Fifteen of North America’s brightest car racing prospects converge on Charlotte, North Carolina, this Friday to be introduced as RACE 101’s inaugural class. An acronym for Research, Analyze, Consult, Educate, 1 on 1 RACE 101 is a one-year advanced motorsports education program designed for aspiring race car drivers looking to advance their careers.
The inaugural class consists of 15 scholarship winners from across North America. Naples, Florida, racer Michael Cenzi was chosen from hundreds of applications based on his desire to learn along with an impressive racing resume. The 16-year-old started racing when he was six, and he has amassed an impressive list of victories from go-karts up to full-sized late model stock cars. [click to continue…]
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Alan Bruns - Wayne Anderson - Dick Anderson
The new late model touring series coming to Florida’s paved race tracks in 2010 has already begun to create a buzz around the state. Which is what you would expect of a touring series created by Wayne Anderson along with his famous father Dick Anderson and well known racer and Florida businessman Alan Bruns.
After a steady decline over the last several years, asphalt late model racing may be ready for a comeback if these veterans of the sport have their way. “I wasn’t really for in the beginning “, said Dick Anderson, winner of more races than most late models racers have seen. “We kept waiting for somebody to do something and nobody would do anything, we needed one real bad you know, we’re racers and we just couldn’t sit on our hands any longer and wait for somebody to do something.”
Florida All Stars Tour – Special Edition
Wayne Anderson started the ball rolling and after convincing his dad and then Alan Bruns, the trio was able to secure 12 dates with six different tracks in the Sunshine State. In a two-hour Inside Florida Racing show hosted this week by Rick Anges and Jack Smith, the trio outline the entire Sunoco Florida All Stars Tour from conception to promotion and the technical side of the series.
With over 65 years of racing experience at all levels of the stock car racing food chain Dick and Wayne Anderson are uniquely qualified to be at the front of a late model revival in the state.
The series has secured major sponsorship with some well know racing businesses. Rick Williams of Sunoco Racing Fuels and Southern Race Fuels described their title sponsorship of the series as “a perfect fit”.
A major part of the overall series concept is a strong rookie of the year program which is being sponsored by Race Car Engineering, based in Lakeland, Fl. Steve Dorer, owner of the company that supplies parts to racers all over the south, was interviewed along with Rick Williams as part of the show.
This special edition of Inside Florida Racing is packed full of information and answered questions about the series for fans and drivers, and should be of interest to anyone with a stake in Florida racing’s future.
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