Squarely in the Daytona 500 field, David Stremme and Inception Motorsports now have a partner. JEGS.com, the leader in delivering high performance parts, announced it will sponsor Stremme’s #30 Toyota in the Great American Race at famed Daytona International Speedway. The sponsorship is an extension of Stremme’s relationship with JEGS through Cody Coughlin, grandson of JEGS founder Jeg Coughlin Sr. Cody, 16, is racing late model stock cars, and the veteran Stremme is helping the younger Coughlin work through the short-track ranks. ‘I like Cody,’ Stremme said. ‘I met his mom (Di) and dad (John) at the Snowball Derby and we hit it off. Cody is very well-rounded, and he’s got great teachers in Gary St. Amant and Butch VanDoorn. Gary helped me a lot in my career, and we ‘ve already seen what Butch can do with Cody during this year’s Speedweeks with a couple of poles and some top-five finishes at the 46th World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. I ‘m also trying to help Cody in any way I can.’ Stremme made it in the Daytona 500 field via last Sunday’s qualifying, turning a lap of 191.963 mph. He ‘ll start the race from the 42nd position, flying JEGS.com colors. ‘We have a really good shot at running well,’ Stremme said. ‘We ‘re kind of underdogs in a way (but) we were able to out-qualify some really big teams. We had to have a different agenda leading up to the 500 than other teams but come Sunday, I think we ‘ll be able to show how hard my team has worked and hopefully get a really good result to start the season off.’(TeamJegs PR)(2-24-2012)
IMAGES see a couple images of the car on my #30 Team Schemes page.(2-25-2012)
