February
29, 2012. Las Vegas, NV – After a nearly six-year hiatus from the
racetrack, brothers Shaun and Derek Polack have clinched the 2012 Silver
State Championship and are headed to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Championship and the National INEX Championship starting Sunday, March
11.
The
pair found early success after getting back behind the wheel since last
driving in the 2005 CASCAR series in Western Canada. Just over 10
months ago, Stony Plain, AB native Shaun Polack moved to Las Vegas and
entered in a Thunder Roadster at the 3/8 mile oval, known as the
Bullring, to run a select few races.
The younger Polack achieved five podium finishes in his first five races, including a feature win and placed 5th in the 2011 Thunder Roadster World Championships in October 2011.
“Racing
in the world championship was a very cool experience, you have racers
come from all over the country and even down from Canada to one track
for the race,” said Shaun. “The cars all have the same spec-motor so
everyone is on the same playing field, the cars are incredibly close and
the competitiveness is amazing.”
Just
a couple of months after Shaun’s success in the Thunder Roadster World
Championships, the brothers reunited on the track at the Silver State
Championship in Las Vegas on January 28 and 29. The pair dominated the 8
race series, sweeping the top two finishing positions in five events,
Derek collected five wins in the eight-race series and Shaun finished 2nd in all five of his older brother’s first-place victories.
The
brothers are now looking forward to chasing down the Las Vegas Motor
Speedway Championship and the National INEX Championship.
The pair will compete in over 30 different races from March to the end of October.
The
first event will take place on the front stretch of the superspeedway
immediately following the NASCAR Sprint Cup series on Sunday, March 11th.
“Racing
on the same track as NASCAR on Sunday will be exciting and we’re both
looking forward to competing in front of a large audience,” said Shaun.
This release prepared by, TL Sports & Entertainment, todd@tlsportsent.com (239) 961-2618
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