PAULIE HARRAKA TO RACE AT MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK IN THE NASCAR CAMPING WORLD WEST RACE AND AT ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY IN THE WHELAN SERIES EVENT

Like most 18-year-olds, Paulie Harraka has big plans for his weekend. His plans are a bit more ambitious than most teenagers, however. He is slated to compete in two stock- car races in two states on the same day.

As if that was not enough of a challenge, Harraka will be making his series debut in the first of those events — competing in the NASCAR Camping World Series West race at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, on Saturday.

He will then catch a flight from Salt Lake City to Sacramento, Calif., and make the quick drive to nearby Roseville — where he competes on a weekly basis in the NASCAR Whelen All-American late model class at All American Speedway.

Travel is nothing new to Harraka — who originally hailed from Wayne, N.J., but now lives in North Carolina and will Duke University in the Fall. This is his second straight season of making the cross-country jaunt each week to race for Bill McAnally Racing at All American Speedway as a participant in NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program.

This week, however, he will need to adapt as he switches from racing the heavier NASCAR Camping World Series car on the Utah road course to driving his lighter-weight late model on the tight third-mile oval in Roseville. He is third in the standings there, with five wins so far this season.

Harraka began his racing career at 7 years of age in go-karts, where he won 13 national championships and six world titles.

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