Nascar driver paulie harraka

Paulie harraka finished 29th at nascars nationwide napa auto parts 200. Each has four turns, but thats where the similarities screech to a halt. American stock car racing driver biography and life. The nascar dreams of paulie harraka the boston globe. Paulie harraka is a virgo and was born in the year of the serpent life. Last year, this young driver finished second in the nascar track. Never ever s1 e3 there will never ever be another driver like dale. He is a graduate of duke university and a former representative of nascar s drive for diversity program. 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. Paulie harraka was always aware of the stereotype he didnt fit into. Paulie harraka 12 is an independent racecar driver and founder of paulie harraka llc. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for paulie harraka on. At age 66, thompson is the oldest driver to compete in the daytona 500.

The investor group, paulie harraka llc, both supports harraka s nascar racing activities and entrepreneurial business ventures disruptive to nascar. Before making it to the green flag this weekend, nascar driver paulie harraka rear ended another driver, alex kennedy. View paul harrakas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Just a few weeks ago, harraka won the 2008 late model championship in the whelan all america series, also staged in roseville. Cole whitt, who used to race late models at toyota speedway at irwindale, came in at no. 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. 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.

Nascar driver crashes before start of race autoblog. Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. Add 60plus investors and a handful of tech companies, many from boston. After graduating from high school, harraka chose not to take the standard path to make nascar racing his full time. The veteran driver from bill mcanally racing and the no. As a former representative of nascar s drive for diversity program, harraka eventually hopes to use his company to help underrepresented drivers reach nascar. Fair lawn driver hoping to help make nascar more diverse.

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. Nascar race momblogging about nascar and other racing affluences. He chose duke in order to study engineering, sports psychology, leadership and business. Paul harraka nascars next martin truex, jr bleacher. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover pauls. 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. 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. Nascar sprint cup series complete results averages by track averages by track type averages by nascar driver nascar. Paul peter paulie harraka born september 15, 1989 is an american professional stock car racing driver and entrepreneur. Nascar, courting minorities, is changing lanes wbur news. Rookie drivers at bmr have also captured the series spotlight through the years, with six drivers winning the rookie of the year award.

He competed in his first nascar sprint cup series race at the 20 toyotasave mart 350 at sonoma raceway. 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. April 17 today in jayskis nascar history page 9 of 24. He focuses on breaking the mold in nascar with a unique group of investors. 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. 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. In 2019, deegan became the first woman to lead the championship standings of a series at the regional or national levels of nascar. At age 7, paulie harrake was a state gokart champ, peter keating writes in his column in espn the magazine. Drive for diversity grad faces financial difficulty on. Jun 24, 20 paulie harraka crashes before the green flag. Beginning in gokarts, harraka s racing career took motorsports by storm. Jun 18, 2014 so gone from 20 at sonoma are fellows finished 22nd, justin marks 30th, victor gonzalez jr.

Brian ickler, paulie harraka paulie harraka photos. Get the latest race results driver paulie harraka on. Paulie harraka profile page, biographical information, injury history and news. 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. View 2012 loop data stats for paulie harraka tweet.

Click on the site to see paulie harraka s career results at that track glossary. Nascar drivers first day on the job was a nightmare for. 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. Complete nascar career statistics for paulie harraka. Nascar driver has embarrassing fenderbender before start. Native of puerto rico has seven nationwide starts victor gonzalez jr. Driver paulie harraka career statistics racingreference. Jun 23, 20 paulie harraka and alex kennedy crash pulling out of pit road during the start of the race. Paulie harraka and alex kennedy crash pulling out of pit road during the start of the race. Paulie harraka paulie harraka photos nascar camping. Nascar harraka kennedy crash leaving pit road sonoma. View paul harrakas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional.

The life of a nascar race mom is a lesson in fastpaced schedules. So gone from 20 at sonoma are fellows finished 22nd, justin marks 30th, victor gonzalez jr. 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. Globe magazine the nascar dreams of paulie harraka take one charismatic 23yearold driver. Includes every race start and finish along with dozens of statistical facts for paulie harraka nascar. Mar 20, 2012 at age 7, paulie harrake was a state gokart champ, peter keating writes in his column in espn the magazine. Drivers, crew members leave their mark at bill mcanally. 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. The 20yearold joins wendell scott as africanamerican nascar national series winners daytona beach, fla. He formerly competed parttime in the monster energy nascar cup series, driving the no.

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. Click on the site to see paulie harrakas career results at that track glossary. 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. Apr 17, 2020 harraka to make first intermediate track start.

In the 28 years since then, bmr has won nine series championships a record for the series and for all of nascar regional touring. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. The embarrassing rookie mistake occurred on pit road before officially making the first sprint cup series start of his career. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Paul harraka founder anodize capital partners linkedin. 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. 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. Paulie harraka racing career profile driver database. Duke student paulie harraka takes to nascar track in. Paulie harraka archives motorsportstalk nbc sports. Hed always been a driver, starting in the abandoned nabisco factory parking lot in fair lawn when he was 6. Harraka is one of only two nascar drivers with university degrees, the other being ryan newman.

Apr 29, 2014 paulie harraka 12 is an independent racecar driver and founder of paulie harraka llc. Look for a feature on harraka in the graduation issue of duke magazine next month. Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year. Nascar young driver paulie harraka might end nascars. Paulie harraka stats, race results, wins, news, record. Now 22, harraka s shaking up the nascar cash model. The nascar toyota allstar showdown was over two months ago and moses smith, driver of the no. Paulie harraka was born in new jersey, united states on friday, september 15, 1989 millennials generation. Jun 22, 20 native of puerto rico has seven nationwide starts victor gonzalez jr. Beginning in gokarts, harrakas racing career took motorsports by storm. Stout, paulie harraka 16 jason leffler, doug taylor, stan boyd, darin brassfield, gary balough 17 jimmie johnson, lee roy yarbrough, stirling moss, tony romit, norman koshimizu, gil martin, will lind, jessica leigh waltrip, tommy wallace. Nascar driver has embarrassing fenderbender before start of race nascar driver paulie harraka had one of those moments hed probably like to forget sunday. While not the worst crash to occur on a nascar track it seems fairly careless. Driver paulie harraka 2012 nascar camping world truck.