of momentum Bell is looking for going into the Chili Bowl.

“The Battle at the Center is a fun race, I lover that place,” Bell said.  “When I was there last time they had it nice and wide, you could run anywhere.  Hopefully we can finish the year strong with another win.”

2014 Quick Stats:  107 races, 27 wins, 58 top-fives, 73 top-tens.

Next Up:

Saturday, Southern Illinois Center (Du Quoin, IL) – Keith Kunz Motorsports No. 71 Midget

Keep Track:  Keep track of Christopher Bell’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.christopherbellracing.com/.

If you would like to keep up with all of Christopher Bell’s racing action by having press releases e-mailed directly to you, simply send your e-mail address to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on racinboys.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events.  For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.