Showing posts with label Addis Motorsports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Addis Motorsports. Show all posts

Saturday, August 8, 2009

About 2009 Car Owner - Addis Motorsports

Micahel Cherry NascarLocated in Easley, S.C., team began in 1999 by driver-owner Blair Addis, who grew up just miles from the Greenville-Pickens Speedway (GPS). Wins 2002 rookie of the year honors at GPS. Wins 2005 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. 2009 teams up with the Drive for Diversity program and driver Michael Cherry in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. Cherry drives the No. 34 Nationwide Insurance Toyota.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Opening Night in Whelen Series

Cherry Drive Diversity Whelen AddisFast Cherry's year in Nascar and the Whelen All-American Series and the 64th year at Greenville-Pickens Speedway's opening race started with a crash-filled 50 laps. It finished with Cherry in the Carlo White / Nationwide Insurance / Addis Motorsports Toyota in third. 16 of 23 cars were trashed in an opening lap melee. Michael emerged, with two veterans in the two top spots, Michael Cherry, making his first start at the historic half-mile oval, took third.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Addis Motorsports and Fast Cherry Featured on Nascar.com

Nascar Michael CherryBlair Addis and Michael Cherry met by chance. Cherry, now 19, was moving to Greenville, S.C., from Valrico, Fla., when events were put in motion that now have a chance to have a larger ripple effect on the entire sport. After driving a late model in the Whelen All-American Series at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., in 2008, Cherry caught the attention of Addis during October's Drive for Diversity Combine in South Boston, Va. Blair Addis says, "He's just a talent. He's mature for his age. He has excellent car control; that's what I first noticed at the Combine in South Boston. And car control is a big issue with me," said Addis, who won the Greenville Pickens Speedway track championship in 2005. "I just feel like if you have car control and you get yourself into a situation, you can get yourself out of it. He really adapted well to the track in South Boston." Read More