Posted by Hickory Motor Speedway on October 15, 2007, 4:44 pm
Board Administrator

NASCAR DRIVERS TO COACH TEAM FULL THROTTLE RACERS AT HICKORY (Mooresville, NC) – Team Full Throttle’s NASCAR Driver Development Program would like to announce the first annual TFT Coaching and Evaluation Day on Tuesday, October 16th at the Hickory Motor Speedway. On this day, nearly 20 of Team Full Throttle’s racers from across the nation will be given exclusive on-track education by Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR Nextel Cup racer David Stremme and Michael Waltrip Racing development driver Josh Wise as they gain valuable experience in a variety of cars including a Busch East Series car provided by Fitz Motorsports, a Limited Late Model provided by Tri-Star Motorsports, and a Team Full Throttle INEX Legends car. Team Full Throttle President and Driver Coach Mike Calinoff says this event will provide an energy filled start to the four day “TFT Week” where racers from the group will gain hands-on knowledge of driving and media skills along with enjoying the Driver Development Clinic and a special awards dinner just for TFT members. The dinner will wrap up this unprecedented week for the group and will give Calinoff and partner Tom Baker a platform from which to make some major announcements about the group’s 2008 plans. “To be able to offer our kids this day at Hickory working with drivers such as David and Josh is special for us. We’re very excited about where this program is heading for 2008 and who is going to be on board with us,” Calinoff said recently. “We’ve been carefully crafting an infrastructure that will provide our racers with clear and concise training in all areas on and off the track, and we’ve been working with both short track teams and NASCAR teams to create alliances and generate ideas. Now some of those discussions are resulting in partnerships for the future, and we couldn’t be more pleased for our kids and for the program.” Team Full Throttle is the nation’s most comprehensive NASCAR Driver Development Program, and is represented by Driver Development Services, LLC of Charlotte, NC. For more information about Team Full Throttle, call 704-281-7699 or see them online at www.goteamfullthrottle.com