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NASCARโs efforts to diversify a sport steeped in history
Read full article: NASCARโs efforts to diversify a sport steeped in historyROANOKE, Va. โ NASCAR has a rich tradition and history that dates back more than 70 years. So being able to share that information and serve as a steering mechanism, if you will, toward the opportunities,โ said Warrick Scott. I get inboxes and mementos all the time and they want us to know they want to race,โ Scott said. Not only compete in a race, but also as a race in a sport that has gone under the hood for something deeper than tune-ups. But you know, history will show, history will reveal how effective these things are,โ said Scott.
From All-American to All-Star: How Jeremy Kimbroughโs career took a turn for the better
Read full article: From All-American to All-Star: How Jeremy Kimbroughโs career took a turn for the betterKimbrough is a tire carrier for Kurt Buschโs crew at Chip Ganassi Racing. โI was fourtunate enough to make it up to the NFL and play with the Washington Football Team. Jeremy Kimbrough in Washington's training camp in 2014 (WSLS)He spent two seasons with the team before an injury took him away from the game--but drove him to the racetrack. In 2016, he joined NASCARโs Drive for Diversity program, which gives women and mionrities training and opportunities as drivers and as pit crew members. An inspiring feat for this college football All-American turned 2020 NASCAR Pit Crew All-Star.