Tag: Darrell Wallace Jr

Photos from the Fan Experience at the CIAA Basketball Tournament

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Revolution Racing Attends CIAA Basketball Tournament Revolution Racing drivers were in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday and Friday night to sign autographs and meet with fans at the annual CIAA Fan Experience. The Fan Experience, a free event held at the Charlotte Convention Center, brings together CIAA fans for fun and entertainment. Mackena Bell, Michael Cherry, Ryan Gifford, Katie Hagar, Rebecca Kasten, Sergio Pena and Darrell Wallace, Jr. signed autographs at the Revolution Racing display. The display featured three of the team’s race cars – a NASCAR K&N Pro Series car, a Late Model and  Legend car – along with a video presentation about the team. Revolution Racing also raffled tickets to an upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

Alabama native looks to make his mark in NASCAR’s diversity program (AL.com)

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Darrell Wallace Jr.’s whole world is changing. And that’s just the way the high school junior from Mobile wants it. Wallace is one of 11 drivers being presented Tuesday night in Daytona as this year’s participants in NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program, the seventh year of an initiative intended to boost the number of minority and female drivers in the sport. But D4D, as it is known, has yet to see one of its alums land a full-time ride in any of NASCAR’s top three series, so changes were made. This year, instead of sending D4D participants out to race teams like interns, D4D is clumping them together in one team known as Revolution Racing and run by Max Siegel, the former president of Dale Earnhardt Inc. “We wanted to make the program better,” said Marcus Jadotte, NASCAR’s managing director of public affairs. “The move away from the old outsourcing model to an academy-style model is a significant step forward for the program.” Read the rest on AL.com

2010 Revolution Racing Driver Lineup

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Having just completed perhaps the program’s most exciting preseason to date, the 11-member 2010 Drive for Diversity Class was introduced Tuesday night at the Daytona 500 Experience’s IMAX Theater. This latest group of young, talented and diverse NASCAR drivers was announced for the first time during Speedweeks. The evolution of the Drive for Diversity program, NASCAR’s leading on-track diversity initiative continues its seventh year in 2010 as competitors relocate to Charlotte and enter “academy-style” development under a single team ownership structure. The 909 Group, which took over operational responsibilities for Drive for Diversity in 2009, will own and operate one team fielding 11 Drive for Diversity competitors. Under the Revolution Racing banner, these minority and female drivers will compete on five NASCAR K&N Pro Series teams and six NASCAR Whelen All-American Series teams. “Drive for Diversity, under the day-to-day management of The 909 Group, will continue to provide strong opportunities for minority and female competitors,” said Marcus Jadotte, managing director of public affairs for NASCAR. “This preseason provided key validation of the program’s new structure for developing young drivers and crew members. Academy-style training is proving a welcome evolution of an initiative that has seen 31 drivers compete, winning 33 races. D4D drivers are located in the nerve center of NASCAR with greater access to industry resources, technology, training, testing, and shop experience.” Read more on NASCAR.com…