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Intro | American racing driver | |
Places | United States of America | |
is | Engineer | |
Work field | Engineering | |
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Birth | 10 October 1988 | |
Age | 36 years |
Biography
Coleman Pressley born in (October 10, 1988) is the 2010 UARA stars Champion and NASCAR driver who currently drives for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He is also a NASCAR K&N pro series east driver for X-team racing in the #14 Kingsford Toyota. He is also the son of former NASCAR Cup driver Robert Pressley and the grandson of Bob Pressley.
Early career
Coleman began racing in karts as a 6-year-old. He then raced Bandoleros at Lowes Motor Speedway. Pressley raced in legends cars before taking a year off. In 2005 when he began racing late models at Hickory Motor Speedway. He had four second-place finishes to finish sixth in season points. In 2006, he continued racing at Hickory with additional events at other tracks. He scored his first late model victory in the second race of the season at Hickory. With the victory, he began the youngest driver to win in the track's 55-year history.
NASCAR career
His first race in the Nationwide Series in the #47 JTG Daugherty Racing at the Iowa Speedway and finished 41st. He is currently racing for R3 Motorsports part-time in the Nationwide Series. As of June 7, 2010, his best finish was a 12th-place effort at Nashville Superspeedway, driving the #88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. He spent the rest of the season racing part-time in the #23 car.