| 51 Matt Patak | [Edit] | Updated by Driver: 11/28/2000
Proofed by Staff: 12/31/2001 |
 | | Nickname: The Tall Kid
Hometown: Gretna, NE
Birthdate: 7/19/82
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 220
Marital Status: Single
Year Started Racing: 1999
Total Years Racing: 1
Racing Hero: Jeff Gordon - because he has shown that a man with nothing can get everything if you try hard enough.
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Year/Make/Model: 1979 Chevy Camaro
Owner: Mike Patak
Crew Chief: Mike Patak
Crew: Mike Patak, Rick Munson
Sponsors & Support: Max's Body Shop, QPI, Mom & Dad.
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| Awards & Accomplishments | 8th in 2000 I-80 Pro Am points.
| | Career Summary | My first car was a Pro Am we bought at Sol's Pawn Shop in downtown Omaha. We have been improving ever since. From almost making the A Feature my first race to being in the top ten in points all in a year's time.
| | Racing Goals | To win an A Feature and a Track Championship.
| | Other Interesting Team Information | My number 51 was chosen because of the movie Days of Thunder (my racing inspiration). At the end of the movie, Cole Trickle wins the Daytona 500 in the Mellow Yellow #51 car! My sad, but funny, racing story was that I was in 3rd place in a heat race thinking I would be in the A Feature, then slowed as I came to the white flag thinking it was the checkered and that the race was over. I finished 6th.
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