Rev Racing
Rev Racing, short for Revolution Racing, was an auto racing team competing at the regional level of NASCAR. Owned by former Dale Earnhardt, Inc. president Max Siegel, the team primarily fielded participants in the Drive for Diversity, an initiative to bring more minority and female drivers into the sport.
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Bubba Wallace in 2011.
Following the 2008 season, NASCAR cut ties with the Drive for Diversity's managing company Access Marketing & Communications after several reports of teams not receiving adequate funds, drivers not receiving competitive equipment, and limited results on the track. NASCAR proceeded to hire Max Siegel to revamp the program into an academy-like setting. In 2010, Siegel founded Rev Racing to field the drivers in the K&N Pro Series and Weekly Series and is also responsible for finding sponsorship for the drivers. By the end of 2011, Rev Racing had more than doubled the win total of the previous D4D program, winning a total of eight races in the K&N Pro Series (compared to three wins in the old program, all by Paulie Harraka).
2010
Kyle Larson winning at Rockingham Speedway in 2012.
For its inaugural season, Revolution Racing purchased the equipment from Andy Santerre Racing, with Santerre becoming the team's general manager and a crew chief. In its debut season, Rev Racing fielded ten drivers: four in the K&N Pro Series East, one in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, and five in the Whelen All-American Series. Paulie Harraka, in his fifth year in the D4D program, finished third in the K&N West Series standings including a pole and a win in the season opener at All American Speedway. Bubba Wallace won rookie of the year in the K&N East Series, with two wins and a third-place points finish. In addition to Wallace being the first African American to win a race in the series, teammate Ryan Gifford became the first black driver to win a pole (at Martinsville Speedway). Gifford would finish ninth in points.
2011
Wallace continued his success in 2011, winning three races, three poles, and finishing second in series points. He and Gifford were joined by Sergio Pena, who won three races in the K&N East Series as well, finishing fifth in points. Overall, the team won half of all the K&N East Series races.
Ryan Gifford's winning car at Richmond in 2013.
2012
For 2012, the team downsized from ten drivers to six but added talented driver Kyle Larson to its stable. Larson had the team and D4D's best season to date, winning two races and earning 12 top-tens en route to the K&N East Series Championship.
2013
In 2013, NASCAR Toyota Series driver and Mexico native Daniel Suárez joined the team, running both the Toyota Series in Mexico and the K&N East Series for Rev Racing. Suarez won at Columbus Motor Speedway, and finished third in points with nine top-tens. He moved to the NASCAR Mexico Series – now the NASCAR Toyota Series – in 2010, driving for Telcel Racing; despite running only a partial season, he won the series' Rookie of the Year title. Ryan Gifford won his first race, the Blue Ox 100, on April 27 at Richmond International Raceway. Gifford started 11th and worked his way to the front, beating Brandon Gdovic and Cole Custer on a late-race restart. Gifford would finish 11th in points with four top-fives and six top-tens.
2014
For 2014, Suarez, Pena, and Gifford returned as D4D drivers, while Mackena Bell returned for her fifth season (though not part of D4D). They were joined by rookie K&N East driver Jay Beasley and Whelen All-American drivers Devon Amos and Paige Decker.
2015
Beasley returned to the K&N East Series, joined by Amos. Newcomers to the team included NASCAR Next member Kenzie Ruston, Collin Cabre, Natalie Decker, and Dylan Smith.
2022
On December 9, 2021, Chevrolet announced a multi-year engineering and marketing partnership with Rev Racing. By the end of the 2022 season, Nick Sanchez claimed the team's first ARCA championship.
2024
At the conclusion of the season finale at Toledo, Andrés Pérez de Lara became the first Mexican-born ARCA Menards Series champion.
^ Pockrass, Bob (June 4, 2012). "Drive for diversity: NASCAR's push to develop minority drivers moving slowly". Sporting News NASCAR. Sporting News. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ Mahoney, Larry (Janu
History adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Rev Racing is a United States professional-level racing team based in Concord, North Carolina. The team competes in Nascar Cup Series, Nascar Xfinity Series, Nascar Craftsman Truck.Rev Racing is listed on Race Team Wiki, the world's first comprehensive racing team index.
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