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NKNPS East Lime Rock 7/3/10 Practice Submitted by jcunningham on July 2, 2010 - 11:44am Final Practice Pos No. Name Sponsor Time Speed 1 35 Andrew Ranger* Waste Management Recycling 55.721 96.911 2 77 Miguel Paludo* NBC Bank Brasil 56.173 96.132 3 84 Cole Whitt* Red Bull 56.247 96.005 4 20 Brett Moffitt Game Plan for Life 56.288 95.935 5 40 Matt Kobyluck Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino 56.663 95.300 6 4 Sergio Pena* Revolution Racing 56.785 95.096 7 81 Jason Holehouse Kowabunga Bounce Houses 57.075 94.612 8 61 Jonathan Smith BaBoom! Energy Spray/Team AFA 57.218 94.376 9 12 Ruben Rovelo* Chivas/Telmex/WilliamsOnlinePrinting.com 57.310 94.224 10 00 Ryan Truex Michael Waltrip Racing 57.321 ...read more

Nascar & BET Join Forces By Producing a New Reality Show "Changing Lanes" Tune In September 1st @ 8pm on BET ...read more

The 909 Group, which manages the Drive for Diversity initiative, is now accepting applications from experienced drivers for the 2011 race season. This will mark the eighth season for NASCAR’s leading driver development program, which provides opportunities for minority and female drivers to compete in one of NASCAR’s premier developmental series.

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Drive for Diversity’s Michael Cherry headed into Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway’s season opening Twin 50 late model races with a year of competition at the historic speedway under his belt. Cherry used that experience to his advantage, scoring two top-10 finishes with a seventh- and fourth-place run, respectively, despite mechanical woes early in the first race. Also for Revolution Racing, Rebecca Kasten (eighth and eighth) and Megan Reitenour ...read more

The evolution of the Drive for Diversity, NASCAR’s leading on track diversity initiative, will continue in 2010 as competitors relocate to Charlotte and enter “academy-style” development under a single team ownership structure. The 909 Group, which took over operational responsibilities for Drive for Diversity in 2009, will own and operate 10 teams fielding Drive for Diversity competitors. Under the ...read more

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Emily Sue Steck is having fun. The first-year Drive for Diversity participant is having a career-best season at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway, driving the No. 6 DMT Motorsports Chevrolet in the Kwik Trip Late Model Division. Earlier this season she became the first female to win in LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway’s late model division. She followed that up with a second win Saturday, Aug. 8. She won her first race with a cast on her arm; broken bones in her ...read more

Drive for Diversity’s Paulie Harraka, driving the No. 12 NAPA AutoCare Toyota, held off a fierce charge by Jim Warn in the closing laps of the Toyota/NAPA 150 at Colorado National Speedway on Saturday to capture his first career win in the NASCAR Camping World Series West. “It’s awesome to bring home my first Camping World Series West win and to bring the Drive for Diversity program its first NASCAR touring series win,” said Harraka. “It was a great ...read more

First-year Drive for Diversity participant Emily Sue Steck scored her second feature win of the season on Saturday at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, Wis. Steck, driving the No. 6 DMT Motorsports Chevrolet, held off veteran Steve Carlson and his son, Mike, for the win. “The DMT Motorsports team did an awesome job getting my car ready for tonight’s race,” said Steck. “We were able to come out and win our heat race and the invert gave us great track ...read more

Paul Harraka was able to shake his bad luck this weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, coming from the back of the field to a second-place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Series West road-course event.

“We had a good race car all day; it was all about playing the patience game and slowly working our way up,” Harraka said. “We had to start at the tail because we changed the transmission in practice, but we had a good car and we were able to get up there to second.”

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Laura Hayes, 19, attended her first Drive for Diversity Testing & Evaluation Combine presented by Sunoco last October at South Boston (Va.) Speedway. Following the Combine, she had offers from three teams to drive a late model in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. Two of those offers were from teams in her home state of California. The other was from Steve James Racing, located in Clarksville, Va., just 20 miles from the historic South Boston Speedway. After careful deliberation, Hayes made the tough decision to leave her family in Wilton, Calif., and ...read more

If you've seen Jonathan Smith in the NASCAR Camping World Series East garage over the past three seasons, chances are you've also seen his dad, Gerry, and his brother, Ben. While Jonathan is currently the only stock car racer in the family, the Smith's make racing a family affair. Smith, 22, started racing dirt bikes at age 5 with the support of his family. He quickly transitioned to BMX racing and then to go-karts when he was 14. After finding success in karts, Smith again moved up, this time to stock car racing running late models at Stafford (Conn.) Motor ...read more

Drive for Diversity's Paul Harraka had a strong showing in the BI-MART Salute to the Troops 125 at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway on Sunday, working his way from the back of the field to the front before a flat tire took him out of contention. The weekend started off rough for Harraka, who blew an engine in the No. 12 NAPA Autocare Toyota during final practice. Harraka qualified ninth, but started from the back of the field due to the engine change. The No. 12 NAPA Autocare Toyota was dialed in for the race, though, ...read more

Drive for Diversity’s Jonathan Smith scored a top-10 finish in the NASCAR Camping World Series East Pepsi Full Fender Frenzy 100 at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway on Saturday. Smith, driving the No. 16 Fadden Racing Chevrolet, finished ninth. “We’re moving in the right direction,” said Smith. “We started the season with a lot of bad luck with good race cars, but we know this team is capable of finishing in the top 10 every week.” Smith, of Beacon Falls, Conn., qualified 12th for the Pepsi Full Fender Frenzy 100 and ...read more

Drive for Diversity’s Paul Harraka celebrated Independence Day with a third-place finish in the NASAR Camping World Series West King Taco 200 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) on Saturday night. “All in all our NAPA AutoCare Toyota was a really good race car,” said Harraka. “For our first time racing here we’re happy to come home with a third-place finish.” Harraka qualified eighth and worked his way through traffic to fourth before the mandatory half-way break at lap 100. After the restart Harraka battled a tight racecar, but ...read more

Last October, Phil Dugan was headed to the annual Drive for Diversity Testing & Evaluation Combine presented by Sunoco not knowing what to expect; what would the competition be like, which team owners would be in attendance, and more importantly, what would those team owners think of him? Dugan, who is of Korean descent, had learned about the Drive for Diversity initiative a year earlier, but had waited to apply until he was confident he had the application package that would earn him an invitation to the Combine. “I took the application process ...read more

Drive for Diversity’s Megan Reitenour grabbed her first pole of the season at Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, N.C., Friday night, driving the No. 92 Leicht Motorsports Chevrolet. Reitenour finished fourth the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model event. “We’ve been working hard to improve our qualifying each week,” said Reitenour. “The car was fast right off the trailer and were able to put together a good run tonight.” Reitenour started the race fourth after the invert but was ...read more

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Megan Reitenour is just 18 years old but she’s already finding the fast track to success in motorsports. As a member of the 2009 Drive for Diversity class, Reitenour has four top fives and nine top 10s in just nine starts this season, piloting the No. 92 Chevrolet for Leicht Motorsports at Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, N.C. Last season, as a high school junior, Reitenour competed in the Super Cup Stock Car Series traveling to races in North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Now the recent high school graduate is competing ...read more