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Having just completed perhaps the program’s most exciting preseason to date, the 11-member 2010 Drive for Diversity Class was introduced Tuesday night at the Daytona 500 Experience’s IMAX Theater. This latest group of young, talented and diverse NASCAR drivers was announced for the first time during Speedweeks.

Forgive the too cute by half headline, but when someone files a discrimination lawsuit against NASCAR’s Diversity Program claiming he’s “too white” to be in a sport pilloried for being “all white” it brings out the best, or worst in me take your pick.

The new look Drive for Diversity Combine presented by Sunoco entered the on-track portion Monday, as all 30 drivers climbed into Late Models for individual practice sessions at the Motor Mile Speedway.

Thirty drivers from different forms of racing across the United States will showcase their skills in front of NASCAR executives and officials at the annual Drive for Diversity Testing & Evaluation Combine presented by Sunoco.

Megan Reitenour, first year driver for the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Program pulls through with another top ten finish for her season finale event. Reitenour completes her season compiling a impressive record with 16 top tens, seven top fives in seventeen events.

The evolution of the Drive for Diversity, NASCAR’s leading on track diversity initiative, will continue in 2010 as competitors relocate to Charlotte and enter “academy-style” development under a single team ownership structure.

Paul Harraka was able to shake his bad luck this weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, coming from the back of the field to a second-place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Series West road-course event.

Juan Pitta grabbed the lead with six laps remaining and earned his first win of the season in the Late Model Division at All American Speedway Saturday night.

It was a night of firsts on a fantastic evening of racing at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway. Twenty-three year old Emily Sue Steck went home with her first feature win in her third full season in the Late Model Division. It was also the first time that a female driver had taken home the checkers in that division.

First year Drive for Diversity participant Megan Reitenour scored a top-five finish at Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, N.C. on Friday night. Reitenour, driving the No. 92 Leicht Motorsports Chevrolet, finished fifth in the Late Model feature.

The Drive for Diversity program is gearing up for the 2009 season with the launch of a new online social gathering space Drive for Diversity: The Community. The social community, which launches today offers website visitors a more interactive and intimate way to learn about the Drive for Diversity initiative.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance, in partnership with local Nationwide Insurance agent Carlo White announced this week that it will sponsor NASCAR Whelen All-American Series driver, Michael “Fast” Cherry.

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. (Oct. 13, 2008) – More than a dozen drivers took to the track Monday as the fifth annual Drive for Diversity Combine presented by Sunoco got underway. The two-day event, sponsored by NASCAR, is designed to showcase the sport’s top minority and female drivers in front of NASCAR car owners.
Twenty-five drivers will [...]

Paulie Harraka finished the season at All American Speedway (AAS) with a flourish. The 18-year-old drove the No. 16 Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse Toyota to wins in both ends of the twin 50-lap features Saturday night and rallied to capture the track’s Late Model division championship.

Two rising stars in NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program, Paulie Harraka and Kristin Bumbera, split Saturday’s twin 75-lap NASCAR late-model features at Roseville’s (CA) All American Speedway.
Harraka, 18, also took home the overall AT&T Rumble at Roseville championship for Antelope’s Bill McAnally Racing.
Bumbera’s victory was the first by a female driver in the diversity program [...]