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MOTORSPORTS TEAM PRESS RELEASE – BRADLEY TERRELL – BT RACING 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, OCTOBER 27 , 2008  

MEDIA CONTACT: Bill Sullivan: [email protected] www.sullivanimages.net 

TEAM CONTACT: [email protected] 

WEBSITE INFORMATION: www.bradleyterrell.com 

Sebastopol’s Bradley Terrell caps of 2008 season with strong run in 15^th annual Trophy Cup 

By Bill Sullivan 

TULARE, CA (10-25-08) - After more than a month off, Sebastopol’s Bradley Terrell returned to the drivers’ seat of his Argonaut Construction-Millhouse Glass sponsored #43 Maxim sprint car last weekend to one of California’s most lucrative race for 360 sprint cars., the 15^th Annual Trophy Cup at the Tulare Thunderbowl in Tulare, California.  

The annual Trophy Cup is a very unique event with a creative format, a purse exceeding $100,000 and the best part of it all is that it benefits the Make a Wish Foundation. The event gives local racers like Terrell an opportunity to compete with a select group of the best drivers in the nation for a healthy payout and for a very good cause. 

“I was really forward to this race this year,” said Terrell, who had been out of the drivers’ seat for several weeks with a very busy personal schedule. “It was a great way to get back on track and wrap up our season. I’m really happy with the way the entire weekend and I have to thank my entire team and all my sponsors for their great support. We can carry this positive momentum into the 2009 season.” 

The Trophy Cup began on Thursday evening with qualifying, preliminary heat races and a preliminary feature event. In qualifying, Terrell placed an impressive 13^th our of the field of 58 cars. His first of three nights of racing wrapped up with a sixth place finish in his race. On this particular night the top three drivers transferred into the preliminary feature event so the team began focusing on their return the following night. 

On Friday night, Terrell returned and after a hard fought battle with Kyle Hirst, six was once again the magic number as he finished just one notch out of the top five. On this given night a B-feature was on the agenda. Terrell muscled his way to a fourth place qualifying position when the white flag waved until fellow driver Shane Golobic stole the position at the checkered flag. Despite finishing one spot out of the transfer positions, Terrell garnered a great deal of accumulative points during the two nights.  

The Trophy Cup format sends the top 24 point earners directly into the high dollar Saturday night A-feature. Terrell was just one spot away from the line up, sitting 25^th in the standings. In the B-feature, Terrell started on the front row outside of Placerville Speedway track champion Colby Wiesz. The four time Petaluma Speedway feature winner was running strong for the majority of the race until he encountered handling woes and faded back to th seventh position at the checkered flag. 

At the end of the night it was discovered that Terrell had suffered a rear shock failure which caused the car to handle differently late in the race. Despite ending his night in the B-feature, Terrell and the entire #43 team were happy with their success at one of Northern California’s most coveted sprint car races. 

“I would have liked to make into the A main and I was on my way until the car went away on me,” said Terrell. “But I’m happy with the way we performed. Its’ always hard to come back after a long break and be competitive and we really came back strong in this event. I’m already looking forward to next year.” 

In 2009, Terrell’s preliminary plans will include a return to the weekly All Pro Sprint Car Series at Petaluma Speedway as well as competing in the traveling Civil War Sprint Car Series and various special events that have yet to be announced. 

Bradley Terrell’s marketing partners including Argonaut Const, Millhouse Glass, the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, Randy Hanson Auto Body and Paint. Vanlare Steering Repair, A1 Shower and Mirror Incorporated, DK Embroidery, Knockout Signs, Allied of Santa Rosa and Sausalito and Altes Engineering. Public Relations for Bradley Terrell Racing are provided by Sullivan Images. For additional information on Bradley Terrell, visit his official team website at www.bradleyterrell.com.  

PRESS PHOTOS ATTACHED 

Bradley Terrell of Sebastopol drove his family owned #43 sprint to a seventh place finish in the Saturday night B-feature at the 15^th annual Trophy Cup. 

Photo by Steve Lamothe/www.stevesracingphotos.com

One of the drivers I had not seen all year who was impressive. Good luck next year.

He nearly won the July 5th Civil War show at Petaluma, before Richard Bailey went around him with a lap or two to go...

- Chris