April 17 today in jayskis nascar history page 9 of 24. Globe magazine the nascar dreams of paulie harraka take one charismatic 23yearold driver. Crackle, the multiplatform entertainment network, today announced that they will serve as the title sponsor for paulie harraka, nascar nationwide series driver, at the royal purple 300, taking. While not the worst crash to occur on a nascar track it seems fairly careless. Nascar young driver paulie harraka might end nascars. Mark thompson born july 9, 1951 is a retired american professional stock car racing driver, pilot, and businessman. Jun 23, 20 paulie harraka and alex kennedy crash pulling out of pit road during the start of the race. Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. Nascar driver crashes before start of race autoblog.
When nascars drive for diversity d4d program selected paulie harraka in the fall of 2006, he took the big step of moving up into late model racing from karting and legends cars. Paulie harraka archives motorsportstalk nbc sports. Brian ickler, paulie harraka paulie harraka photos. Click on the site to see paulie harraka s career results at that track glossary. Nascar harraka kennedy crash leaving pit road sonoma. Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year. Paul peter paulie harraka born september 15, 1989 is an american professional stock car racing driver and entrepreneur. Drivers, crew members leave their mark at bill mcanally. The 20yearold joins wendell scott as africanamerican nascar national series winners daytona beach, fla. The veteran driver from bill mcanally racing and the no. So gone from 20 at sonoma are fellows finished 22nd, justin marks 30th, victor gonzalez jr. Includes every race start and finish along with dozens of statistical facts for paulie harraka nascar. Paulie harraka is a virgo and was born in the year of the serpent life.
Paulie harraka profile page, biographical information, injury history and news. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Duke student paulie harraka takes to nascar track in. In the 28 years since then, bmr has won nine series championships a record for the series and for all of nascar regional touring. Paulie harraka 12 is an independent racecar driver and founder of paulie harraka llc. View paul harrakas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional. Last year, this young driver finished second in the nascar track. Drive for diversity grad faces financial difficulty on. The investor group, paulie harraka llc, both supports harraka s nascar racing activities and entrepreneurial business ventures disruptive to nascar.
View 2012 loop data stats for paulie harraka tweet. Beginning in gokarts, harrakas racing career took motorsports by storm. He is a graduate of duke university and a former representative of nascar s drive for diversity program. Harraka, who is of syrian descent, was selected as a d4d driver two years later and became the first competitor in the system to win a race in a regional touring series event, at colorado national. Rookie drivers at bmr have also captured the series spotlight through the years, with six drivers winning the rookie of the year award. At age 66, thompson is the oldest driver to compete in the daytona 500. Three weeks after kyle larson was fired by his nascar team, chip ganassi racing, for using a racist slur, the 27yearold driver is returning to the. Dec 14, 2011 when nascar s drive for diversity d4d program selected paulie harraka in the fall of 2006, he took the big step of moving up into late model racing from karting and legends cars. Harraka, a new jersey racer of syrian descent, started off his west season with a bang, winning the first race of the season at the all american speedway in roseville, calif. Add 60plus investors and a handful of tech companies, many from boston. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Apr, 2012 duke student and nascar driver paulie harraka is taking a break from preparing from graduation next month to help return nascar truck racing to historic rockingham speedway in rockingham, nc, this weekend. American stock car racing driver biography and life. Paulie harraka racing career profile driver database.
He formerly competed parttime in the monster energy nascar cup series, driving the no. Beginning in gokarts, harraka s racing career took motorsports by storm. Jun 22, 20 native of puerto rico has seven nationwide starts victor gonzalez jr. Apr 29, 2014 paulie harraka 12 is an independent racecar driver and founder of paulie harraka llc. Just a few weeks ago, harraka won the 2008 late model championship in the whelan all america series, also staged in roseville.
Complete nascar career statistics for paulie harraka. The nascar dreams of paulie harraka the boston globe. The embarrassing rookie mistake occurred on pit road before officially making the first sprint cup series start of his career. Nascar driver has embarrassing fenderbender before start of race nascar driver paulie harraka had one of those moments hed probably like to forget sunday. Native of puerto rico has seven nationwide starts victor gonzalez jr. Nascar sprint cup series complete results averages by track averages by track type averages by nascar driver nascar. As a former representative of nascar s drive for diversity program, harraka eventually hopes to use his company to help underrepresented drivers reach nascar. In finishing third in points that year, she set a new mark for the highest ranking by a female driver in the final standings in.
