Sarah Cornett-Ching Gets Fourth Place Finish at Prince George; Seeking Sponsors for NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Races in July
Craig Revelle - Finish Line Web Design
June 27, 2012
PENTICTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The drive from Sarah Cornett-Ching’s home in Penticton to the PGARA Speedway in Prince George, BC is more then eight hours long, but the haul across the province of British Columbia for the next round of competition with the OK Tire ARCA West Series was worth the wait as Sarah was looking forward to making an appearance at Prince George Motors Ford on Friday before hitting the track for practice last Saturday afternoon.
Sarah and the team left Thursday night for the drive to Prince George, and after arriving Friday morning, the first stop was PGARA Speedway for an interview with local Prince George television station CKPG. After the interview, Sarah went to Prince George Motors for the rest of the day, as she displayed her car, talked with race fans and signed autographs. Prince George Motors was proudly displayed on Sarah’s car for Saturday’s race at PGARA Speedway, and she was hoping for a good weekend of racing, despite a weekend forecast of rain.
On Saturday, Sarah and her team arrived at PGARA Speedway under sunny skies, and began practice for the OK Tire ARCA West Series event later in the day. Making only her second start at the track, Sarah was looking for as much seat time as possible to find her rhythm, and before long she was turning some very competitive lap times. As expected, rain began to fall at Prince George, delaying the start of the race. Qualifying had been cancelled, and the lineup was set by points, putting Sarah up front to start the race. The race started single file as the outside groove remained a little wet. At the drop of the green flag, the second place car pushed her up the track into the wet outside groove, causing her to lose track position. She fell back in line in 10th place, and fought her way back. Knowing that more rain was expected, Sarah got up on the wheel, and was soon back into the top five. After moving into fourth, she began to close in on the third place car. Sarah battled for the third spot, and almost had the position before the rain returned. Sarah settled for a strong fourth place finish.
“For this being only our second time here at this track, we are really pleased with that finish”, says Cornett-Ching after the race. "I couldn't be happier with our run in Prince George, we came home with no marks on the car and had a great top five finish as well. I can't wait for Quesnel on July 21, I think we've got a car that can go to the front".
This past weekend, Sarah was planning on hitting the track at Motoplex Speedway in Vernon, BC but once again Mother Nature spoiled her plans.
With three weeks now before the next ARCA West Series race at Gold Pan Speedway in Quesnel, BC, Sarah Cornett-Ching will now shift her attention to finding marketing partners for the upcoming NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races. Sarah is seeking help to run the events at Motoplex Speedway on July 14th, as well as the July 25th event at Auto Clearing Speedway in Saskatchewan. Sarah made her NASCAR Canadian Tire Series debut last year at Motoplex Speedway, and finished with a very respectable 14th place finish, and second of all rookies in the race.
“We had a great time last year running with the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, at our home track in Vernon, BC”, says Cornett-Ching. “We are working hard to put together a program to run this race again this year, as well as the race in Saskatchewan a couple weeks later”.
If you are interested in helping Sarah attend the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races next month, please contact her at sarah.cornett-ching@hotmail.com and she will be more then happy to discuss the benefits of becoming a marketing partner with her race team as they put together a deal to race in Canada’s premiere racing series that is televised nationally on TSN.
“I really have to thank all of our sponsors, and everyone who has helped us get to where we are now”, says Cornett-Ching. “The support from family, friends, fans and our great marketing partners have been phenomenal, and hopefully we make this step up to the next level with the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series”.
For more information on Sarah Cornett-Ching and to follow her racing accomplishments, please visit her newly revamped website,
www.sccracing.com or visit her on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/sccracing.
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