(GREENBRIER, ARKANSAS) The GRT House Car program, headed by renowned chassis builder Joe Garrison, has recently teamed up with 2004 IndyCar Series Champion Tony Kanaan for the upcoming Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream! Tony will pilot one of Joe's GRT racecars, normally driven by Jack Sullivan, with sponsorship coming from 7-Eleven and Slurpee. The IndyCar veteran is known for his fearlessness, which is good for a driver with no dirt experience.
"Everyone here at GRT Race Cars is excited about the opportunity to work with a driver of Tony Kanaan's ability," commented Garrison this afternoon while wrenching on Kanaan's #11 machine. "This deal came together over the weekend, so we didn't have enough time to get Tony to a track and test, so it should be interesting Wednesday night at Eldora. Other drivers in the Prelude to the Dream have succeeded in their first time behind the wheel of a Dirt Late Model and I expect that Tony will pick things up pretty quickly."
In addition to Tony Kanaan driving one of Joe's personal racecars, the staff at GRT recently prepared a new car for Terry Phillips Racing that Kenny Wallace will steer around the high-banks of the Eldora Speedway this Wednesday. Kenny, who was the 2005 Prelude to the Dream winner, grew up on dirt and regularly drives a Dirt Late Model and Open Wheel Modified on dirt tracks across the country.
The Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream will take place on Wednesday night, June 9 at the legendary Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. In addition to the standing-room-only crowd, the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream will be presented live to the entire nation on HBO Pay-Per-View® with net proceeds from the telecast supporting four of the nation's top children's hospitals:
* Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis: www.RileyChildrensHospital.com
* Cincinnati Children's: www.CincinnatiChildrens.org
* Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, N.C.: www.LevineChildrensHospital.org
* St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.: www.StJude.org
The live, commercial-free broadcast will begin at 7:00 p.m. EDT with an immediate replay. HBO Pay-Per-View's racing telecast has a suggested retail price of $24.95 and is available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. Ordering information and up-to-the minute racing information is available at either www.PreludeToTheDream.org or www.HBO.com. You can learn more about the Eldora Speedway by logging onto www.EldoraSpeedway.com.
GRT Race Cars, Inc. builds top quality Dirt Late Model chassis and Open Wheel Modified chassis for racers across the country. They also stock a large amount of racing related products and parts. GRT Race Cars has been the chassis of choice for drivers that have captured such Dirt Late Model events as the 'Dirt Track World Championship', the 'Dixie Shootout', the 'Dream 100', the 'Jackson 100', the 'Show-Me 100', the 'Topless 100', the 'Masters 100', the 'Pittsburgher 100', and many more. GRT drivers have also captured numerous series championships with the Xtreme (Hav-A-Tampa) Series, the Southern AllStars Series, the Northern AllStars Series, the MARS Series, the UMP Summernationals Series, the MLRA Series, and many more.
GRT Race Cars has also been the chassis of choice for winners of such Open Wheel Modified events as the $100,000 to win Batesville Modified Race, the 'World Modified Championship', the 'Justin Stanfill Memorial', and the 'Sooner Modified Roundup'.
You can learn more about GRT Race Cars and find a dealer near you by visiting their official website located at www.teamgrt.com.
Media Contact: Ryan Delph - Delph Communications
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"Everyone here at GRT Race Cars is excited about the opportunity to work with a driver of Tony Kanaan's ability," commented Garrison this afternoon while wrenching on Kanaan's #11 machine. "This deal came together over the weekend, so we didn't have enough time to get Tony to a track and test, so it should be interesting Wednesday night at Eldora. Other drivers in the Prelude to the Dream have succeeded in their first time behind the wheel of a Dirt Late Model and I expect that Tony will pick things up pretty quickly."
In addition to Tony Kanaan driving one of Joe's personal racecars, the staff at GRT recently prepared a new car for Terry Phillips Racing that Kenny Wallace will steer around the high-banks of the Eldora Speedway this Wednesday. Kenny, who was the 2005 Prelude to the Dream winner, grew up on dirt and regularly drives a Dirt Late Model and Open Wheel Modified on dirt tracks across the country.
The Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream will take place on Wednesday night, June 9 at the legendary Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. In addition to the standing-room-only crowd, the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream will be presented live to the entire nation on HBO Pay-Per-View® with net proceeds from the telecast supporting four of the nation's top children's hospitals:
* Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis: www.RileyChildrensHospital.com
* Cincinnati Children's: www.CincinnatiChildrens.org
* Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, N.C.: www.LevineChildrensHospital.org
* St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.: www.StJude.org
The live, commercial-free broadcast will begin at 7:00 p.m. EDT with an immediate replay. HBO Pay-Per-View's racing telecast has a suggested retail price of $24.95 and is available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. Ordering information and up-to-the minute racing information is available at either www.PreludeToTheDream.org or www.HBO.com. You can learn more about the Eldora Speedway by logging onto www.EldoraSpeedway.com.
GRT Race Cars, Inc. builds top quality Dirt Late Model chassis and Open Wheel Modified chassis for racers across the country. They also stock a large amount of racing related products and parts. GRT Race Cars has been the chassis of choice for drivers that have captured such Dirt Late Model events as the 'Dirt Track World Championship', the 'Dixie Shootout', the 'Dream 100', the 'Jackson 100', the 'Show-Me 100', the 'Topless 100', the 'Masters 100', the 'Pittsburgher 100', and many more. GRT drivers have also captured numerous series championships with the Xtreme (Hav-A-Tampa) Series, the Southern AllStars Series, the Northern AllStars Series, the MARS Series, the UMP Summernationals Series, the MLRA Series, and many more.
GRT Race Cars has also been the chassis of choice for winners of such Open Wheel Modified events as the $100,000 to win Batesville Modified Race, the 'World Modified Championship', the 'Justin Stanfill Memorial', and the 'Sooner Modified Roundup'.
You can learn more about GRT Race Cars and find a dealer near you by visiting their official website located at www.teamgrt.com.
Media Contact: Ryan Delph - Delph Communications
www.delphcommunications.com
