Luke Whitteker Season in Review; Race 101 Program Provides Wealth of Knowledge On and Off the Track

Luke Whitteker will soon graduate from the Race 101 program where he has learned all aspects of the sport from chassis setup to marketing and communication skills. (Race 101 Photo)

October 24, 2011 (Craig Revelle – Finish Line Web Design) — At the end of 2010, Luke Whitteker won a scholarship for the Race 101 Program in North Carolina. During the first few months of 2011, Whitteker traveled once a month to the Charlotte, North Carolina area to attend classes, learning everything about the motorsports industry, from on track skills, chassis set up, shocks, springs and all things technical. He also learned the off track skills needed, such as marketing and communication. Throughout the year, Whitteker also participated in online seminars (webinars), learning even more about the motorsports industry, and all aspects of it.

On the track in 2011, Whitteker posted season high finishes at Cornwall Speedway on July 24th with a second place finish, and at Autodrome Granby on July 22nd with a third place finish. He began his first season at Granby driving for the Clement Henri team, but posted his best finishes after switching back to his own Whitteker Motorsports ride, and finished the season ninth overall at Granby, and was the track’s top rookie driver this year. At Cornwall, Whitteker finished the year sixth overall in track points, and with the last three events of the season falling to rain, Whitteker had lost any chance to make up more ground and move into the top five. Whitteker also started the year running the Mr. DIRTcar 358 Modified championship series, but decided to end their season in late September and opt out of the rest of the series, as Luke wanted to focus his attention on his first year studies at Carleton University, as well as the end of the Race 101 Program.

Over the course of the year, Whitteker Motorsports proudly supported the CHEO Foundation (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario) in Ottawa, raising money through t-shirt and merchandise sales. Throughout the season, Whitteker donated nearly $1000 to the CHEO Foundation. The team still has t-shirts for sale, and the proceeds will go to the charity.

With the 2011 racing season now over locally, Whitteker will soon travel back to North Carolina to finish up the Race 101 program. During the first week of November, he will participate in class seminars, and will also get an opportunity to turn some laps in a Race 101 prepared pavement Late Model at the famed Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina.

Currently, all Race 101 students are participating in a social networking contest. Luke is seeking help from everyone to go to the Whitteker Motorsports Facebook page and simply “like” the page. The more votes Luke gets, the better his chances are of winning the contest. At last glance, Luke is leading the contest, which ends very soon. Go to www.facebook.com/whittekermotorsports and click on the “like” button at the top.

Whitteker Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors for the support during the 2011 season. Their Sponsors include Rust Check, Coldwell Banker, Steve Summers Coburn Realty, Jim’s Performance Plus, Parcoll Products/Napa Auto Parts, Quaker State, Riverside Pontiac, Toy Storage, Wells and Son Construction, 730 Truck Stop, Lloyd McMillan Equipment Ltd., ERD Engine Research and Development, Cohen and Lord Insurance and Finish Line Web Design.

Luke Whitteker and the Whitteker Motorsports team are currently looking for sponsors for the 2012 racing season. For more information, please contact Luke Whitteker at lukewhitt@ripnet.com.

To stay up to date on Luke Whitteker and the Whitteker Motorsports team, please visit our website, www.lukewhitteker.com or follow us through Facebook at www.facebook.com/whittekermotorsports or through Twitter at www.twitter.com/lukewhitteker.

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