Six drivers will compete for Scott Whitaker and J&J Motorsports in 2015. Two of those drivers will run in the brand new CARS Tour while the rest will compete at Hickory Motor Speedway.
Trent Barnes, who won the Southeast Limited Late Model Series (SELLM) Challenger race at Myrtle Beach last November, will compete in the Championship Auto Racing Series (CARS) Late Model Stock Tour along with his brother, Doug. The Barnes brothers will also compete in a few other select races throughout the 2015 season.
“They’re going to run a limited number of races along with the CARS Tour,” Whitaker said.
Spencer Boyd, who won the Super Truck division championship last season at Hickory Motor Speedway, will compete in eight Limited Late Model races for J&J Motorsports. Kenneth Pardue will also run in up to eight Limited Late Model races.
Kristen Wallace, Amber Colvin, and Dakota Ratcliff, son of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew-chief Jason Ratcliff, will also race for J&J Motorsports. Ratcliff will race in the Super Truck division while Wallace and Colvin will race part-time in the Limited Late Model division.
“I’m looking forward to this year,” Whitaker remarked. “We’ve got a good lineup. Dakota’s going to follow up trying to win that championship in trucks; he’s trying to back that up. Amber and Kristen have done Limited races. I’m trying to help them. I’ve got a sponsor that wants to help a female drive rand these are good ones so I’ll try to get them for three or four races each. Amber needs a big break in a bad way.”
Whitaker is a former racer himself, having raced Legends cars most recently in the Winter Heat series at Charlotte Motor Speedway where he won the Legends Masters championship.
The 2015 season will get underway for J&J Motorsports on Saturday, March 7th at Hickory Motor Speedway.
