This week NASCAR’s at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia for the annual Drive for Diversity Combine. The event brings together some of motorsports best young female and minority drivers to compete for a small number of spots in NASCAR’s D4D program. This year the class includes 26 drivers from 10 states, Mexico and Puerto Rico. [...]
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NASCAR’s Ongoing Drive For Diversity
October 20th, 2011 
Journo A Season of Lawsuits
December 10th, 2010 Journo I’ve written here before about my affection for lawsuits – and so long as your not involved, who doesn’t? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t enjoy the prolonged nature of them, or all the ill-will they no doubt create – and as I said, I don’t want to be involved. But the information that they [...]
I’m Still A D4D Skeptic
October 22nd, 2009 Journo About this time last year I wrote a post about NASCAR’s diversity. I called it “Strive for Diversity.” You see I’m among those who think there is value in having people of different backgrounds in our sport. We’re all at our best when we judge people for who they are and not what they look [...]
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Tags: D4D, Drive for Diversity, John Story, Max Siegel, NASCAR, Phil Horton 
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October 20th, 2008 Journo In recent years NASCAR has strived to make the sport more representative of an increasingly diverse America. With program’s like the Drive for Diversity and the Diversity Internship Program they have enhanced the visibility of the sport, and increased the opportunities for women and minorities interested in pursuing the NASCAR life. Some notable alumni of the [...]
NASCAR’s Apparent Image Problem
June 13th, 2008 Journo It came out earlier this week that former NASCAR Nationwide Series official Mauricia Grant had filed a lawsuit against NASCAR with claims of intense racism and sexual harassment. If these allegations pan out NASCAR needs to make sweeping changes to ensure this never happens again. However, my post today is not so much about the lawsuit, [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Diversity Internship, Drive for Diversity, Mauricia Grant, NASCAR 7 Comments »