Four students from Philadelphia’s Urban Youth Racing School will get a taste of what it is like to compete on a NASCAR race team next week as they complete a one-week internship program for Craftsman Truck Series teams in Charlotte. The internships will culminate with the students working in the pits at the Infineon 200 Craftsman Truck race at Charlotte on May 21. Leon Simmons Jr. (17, Mathematics, Civics and Science Charter School in Philadelphia), Ari Summers (19, Mathematics, Civics and Science Charter School in Philadelphia), Paris Young (18, Kingsway High School in Swedesboro, N.J.), and Anthony Martin Jr. (18, West Philadelphia High School) are all seniors in the program and will spend the week in Charlotte learning from some of the teams, crews and drivers. The students will be paired with four race teams, including those of drivers #46-Dennis Setzer, #12-Robert Huffman and #21-Hank Parker Jr., #14-Rick Crawford and #17-David Reutimann. The students will participate in pit stop practice and will be involved with every aspect of the process that helps create a successful race team on race day.(Delaware News Journal)(5-13-2004)
