{"id":3556,"date":"2023-05-11T10:55:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/?p=3556"},"modified":"2023-08-10T12:05:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:05:21","slug":"holly-shelton-returns-to-midget-racing-with-xtreme-outlaws-june-1-at-tri-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/midgets\/holly-shelton-returns-to-midget-racing-with-xtreme-outlaws-june-1-at-tri-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Shelton Returns to Midget Racing with Xtreme Outlaws June 1 at Tri-City"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the first time in nearly five years, Holly Shelton will return to the seat of a dirt Midget \u2013\u00a0Thursday, June 1, at Illinois\u2019 Tri-City Speedway in her debut with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.<\/p>\n
Bundy Built Motorsports has readied a Spike Chassis with Bundy Built power for the 27-year-old Californian as she aims to tackle the famed 3\/8-mile for the first time since her rookie season in 2016. Tri-City will be the first of what she said will be a pick-and-choose slate of 10-to-15 Midget races over the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
Though the official partnership was only recently formed, Shelton and the Bundy Built team go back further than many may realize. She and driver Ethan Mitchell were Outlaw Kart competitors before their time in the Midget ranks, even racing together occasionally out on the West Coast. Fast forward to 2023, and the two are going Midget racing together on the same team \u2013\u00a0Mitchell and his father Bundy both serving as her crew members.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo see how competitive they are now,\u00a0I\u2019m pretty pumped to be with them,\u201d Shelton said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got their stuff really good.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the Bundy gang is making it happen, Shelton got the ball rolling with a simple conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came to them earlier this year with the idea,\u201d she said. \u201cSitting on the couch, watching Chili Bowl from home \u2013\u00a0wishing [I was] there kind of made me want to get back out there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see how good the girls are doing now; it\u2019s awesome. I miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n