Langley Speedway’s repaving last winter provided an added challenge for the 20 drivers participating in the 2013 NASCAR Drive for Diversity Combine. Not only did the already tough .4-mile oval get faster, it meant even the drivers who had previously competed in the Combine there faced new conditions.
The drivers passed that test Tuesday with flying colors. Continue reading
Pre-Season Testing Begins in 2014
NASCAR announced today that beginning in 2014, the sanctioning body will mandate pre-season neurocognitive baseline testing as part of its comprehensive concussion prevention and management program for all of its national series drivers.
At the start of this season, NASCAR recommended that drivers who did not already have a baseline test secure one, while also indicating that a pre-season baseline mandate could become effective as soon as next year. Continue reading
Twenty drivers arrived in Hampton, Va., eager to show off their driving skills at the 2013 Drive For Diversity Combine. First, though, they were put through the paces Monday with the equally important off-track assessments at Hampton University.
This is the third year the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program – created in 2004 and now executed by Rev Racing – has partnered with Hampton. The NASCAR D4D program is designed to identify and train young female and diverse drivers at the grassroots level who demonstrate necessary talent to climb the ranks within the motorsport industries. Continue reading
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Photo – Ryan Partridge Racing
In August, 2013, Ryan Partridge and his No. 48 LoanMart Racing team returned to Irwindale Event Center for a double-header event.
Partridge started his evening in the Progressive Painting Super Truck/PPST and qualified fifth. He then headed to the trophy dash race and won. Starting from the pole position for the feature race Partridge held off his competitors en route to victory lane. Continue reading