A Driver development program is a program used by NASCAR teams to develop younger drivers. It usually consists of a team signing a driver to a multi-year contract in which they run in minor-league racing divisions, (i.e. ARCA, Late Model) and gradually work up to the higher ranks of NASCAR. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States founded in 1964 (not to be confused with the sports car club of the same name founded by the Collier brothers in 1933). ...

Teams currently using driver development programs

• Bobby Hamilton Racing—Timothy Peters
• Braun-Akins Racing—Chase Pistone
• Brewco Motorsports—Brad Coleman
• Chip Ganassi Racing—Bryan Clauson, Kevin Hamlin, Scott Lagasse Jr.
• Dale Earnhardt, Inc.— Paul Menard, Ryan Moore
• Darrell Waltrip Motorsports—Joey Miller
• Evernham Motorsports—Erin Crocker, A.J. Foyt IV, Kevin Swindell
• JR Motorsports—Richard Boswell, Shane Huffman, Mark McFarland
• Joe Gibbs Racing—Aric Almirola, Marc Davis, Woody Howard, Joey Logano
• Ken Schrader Racing—Chris Bristol
• Kevin Harvick, Inc.—Aaron Fike, Burney Lamar
• MB2 Motorsports—Jesus Hernandez, Kraig Kinser
• Michael Waltrip Racing—Ken Butler, Brett Butler
• Penske Racing—Billy Wease
• Phoenix Racing—Cale Gale
• Raabe Racing Enterprises—Paul Harraka, Nolan Wilson
• Richard Childress Racing—Allison Duncan, Sarah Fisher, Peter Hernandez, Brandon Miller, Peyton Sellers
• Robert Yates Racing—Justin Diercks, Stephen Leicht, Matt McCall
• Roush Racing—Erik Darnell, Todd Kluever, Danny O'Quinn, David Ragan, Peter Shepherd
• Rusty Wallace Inc.—Stephen Wallace
• STAR Motorsports Inc.—Tommy Strader
• Team Rensi Motorsports—Trevor Bayne, Regan Smith
• Wood Brothers Racing—Marcos Ambrose, Jon Wood, Keven Wood
• Victory Motorsports Racing—Morty Buckles

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Manufacturer Driver Development Program

• Chevrolet—Chad McCumbee
• Dodge—Chase Miller, Josh Wise
• Ford—Bobby East, Michel Jourdain Jr., Matt Martin, Michelle Theriault, Alison MacLeod

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See also

• Drive for Diversity

The Drive for Diversity program is a development system instituted by NASCAR in 2004 in order to attract minorities and women to the sport in positions such as ownership, driving, and crew members. ...

External links

• David Smith Motorsports
• Head start NASCAR-style
• RCR increases efforts of developmental program