Smith and Shop-Vac: Following their partnership in last year’s October ARCA event at Talladega, Shop-Vac® Corporation will kick-off the new racing millennium as primary sponsor for Smith Brothers Motorsports and driver Skip Smith at Daytona. The race season kick-off includes both the Pro2Call 200 ARCA race, and the NAPA Auto Parts 300 BGN events-presentingDouble Duty in Daytona. Smith Brothers’ partnership with Shop-Vac first began at the Winn-Dixie 300 ARCA event at Talladega on October 16, 1999. Piloted by Skip Smith, the #28 Shop-Vac Chevy ran in the top-five all day long until a multi-car crash took out 7 of the top-10 competitors with only seven laps remaining-dashing the team’s bid for a victory. After qualifying 6th for the event, Smith was credited with a 19th-place finish, as the race ended under caution. Smith Brothers recently attended open test sessions at Daytona for both the ARCA and the BGN, achieving favorable results and gaining the necessary data to improve performance during qualifying and the races. Skip Smith, a retired Pennsylvania State Police Officer turned stock-car driver, will race the #28 Shop-Vac® Chevrolet in the ARCA race and for the BGN race, Smith will pilot the #67 Shop-Vac® Chevy(Skip Smith PR)(2-8-2000)
