September 26, 2010, Fraserville, Ontario- Jason Hathaway, EHR/T3R and the #3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge ran their final race late yesterday afternoon at Kawartha Speedway as their 13 race 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series finished up.  This season was successful for the Team achieving their goals and recording a team high top 5 finishes.

     As it has been most of the season at each and every track, the Teams’ practice on Saturday went well and the car showed some great speed and handling abilities.  A rain soaked qualifying effort hampered Hathaway’s qualifying run, posting a 12th place starting spot.  As was the story all season long in qualifying efforts, lap times were incredibly close.

    The start of the final race of the 2010 season was postpones for about 2 hours while rain activity passed in and out of the area on Saturday afternoon. During the rain delay Hathaway talked about his car.  “We have another good car here this weekend.  Tyler and the guys worked hard this week in the shop and they have given me a car that I think can go to the front.   This track is pretty fast and fun to drive and our Vortex Brake Pad “Brake Cam” camera for the TSN television broadcast will give us some pretty cool shots.”

     With rain looming all day and into the evening the race finally got underway at 6:30 pm.  The game plan from Crew Chief Tyler Case from the top of the pit box was to help get Jason all he needed to get to the front while watching the weather to adjust the Teams strategy. Hathaway started on the plan right front the drop of the green flag moving into 11^th on lap 1 and by lap 30 was 8^th in the running order.

    After contact with another driver racing for 7^th position, Hathaway felt he had a tire going down on his racing machine.  He brought his car down onto pit road on the next caution for right side tires.  He went out at the end of the lead lap in 18^th and worked his way back up through the back avoiding some back of the pack wrecks.  Hathaway showed some great driving when avoiding the wrecks earning a top 3 running position on lap 136 of the 250 lap race.  As the laps clicked down to the end Hathaway’s early taken right side tires wore and he lost traction.  Hathaway held onto his car and finished a well deserved 7^th place.

    “This has been a great season for our Team and I am proud to be a part of it.  We had a great car tonight, but having to take right side tires so early in the race hurt our challenge abilities as the race got closer to the end.  We moved up in the point’s championship finish this season and our team is really making a mark in this series.  Other Teams have really taken notice of our progress and it feels good to represent all of our sponsors. I want to thank Snap-on Tools, Rockstar Energy Drink and Vortex Brake Pads for their awesome support this season. Napoleon Grills continued their marketing program with us this season as well and we are proud to have as long time supporters.  DSC Security Products joined us in 2010 and they have been a great and excited group to work with. Thanks to Bryan Cathcart for his help in getting our Team transporter across the country.  I really want to thank our crew and their families for all their hard work and for allowing them to help us each and every week.  I have to finally thank our Team owner Ed Hakonson who gives us great equipment and the backing we need to set and achieve our goals together.  This was a successful season for all of us.”

     The # Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge Team posted 11 top 10 and 3 top 5 finishes this season and finished 6^th in the 2010 Championship points battle. 

     EHR/T3R is proud to be partnered with Snap-on Tools, Rockstar Energy Drink, Vortex Brake Pads, DSC Security Products, Napoleon Grills, Farmers Feed Families line of clothing, Castrol, Cathcart Trucking, Fast Eddie Racewear, Choko Authentic  Apparel , Impact Canopies and Praxair.  For more information on EHR/T3R check out the site at www.team3red.com

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September 19, 2010, Antigonish, Nova Scotia- Jason Hathaway, EHR/T3R and the #3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge once again showed that they are a team to be reckoned with this past weekend on the 1/3 high banked oval of Riverside Speedway, outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

      Practice went well for the team on Saturday afternoon posting a 3^rd place fastest car on the speed charts.  Qualifying later that afternoon placed Hathaway 9^th in the starting order for the 300 lap quick paced race.

    Hathaway was happy with his car before the start of the race. “This is a pretty quick track and we are looking forward to a good run this afternoon. The car is fast and handling really well.”

      It didn’t take long for Hathaway to show what the car was capable of when the race got underway.  Just before the 100 lap mark, the #3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge was lined up in the 6^th spot. The crew brought his racing machine in for fuel and tires on lap 82.  The crew did a great job and sent Hathaway back out on the track in the 7^th spot.

