Former NCRA Sprint ROY Returns in 2007

PARK CITY, Kan. (April 6, 2007) – Andy Shouse has announced he will run for the 2007 series championship in the O’Reilly NCRA Sprint Car Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol.

His only season with the NCRA was in 2002, when he finished fifth in points and won the series Sprint Car Rookie of the Year award. Since then, Shouse has mostly raced close to his Oklahoma City home. He did run with the ASCS Sooner Region in 2004 and tied for the championship.

The 26-year-old driver cited two reasons for returning to the NCRA.

“I like the way C. Ray (Hall, NCRA promoter) runs his shows and I like a lot of the racetracks in Kansas,” he said.

Shouse says many of the tracks around Oklahoma City tend to be heavy, which creates a lot of follow-the-leader racing.

“Racetracks in Kansas are usually a little dryer and if you draw a bad pill, it’s not like you‘re stuck in the back,” he said. “It can still be that way, but usually the racetracks aren’t locked down, follow-the-leader heavy.”

Shouse also likes the NCRA pay.

“It’s about the best to me, other than ASCS National, and if you’re going to run that, you might as well run World of Outlaws,” he said. “The (NCRA) point fund for the number of races also seems pretty good.”

Shouse’s primary sponsors are FasTrack Signs and Graphics, Airborn Coating, Sprint Car Exchange, Hoosier, Pro Shocks, Simpson, and Global Advertising Production.

For more information about the NCRA Sprint Car Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol, either visit their Web site at www.ncraracing.org  call the NCRA office at (316) 755-1781.