April 19, 2010
Building a winning team has been the main focus of the 2010 season. The Yellow Stripes Making the Driver program has allowed ARCA Driver, Scott Stenzel, the opportunity to work with the best in the industry as he makes his superspeedway debut in Talladega.
The staff at Digi Craft produced this paint scheme for the Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona International Speedway.
"We have surrounded Scott with a winning team full of Veterans. Our goal is that one day we hope Scott will be that elite driver you hear about every weekend in the Cup and Nationwide series." John Baxter, Yellow Stripes Making the Driver Series Executive Producer.
Scott, under the watchful eye of crew chief/team owner, Jeff Spraker, took full advantage of the March 23rd Test Session to shake down the #42 Yellow Stripes Making the Driver Ford Fusion.
Under the hood, a Roush/Yates prepared engine has been tagged to provide all the necessary horsepower for Scott and Team to conquer the venerable high banks of Talladega as the #42 Ford Fusion aims to garner a top Five Finish in the ARCA/ReMax 250. The race is scheduled to take place Friday, April 23rd with LIVE telecast on SPEED TV at 5:00 PM EST.
Race-day at Talladega will see Jeff Straker manning the war wagon as Crew Chief / Team Owner for the Yellow Stripes Ford Fusion. Jeff has over 20 years winning experience as both driver and car owner in NASCAR¨ as well as ARCA.
"Testing at Talladega was most important for Scott. He did a great job giving feedback for his first time at the superspeedway," Jeff commented. "We are going to do everything we can to help Scott do well during the race. He has a lot of people in his corner and we want the best for him."
Nick Ramey, from Roush/Yates Engines, has leant his considerable expertise to the Yellow Stripes team to make sure that the #42 Ford Fusion engine will lay some serious horsepower onto the ÔDega superspeedway pavement.
Greg Newman, father to NASCAR Driver Ryan Newman, was spotter for Ryan's historic victory at the Daytona 500. Greg will be manning the spotter stand for Scott's assault on Talladega.
Charlie Patterson with NexGen Motorsports has been developing Scott's career over the last few years, "Working with Scott has a lot of the qualities similar to other drivers I have worked with, like Ryan Newman, and I believe Scott is ready to make it big in the racing world."
"Scott is one of the most impressive young drivers I've seen in a long time," says Dave Bowman, creator of Two Guys Garage and Shade Tree Mechanic seen on SPEED TV. "He is the complete package. He is a very talented driver and is adept at representing a sponsors interests both on and off the race track. The Yellow Strips television series tells his story about the struggle in making it in stock car racing and is a brilliantly crafted."
"I'm really excited about returning to superspeedway racing. After not making the field at Daytona, we learned a lot, not just as a team but as a driver, too." Scott stated regarding the upcoming race, "My main goal is to stay focused, out of trouble and be as consistent as possible. Hopefully we'll have a solid finish and look good to our fans and sponsors."
ARCA RE/MAX 250 at Talladega Superspeedway Schedule:
Thursday, April 22nd
Practice 11:00AM - 2:00PM EST
Qualifying Presented by Ansell 6:05PM EST
Friday, April 23rd
Practice 10:30AM - 11:15AM EST
Start of the Talladega ARCA 250 (250 miles / 94 laps) 5:00PM EST
For more information please visit: www.makingthedriver.com
January 22, 2010
The staff at Digi Craft produced this paint scheme for the Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona International Speedway.
When "Yellow Stripes: Making the Driver" agreed to sponsor his car, Scott then approached Jeff
Spraker Racing to finalize the Daytona assault. Jeff and his crew have been working on preparing
Scott's speedway car purchased from the Wood Brothers and powered by a Roush/Yates motor. On January 22nd, 2010, Scott made it official when he entered his #42 Ford Fusion into the Lucas Oil 200 @ Daytona with Jeff Spraker agreeing to sit atop the war wagon as crew chief all throughout speed week.
When asked about preparing for the upcoming event, Scott commented, "I can't thank everyone enough for helping out a rookie driver. Jeff Spraker and his skilled crew have taken me and this Wood Brothers Ford Fusion on at the last minute. Everything is coming together smoothly with everyone pulling extra duty. Plus, as a team we've been able to gel. Spraker's been to Daytona several times. He knows what it takes to lead and finish up front, but he's yet to win one. Now, we share the same goal - to win at Daytona."
Who says a small town farm boy can't achieve all his dreams. All it takes is a lot of tenacity, talent, dedication and the unquenchable need for speed. Scott Stenzel is well on his way to finally realizing his lifelong goal. To compete and win back his racing career. And, he still has his sights set on the greatest dream of all - "to Win at DAYTONA."
