Kory Rabenold
To Drive for BW Motorsports Full
Time in the ARCA/REMAX Series for
2009
Slatington, PA (8/7/08)-
BW Motorsports, a new ARCA/REMAX
Series team for the 2009 racing
season has presented Kory Rabenold
of Slatington, PA with a letter of
intent as being one of the team’s
primary drivers for next year and
possibly beyond.
BW Motorsports is owned and operated
by former Daytona 500 champion and
NASCAR driver, Geoffrey Bodine,
former ARCA competitor and owner,
Doc Watson and Francine Schill,
owner of G&G Motorsports Marketing.
Over the last three years the trio
has focused much of their time
scouting drivers for their team and
also developing a wide range of
resources for their 2009 debut in
the popular ARCA/REMAX Series.
They have high hopes of being a top
shelf team and hopefully contend for
the championship in the series. They
all agree that the series is a
proving ground for young, up and
coming drivers.
Ms. Schill said, “BW Motorsports is
very excited at the opportunity to
bring Kory on board and we know he
has the drive and the talent to be
very successful”.
The team first spotted Rabenold
during an event at Pocono
International Raceway last season.
They have been watching him ever
since. Two of the contributing
factors for the team’s interest in
Rabenold are his raw talent and
personality.
While at Pocono in early August of
this year, Rabenold spoke with
Watson and Schill about his desire
to compete at this level full time.
Kory also discussed how difficult it
has been to secure financial backing
due to the rough economy. A small
team like Rabenold’s current team,
Kory Rabenold Racing, just doesn’t
have the funding or resources to run
the series on a full time basis, yet
alone be competitive through out.
For Rabenold, the announcement
couldn’t have come at a better time,
especially since he and his team
suffered a blown engine at Pocono on
lap 40. The end result was a 38th
place finish. Dejected, Rabenold
headed back to the team hauler and
was quickly greeted by Watson, who
encouraged Kory by saying, “blown
engines are all about racing. “That
kind of thing is going to happen
from time to time.” The important
thing is he logged laps, gained more
super speedway experience and showed
some poise during race conditions.
Kory
has been racing since the age of 5
and has always had a goal of
competing in the upper levels of
stock car racing.
He began his career in quarter
midget racing, then at age 13 he
moved into the asphalt pro-4
(cylinder) division. He made the
leap into NASCAR tour-type modifieds
in 2005, and then won many big
events the following season,
including a Race of Champions (RoC)
event. He was also named the RoC
“Rookie of the Year”. Last season
Rabenold made his first ARCA/REMAX
Series start at Pocono.
After running in the premier
full-bodied series for two seasons,
it appears that Kory Rabenold has
finally received the break that he’s
been so determined to receive.
Rabenold is still ecstatic about the
opportunity. “I’m just really
looking forward to the opportunity
with BW Motorsports and words can’t
describe how much my team and I
appreciate them giving me a shot at
racing stock cars professionally,
and as a career”.
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