In 20, bires became crew chief for the late model team of matt kenseths son ross kenseth. Maustons kelly bires goes from driver to crew chief west allis kelly bires needed a change of pace from the startandpark lifestyle. Watch live races and get the nascar schedule, race results, rumors and more on. Gets a new crew chief in pemberton, who comes over from michael waltrip racing. Kelly bires wanted to put a positive spin on the performance of the no. Kelly bires stats, race results, wins, news, record. Click on the site to see kelly bires s career results at that track. Nascar racer opens shop in lyndon station regional news.
Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 in mauston, wisconsin is an american stock car driver. The organization has released 25yearold kelly bires from his contractual driving duties of the no. The total is off 20% from 2009 and will drop again this. Feb 16, 2008 robert bootie barker iii born in halifax, virginia is a popular crew chief in the nascar sprint cup stock car racing series. Kyle krisiloff is senior director of music and entertainment at indianapolis motor speedway. Bires becomes latest casualty of jr motorsports development talk about having the rug pulled out.
The lowstress way to find your next nascar driver job opportunity is on simplyhired. Lettow was helping his friend pat schauer in 1981, schauers first in asa competition. Kelly bires deal with td racing held unfair restraint of. Jul 09, 2016 kelli stavast is a veteran racing reporter and host currently working with nbc.
In the last race of the season, jr motorsports will debut its 20102011 driver, kelly bires, at the homesteadmiami speedway season finale. Kelly bires espn nascar now phone interview 2009 youtube. Driver kelly bires 2007 nascar busch series results. Nascar southeast series nascar midwest series nascar southwest series nascar northwest series asa national tour fia formula two series whelen southern modified tour exhibition unclassified races. Click on the site to see kelly bires s career results at that track glossary. Nascar s most popular driver didnt really make the impact he wanted during his first year on the circuits most. View kelly bires profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Jennifer jo cobb born june 12, 1973 is an american professional stock car racing driver and team owner. As spokesperson for car care canadas be car care aware campaign, williams brings her experience as a race car driver, educator, safety advocate and promoter to the canadian public. Larry bettinger frank bickford fred bickford mike biechman william bignotti kurt binkley dan binks steve bird kelly bires john birosh justin bischoff. His first assignment was with kelly bires at the no.
Sep 28, 2009 kelly bires is a successful nascar driver who previously signed a driver agreement with waltom since sold to td racing development. Nascar jr motorsports releases kelly bires from the 88 car. He also scored several wins and top5 points finishes in the points standings in the nascar busch series. Not like, say, my anger at kevin harvick for wrecking joey logano, or my anger at kyle busch for. Bathurstwinning engineer lands crew chief role with nascar champ. Nicknamed magic shoes, mclaughlin was a perennial fan favorite, winning the most popular driver award in 1997. Includes every race start and finish along with dozens of statistical facts for kelly bires s nascar career. Bires has been a mentor to kenseth, 20, who has nascar aspirations. December 2009 nationwide series archive jayskis nascar. Bires will hope to make a splash in his debut with this race team, so he should challenge the top 20 again in saturdays oreilly auto parts 300. Nascar results, statistics, drivers, manufacturers and car numbers for pete kelly owner.
Nascar driver salary and career advice chegg careermatch. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for kelly bires on. Official brad keselowski nascar driver page with latest stats, race results, videos, news, photo galleries, team information, bio and more. Kelly bires inspects the frame of a car at his shop in lyndon station on tuesday. Indepth statistics and driver information for all the drivers that ever raced in the nascar cup series. Kelly is hands down one of the most down to earth, solid people i have ever met. Kelly bires driver of the suave chevrolet speaks with crew chief tony eury sr during. Among other provisions, bires agreed to pay a 25% royalty on future racerelated earn ings to waltom for a period of ten years following the time in which he ceased driving on the waltom team. Superlate model driver steve apel talks with kelly bires, a crew chief and. Kelly bires nascar xfinity series results, statistics and car numbers.
Kerry earnhardt do you ever wonder what ever happened to some nascar drivers of the past. Other notable drivers that lettow coached over the years include nascar drivers david stremme, kelly bires, ted musgrave and tony raines, in addition to wisconsin speedsters steve holzhausen, scott hansen and the late pat schauer. And now, among the heavier aspects of 2016s nascar like certain ceos endorsing presidential candidates, much todo made over a driver who just cant get enough of dipping down into the. Previously, bires drove competitively for jtg daugherty racing, jr motorsports, and braun racing in the. Kelly bires, 179, ford, team kyle, archie st hilaire, august 25th, 1984, mauston, wi. Nascar collects advanced statistical metrics to measure performance. Nascar nationwide series driver kelly bires talks about his racing career and why he loves racing in the nascar nationwide series. Michael mclaughlin born october 6, 1956 is an american former professional stock car racing driver. The 2012 nascar sprint cup series was the 64th season of nascar professional stock car racing in the united states and the 41st modernera cup season. Finished 22nd in the points in his second full season in cup, with four top10 finishes, including three in the last 12 races of the year. Wood brothers racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the monster energy nascar cup series. Kelly bires owner kelly bires racing performance, llc. Draftkings name and logo used for promotion and identity of the draftkings brand.
Chase miller stephen leicht kelly bires brad coleman kyle krisiloff dj. He most recently drove parttime for go green racing in the nascar sprint cup series and nationwide series. So when he was offered a fulltime gig as crew chief with ross kenseths late. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. His two cup titles came with tony stewart 2002, 2005, with whom he also won the. Bires technical expertise has been valuable in the transition from driver to crew chief, considering he built his own cars at the start of his career racing wisconsins short tracks. Nov 02, 2011 jeremy mayfield busted for meth chris graythengetty images cbsap authorities say former nascar driver jeremy mayfield was arrested tuesday night on drug charges.
