Three young men from Nashville, Tennessee ages 12, 10 and 9 are chasing their NASCAR dream in the NASCAR Youth Series events. Racing across the US in 2024 in 2 Divisions, 10 states, 12 tracks, and 20 plus races!
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Three Nashville area young men are headed out to chase their NASCAR dreams. Having just last year competed in many local, regional and some national NASCAR youth series events, the boys are stepping up their goals on a national level. Matthew Leslie-Kubat age 12, Isaac Brown age 10, and Axel House age 9 have achieved great success in regional NASCAR youth series events. Between them the boys hold 7 local championship wins, 41+ local and regional first place finishes. Teaming up together in 2023 and headed into the 2024 race season under the 70 Acres Farm Motorsports brand the boys are looking to add a number of new titles to their list.
Chad House once said about Isaac that “I think he would drive it with 3 wheels and on fire if he had to”. Racing for these young men is not a hobby, and not just for fun. The boys view this as their future and look to be moving up through the sport from the youth series program and into professional racing. They will begin to meet the eligibility for pro and late model racing in the next two years. Following in the footsteps of many other great NASCAR drivers that have come out of the youth series and quarter midget program including the likes of some of today’s most recognizable names in racing got their start in quarter midgets, including A. J. Foyt, Jeff Gordon, Sarah Fisher, Jimmy Vasser, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte and Ryan Blaney as well as others.
“This isn’t a game, its high speed, you have to be more responsible than if you are playing baseball or some other sport, this is driving a race car”, stated Jeff Burton, Retired NASCAR driver and current commentator.
Quarter Midget Racing has been around since before World War II. Quarter midget racing is a form of automobile racing. The cars are approximately one-quarter (1/4) the size of a full-size midget car. The adult-size midget being raced during the start of quarter midget racing used an oval track of one-fifth of a mile in length. The child’s quarter midget track is one quarter that length, or 1/20 mile (264 feet).
An adult-size midget in the 1940s and 1980s could reach 120 miles per hour, while the single-cylinder 7-cubic-inch quarter midget engine could make available a speed of 30 miles per hour in a rookie class (called novices), or one-quarter the speed of the adult car. Most of the competitive classes run speeds near 45 miles per hour. Current upper-class quarter midgets can exceed 45 miles per hour but remain safe due to the limited size of the track. Quarter midget racecars have four-wheel suspension, unlike go-karts.
The drivers are typically restricted to ages 5 to 16. Tracks are typically banked ovals one-twentieth of a mile long, and have surfaces of dirt, concrete, or asphalt.
The racing program for Matthew, Isaac and Axel will cost up to $100,000 between cars, equipment, travel and racing fees among other things. This is supported by racing sponsors, and the team is on the lookout for additional car sponsors going into the 2024 season. The boys live, eat and breath racing. When not on the track they are on iRacing online practicing on tracks throughout the country. Matthew stated, “my favorite driver is Ryan Blaney and someday soon I want to look out the side window of my race car and wave at him as I pass him by on the track.”
It takes a team to chase the checkered flag, a team of sponsors, family, friends and more. “We hope to have all of our Nashville and Tennessee folks support our racing and help to send us to the finish line, sponsorships are available for everything from a single tire which costs $85.00 each (requires 200+ tires for the season), to full car sponsorship”, stated Tashina Brown, Team Manager for the 70 Acres Farm Motorsports Team.
Media Contact
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