Paulie harraka paulie harraka photos nascar camping. After graduating from high school, harraka chose not to take the standard path to make nascar racing his full time. He competed in his first nascar sprint cup series race at the 20 toyotasave mart 350 at sonoma raceway. Paulie harraka paulie harraka is a senior at duke, getting ready to graduate in the spring of 20. He focuses on breaking the mold in nascar with a unique group of investors. At age 7, paulie harrake was a state gokart champ, peter keating writes in his column in espn the magazine. Apr 14, 2020 in 2019, deegan became the first woman to lead the championship standings of a series at the regional or national levels of nascar. Jun 18, 2014 so gone from 20 at sonoma are fellows finished 22nd, justin marks 30th, victor gonzalez jr. They include andrew lewis in 2005, peyton sellers in 2006, paulie harraka in 2009, todd gilliland in 2016, derek kraus in 2017 and hailie deegan in 2018. View paul harrakas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Nascar drivers first day on the job was a nightmare for. Paulie harraka was always aware of the stereotype he didnt fit into.
Apr 17, 2020 harraka to make first intermediate track start. Paul harraka nascars next martin truex, jr bleacher. Gonzalez to become first caribbean in cup race official. Never ever s1 e3 there will never ever be another driver like dale. Meet paulie harraka, a young upandcoming nascar driver who realized that in the current economic climate, if he was going to break into the sport, hed have to create stockin himself. Harraka is one of only two nascar drivers with university degrees, the other being ryan newman. Mar 20, 2012 at age 7, paulie harrake was a state gokart champ, peter keating writes in his column in espn the magazine. Laps led eric holmes 661 paulie harraka 314 ryan partridge 191 derek thorn 173 jim robinson 150 greg pursley 146 alex schutte 104 selected driver. Paulie harraka finished 29th at nascars nationwide napa auto parts 200. He chose duke in order to study engineering, sports psychology, leadership and business. Hes now two startups into his journey to nascar greatness. The nascar toyota allstar showdown was over two months ago and moses smith, driver of the no. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover pauls.
Driver paulie harraka 2012 nascar camping world truck. Nascar driver has embarrassing fenderbender before start. As a former representative of nascars drive for diversity program, harraka eventually hopes to use his company to help underrepresented drivers reach nascar. Apr 05, 2010 harraka, a new jersey racer of syrian descent, started off his west season with a bang, winning the first race of the season at the all american speedway in roseville, calif. Before making it to the green flag this weekend, nascar driver paulie harraka rear ended another driver, alex kennedy. Duke student and nascar driver paulie harraka is taking a break from preparing from graduation next month to help return nascar truck racing to historic rockingham speedway in rockingham, nc, this weekend. Jun 24, 20 nascar driver has embarrassing fenderbender before start of race nascar driver paulie harraka had one of those moments hed probably like to forget sunday.
Nascar race momblogging about nascar and other racing affluences. The life of a nascar race mom is a lesson in fastpaced schedules. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for paulie harraka on. Paulie harraka was born in new jersey, united states on friday, september 15, 1989 millennials generation. Paulie harraka stats, race results, wins, news, record. Jun 24, 20 paulie harraka crashes before the green flag. Nascar, courting minorities, is changing lanes wbur news. In 2019, deegan became the first woman to lead the championship standings of a series at the regional or national levels of nascar. Fair lawn driver hoping to help make nascar more diverse. Hed always been a driver, starting in the abandoned nabisco factory parking lot in fair lawn when he was 6.
Oct 25, 2008 just a few weeks ago, harraka won the 2008 late model championship in the whelan all america series, also staged in roseville. In november 20, harraka delivered a talk chronicling his entrepreneurial ventures at tedxbeaconstreet in boston, making harraka the only nascar driver ever to deliver a ted presentation. Each has four turns, but thats where the similarities screech to a halt. Now 22, harraka s shaking up the nascar cash model. Paul harraka founder anodize capital partners linkedin.
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