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August 11, 2008

SCHARTNER COMES AWAY WITH TOP 10 IN FIRST TRIP TO WHIP CITY

WESTFIELD, Mass. – With Central New York rain cancelling Friday night’s races at Brewerton Speedway, Andrew Schartner took Saturday to travel to Westfield, Massachusetts’ Whip City Speedway for their 20-lap TUSA-sanctioned mod-lite feature. Schartner, 18, raced in the top 10 for the entire event before attempting to make a late-race pass for fifth that caused him fall back to the eighth position, where he finished.

“The car was awesome,” Schartner began. “We blew a coolant line in the heat so we started last in the feature. I made a good move on the start and got up to ninth pretty quickly. I passed a few more to get to sixth, and ran their most of the race. I worked on the fifth-place car and finally had to make a move to try to get there, and went in too deep and thought I’d catch the cushion but it sailed up the track and we lost a few spots and ended up eighth. It was still a good run for us.”

Saturday marked Schartner’s first trip to Whip City, a tight quarter-mile dirt oval in southwest Massachusetts. Schartner says he and his father, Karl, had to make a few changes to their No. 9 mod lite to meet the TUSA rules.

“We had to run a different tire with a wider sidewall so we had to change the gearing of the car and a few other things to compensate for the different tire. I actually think the tire we ran out there made the car the best it has been all season. I was happy with the way the car handled so maybe we’ll take some of that and it will help us at Brewerton this week,” says Schartner.

The 18-year-old Weedsport, N.Y., native will race again Friday at Brewerton and then Sunday night at his hometown track, Cayuga County Fair Speedway.

Andrew Schartner is a former microd (quarter-midget style car) champion with approximately 130 feature wins to his credit. He moved to the mod lite division in 2006 and won the ESDCA Rookie of the Year award while finishing fourth in ESDCA points.

Entering his sophomore year at UNC-Charlotte this fall, Schartner resides in Charlotte, N.C., throughout the school year and spends his summers racing in Upstate New York.

Schartner is a member of the Team Full Throttle Driver Development Program and is represented by Driver Development Services, Inc., Charlotte, N.C. His marketing partners are Arnold’s Family Restaurant, Airgas, BBD Coaters, SAVES Auto Body Supply, and Fastline Performance.

Team Full Throttle is a Mooresville, N.C., based driver development program that specializes in all areas of personal and professional development, including leadership, teamwork, and communications as well as marketing, promotion, and on-track driving skills. TFT currently comprises over 30 racers who reside and race in all regions of the country.

For more information on Andrew, visit www.andrewschartner.com. For more information on Team Full Throttle, visit www.goteamfullthrottle.com or contact (704) 664-1755.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Keith Shampine, Director of Communications at Team Full Throttle

704-664-1755

August 7, 2008

SCHARTNER LOOKING FOR TACKY TRACK FRIDAY AT BREWERTON

WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – Last Friday at Brewerton Speedway, Andrew Schartner debuted a new Yamaha R1 engine in his Carl Schartner-owned No. 9 ESDCA mod-lite only to find an extremely slick track that prevented him for being able to use the extra horsepower the engine offers. This Friday, Schartner hopes the track conditions are bit tackier so he’ll be able to get the power down and come away with a top finish at the one-third mile “D-Shaped Dirt Demon.”

“Last week the car was absolutely terrible in the heat race so we had to make a bunch of adjustments just to get the thing to drive better for the feature. When we put the new motor in the car we had to move it to the right in order to fit it and I’m sure that threw the weight-balance of the car off,” Schartner said.

Schartner started Brewerton’s mod-lite feature in 25th position and fought the dry track conditions to make his way up to 13th before the checkered flag flew. Thirty cars started the 20-lap feature.

“The track was very slick and most everyone was on the bottom. I couldn’t do too much because everyone was on the bottom and that was the place to be, but going from 25th to 13th, considering the conditions, wasn’t too bad for us. We’re hoping for a tackier track this week. We’ve changed a few more things and we think we’ll have a better car for this week,” says Schartner.

