Despite being only 17 years old, Dylan Kwasniewski is already blazing quite a trail within the NASCAR world. After becoming the youngest driver to win the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Championship in 2012, Dylan moved on to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and now pilots the No. 98 Royal Purple/Rockstar Energy Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports.
The young Dylan Kwasniewski bested Bristol, the .533-mile high-banked oval and the other 35 competitors last Saturday to win the DRIVE4COPD 125 in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship season opener. Continue reading →
Joining our roundtable panel is our media guest Brian Wiggins from On Pit Road. And from Auto Club Speedway, David Talley will be on to highlight fan activities at the track this coming weekend.
Next is Sal Sigala Jr, and his guest Tony Franco, a Jet Dragster racer in NHRATalk. Learn more about Tony Franco by reading his feature article.
Introductions – Inspiring stories
Q&As with Joey Coulter – David Talley – Tony Franco
In 2011, his first full-time season in the Camping World Truck Series, Coulter earned the Rookie of the Year title and finished seventh in points. Looking for a better finish the following year, Coulter found it with a third place finish in 2012, his second season with Richard Childress Racing.
If Coulter continues to have it his way, his third season, now with KBM, will produce his first series’ championship.
In 1998, Coulter started his racing career in Naples, Florida racing go karts at West Coast Kart way. While still racing Florida’s WKA Championship series, in 1999 Coulter also raced the national Karting circuit in the WKA Horstman Gold Cup series and in his first two years of racing, he racked up more than 50 wins and two Championships. Then in 2000, Coulter received CJ Marvin Sportsman of the year award and remained in the series for six years.
Moving on to full-sized vehicles, Coulter started racing in Florida’s FASTRUCK Series in 2005, as well as, the NASCAR Whelen Late Model Series, and USAR Pro Cup Series.
In 2009, Coulter started his rookie season in ARCA, finishing a career-high fourth in the point standings earning two pole awards, seven top-five finishes and 13 top-tens. Also in 2009 he earned the HG Adcox Sportsman of the Year award, and in 2010 the Bill France Four Crown Championship.
When he’s not racing, Joey Coulter enjoys fishing, boating and, of course, working on his race cars. Coulter is also a student of Mechanical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Starting his 2013 season at Daytona in February, Coulter ran inside the top-ten for the majority of the 100-lap race, advancing as high as the runner-up position, until he got caught up in a four-truck accident on the final lap and ended the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opener with a disappointing 22nd-place finish.
To say Coulter is anxious for his next Camping World Truck Series race on April 6th at Martinsville Speedway, would be an understatement. With 21 races remaining in the 2013 season, Coulter is on a mission to race his way up the point standings.
Joey Coulter will be our next guest on Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk, this Monday, March 18th at 8:30pm ET. So mark your calendar, set your reminder and call 347-996-5176 during the show to interact with Joey Coulter and ask your questions.
Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick To Lead Teams In Second Annual Celebrity Softball Game Between Dover International Speedway And Pocono Raceway
Clint Bowyer, driver of the #15 5-hour Energy Toyota, and Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Budweiser Folds of Honor Chevrolet, talk during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway on June 29, 2012 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Harrisburg (Pa.) Senators to host game on April 24
Dover International Speedway and Pocono Raceway will square off on the diamond for the second straight year as both tracks announced the return of the Second Annual Celebrity Softball Game, featuring NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick. The game will be played on Wednesday, April 24 at the home of the Harrisburg Senators in Harrisburg, Pa. Continue reading →