Average finishes for kelly bires in the nascar xfinity series. Nascar collects advanced statistical metrics to measure performance. 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 stock car racing wiki fandom powered by wikia. Columnshredding aside, i think kelly bires might have it just a bit worse. Keep in mind he may have run different cars through, or even during seasons.
Driver kelly biress nascar cup series races racing. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Kelly biresruns his own fabrication shop, crew chiefd ross kenseth matts son in 20. Nascar isnt used to the flashy image patrick brings with her. Kelly is hands down one of the most down to earth, solid people i have ever met. The young driver is kelly bires, 25, who was the oddman out in the season opener. Kelly bires, 179, ford, team kyle, archie st hilaire, august 25th, 1984, mauston, wi. Nascar announces second phase of 2020 schedule racer. Nascar driver kurt busch hails company for taking steps to. To set those wheels in motion, kvapil had to swallow his pride and rent a race ready truck from former shorttrack and nascar driver kelly bires. Andy lallyruns imsa, won 2016 daytona 24 hrs for the gtd division. The team was formed in 1950 by eponymous brothers glen and leonard wood. From 2006 to 2008, the team was merged with tad and jodi geschickters jtg racing. I am really looking forward to making my nascar sprint cup series debut at.
The flashiest driver in nascar may be her boss, dale earnhardt jr. Bires began karting at sugar river raceway in brodhead, wisconsin at age 9. Kelly bires the second legends million race is set. Do not take special requests or post folks not known or readers nascar fans unless involved with a nascar team in cup, xfinity or trucks only three birthday winners. April 6 today in jayskis nascar history page 12 of 24. Bires has been a mentor to kenseth, 20, who has nascar aspirations. Bires locked himself into the race during qualifying friday and will make his sprint cup series debut. He also scored several wins and top5 points finishes in the points standings in.
Cale galehelps his dad run gale force suspension, runs late models and modifieds in the south. Finished 20th in nationwide points despite running only 19 of 35 races. Which leads us to nashville and bires back in a competitive car for the first time this. After spending years working for some of the biggest names in nascar, juneau county native kelly bires has returned home to help local drivers. Nicknamed magic shoes, mclaughlin was a perennial fan favorite, winning the most popular driver award in 1997. He won several regional titles and two national championships. Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 in mauston, wisconsin is a nascar race car driver. Wood brothers racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the nascar cup series.
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. The wood brothers racing team holds the unique distinction of being the oldest active team in nascar, having fielded. Click on the site to see all races run at that track view career statistics for kelly bires. Find out is kelly bires dating anyone right now and who at celebscouples. Kelly has been on the nascar beat fulltime since 20, and joined racer as chief nascar writer in 2017. Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year. Kelly bires is a 35 years old race car driver, who was born in august, in the year of the rat and is a virgo. Michael mclaughlin born october 6, 1956 is an american former professional stock car racing driver. Previously, bires drove competitively for jtg daugherty racing, jr motorsports, and braun racing in the. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for kelly bires on. Nascars travis kvapils sons give him a run for his money. Had a tougher time in cup, running three races with a top finish of 32nd. He most recently drove parttime for go green racing in the nascar. Kelly bires inspects the frame of a car at his shop in lyndon station on.
Kelly bires profile page, biographical information, injury history and news. Jeff burton is a retired nascar driver and current nbc sports racing analyst. Nascar drivers know sunday could be big moment for sport. Find everything in one place on kelly bires including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis. He won a total of 21 nascar cup series races, including the cocacola 600 in. 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. Kellys birthstone is peridot and sardonyx and birth flower is gladiolus. Nascar driver kelly bires poses for portraits at the nc music factory on. Cale yarborough, kyle busch and matt kenseth are the only monster energy nascar cup.
Nascars most popular driver didnt really make the impact he wanted during his first year on the circuits. Kelly bires stats, race results, wins, news, record. Nascar made five drivers available thursday as the start of a media blitz leading into sundays return to the track, which is. Nascar executive vice president and chief racing development officer steve odonnell joins sirius xm nascar radio to explain why martin truex. Nascar racer opens shop in lyndon station regional news. Nascar xfinity series, 2008 zippo 200, 2009 zippo 200 type. These are the race cars that launched the careers of nascar drivers. The 2018 class of nascar nexters talk about their favorite driver in nascar history. Bires ready for 1st nationwide start nascar news crash.
As today has been mired with the coronavirus and friday the th, it is the perfect storm to introduce this new nascar series. Kelly bires driver of the hellmanns chevrolet pits during the nascar nationwide. 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. Will be the youngest driver in the history of the daytona 500. Kelly mccarthyas nascar prepares to get drivers to their starting positions so it can once again wave the green flag, race car driver kurt. Not everything these days in nascar is about the indycar star. Jr motorsports announced today that bires has been released from his role as driver of the no. Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 is an american professional stock car racing driver. A corporate communications graduate from central penn college, crandall is a twotime george cunningham writer of the year recipient from the national.
Click on the year to see the standings for that year. From the marbles kevin harvick not surprised by the lack of winners in 2018 the biggest allegations and details in brennan pooles lawsuit vs. Nascar cup series results races click on the race to see the complete results for that race. He most recently drove parttime for go green racing in the nascar sprint cup series and nationwide series.
Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. At age 24, bires was barely hanging on to his nascar career. He began competing in national karting events at age 12. Nascar sprint cup series driver birthdys fox sports.