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Dustin Parks

1 - Dustin Parks

 

Writer bio

I'm from a small town in central Pennsylvania named West Decatur, which is about 45 minutes west of Penn State University. That is where I got my Bachelor's Degree in Communication, where I specialized in writing and broadcasting. My main focus was on sports, as can be seen by my articles. I'm into football, mainly the Steelers and the Nittany Lions (obviously), basketball, baseball, and also some MMA fighting, but my real passion is motorsports.

Since I was five, I have been a fan of anything that had to do with motorsports. I am a huge fan of NASCAR. The first driver I cheered for was Davey Allison because of his exuberance and driving. He had so much ahead of him that it was tragic that it all ended so suddenly in 1993. Since then, I have jumped on the wagon of Jeff Gordon ...

Kelly Crandall

2 - Kelly Crandall

 

Writer bio

"Ability May Get You To The Top, But It Takes Character To Keep You There."

Kelly's has a love of NASCAR that borders on obsession. Since July of 2001 she has been hooked on this fast paced sport and it only took 160 laps at the Daytona International Speedway and a Dale Earnhardt Jr. victory to seal her fate.

Since then she has made NASCAR a major part of her life and plans for that to continue as she earns her Bachelors Degree in Corporate Communications in hopes of becoming a journalist for the sport she loves so very much.

You can normally find her in front of the TV whenever there are cars on the track: practice, qualifying and racing. And if it's July you'll find her at the Daytona International Speedway, her home away from home, for the July Coke Zero 400, a tra...

Brad Vipperman

3 - Brad Vipperman

 

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I'm a 23 year old from Fountain Hills, Arizona. I graduated from Northern Arizona University this past July and currently live in Scottsdale, AZ. I have loved sports my entire life and have been writing about them for various websites and blogs for the past few years.

I grew up mainly a basketball player but football has always been my favorite sport. I have been a diehard Washington Redskins fan since I was six years old and no team can match my enthusiasm for them. As far as the NBA goes, I am a Los Angeles Lakers fan all the way. I was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii.

When I was 10 years old, the Lakers were playing an exhibition game against the Nuggets at the University of Hawaii's stadium. A friend of mine had courtside tickets and before the game...

Misan Akuya

4 - Misan Akuya

 

Writer bio

I'm 17 and a juinor
always loved racing
got to go to a karting center at age 8 and from 8 to 15 raced in a go kart league
got into dirt racing late last year
got to race some in 2009 but the economy has put me out for the rest of the points season
looking forward to 2010 to race super late models still looking for more sponsors
and would like to do some ARCA races in 2010 and who knows maybe nationwide and/or trucks too.

Kyle Ocker

7 - Kyle Ocker

 

Writer bio

Kyle Ocker is a southeastern Iowa native that is just trying to get a start in the vast career of journalism, spending the majority of his time covering motorsports and keeping caught up in school.

Ocker began pursuing his dreams in the fall of 2007 when he opened his website, named NASCAR FanZone at the time, for business. As with any website launch, business was slow at first. However, by January 2008 he had made contacts with many in the NASCAR world. By January 2009, he hit another milestone of more then 1,000 unique visits per day, on average.

He is one of two featured writers at the NASCAR section of www.fanzonesports.net. On March 8, 2009, Ocker began writing for SpeedwayMedia.com.



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