  New tires and a great handing race car saw Hathaway through long green flag runs. On lap 246 Hathaway’s great driving and patience all came together when he pulled into the third spot in the running order.  The top 3 placed drivers pulled away as a group and set their own pace.  Hathaway vied for 2^nd place for 14 laps before settling into 3^rd .  With only 10 laps to go Hathaway started to slip back in the running order, finishing 5^th.

    “Our car was once again pretty awesome. The crew did a great job in the pits today and we thought we had a car for the podium again this weekend.  It was great to run with Steckley and Thompson, but that podium finish slipped away from us.  We have been running up front and we hope to finish the season off next week up there as well.” Said a happy Hathaway after the race.

      The Team will finish up the 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series schedule this weekend September 25^th when they take their # 3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge to the .375 mile track of Kawartha Speedway near Bowmanville, Ontario.

     EHR/T3R is proud to be partnered with Snap-on Tools, Rockstar Energy Drink, Vortex Brake Pads, DSC Security Products, Napoleon Grills, Farmers Feed Families line of clothing, Castrol, Cathcart Trucking, Fast Eddie Racewear, Choko Authentic  Apparel , Impact Canopies and Praxair.  For more information on EHR/T3R check out the site at www.team3red.com

 

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Jamie Hakonson

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416-560-6103

     September 12, 2010, Barrie, Ontario- Jason Hathaway, EHR/T3R and the #3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge  had an excellent podium placing race Saturday night, at the Wild Wing 300, cut short by an accident involving a lap car that Hathaway was attempting to pass.

      The Team initially struggled to show speed on the practice charts early on Saturday afternoon, but continued to tune on their set up.  The focus was to the get the car comfortable for Hathaway for long green flag runs during the gruelling 300 lap event around the tight and exciting 1/4 mile track.  Hathaway qualified a tough 13th in the starting order.

    “Our starting spot really doesn’t show what we think we have in this car tonight.  This is a long race and we need to be smart and get this car up to the front.” Said Hathaway before climbing into his race machine to start the event.

      Starting 13thth, the primary objective was to stay clean and get the car headed to the front, hopefully stay out of trouble.  Hathaway had an excellent start and by lap 36 was in the 10th spot.  A long green flag run just before the half way point of the race really showed what the Team had in their Snap-on on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge, taking the inside line under his competitors moving up numerous positions.  By lap 177 Hathaway was just inside the top 3, running in the 2nd spot with some great momentum.  He challenged for the lead for 17 laps, but eventually settled into the 3rd place, getting himself into a comfortable rhythm.

  Disaster for the Team hit on lap 264, while running 3rd, Hathaway was spun by an overzealous lapped car in corner 2.  He was passed by the leader, going a lap down, trying to get the car fired and straightened out as the caution flag came out. He re-started 13th.  The Team called Hathaway into the pits for tires with 25 laps to go, in hopes of catching a break and working their way back onto the lead lap and putting the heat on the leaders once again.  Unfortunately, the caution flew once again not giving Hathaway enough laps to make up the distance; Hathaway was relegated to the 10th finishing position.

     A frustrated driver commented after the race. “Our car was great tonight. I am really disappointed that the lap car I was trying to clear wouldn’t give me the room to run. This track requires a lot of give and take and the accident really wrecked our finish night.  The crew worked hard this weekend and I hate that we weren’t able to put this car on the podium, where it belonged, for them and our great sponsors.”

      The Team will take their # 3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge to the high banked 1/3 oval at Riverside Speedway near Antigonish, Nova Scotia, this coming weekend.  The event will be the 12th stop on the 13 race NASCAR R Canadian Tire Series schedule, September 18, 2010.

     EHR/T3R is proud to be partnered with Snap-on Tools, Rockstar Energy Drink, Vortex Brake Pads, DSC Security Products, Napoleon Grills, Farmers Feed Families line of clothing, Castrol, Cathcart Trucking, Fast Eddie Racewear, Choko Authentic  Apparel , Impact Canopies and Praxair.  For more information on EHR/T3R check out the site at www.team3red.com

 

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For additional Information contact:

Jamie Hakonson

[email protected]