Schartner says he and his dad may make the trip to Ontario, Canada’s Merrittville Speedway for their Saturday night program which features mod-lites.

Entering his sophomore year at UNC-Charlotte this fall, Schartner resides in Charlotte, N.C., throughout the school year and spends his summers racing in Upstate New York.

For more information on Andrew, visit www.andrewschartner.com. For more information on Team Full Throttle, visit www.goteamfullthrottle.com or contact (704) 664-1755.

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July 15, 2008

SCHARTNER BUILDING MOMENTUM, GARNERS 4TH AND 5TH OVER WEEKEND

FULTON, N.Y. – Andrew Schartner backed up his best ESDCA mod lite finish of the season (second place, July 5 at Canandaigua) with a fourth-place run Friday at Brewerton Speedway and a fifth-place effort Saturday at Fulton Speedway. Three consecutive top-five finishes have the 18-year-old Schartner as confident as he has been all season heading into another Central New York mod lite doubleheader this weekend.

“We’ve finally got the handling down pretty well, and now I think we’re lacking a little motor,” Schartner said Monday afternoon. “We started mid-pack at Fulton and had a third-place car, but I couldn’t get past the two cars ahead of me. We went there thinking we could run the top, but I stuck it on the bottom all night and it handled great down there.”

Schartner is currently 16th in Brewerton’s ESDCA Mod Lite point standings after missing the first two races of the season because of college commitments at UNC-Charlotte. He has two top-five finishes and five top 10s at the “D-Shaped Dirt Demon.”

Schartner will race again this Friday at Brewerton followed by a Sunday evening date at Vernon, New York’s Utica-Rome Speedway. Schartner admits his car still needs a little more to conquer his first mod lite feature victory.

“We’re running better, but we’re not quite there yet. We’re getting full fields at almost all of these races and the competition is tough. I think if we can find that little bit more we’ll be right there for a win, hopefully this weekend,” says Schartner.

Entering his sophomore year at UNC-Charlotte this fall, Schartner resides in Charlotte, N.C., throughout the school year and spends his summers racing in Upstate New York.

For more information on Andrew, visit www.andrewschartner.com. For more information on Team Full Throttle, visit www.goteamfullthrottle.com or contact (704) 664-1755.

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ANDREW SCHARTNER ANTICIPATING WINS IN 2008

WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – Team Full Throttle (TFT) NASCAR Driver Development racer Andrew Schartner plans to continue following the ESDCA Mod-Lite tour in 2008, competing at Central New York dirt tracks including Brewerton and Fulton speedways. Schartner, 18, will lead a two-car effort with his father and crew chief, Karl, with hopes of winning his first feature event in the class he has competed in since 2006.

“We were very consistent last year and ultimately had a pretty successful season,” the UNC-Charlotte freshman began. “But this year we want to turn the top-fives into wins. It seemed like every time we were leading a race last year we’d have a mechanical failure of some kind. It was disappointing but we still were competitive every week and had numerous good finishes.”

The past season did not completely lack fruits of victory for Schartner, as the Weedsport, N.Y., native rode consistency to the 2007 ESDCA Midsummer Shootout series championship. “We took great satisfaction with that championship because it was all about being consistent, but this year is about getting to victory lane. That’s the main goal and that’s what our team is working hard to prepare for.”

Schartner’s home-built SRC Racing Chassis mod-lite will hit the dirt in 2008 as the young driver continues to work towards moving to the asphalt side of the racing game. “We tested a late-model a few weeks ago at Team Full Throttle’s Late Model Shakedown Day at Hickory (Motor Speedway, N.C.). I got two fairly long runs in the car and felt like I adapted very well.

“Mike (Calinoff, TFT’s president) offered a lot of help throughout the second session and really made me feel comfortable in the car. It was quite a change for me because I’m used to the dirt and the lighter mod-lite. I’m glad I got the opportunity and hopefully we can get back on the pavement soon.”

