The 2006 Drive for Diversity driver roster was announced by NASCAR Director of Diversity Tish Sheets. The program, which is managed by Access Marketing & Communications, will give eight ethnic and gender diverse drivers the opportunity to compete in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series. The drivers were chosen from a pool of over 300 applicants. The Drive for Diversity program was founded in 2004 to help develop diverse and female drivers and crew members and is endorsed as NASCAR’s leading on-trac diversity initiative. Nineteen applicants were chosen to participate in the Drive for Diversity Testing & Evaluation Combine last October. They were observed during various on-track test sessions and off-track interviews.
The following eight drivers were selected by their respective team owners to compete in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series this season: Chris Bristol, Brianne Cronrath, Allison Duncan, Marc Davis, Paul Harraka, Jessica Helberg, Jesus Hernandez and Peter Hernandez.(Drive for Diversity PR), see my Racing Schools/Jpbs page for more detail on each driver and which team they will drive for.1-24-2006)
