David Ragan will pilot the #34 U.S. Shredder Ford in this Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Ragan is glad to be racing at Charlotte once again, a track where he has posted three career top-10 finishes, including a victory in last season’s Sprint All-Star Showdown and an 8th place effort in last year’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. The race will mark U.S. Shredder’s first foray into NASCAR. The company, which headquarters its sales team in Trussville, AL noticed Ragan’s strong run two weeks ago at Talladega and decided to come on-board. ‘We saw David and Front Row Motorsports running well, and we saw there was space available on David’s car, so we decided to contact Front Row Motorsports and see if we could work something out,’ said President, Bill Tigner. U.S. Shredder is one of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment and parts to the Scrap Industry. The company supplies equipment, parts, castings, wear parts and service to essentially any aspect of the Scrap Metal Recycling Industry throughout the world. The industry is a $180 billion dollar per year industry and directly employs over 137,000 workers. The company is a member of the ISRI, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, which U.S. Shredder has invited to share space on the hood of the #34 car. Fans looking for a reference point on just how big the scrap recycling industry is should note that each day in the United States, enough steel is recycled to build the Eifel Tower 25 times over. The company believes strongly in giving back to the community. Each October, it promotes the ‘Castings for a Cure‘ program, donating a portion of all casting sales to the cause of breast cancer research and awareness (FRM), see an image of the scheme on the #34 Team Schemes page.(5-15-2012)
