Dave Reed pleased with debut performance

May 15, 2012 - PRLog -- The Dave Reed Racing team entered the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour race this past weekend at The Bullring at LVMS with several questions to be answered for the new team. At the conclusion of the "GoLiveStream.TV - Blackjack 121" event on the 3/8-mile banked oval, they had answered many of those questions despite a 14th place finish.

An intermittent electrical problem hampered the team during practice and qualifying. The team found the problem and made repairs but had to start at the tail of the field after qualifying 26th.

Team driver Jason Jefferson, who had last been behind the wheel of a race car last summer, quickly blew off any rust he had gathered and  put the Voli Light Vodkas Ford Fusion through its paces during the early laps. The race was only slowed three times for caution leaving long green flag runs allowing Jefferson to push the car to its limits.

After losing a lap to the race leader two-thirds through the event, Jefferson was able to run comparable laps times to the leader and maintained his position at the front of the field despite being a lap down.

When the final caution flew with less than 30-laps to go, Jefferson opted to drop to the tail of the field in order to give the lead lap cars room to race. In doing so, he also gave up a few positions to the field. Over the final 20-laps however, Jefferson was able to pass several cars and crossed the finish line in the 14th position.

"The finish is not exactly what we had planned but when you start that far back you have a lot of work to do," Jefferson said. "On the flip side, the team did an outstanding job and rolling the car into the trailer without a scratch on it is really good. We learned a great deal during the race that will help us improve going forward."

For his part, team owner Dave Reed was also pleased with the event. "We had a little new car blues," Reed offered. "Jason drove a really smart race and got a solid finish for our first time out."

Plans call for the team to also compete in select SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour races the rest of season as well as participate in marquee events like the Montana 200 (Kalispell, MT) in July, the Nashville 400 in Nashville, TN and the Snowball Derby in Pensacola, FL later this year.

Dave Reed Racing has corporate partnerships with Voli Spirits, K&N Filters, Approved Memory, Eibach Springs, Fluidyne, Freight Train Peters Racing Engines, DJ Safety,  Gene Price Motorsports, HeadBlade, JDA, N2 Systems, Performance Radios, Ron's Rear Ends, RPMTV, Ringers Gloves, Whipz.

About Voli Spirits
Voli Spirits, LLC was founded in 2008 by Adam Kamenstein and is a privately held premier spirits company with offices in Los Angeles and New York.  In 2010, after two years of working with leading mixologists, vodka connoisseurs, and producers of distinguished spirits, Voli Spirits created the world's first and only line of low calorie fruit and fusion flavored vodkas - Voli Light Vodka. Voli is named after the meshing of Vodka and Light and is available in five flavors - Raspberry Cocoa, Espresso Vanilla, Orange Vanilla, Lemon and Lyte (original) electrolyte. Voli Light Vodkas are hand crafted by the master distillers of Roullet-Francas in Cognac, France and feature delicate blend of the finest multi-distilled wheat vodka, pure spring water, natural flavor and electrolytes. Voli Light Vodkas are on average between 25% and 40% lower in calories than the leading brands and are available in all major markets throughout the United States. In 2011 the Voli brand experienced triple digit growth throughout the nation. In a world where things add up, it's nice to subtract. For additional information please visit www.volispirits.com

About Jason Jefferson
Jason is a full-time team member at Gene Price Motorsports for driver Greg Pursley. Jason also acts as race day spotter for the 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion. Jason is an accomplished driver posting over 100 wins in competition throughout the Northwest while claiming several track titles. You can follow Jason on Twitter @jjr97 or on Facebook.
 
About Approved Memory
Founded in 2003, with over 40 years of experience in the memory industry, Approved Memory is a lead manufacturer of memory upgrade products. Through proven engineering, Approved Memory manufactures and designs virtually every memory upgrade available. Approved Memory provides the latest technology, extensive industry experience, and unparalleled sales and service support to supply their customers with the best product available to meet all of their needs. Call
949-216-9690 phone, 949-216-9695 fax or email the team at dreed@approvedmemory.com. Visit the website at www.approvedmemory.com.

About DJ Shannon Enterprises LLC
From one-time press releases, event coverage, to a full season public relations campaign, we have a grassroots motorsports marketing program to fit your budget and needs.  Get started today by calling Derrick at 208/870-8066 or email derrick@djssportsmarketing.com