Driver kelly bires 2008 nascar nationwide series results. Previously, bires drove competitively for jtg daugherty racing, jr motorsports, and braun racing in the nationwide series. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Bires, clorox team look for positives after kentucky sparta, ken. Kelly bires stats at xfinity tracks since june 9, 2007. He began competing in national karting events at age 12. Driver rich loch puts the finishing touches on his car before a session. Remember, the late dale earnhardt had two sons, and not long after dale earnhardt jr. Kelly bires runs his own fabrication shop, crew chiefd ross kenseth matts son in 20. Sep 27, 2009 what does it take to become a nascar crew chief. Former nascar driver kelly bires hopes to get more renovation projects like this 1950sera pickup truck from the molson beer company in canada. Chris buescher nascar driver page stats, results, bio. Nascar s most popular driver didnt really make the impact he wanted during his first year on the circuits most powerful team. Who is booty barker in nascardid he ever drive yahoo.
Nascar, or the national association for stock car auto racing, is the largest sanctioning body for stock car racing in the united states. Kansas can get bires, jtg daugherty racing back on track kansas city, kan. President kelly bires racing, inc september 2006 present years 3 months. Kelly bires owner kelly bires racing performance, llc linkedin. With nascar coverage moving over to that network for the remainder of the 2015 season, youll be seeing a lot more. During the early decades of nascar stock car racing, the driver and pit crew relied on visual signals to communicate. Kelly bires driver of the rab racing ford stands on the grid during the. Bires began karting at sugar river raceway in brodhead, wisconsin at age 9. Kelly girl sutton, a nascar goodys dash series woman driver. His supercars experience encompasses stints at tickford racing, kelly racing, garry rogers motorsport, and paul morris motorsport, winning.
Below is a list of nascar industry twitter accounts to help you find your favorite drivers and tracks to follow. Wisconsin nascar driver roster milwaukee journal sentinel. In more ways than one, kelly williams is like one of her race cars, strategically driving her way forward at highspeed. Loganos crew chief shoulders blame, explains postrace. Richard allen craven born may 24, 1966 is an american stock car racing analyst and former driver who currently works for fox nascar. The nascar logo and driver images are owned and of nascar, respective nascar teams and owners.
Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Getting hired as a nascar driver theres no set formula for getting hired as a nascar driver, but there are ways to improve your chances. The season started on february 18, 2012 at daytona international speedway, with the budweiser shootout, followed by the daytona 500 on february 27. A native of east haddam, connecticut, he most recently. Driver kelly bires 2009 nascar nationwide series results. After spending years working for some of the biggest names in nascar, juneau county native kelly bires has returned home to help local drivers. April 15, 2010 eyes on xfinity comments off on a dream cut short. Having no owners points, the team was forced to qualify on time for the first five races of 2007. While he will be listed as an arcacra super series driver based on his. Average finishes for kelly bires in the nascar xfinity series. Jeremy mayfield, former nascar racer, busted for meth. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Rantings of a nascar chick insane rantings of a nascar obssessed teenager.
Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. Historical driver database of nascar cup series drivers 1949. Jr motorsports releases kelly bires from the 88 car. Kelly bires to debut for jrm at homestead autoevolution. Kind of like how brett bodine is the pace car driver for nascar.
He has three career starts at texas motor speedway with two top20 finishes to his credit. Photos from 2019 slinger speedway season opener journal sentinel. Bires ready for 1st nationwide start nascar news crash. Each crew had a large pit board, onto which they would chalk instructions and information such as the cars position in the race, the number of laps to go, estimated fuel remaining and so forth. Kennington competes fulltime in the nascar pintys series in canada. Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 in mauston, wisconsin is a nascar race car driver. Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 is an american professional stock car racing driver. A look at the drivers and teams expected to compete regularly in the monster energy nascar cup series in 2017, with the drivers 2016 points finishes and comments from. April 2011 nationwide series archive jayskis nascar silly. Driver kelly bires 2012 nascar sprint cup results racing. He won several regional titles and two national championships. Zipadelli, 45, was promoted from car chief to crew chief in 2007.
He was just a casualty of the driver development era in nascar when the money was flowing and everybody was in a race to find the next jeff gordon, just like so many others. A nascar driver is a professional race car driver for the national association of stock car auto racing nascar, which sanctions and governs hundreds of stock car races year round at racetracks across the country. Bires opened kbr performance in the lyndon station industrial park earlier this year. I dont know if hes still doing this, but in 20, kelly bires became ross kenseths late model crew chief. People drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver rankings owners crew chiefs. Nascar drivers, teams, tracks, media twitter accounts the. Comprehensive nascar coverage from ap, including the latest news, nascar standings, nascar schedule, driver pages and dispatches from ap reporter jenna fryer. Nascar iracing on tv has real benefits for majeski. The team was formed in 1950 by eponymous brothers glen and leonard wood. Bires will make his first start of the season for the small go green racing team this weekend at texas. Official chris buescher nascar driver page with latest stats, race results, videos, news, photo galleries, team information, bio and more. Fantasy nascar racing cheat sheet is not owned, affiliated or sanctioned by nascar national association for stock car auto racing. Kelly bires gets set for his first nationwide series start with jr motorsports in the second round of the year a young driver is about to drive.
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