Brandon Ward.

New Day Motor sports with driver Brandon Ward and sponsor Kevin Powell www.kpmoto.com combined with Foothill Ford owned by Kevin Powell www.kevinpowellfoothillford.com/… update:

Jeff & Jane Day own New Day Motorsports. Jeff has been racing stock cars for 25 years. He has worked with many notable drivers including Ed Berrier, Scott Riggs, and John Paul Linville. Jeff has prepared cars for competition at over 50 tracks across America including Daytona, Talladega, Bristol and many other Cup venues as well as the short tracks of America. Jeff's duties include decisions on car setup, personnel, and procurement of needed parts, travel, and financial matters.

The 2014 season for new Day Motor sports and Ward has been a year of rebuilding, restructuring, and rearranging as they look forward to the 2015 season.

With shop and team members working constantly to build a new NASCAR Modified car and update their super late model cars, the crews plans are coming together.

After spending all of the races with Ward and his crew this season, the things that I have learned are extremely beneficial to myself as I look forward to a career with this team and NASCAR.

New Day Motor sports owners Jeff and Jane Day announced that Will Spaugh has joined the team effective immediately.

Will, from Winston-Salem, brings with him years of race experience. "With the growth of the spindle business and other responsibility's on me I felt it was time to bring someone in to help me" states Jeff Day. "Will is really fitting in well with everyone so far and we look forward to the upcoming year" continued Day. Spaugh, who works full time for Richard Childress Racing, will be hands on with setup and race day decisions. "These guys have everything they need to be a force on the PASS South scene" said Spaugh after a recent test session.

Spotter Richard “Julio” Smith, a longtime friend, and team member of Ward, was kind enough to let me listen in on a race or two this season so I could learn the crazy spotter language! I must say that Julio is great at what he does, and you can learn so much in just one race! His calm, informative demeanor keeps Ward's concentration only on the track and out of any on-track incidents.

Kyle Davis, a crew member of Wards and who I know on a personal basis, has also been there to answer any and all of my questions. Kyle and I went to the same High School when I found out about Kyle's interests in Racing.

Wards father; Rick Ward, drives the transporter. Rick  has been racing since Brandon was young, and now Rick loves his job helping out.Once the truck is parked and unloaded, Rick then turns his attention to tires. Rick helps along with 

John with pre-race tire work and serves as pit board man on pit stops.

My favorite race this season was at Southern National Motor sports Park where Ward started P2 and lead the first 94 laps until his tires faded away and then came home P7. By watching Ward take the lead and hold steadily onto it, I was beyond excited to see my driver succeed after all the hours and hard work the team had poured into this season. With Ward so close to a win, I feel that I will be lucky enough to land in Victory lane this season alongside the crew.

When observing Ward during driver meet and greets, it is amazing. Ward takes the time with each and every fan to sign his hero cards and or have a picture taken. Ward possess all the qualities that would make any sponsor satisfied on promoting their product in a professional manner at all times.

New Day Motor sports 2015 plans on running in the:

NASCAR Whelen Modified Series http://hometracks.nascar.com/series/whelen-modified-tour

The Koma Unwind Series  https://www.facebook.com/KOMAUNWINDMODIFIEDMADNESSSERIES

Official Pass Series Proallstarseries.com

Bowman Gray Modifieds   www.bowmangrayracing.com/

 

 

 

 

As the websites are updated stay tuned for further updateswww.kevinpowellfoothillford.com

KPMOTO.com - Krazy Kevin Powell's website

Proallstarseries.com - Official Pass website
http://www.newdaymotorsports.com/Home_Page.php

*Please note: www.BrandonWardRacing.com is being updated so please stay tuned for a new and improved site to appear!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This weekend my coworker and I will be covering Brandon Ward at South Boston,Virginia. Come out to see a fantastic race happen! We are so close to Victory Lane! I CAN FEEL IT!

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A Recap So Far

    This year has already been a busy one. I have had the opportunity now at 19 years old then the normal teenager would have. I am Famous Aimee and this is a mild recap of my journey so far.
    Starting in October of last year I went to my first race in Martinsville, Virginia. This is where I started my learning experience and my passion for racing came about. I had the chance to meet several people and to see how media worked. Instantly, I was hooked and later came a running start to an awesome experience in racing.
     I have a huge interest in the Pass South Series, and have been focusing on racing in that branch recently. Thankfully, I have had huge help with Robyn Snell with catching me up and teaching me racing slang, and vocabulary. In this business, you cannot help but ask many questions, and that is the only way we will learn. I have learnt about the spotter, and how he/she is the main eyes for the driver. The spotter talks back and forth to the driver trying to judge the best move which may not always be the right one. The crew  spends all hours when they can working and trying to figure new ways to fix, or improve the car for a better win every race. Although the driver drives the race car to the finish line, it is not always about the glorification of he/she but is all members of the crew. The driver did not just win, the crew did as well.
    My job for races is to make live updates on twitter about whats going on, how all the drivers are doing, the weather, or maybe even if a race has gotten cancelled. I stay well away from drama, and hammers that may have been thrown at other drivers. I update everything including yellow caution flags, and how many cars are in the buildup in a crash. I start out with fastest qualifying times, and write a top 10 on who will start. I also will include the redraw if any driver moves up a position or vice verse. I then move on to the meet and greet and choose who I will focus on during that race. Once meet and greet is all done, drivers are then told to line up. From this point, I am in the media box, headphones on, and ready to race. I do not exaggerate anything and will refrain from posting anything derogatory.
 Next season will be a huge for Brandon Ward Racing as he has many great plans for the upcoming year. Please stay tuned as another blog will be posted on Brandon soon, what a great year so far and so much I have already learnt!