Carlos Contreras makes his return to NASCAR’s Nationwide Series in the Drive for COPD 300 at Daytona on February 22, 2014. Contreras, a talented internationally known driver with 7 Mexican Championships, has been a true ambassador for NASCAR over the years. He currently has 87 NASCAR starts and will attempt to make his 100th start this season. Carlos became the 1st Hispanic driver in NASCAR’s history when he qualified 7th and finished 14th at California Speedway in his first NASCAR Truck series event. He went on to race 3 complete Truck seasons before taking a shot in the Nationwide series where he ran sporadically from 2003 through 2007. In 2010 Carlos ran 1 NASCARTruck Series event, Daytona, where he finished 14th. Since then Carlos has been racing in and supporting the NASCAR Mexico Series which he helped establish, and which is now the #1 Motorsport Series in Mexico. ‘I am very excited to have Carlos driving the #15 for Rick Ware Racing and proud to have RaceTrac convenience stores and Global Aircraft Solutions on board with us for Speedweek at Daytona,’ said team owner Rick Ware. Carlos will be participating in additional Nationwide Series events throughout 2014 for RWR. Next on the schedule is Phoenix on March 1st. Additional confirmed races include California, Texas (both), Daytona (July), Homestead-Miami and, among others, the 3 Road Courses on the 2014 schedule.(Rick Ware Racing)(2-17-2014)
