Stepping out of the driver’s seat, team owner Shannon McQueen will be on the sidelines at this weekend’s Copper on Dirt, March 1-2 at the 3/8-mile Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona as she be assisting a pair of Oklahoma young guns, 18-year-old Alex Sewell of Broken Arrow and 21-year-old Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City, both whom will be piloting McQueen Racing Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entries.Marcham, a senior Engineering student at Oklahoma University, brings experience in Micro Sprints, Ford Focus Midgets, 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars and asphalt Late Models, with six Championships at I-44 Speedway in Newcastle, Oklahoma, as well as having claimed both the A-Class and Non-wing A-Mains at the Inaugural Donnie Ray Crawford Memorial/Race4Life in Tulsa in 2012. Marcham made his Midget racing debut for McQueen Racing in the 27th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, where he showed poise beyond his years against some of the best racers in the World.
Sewell brings experience in Micro Midgets, Midgets and Sprint Cars, having recently captured a Top 10 at the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget series event at the third annual Battle at the Center on the 1/6-mile Mini Magic Mile at the Southern Illinois Center. At this year’s Chili Bowl, Sewell claimed third in E-Main 2, transferring to D-Main 2 where he started 17th and finished ninth, three spots shy of transferring. Sewell was primarily committed to running with the Oil Capital Racing Series Sprint Car series in 2012, where he claimed rookie-of-the-year honors, with four second-place runs, six Top 5s and 12 Top 10s, as well as four Heat wins, scoring fifth-place in points. Sewell has amassed over 30 wins in Micros.
McQueen became the first woman to win a BCRA Midget championship in 2011 when she claimed the BCRA Dirt Midget crown, then claimed the 2012 USAC-Western States Midget championship, amassing four Heat race wins, nine Top 5 runs, three fast time awards and 13 Top 10s in 2012. McQueen also holds track records at Calistoga Speedway, Petaluma Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway and Orange Show Speedway. McQueen also recently accepted the prestigious Kara Hendrick Spirit award, one of the top awards for women in Motorsports.
McQueen is also the first female owner to boast a win with a female driver when Oklahoma’s Michelle Decker won a USAC Western States Midget Feature in April 2012 at McQueen’s home track of Bakersfield Speedway at the helm of one of McQueen’s potent Spike/Esslinger entries.
McQueen Racing would like to thank all of our wonderful sponsors: Lucas Oil Products, Simpson Race Products, Eibach Springs, DMI, Rod End Supply, K&N Filters, Advanced Racing Suspensions, MPD, Ruth Engineering, Jet-Hot Performance Coatings, Butler Built Seating Systems, Schoenfeld Headers, American Fabrication, West Evans Motorsports, Western Open Wheel Racing News and Esslinger Racing Engines by Duane McQueen.
Visit www.shannonmcqueen.com for more information on McQueen Racing
Marcham is supported by RD Marcham Energy, Inc., Simpson Racing Products, Pinnacle Energy Services, Best Western Tulsa Airport, Metals Supermarket Oklahoma City, J & B Digital Graphics, 2B Recording, and Mud-X.
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- Article Date: 3/2/2013 by Robert Haugh