The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour (PST) and Scotia Speedworld are excited to announce Atlantic Cat will return in 2014 to present the 15th Annual Atlantic Cat 250. The second of only two 250- lap events on the 2014 PST schedule, the Cat 250 will mark round nine of 12 for the region’s prestigious touring series. The race will be held at Scotia Speedworld on Saturday, August 9 and will highlight the biggest stock car racing weekend in the Halifax market this season. “The Atlantic Cat 250 is the crown jewel of the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour and Scotia Speedworld season,” said Ken Cunning, General Manager of the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour. “Atlantic Cat has been a great supporter and this event is well known on the eastern seaboard. We are honoured to continue our relationship with Atlantic Cat.”. “Atlantic Cat is proud of its 15 year affiliation with the premier racing series in Atlantic Canada,” commented Dan MacLeod, Rental & Used Equipment Sales Manager at Atlantic Cat. “The appreciation shown by the drivers, teams and race fans has made our continued involvement an easy decision. The extent to which teams go in preparation for the race event is truly incredible. All for the chance to hoist the Scott Fraser Memorial Cup and call themselves an Atlantic Cat 250 winner. Doing so places them among an elite group of racers.” The Atlantic Cat relationship with the marquee event at Scotia Speedworld dates back to 2000 and is the longest active race and sponsor relationship of its kind in Atlantic Canada. In the previous 14 editions of the race, nine different drivers have triumphed, three of those hailing from the Maritimes. The first Atlantic Cat 250 was an international pro stock sanctioned event, from 2001 to 2006 the race was sanctioned by the New England-based PASS tour, and since then has been on the PST calendar. In the 2013 edition of the event, Craig Slaunwhite (Terence Bay, NS) became the second Nova Scotian to successfully defend his home turf by winning the Atlantic Cat 250. The driver who cut his teeth at Scotia Speedworld led the most laps (165) in the race en route to a performance that ended with the #99 Halifax Glass and Mirror Chevrolet in victory lane. The 15th Annual Atlantic Cat 250 will see the green flag fly for qualifying at 5:00 PM on Saturday, August 9. In addition to qualifying and the 250-lap feature for the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour, the card will include a 50-lap feature for the Maritime League of Legends Tour and a point paying feature for Scotia Speedworld’s Hydraulics Plus Bandoleros. The race will be available via live streaming at www.RaceTimeRadio.com. Prior to the 15th Annual Atlantic Cat 250, the track will be hot on Friday evening, August 8 for the Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman 100, which also serves as the final event in the Maritime Sportsman Challenge. The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour (PST) visits five tracks throughout the Maritimes during its May through September season. The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour is owned and operated by Maritime Pro Stock Tour Limited. For more information, call our administration office at 902.481.2531 or click www.maritimeprostocktour.com . You can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/prostocktour and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/prostocktour Scotia Speedworld (SSW) is a 3/10-mile asphalt oval racing facility. SSW is the only track in Nova Scotia to host a weekly racing series, which runs May through September and features six different classes of racecars. SSW also hosts special events, including Monster Jam and the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour. SSW is located at Exit 6 on Highway 102, across from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. For more information please click on www.ScotiaSpeedworld.ca or call our Event Hotline at (902) 873-2277 or our office at (902) 481-2514. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sswracing and follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/sswracing. source – track communications (edited)