December 18-20, 2009
Scott participated in the open test at Daytona International Speedway December 18-20th, 2009. He drove the Bob Schacht Motorsports Chevrolet during the test event. The first day of testing was shortened by rain so they had to make up some ground during day 2 of testing.
Day 2 of testing allowed Scott to put up some solid times ranging from 50.5's to 50.2's. He also was able to get some experience in the draft. The photo you see here is Scott Stenzel in the 75 and Danica Patrick in the 88. This was Danica's backup car for the race weekend. Scott and Danica were participating in a late afternoon draft session to end day 2.
August 10, 2009
As President of Orlando-based web development company Digi Craft, Full Sail Computer Animation grad Scott Stenzel has seen his fair share of success in the industry, servicing 125 clients both locally and nationally, including Disney, NBC/Universal, Live Nation, and GRAMMY®-nominated recording artist Mary J. Blige.
But long before he entered the world of 3D graphics, website maintenance, and advertising, Scott had another huge passion in his life: race car driving. And now, through an initiative stemming from Digi Craft's partnership with digital media agency Gen2Media and Charlie Patterson (president of NextGen Motorsports), Scott is getting a chance to live out his dream; he'll learn how to become a professional race car driver as he stars in his own upcoming reality television show, Making The Driver.
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July 06, 2009
The producers of the new reality documentary, "Yellow Stripes Making the Driver," has been filming Scott's progression into the limelight of motorsports. They've done a wonderful job at capturing the Real World events that take place along the way of any aspiring driver. Scott was able to get some time to talk with Ryan Newman and hear of his success as he worked his way up through the ranks.
This is a screen capture from the footage when Mike Loescher was letting Scott know what kind of cars he'd be testing at New Smyrna Speedway. There were some very interesting moments that you'll have to watch for when they release the first episode.
Mike Loescher (on left) & Scott Stenzel (on right)
June 28, 2009
Charlie Patterson got Bob Schacht and Scott Stenzel together to discuss combining their efforts for the 2010 ARCA Daytona 200. Bob was very excited to hear of Scott's great success with the Yellow Stripes TV show and felt good about Scott's continued loyalty to Bob over the years. Scott really feels comfortable working with an organizations like Bob Schacht Motorsports. They are very well put together, they know what they are doing and they can win races. Bob's been around this industry enough to not only have some of the best equipment but to be very experienced in what he does. Scott also added that it's easy to talk with Bob since he used to be a full time driver himself, so there should be an easy line of communication during speedweeks 2010.
June 14, 2009
Today marks the first day in history for Scott Stenzel Racing. We have officially earned one of our first sponsors, at this level, for auto racing. Over the years Scott's had many local sponsors that have helped him keep turning laps but none that were able to come up with the money needed to run the full race at Daytona. We are very happy to bring them on board. We will release all the information at a later date once we have all our advertising and marketing elements in sync.
January 15, 2008
The launch of my new site was a very large undertaking. To best describe your talent and the nature of your business when talking about yourself is a very hard task. I really appreciated the guidance and help from Tyler Gaw, my lead web developer and Peter Olach, from NexGen Making the Driver, for pointing me in the right direction as what to say and how to arrange my business online.
The videos you see within my site are done by the infamous Hector Ortiz. He is my business partner in Digi Craft and has done a wonderful job at portraying the on and off track experiences of a professional car driver. If anyone is wondering where you can get a video like this or a web site like this just call Digi Craft 407-249-0622 and one of their knowledgeable staff members will be happy to point you in the right direction.
Thanks again to all who has made this possible!
January 11, 2008
My hometown, Alexandria, MN, wrote up an article about my career and the pursuit of a sponsor for the 2008 season. Tara Bitzan did a wonderful job writing this article. I had a lot of feedback, mostly from high school friends, from the publication. Click on this link to download a PDF version of the article (size - 1.3MB).
Or go directly to EchoPress.com where they posted some of the photos from the article.
December 14, 2007
This was a weekend that I will never forget. It was the first time I have ever been around Daytona at the wheel. I have been around the track in passenger cars but never at the speed I posted that weekend. I always told myself that the first time I will be driving around Daytona I will do so at 180 mph! Well that dream came true! I was lucky to have such a great car from Bob Schacht Motorsports as well as a great crew. Also it doesn't hurt to have a guy like Charlie Patterson at your side making sure everything went smooth.
At the end of the weekend Director of Competition Joe Wells approved me for my ARCA RE/MAX license and to come back and race for 2008 season. I had to put some extra test laps in for Joe to approve me but we got the job done. You can read more about my first day out on Friday by clicking here
Also be sure to watch the in-car footage of my last 10 lap segment. It was an awesome weekend!
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