{"id":17214,"date":"2014-11-05T06:06:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T11:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=17214"},"modified":"2014-11-05T03:10:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T08:10:06","slug":"mackena-bell-make-nascar-nationwide-series-debut-rick-ware-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/mackena-bell-make-nascar-nationwide-series-debut-rick-ware-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackena Bell To Make NASCAR Nationwide Series Debut With Rick Ware Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"clip_image004\"<\/a>PHOENIX, Ariz. (November 4, 2014) – – Officials from Rick Ware Racing (RWR) confirmed today that NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKNPSE) driver Mackena Bell will compete in Saturday\u2019s DAV 200 at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Speedway.<\/p>\n

By taking the green flag behind the No. 23 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet, Bell will become the only female graduate of NASCAR\u2019s Drive for Diversity program to compete at a NASCAR national series level.<\/p>\n

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Bell, a native of Carson City, Nevada recently completed her second season of NASCAR K&N Pro Series East competition driving for Rev Racing. She finished 16th in points and posted one top-10 finish in the season-opener at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway.<\/p>\n

Of course, the intensity and competition level will increase ten-fold in the penultimate race of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season, but the 24-year is old is eager to turn heads.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just going to enjoy every minute of it,\u201d said Bell. \u201cFor so long, I\u2019ve put so much pressure on myself to do something, to prove something, that I\u2019ve not always enjoyed the ride. This race will be different. I\u2019m going to enjoy this opportunity and learn as much as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis series is very competitive and there are a lot of teams with huge sponsors and great backing. Running for a little team gives you the chance to just take it all in, experience the differences and not feel the pressure, or expectation of setting the world on fire. I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Team principal Rick Ware is equally excited to see Bell\u2019s progression throughout the weekend, as well as finesse behind the wheel in her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could not be more thrilled to have Mackena behind the wheel of a Rick Ware Racing car this weekend at Phoenix,\u201d said Ware. \u201cShe exemplifies everything we look for in a young, ambitious driver. No doubt that she has a lot to learn in a short period of time, but I think she\u2019ll be fine. I know she\u2019s looking forward to this week, so we\u2019ll give it all we have to make sure her Nationwide debut is one to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, RWR is no stranger to working and breeding young talent throughout various forms of Motorsports. This weekend, the organization will continue to live up to its standards and introduce the second female to drive for the team this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cMackena is a female who\u2019s worked hard to get where she is at today,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s easy for anyone to say that she is getting this opportunity because she is a female. But, she\u2019s earned it. She does a great job behind the wheel of a racecar and even though her learning curve is steep, she\u2019ll do fine at Phoenix. We\u2019ll build on it and see what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX, Ariz. (November 4, 2014) – – Officials from Rick Ware Racing (RWR) confirmed today that NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKNPSE) driver Mackena Bell will compete in Saturday\u2019s DAV 200 at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Speedway. By taking the green flag behind the No. 23 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet, Bell will become the only female […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,4456,179],"tags":[167],"class_list":["post-17214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-nascar-kn-pro-series","category-nationwide-series","tag-nascar-nationwide-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17216,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17214\/revisions\/17216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}