Gresham Tries To Keep Momentum Rolling In ASA Southeast Tour Cordele Clash
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Griffin, GA (June 2, 2009) – After a solid debut behind the wheel of the Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR Camping World East Series entry last weekend, Max Gresham returns to American Speed Association (ASA) Southeast Asphalt Tour action this weekend at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, GA.
“I’m looking forward to going back to the ASA stuff,” said Gresham. “We’ve had a lot of success there this season and we’ll be looking to keep that up. That’s one of the tracks that we consider home for us and we’ve done some testing at Cordele, so we’re hoping we can come away with our third win of the season there.”
Gresham, who won the most recent ASA Southeast Tour event at Dillon (SC) Motor Speedway on April 25, made his NASCAR debut on May 30 at South Boston (VA) Speedway piloting the No. 18 Gresham & Associates/Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry to a fifth-place finish in the South Boston 150.
“My goal was to finish in the Top-10, maybe the Top-5 if I could,” said Gresham, who will compete in three more NASCAR events this season as part of the JGR Driver Development Program. “Honestly, all I really wanted to do was bring the car back intact. We accomplished all of that. Man, I couldn’t be happier.”
This weekend, Gresham – who is second in ASA Southeast Points with two wins in four events so far this season – will try to master the tough 3/8-mile, D-shaped Cordele oval. He’s hoping to get a boost by supporting a long-time friend and Watermelon Speedway favorite.
“We’re going to be supporting our good friend Beau Slocum with a big hood decal on our 7-11 car at Cordele this week,” said Gresham of the 2007 ASA Southern Division championship runner up who is battling back from an illness. “Beau ran our Gresham Motorsports cars and he’s family to us. He always ran great at Cordele and won a lot of races there. He has a lot of fans there. We’re going to be racing for Beau this weekend. He’s doing better and we want to win for him. That would be a great thing for both us and him.”
The Watermelon 100 at Watermelon Capital Speedway will open with ASA Southeast Tour practice from 1-3 p.m. Qualifying is set for 4:45 p.m. with the race to take the green flag at 7:40 p.m.
To learn more about Max Gresham and Gresham Motorsports, please log on to www.greshammotorsports.com.
For information about sponsorship/partnering with Max Gresham and Gresham Motorsports, please contact Tony Gresham at tgresham@greshaminc.com.