The winningest driver at Bowman Grey Stadium will make his NASCAR debut in The Conflict on the identical racetrack on Feb. 2.
Tim Brown will drive the No. 15 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing within the occasion. Brown competes within the Tour Kind Modified division and has received 101 races, 146 poles, and 12 observe championships.
In his NASCAR debut, Brown will drive a automotive he builds. Brown, 53, is a full-time worker for Rick Ware because the suspension and drivetrain specialist.
“I’ve labored my complete life to attempt to be a Cup driver,” Brown mentioned. “I’m good with engaged on racecars for a dwelling as a result of it’s nonetheless a reasonably cool gig, however I at all times wished to drive for a dwelling. For Rick Ware and all people concerned right here at RWR to offer me the possibility to go run a Cup race is so humbling and so heartwarming. It’s actually cool.”
“I’ve been Cup racing for nearly 35 years now, and I don’t know that you simply’ll discover a Cup driver who truly will get to construct his personal Cup automotive from the bottom up, chassis dyno it, after which go race it,” Brown mentioned. “These guys that work right here at RWR, they’re my buddies they usually’re all racers, and we get to do that as a bunch effort. I truly get to place the nuts and bolts on it, and mount a seat, put the motor in it, and go drive it on the chassis dyno earlier than I run it within the Conflict. That’s fairly cool.”
“As somebody who understands what it’s prefer to attempt to obtain objectives and transfer up the racing ladder, it’s only a nice alternative for Tim and it’s one thing we’re proud to do,” Ware mentioned. “We’ve had the chance to offer lots of drivers their first Cup begin, and that is one which’s very well-deserved, particularly at this observe.”
NASCAR is bringing its Cup Sequence groups again to Bowman Grey for the primary time since 1971. The observe’s Modified Division may even be on the weekend schedule, which Brown may even compete in.
“That point within the Modified will probably be very useful for a number of causes,” Brown mentioned. “NASCAR has already achieved some updates to the stadium with tender partitions and issues like that. That’s going to vary the road of the racetrack since you make the observe smaller. So the road that we typically run, you received’t be capable to run as a result of they run proper out in opposition to the wall. If the tender partitions take up two-and-a-half or three ft, now that’s three ft which you could’t let the automotive drift out to the wall. Simply getting some observe time earlier than we climb within the Cup automotive, which I’ve by no means pushed earlier than apart from on the chassis dyno, will probably be very useful.”
Brown has many years of expertise engaged on Cup Sequence automobiles. His resume features a time at Cale Yarborough Motorsports and with Jack Roush earlier than becoming a member of Ware.
“At Bowman Grey, Tim actually has the identical alternative as anyone else,” Ware mentioned. “He was with Roush for many years earlier than he was with us. He’s an excellent mechanic. He’s constructed all his personal racecars and he understands racing. I feel he’s obtained an inside observe simply because he has touched each single a part of these automobiles. He’s a racer, and significantly at this observe, he’s obtained lots of expertise.”
