This Wednesday night will mark Ryan Matthews’s first race at Bristol. Even though it will be his first time racing there, it will not be his first time on the track. Mathews and his #22 team tested very well at the half-mile track in July and are looking forward to the mid-week race. The Bristol race will be Matthews’s 10th start in the Craftsman Truck Series for Bill Davis Racing.(Bill Davis Racing PR)(8-20-2007)
UPDATE: Ryan Mathews and the #22 Craftsman Truck Series team will have a new sponsor for Wednesday night’s race under the lights at Bristol Motor Speedway. The logos of Chimney Rock Cattle Company will adorn the sides and hood of the #22 Toyota Tundra. Chimney Rock Cattle Company was purchased from the estate of Julian and Shelley Martin in 1999 by NASCAR owners Bill and Gail Davis. The Davis’ will host their first annual Chimney Rock 500 cattle sale Oct. 5 and 6, in the brand-new 50,000-square foot sales facility in Concord, Ark. The sale will include a registered female sale on Friday, followed by the sale of commercial females and bulls on Saturday. Friday’s festivities in the “cow palace” will also include the Chimney Rock Celebration, which will include appearances by NASCAR personalities.(Bill Davis Racing PR)(8-20-2007)
