David Stremme Fans

David Stremme Fans

Welcome to David Stremme Fans

David Headline

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (March 6, 2005) – An ailing David Stremme was forced to climb out of the No. 14 Navy Accelerate your life Dodge Charger halfway through the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 Sunday. J.J. Yeley filled in for the last 40-plus laps and directed the car to a 22nd place finish.

Stremme visited the infield care center prior to the race for flu-like symptoms, but still climbed aboard his Navy Dodge for the beginning of the race. Starting 36th, Stremme slowly progressed through the field over the first quarter of the 80 lap race, reaching as high as 19th on lap 14.

After a green flag pit stop on lap 15, Stremme radioed his crew that his illness was getting worse. He battled the sickness for the next 20 laps, falling to 36th in the process, before finally yielding the car to Yeley on lap 37.

While Stremme was taken to the infield care center to be treated for the illness, Yeley sailed the Navy Dodge through the field over the final half of the race, finishing in 22nd, one spot behind teammate Tim Fedewa. Carlos Contreras, who wheeled the third FitzBradshaw Racing entry in the race, hovered among the top-10 all day before gear box problems with seven laps to go forced him from the race.

Martin Truex, Jr. navigated the 2.518 mile track to claim his first victory of the year. With the 22nd-place finish, Stremme moved from 19th to 14th in the driver points standings, 233 points behind leader Kevin Harvick.

Next week the NASCAR Busch Series goes to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Sam’s Town 300 on Saturday, March 12. The race will be aired on FX and broadcast on PRN beginning at 3:30 p.m. EST.

DAVID STREMME QUOTES
"It was really hard for me to tell the crew that I had to climb out of our Navy Accelerate your life Dodge. We showed early in the race that we had a good race car and I was looking forward to having a great finish in my first career road course race. However, as the race went on, it was clear that my illness was not going to allow me to finish. Thankfully, J.J. (Yeley) was able to step in and direct our car to a positive finish."

TOTAL POINTS: 282
POINTS POSITION: 14th
POINTS THIS RACE: 97
POINTS BEHIND LEADER: 233

Stremme takes No. 14 Navy Accelerate your life Dodge to Mexico for First Road Race

The Telcel-Motorola 200 will mark several first for David Stremme, the No. 14 Navy Accelerate your life Dodge Charger and FitzBradshaw Racing.

First off, the race will be the first race on a road course for David Stremme and the Navy Racing team. Stremme attended the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving School in Phoenix during January to fine tune his road racing skills. Likewise, Sunday’s race will mark the first time that FitzBradshaw Racing has fielded a car on a road course.

DAVID STREMME ON AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ AND THE TELCEL-MOTOROLA 200
“This weekend will be an entirely new experience for me in a NASCAR Busch Series car. I have never raced a road course before, but I did study at the Bondurant Racing School in January so I have an idea of what to expect. I just know the main thing is to keep it out of the sand and not to miss any of my shifts. That will be my main focus all day. We had a good race last week and moved up in the points quite a bit, so this week we want to maintain the momentum we gained in California.”

CREW CHIEF RANDY COX ON THE NO. 14 NAVY ACCELERATE YOUR LIFE DODGE CHARGER
“This track poses an entirely new set of problems for the crew and David. Obviously, we are all going to learn some things this week about road course racing, but as long as we go down there and stay focused, I think we will do a good job and will come out of there with a positive result.”

NAVY NOTES
Today’s guest of honor is Rear Admiral Jose Betancourt, Commander, Navy Region Southwest. Admiral Betancourt, who was born in Mexico and raised in Texas, is a graduate of Pan American University and hold’s master’s degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is the former commanding officer of the USS Merrill, which served as flag ship and mine countermeasures support ship during Operation Desert Storm, and the USS Peleliu. The Fleet Honoree for the Telcel-Motorola 200 is the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command. The CNRC’s mission is to recruit men and women for enlisted, officer candidate, and officer status in the regular and Reserve components of the Navy. The CNRC is under the command of Rear Admiral Jeff Fowler and has a worldwide staff of approxiamately 7,500 personnel. The No. 14 Navy Accelerate your life Dodge Charger is just one of the CNRC’s initiatives in recruiting sailors for the U.S. Navy.

FITZBRADSHAW RACING TO VISIT U.S. EMBASSY
Members of the FitzBradshaw Racing team have been invited to dinner with Tony Garza, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, on Saturday, March 5. Drivers David Stremme, Tim Fedewa and Carlos Contreras as well as owners Armando and Mimi Fitz and Terry Bradshaw and crew chiefs Randy Cox, Steve Plattenburger and Eddie Buffington will all attend the dinner. The group will be available for interviews concerning the dinner Sunday morning. Anyone wishing to interview a member of the FitzBradshaw Racing team is asked to contact Shawn Reed, Account Executive for the No. 14 Navy Accelerate your life Dodge Charger.

From: http://www.fitzbradshaw.com/

This site is in no way affialted with David Stremme or FitzBradshaw Racing it is just stricly a fan site