Top Finish Up In Smoke For Stremme and Team TRIMSPA® at LMS

A late race comeback by David Stremme was spoiled by a blown motor just 59 laps from the finish of Friday nights The SpongeBob Square Pants Movie 300 at Lowes Motor Speedway® (LMS). Stremme qualified 29th for what was his second race at LMS. In the early going Stremmes TRIMSPA X32 Dodge® was loose upon entry in the corners. After being blocked into his pit stall on his first pit stop on lap 35, Stremme experienced transmission troubles and was forced to come in a second time after the following caution lap and restart 39th one lap down.

Concord, NC (PRWEB) October 20, 2004 -- A late race comeback by David Stremme was spoiled by a blown motor just 59 laps from the finish of Friday nights The SpongeBob Square Pants Movie 300 at Lowes Motor Speedway® (LMS). Stremme qualified 29th for what was his second race at LMS. In the early going Stremmes TRIMSPA X32 Dodge® was loose upon entry in the corners. After being blocked into his pit stall on his first pit stop on lap 35, Stremme experienced transmission troubles and was forced to come in a second time after the following caution lap and restart 39th one lap down.

We were too loose at the start of the race," said Stremme. But we made a lot of changes and got the balance right, and then we were really strong on the long run."

After the second stop of the day on lap 78, Stremme was up to 30th position and his car had improved. Stremme was up to 23rd position by the third stop on lap 124. Despite running lap times as fast as the leaders, and climbing into the top 20 by lap 141, a top finish was not in the cards as the X32 Dodges motor blew just two laps later. The disappointing 34th-place finish dropped Stremme one position in the championship standings to twelfth.

Our car was really coming around at that point but the motor just let go," said Stremme. Ernie Elliot has given us great engines all year and this is the first one weve lost. Its really a shame because I feel like we would have been in the front by the end of the race."

Stremme and Team TRIMSPA will head to the Memphis Motorsports Park® next week to compete in Sams Town® 250 Benefiting St. Jude next Saturday, October 23rd. The event will be televised live at 3:30 p.m. eastern time on TNT® and on radio stations affiliated with MRN® and XM Satellite Radio Channel 144.

TRIMSPA®, a Cedar Knolls, New Jersey company is the maker of TRIMSPA X32, the leader in weight-loss supplements. TRIMSPA is a key sponsor in the NASCAR®, racing circuit through Braun Racing, supported various events and has worked with numerous charitable organizations including the Millennium Women's Foundation, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation®, American Cancer Society®, and Make-A-Wish Foundation®. TRIMSPA®, has helped celebrities like Anna Nicole Smith and heavyweight boxer Shannon Briggs lose weight. For more information about TRIMSPA and its products visit http://www.trimspa.com or call 1-800-TRIMSPA.

###