Wood was given his first go kart as a child by dale jarrett, the wood brothers driver at the time. The former jr motorsports driver finds himself unemployed after just two. Copart expands nascar sponsorship with kevin harvick inc. The team was formed in 1950 by eponymous brothers glen and leonard wood.
Kelly bires to debut for jrm at homestead autoevolution. The team and bires signed the contract for the next. 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. 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 a jr motorsports chevrolet for the first time this. Nascars travis kvapils sons give him a run for his money. The wood brothers racing team holds the unique distinction of being the oldest active team in nascar, having fielded. Previously, bires drove competitively for jtg daugherty racing, jr motorsports, and braun racing in the. Dale earnhardt jrs team has signed kelly bires as one of its drivers for the 2010 and 2011 nascar nationwide series seasons, the team announced on tuesday. Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. In more ways than one, kelly williams is like one of her race cars, strategically driving her way forward at highspeed. Click on the year to see the standings for that year.
Copart will serve as the primary sponsor in these races for three different khi nationwide drivers including team coowner kevin harvick, 2008 daytona. Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 is an american professional stock car racing driver. Kelly bires profile page, biographical information, injury history and news. Kelly bires is a successful nascar driver who previously signed a driver agreement with waltom since sold to td racing development. Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 in mauston, wisconsin is a nascar race car driver. Among the drivers who missed the race were jason leffler, driving the. Click on the site to see all races run at that track view career statistics for kelly bires. 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.
He most recently drove parttime for go green racing in the nascar sprint cup series and nationwide series. By the end of 2009, jodi and tads team amassed three wins, six pole awards, 29 topfive and 103 top10 finishes with drivers, such as, marcos ambrose, rich bickle, kelly bires, stacy compton, mike dillon, ron hornaday jr. Kelly bires gets arca ride for dega bleacher report. Wintron racing coowner and team manager nate thiesse echoes bires excitement regarding this weekends race. In the summer of 2016, bires, after enjoying success in nascar, returned to juneau county, opening kbr performance in lyndon stations industrial park. Kelly bires deal with td racing held unfair restraint of. In the last race of the season, jr motorsports will debut its 20102011 driver, kelly bires, at the homesteadmiami speedway season finale. I am really looking forward to making my nascar sprint cup series debut at. From 2006 to 2008, the team was merged with tad and jodi geschickters jtg racing.
Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Wood brothers racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the nascar cup series. Find everything in one place on kelly bires including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis. Previously, bires drove competitively for jtg daugherty racing, jr motorsports, and braun racing in the nationwide series. Kelly bires the second legends million race is set. Bires locked himself into the race during qualifying friday and will make his sprint cup series debut.
Nascar cup series results races click on the race to see the complete results for that race. 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. Columnshredding aside, i think kelly bires might have it just a bit worse. He most recently drove parttime for go green racing in the nascar. With the announcement made that kelly bires has been terminated at jr motorsports, the nationwide series has seen perhaps its most headscratching driver. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for kelly bires on. Kelly bires, 179, ford, team kyle, archie st hilaire, august 25th, 1984, mauston, wi. After racing gokarts, he moved up to stock cars, racing in the usar hooters pro cup series and the nascar winston west series. He began competing in national karting events at age 12. 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. Kelly bires stats, race results, wins, news, record, videos.
Historical driver database of nascar cup series drivers 1949. Nascar racer opens shop in lyndon station regional news. Provide knowledge and expertise to all levels and positions in the racing. The team will go with dexter bean for the rest of its limited 2009 schedule. Kelly is hands down one of the most down to earth, solid people i have ever met. Driver kelly biress nascar cup series races racing.
To set those wheels in motion, kvapil had to swallow his pride and rent a raceready truck from former shorttrack and nascar driver kelly bires. Kelly bires owner kelly bires racing performance, llc linkedin. Bires has been a mentor to kenseth, 20, who has nascar aspirations. President kelly bires racing, inc september 2006 present years 3 months. As today has been mired with the coronavirus and friday the th, it is the perfect storm to introduce this new nascar series. Nascar driver, sports marketing, branding and identity, professional spokesperson and role model, business to business deals, product activation. Itll likely be a oneshot deal for bires, who will try to qualify at daytona for blackjack racing. Bires began karting at sugar river raceway in brodhead, wisconsin at age 9. Indepth statistics and driver information for all the drivers that ever raced in. Kelly bires owner kelly bires racing performance, llc. He won several regional titles and two national championships. Bires ready for 1st nationwide start nascar news crash. Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year.
Kelly bires stats, race results, wins, news, record. Kelly bires scored the 1st lastplace finish of his nascar sprint cup. Were excited to have a caliber driver like kelly bires onboard for talladega, said. After piecing together a makeshift schedule in 2009, kelly bires, 25, will have some job security in 2010 as he joins jr motorsports full time as driver of one of the teams entries in the nascar nationwide series. Kelly bires stock car racing wiki fandom powered by wikia. The february tradition is on the horizon, with 40 nascar drivers eventually taking the green on a 200 lap.
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