{"id":20164,"date":"2016-01-13T10:58:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T15:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=20164"},"modified":"2016-01-13T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T15:58:42","slug":"dominique-van-wieringen-joins-rette-jones-racing-for-full-nascar-kn-east-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/dominique-van-wieringen-joins-rette-jones-racing-for-full-nascar-kn-east-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominique Van Wieringen Joins Rette Jones Racing For Full NASCAR K&N East Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"nascar-east\"Dominique Van Wieringen Joins Rette Jones Racing For Full NASCAR K&N East Slate<\/strong><\/p>\n

MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (January 12, 2016) \u2013<\/strong> Officials from Rette Jones Racing (RJR) announced today that Late Model standoutDominique\u00a0Van\u00a0Wieringen (@DominiqueRacing) has joined the team for a full NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKNPSE) schedule this season.<\/p>\n

Van\u00a0Wieringen, 20, advances to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East after running a Late Model schedule last season for NEMCO Motorsports. During her rookie season, her ability to maximize speed and car control awarded her with five top-five finishes and seven top-10 efforts overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Under the leadership of co-owner and former ARCA Racing Series championship crew chief Mark Rette, the Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada native will pilot the No. 30 Rette Jones Racing Ford Fusion beginning with the season-opener at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway on Feb. 14<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited about this opportunity from Rette Jones Racing and the chance to compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East this season,\u201d said Van\u00a0Wieringen who now resides in Charlotte. \u201cI\u2019m up for the challenges that come with an advancement to the K&N Pro Series East, but with the support of Mark, Terry (Jones, co-owner) and the rest of the RJR team, I\u2019m excited for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entering her 14th year of competition, Van\u00a0Wieringen has set many accololades, despite her youth. She was the first female to lead a lap in the CRA \/ JEGS All-Star Series and the first rookie to win a JEGS \/ CRA All-Star Series points race. In addition, Van\u00a0Wieringen was the first female to win an Outlaw Super Late Model championship in the United States, while holding the current record at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway for the most laps led (74) by a female competitor.<\/p>\n

While bidding for a drivers championship in addition to chasing a Rookie of the Year crown, Van\u00a0Wieringen is University of North Carolina-Charlotte Junior working towards a mechanical engineering degree with a minor in motorsports engineering.<\/p>\n

Rette who launched Rette Jones Racing on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East tour last July sees the determination and heart in his young driver, while echoing her enthusiasm to perform right away.<\/p>\n

RJR jointly owned by racers Rette and driver Terry Jones burst onto the scene last year with an impressive second-place showing with driver Grant Quinlan at Columbus Motor Speedway, after qualifying third. Additional solid performances at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Richmond (Va.) International Raceway have the upbeat about a full schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t being to tell you how excited we are for this partnership with Dominique,\u201d added Rette. \u201cShe brings an enormous racing background to the Rette Jones Racing team, while also showing the eagerness to learn and showcase not only her talent, but the capabilities of Rette Jones Racing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re equally proud to have a driver from Canada, actually right from Terry\u2019s hometown, where she\u2019ll not only bring a unique fan base to a full-time presence in the United States, but continue to be a successful role model in two countries. It\u2019s a win-win situation for Rette Jones Racing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dominique Van Wieringen Joins Rette Jones Racing For Full NASCAR K&N East Slate MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (January 12, 2016) \u2013 Officials from Rette Jones Racing (RJR) announced today that Late Model standoutDominique\u00a0Van\u00a0Wieringen (@DominiqueRacing) has joined the team for a full NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKNPSE) schedule this season. Van\u00a0Wieringen, 20, advances to the NASCAR […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,15829,1,14972],"tags":[5657],"class_list":["post-20164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-nascar-kn-east","category-uncategorized","category-touring-series-news","tag-nascar-kn-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}