Andrew Schartner is a member of the Team Full Throttle NASCAR Driver Development Program and is represented by Driver Development Services, Inc., Charlotte, N.C. His marketing partners comprise Arnold’s Family Restaurant; BBD Coaters, Inc.; Bilstein Racing Shocks; Airgas; and Team Full Throttle. For more information on Andrew visit www.andrewschartner.com or www.goteamfullthrottle.com, or contact Team Full Throttle at (704) 664-1755.

Andrew Schartner – TFT Photo

ANDREW SCHARTNER TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD NASCAR FUTURE IN CAROLINA

(Hickory, NC) - For 18-year old Weedsport, NY resident Andrew Schartner, last Saturday was one small step into the future as he took his first laps in one of the Tri-Star Motorsports Hedgecock Chassis NASCAR Whelen Series Late Model Stock Cars at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, NC during Team Full Throttle’s annual Late Model Shakedown Day. Schartner, a Freshman Mechanical Engineering Student at UNC-Charlotte, spent the day with 15 of his fellow TFT racers as they took laps around one of the nation’s most famous NASCAR short tracks to get ready for the 2008 season before attending a tech seminar that evening put on by Late Model legend Freddy Query.

“I definitely learned a lot today,” Schartner said. “Mike (Calinoff) and Tom (Baker) are top notch driver coaches. I’d do something just a little bit different from lap to lap and they’d pick up on it. I didn’t feel like I was overdriving the car, but I definitely was overdriving turn one in my first run and that was messing me up. Later in the day I was more patient, and I worked on being consistent with my line instead of just trying to find speed. There are some really talented drivers in this program, so you really have to be on your toes in order to compete. Tom and Mike stress learning to walk before you run, and sometimes that’s hard when you’re out there on the track. The seminar gave me a lot to think about. It’s amazing that one person could have that kind of knowledge of a race car as Freddy Query does. He’s won championships on pavement and dirt, and knows the finer points of a race car and how it works. I am glad TFT invited My Father and me to be a part of the day, and I’m looking forward to the future.”

Baker, the founder and Vice President of Team Full Throttle and a major influence on Schartner throughout his racing career to-date, was pleased with Andrew’s showing after the day was over. “Andrew showed his character and his work ethic today. He happened to be down toward the bottom of the seven driver rotation for our house car, so it would have been easy for him to just hang out and talk to the other racers who were on hand and not pay much attention to what was going on out on the track. But that’s not how he does business. He was asking questions and observing everyone else’s driving styles and techniques all day long so he’d be ready when his chance came. He went faster the first time out than we wanted him to, but he was never out of control. I know where his limit is. Last year he got into the Small Block Super at Oswego and in less than 20 laps was quick enough to run top five in a race. But the objective of the day today wasn’t building speed; it was to get the feel of the car and try to develop a consistent line that would allow you to go increase speed without sacrificing smoothness. By the time he got done later in the afternoon, he had switched his mental approach a little and he started to worry less about speed and more about just getting in a rhythm and being as close to perfect each lap as possible. That’s not always the way you have to race on dirt, so he had to retrain his mind a little bit from what he’s been used to. That’s not an adjustment that every driver is capable of making that quickly, but Andrew is very adaptable and we know what he’s capable of with time and training and the right situation.”

Commenting on TFT’s plans for Andrew, Baker noted, “We’re actively trying to put together a program for him to run some Late Model races this spring with Tri-Star at Hickory, but whether or not that works out he’ll be back in the Mod Lite this summer so he can wrap up some unfinished business and win some races against some of the top competition in the country for that type of car in the ESDCA Series. Next season, we plan to have him racing Hickory full time in the Late Models and hopefully also racing in the NASCAR Camping World East Series. Andrew has the talent and the intelligence to be a Sprint Cup Champion. Our job is to make sure he has the equipment and people around him to help him get the most out of every step up the ladder. He is in college right now with three years left, so we are going to take the time we have with him to do it right because we know that moving him too quickly or putting him in inferior equipment won’t do any of us any good. We’re very excited about his potential.”

For more information about Andrew, visit his website at www.andrewschartner.com.

Andrew and Tom Baker Watching the Action at Hickory - Schartner Racing Photo

SCHARTNER REBOUNDS FROM BAD CRASH FRIDAY TO THIRD SUNDAY