McQueen Racing Announces Driver Roster for Copper on Dirt at Canyon Speedway Park

By Robert Haugh

Stepping out of the driver's seat, team owner Shannon McQueen is pleased to announce a pair of Oklahoma young guns, 18-year-old Alex Sewell of Broken Arrow and 21-year-old Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City will be piloting McQueen Racing #7 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entries at the USAC-Western States Copper on Dirt event, March 1-2 at the 3/8-mile Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona.

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 last week 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. Established in 2003, the award is given in honor of Hendrick, one of USAC’s most accomplished female drivers, who posted a pair of USAC TQ Midget feature wins before tragically losing her life during a USAC-Western Midget event at El Cajon, CA in 1991.

McQueen Racing boasts a feature win, with Oklahoma’s Michelle Decker having claimed a win at Bakersfield in April 2012 in one of the McQueen Racing Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entries.

McQueen Racing’s tentative schedule 2013 includes 23 races:

March 1 Canyon Raceway Park, Peoria, AZ Dirt USAC                                                           

March 2 Canyon Raceway Park, Peoria, AZ Dirt USAC                                                     

March 30 Bakersfield Speedway; Bakersfield, CA Dirt USAC                                             

April 13 Ventura Raceway; Ventura, CA Dirt USAC                                                            

April 27 Stockton 99 Dirt; Stockton, CA Dirt BCRA                                                           

May 11 Santa Maria Speedway; Santa Maria, CA Dirt USAC                                               

May 18 Ventura Raceway; Ventura, CA Dirt USAC                                                             

June 1 Placerville Speedway; Placerville, CA Dirt BCRA/USAC                                          

June 15 Petaluma Speedway; Petaluma, CA Dirt BCRA/USAC                                            

 June 22 Thunderbowl Raceway; Tulare, CA Dirt USAC                                                       

July 12 (Friday) Ocean Speedway; Watsonville, CA Dirt USAC                                               

July 20 Ventura Raceway; Ventura, CA Dirt USAC                                                              

July 27 Antioch Speedway Dirt BCRA                                                                             

August 3 Placerville Speedway; Placerville, CA Dirt BCRA                                                 

August 10 Petaluma Speedway, Petaluma, CA Dirt BCRA                                               

August 24 (Tentative) Orland Speedway; Orland, CA Dirt BCRA                                          

September 5 (Thursday) Silver Dollar Speedway, Chico, CA Dirt BCRA/USAC                          

September 21 Bakersfield Speedway; Bakersfield, CA Dirt USAC                                   

September 28 Ventura Raceway; Ventura, CA Dirt USAC                                               

October 5 Petaluma Speedway; Petaluma, CA Dirt BCRA/USAC                                  

November 14-16 (Tentative) Canyon Raceway Park; Peoria, AZ (National) Dirt USAC  

November 22-23 (Tentative) Cocopah Speedway; Arizona Dirt USAC                         

November 28 Perris Auto Speedway; Perris, CA (Turkey Night) Dirt USAC

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.