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NASCAR Employee To Tackle 8 Hours At Daytona
 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October
6, 2006) -- Nicole Hoffman, who serves as manager of
interactive marketing at NASCAR will be back at her home track
of Daytona International Speedway for next month's Fall Cycle
Scene with experienced-endurance racers Mark Crozier and Nathan
Dressman in the inaugural 8 Hours of Daytona MOTO-ST Series
race.
The MOTO-ST Series will hold the 8 Hours At Daytona on Saturday,
Oct. 21 beginning at 1 p.m. with $100,000 in purse and lap
money. MOTO-ST will kick off their 2007 inaugural season in
March at DIS during Daytona 200 Week By Honda.
Hoffman has raced plenty of times on the daunting high banks of
the "World Center of Racing." But for the first time in her
career, she'll compete in an endurance race aboard a Suzuki
campaigned by TeamHurtByAccident.com and sponsored by Jostens,
Inc.
"We're extremely excited to participate in the inaugural event,"
Hoffman said. "We're looking forward to being a part of what we
think will be Daytona history. We're doing a lot of bike
preparations right now and a lot of physical training.
"Both of my teammates are seasoned endurance riders but this
will be my first endurance race other than doing the Team
Challenge back last year. It'll definitely be a learning
experience for me -- my teammates will definitely help me along.
I'm looking forward to the opportunity."
Hoffman, who resides in nearby Palm Coast, Fla., and works at
the NASCAR headquarters in Daytona Beach, has a large following
at her office including NASCAR President Mike Helton and ISC
Vice Chairman and CEO Jim France.
During this year's Fall Cycle Scene, she expects to have a
cheering section.
"The MOTO-ST event coincides with Martinsville and the NASCAR
Toyota All-Star Showdown that same week but I do expect some of
my co-workers to come and support us in this unique event," said
Hoffman, who plans to also compete in a couple of the
Championship Cup Series sprint races during the FCS weekend. "I
was featured in a NASCAR Illustrated article that generated some
calls from around the company. I was able let employees know
about the race."
While Hoffman might be a rookie in endurance racing, her
teammates are not. Dressman is a top-placing team owner/rider
and seven-time regional champion while Crozier was the Overall
WERA National Endurance Champion in 2005 and has four National
Endurance titles under his belt.
Hoffman got a taste of endurance racing assisting her teammates
in this year's WERA National Endurance Series.
"The good thing is I have experience crewing for an endurance
team," Hoffman said. "I've helped the two riders that I'm racing
with. They race in the WERA National Endurance Series. I've been
lucky enough to work the pit board and see how their operation
works. I'm not going in completely blind."
Hoffman hopes one of her driving stints will fall under the
bright lights of Daytona. The 8 Hours At Daytona will finish
under the lights making it the first nighttime motorcycle race
at DIS since the 1985 Paul Revere 250.
"It's a very cool twist. I can't wait for the lights," Hoffman
said. " Lucky enough, my two teammates with Arnchu.net Racing
just won an eight-hour race in Ohio that went into the night.
They are completely experienced in doing that so we have that
going for us.
"I'm really looking forward to it. It will be an experience we
won't soon forget and I hope both TeamHurtByAccident.com bikes
will be on the podium at the end of the night."
Tickets for Fall Cycle Scene are available at
www.racetickets.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP.
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