Photo – Courtesy of James Day Motorsports
California native, James Day, grew up on the pavement of Pomona Raceway, watching his father, Richard Day, race nitro funny cars. Dreaming of following in his father’s footsteps, James became a licensed pilot of not only a nitro funny car, but Top Alcohol Funny Car, Top Alcohol Dragster, Nostalgia Top Fuel, and Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car.
There was never any doubt in James Day’s mind that driving a race car could be in his future.
At 18 years of age, James became a full-time crew member learning to repair and drive the 8,000 horsepower 300-mph machines. Working along side veteran drivers, Del Worsham and Gary Densham, James moved from a crew member to the pilot of a NHRA nitro funny car and in 2007 he made his debut at the Winter Nationals in Pomona California. The dedicated driver has achieved a life long dream, of becoming a professional race car driver.
Career Highlights
• Driver for Hall of Famer Dale Pulde in his War Eagle funny car
• Two IHRA wins in Dale Puldes War Eagle funny car
• Driver for Famed chassis builder Steve Plueger
James Day is father to Nathan and in his time off the track, he enjoys hot rods, custom cars, surfing and dirt bikes.
James Day is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR-NHRA Talk, on Monday, August 26th at 9:30pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during our LIVE broadcast Q&A segment to interact with James Day.
