Title: Daren VanderLey – How He Got A Start In Racing?
1Daren VanderLey How He Got A Start In Racing?
2 Daren VanderLey
first started karting at the age 4-12 at a local
dirt track JJ Speedway (Grand Bay, Ala.) and
continued there after they paved it and renamed
it Sunny South Speedway. He got into Legend cars
at many of the same tracks and did those for four
or five years. He then moved on to trucks and
have raced super and pro late models at Five
Flags Speedway (Pensacola, Fla.) and Mobile
International for past year and a half.
3 Daren
VanderLey's Beginnings 1999 Junior Champ Kart
Dirt Champion, J J Speedway, Grand Bay, AL 2001
Junior Champ Kart Dirt Champion, J J
Speedway, Grand Bay, AL and Junior Champ Kart
Asphalt Champion, Sunny South Raceway, Grand Bay,
AL 2004 INEX Legend Semi-Pro Alabama State
Champion and Skip Barber Formula Dodge - 3-day
driving school, Sebring, FL and 2-day advanced
driving school, Road Atlanta 2005 - Skip Barber
Formula Dodge - Advanced car control clinic,
Daytona International Speedway and Races at
Barber Motorsports Park and Road Atlanta 2006 -
First Pro Late Model Race, San Antonio, TX (Q
7th, DNF) the All American 400 (DNQ) and the
Snowflake 100 (Q 7th, F 7th)
4 Daren DJ VanderLey 2007
To 2009 2007 - First Pro Late Model Win, Mobile
International Speedway New Track Record for Pro
Late Models, Mobile International Speedway,
Irvington, AL and Pole Position for Snowflake
100, Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, FL. 2008 -
Pro Late Model racing 3 races with 2 poles and 3
wins, Mobile International Speedway, Irvington,
AL and Super Truck racing 2 poles and 1 win,
Lanier National Speedway, Braselton, GA, Peach
State Speedway, Jefferson, GA. 2009 ASCS and
Cajun Sprint Car racing 9 races and Pro Late
Model racing 16 races with 1 win and 12 top-5
finishes at Mobile International Speedway, Viper
Series at South Alabama Speedway, and Georgia
Asphalt Series at Lanier and Watermelon Capital
Speedways. To know more about Daren DJ VanderLey,
browse through the website http//www.darenvanderl
ey.com/.
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