Brooke Tatnell to drive M&S car at Trophy Cup
ALK Promotions, September 10
Washington state-based Mike & Shaylen Motorsports is pleased to announce today that Australian sprint car star Brooke Tatnell will be driving their car next month in the prestigious Trophy Cup race at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif.
The announcement comes at a good time also. Tatnell, who hails from the Australian state of New South Wales, is fresh off a victory in the Interstate Racing Association 410 sprint car event last Saturday at Cedar Lake Speedway in Wisconsin in the Jerry Richert Memorial, his fifth on the IRA tour. Tatnell has established himself as one of the world’s top sprint car racers, having won races in both the United States and his native Australia.
Next month will see Tatnell drive the Shark 360ci-powered No. 18 Eagle sponsored by SignMart, Anderson Power Washington, Burlington Collision, Tri-County Truss and Heavy D in one of the highest paying 360 sprint car events in the U.S. at one of California’s most popular dirt tracks. The M&S car has seen a lot of success over the years in the 360 sprint car division in Washington, having won the 2006 and 2007 track championships at Skagit Speedway with Steve Kilcup as the driver.
Along with his five IRA victories, Tatnell also finished 12th at the Knoxville Nationals (making the A-Main itself in that event is an accomplishment) and won a weekly show at Knoxville Raceway this year. He’s also the reigning World Series Sprintcars champion back home in Australia.
This follows a few years running full-time on the World of Outlaws trail, where he picked up a number of victories, including 2006 and 2007 wins at Skagit Speedway, which is in M&S Motorsports owner Mike Anderson’s backyard. In 2003 he became the first Australian to win a World of Outlaws event with a victory at Jetmore Motorplex in Kansas.Tatnell also previously raced for Tim Hansen, who is also from Washington state.
In his home country, Tatnell has several victories and six World Series Sprintcars championships, including this past winter, when it was summer down in Australia. Tatnell won his first title in 1994-95 and repeated in 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2005-06 and 2007-08.
The 15th Annual Trophy Cup, paying a purse of $112,500, will be held on October 23, 24 and 25 at the 3/8-mile, banked clay oval.
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Sponsors for M&S Motorsports
Burlington Collision
Tri-County Truss
H2H Photo
Anderson Power Washing
Art’s Auto Wrecking
Shark Engines
Race Outfitters
Sign-Mart USA
Performance R/C Hobbies
Heavy D
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Brooke Tatnell: http://www.brooketatnell.comThunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, CA: http://www.thunderbowlraceway.comTrophy Cup: http://www.trophycity.com/trophycup
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