WHITTEN RETURNS TO RUN 42ND ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST

Tanner and Chase Campbell, local Wausau Homes Builder

18 year old Tanner Whitten from Concord, NC will return to LaCrosse Speedway, October 8th & 9th for the 42nd running of Oktoberfest. This prestigious race has been won by Nascar drivers such as Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth and Dick Trickle.
Besides racing in the Big 8 Late Model race Tanner has also been selected to participate in the 2nd Annual JMcK 63 Memorial Invitational on Sunday afternoon October 9th for which he was a segment winner last year.

Tannerʼs spotter and car owner for this weekends race is Frank Kreyer from Wisconsin Dells, WI. Frank is a past Nascar Nationwide driver who drove for the Wisconsin based company Culvers.

Tanner will be driving the #85 Wausau Homes, Red Cactus Salsa Chevrolet. He is excited to be partnering with two midwest companies for this race weekend. Both Wausau Homes and Red Cactus roots go back to helping feed and house Americans. Tanner himself is 7th generation from the family farm in Illinois.

His race car will be sporting pink accents in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We all know someone that has been affected by this disease. One in fourteen women with breast cancer are under the age of 40. Many of the Nascar drivers will be showing support of this cause all month long.

For more information go to www.oktoberfestraceweekend.com, www.tannerwhittenracing.com, www.wausauhomes.com and www.redcactus-usa.com.

NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY - LOUDON, NH

There were 43 cars on hand for the July 15th K & N Pro Series East Race in Loudon, New Hampshire.  Tanner qualified 24th and that's also where he finished the race.  There were several bad accidents right in front of Tanner that he was able to avoid and one actually sent him into the grass but he was able to control the car and get back on the track with no car damage.  Tanner would like to thank Iowa State University for their sponsorship of this race, his Crew Chief Jerry Babb, his Spotter Randy LaJoie and his entire team for all their help and support.  Be sure to check out additional photos from the race on Tanner's photo gallery page compliments of Ken Spring Photography and don't miss the race which will air on the SPEED channel Thursday, August 4th at 5:00 p.m. central time.