Race Team Formed in Honor of Our Fallen Soldiers

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For the first time in history, two Countries are coming together to honor our Nation’s fallen soldiers. American Heroes Racing Inc,. and its sister team Canadian Heroes will have four cars entered in Speedweeks 2012.

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American Heroes Racing Inc., and its sister team Canadian Heroes are an extreme rarity in the racing world; the American team and the Canadian team will be working together to fulfill each other’s mandate and they hope to be able to run a full ARCA, Camping World Truck, and Nationwide Series schedule. American Heroes Racing Inc. is in the process of becoming a registered not-for-profit corporation, and never before in the Countries history has a grassroots team been formed to race in honor of our fallen. There are four cars being entered during Speedweeks 2012. With the Inaugural race for the ARCA series taking place on February 18th, American Heroes Racing Inc. will be fielding the 31 car, driven by Mike Harmon. The sister team Canadian Heroes will be fielding the 06 car, which will be driven by Jeremy Petty. Entered in the Camping World Truck Race, is the American Heroes Racing Inc. 74 truck driven by Wheeler Boys on February 24th. The following day, American Heroes Racing Inc. will be fielding the 74 Nationwide Series car driven by Mike Harmon. Each race will be a Memorial Race for a specific fallen Soldier, and will feature the Soldier’s picture on the car. Family members of the Soldier will be in attendance. The teams currently working in partnership with American Heroes Racing Inc. and Canadian Heroes are Mike Harmon Racing and Peterson Motorsports.

Contact Information for American Heroes Racing Inc.:

285-266 Elmwood Avenue

Buffalo, New York 14222

Web: www.americanheroesracing.com

Facebook: facebook.com/american-heroes

Twitter: twitter.com/americanheroes2

Contact Information for Canadian Heroes:

142 Catherine Street South

Hamilton, Ontario L8N 2J8

Chris Ecklund

Phone: 905-517-9940

Email: info@canadianheroes.com