Next Up Blue Ridge Copier 150 At Motor Mile

Next Up for Michael Cherry is the Blue Ridge Copier 150 At Motor Mile. As the weather heats up so does the action at Motor Mile Speedway! With the highest car and fan attendance to date, Motor Mile Speedway is the best entertainment spot every Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. Blue Ridge Copier hosts the Late Model 150 this Saturday, May 31. General Admission tickets are only $5 and children 12 and under are $1. Gates open at 2:00 p.m. so arrive early to get the best seat.

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News Flash - Michael Cherry Top Rookie at Motor Mile

This just in. After this weekend's run, Michael Cherry's team has the top rookie in points at Motor Mile (Click here for Points Standings)!

Our team moves to 10th in Late Model Points. Check Back for More.

Michael.

Top Ten At the Motor Mile

This weekend was pretty good. I qualified 15th out of 33 cars. I would like to have done better but my guys were great. We had a meet and greet with the fans. I really like meet and greets...you know if it wasn't for my fans, I wouldn't be where I am today.

So I started 15th the race was really racy from the beginning and didn't change to much during the race. I got bumped a few times but I kept my #34 Impala SS under control. I finished 8th. I felt if we had just a few more laps we could of had a top 5. My car was really fast tonight. My team and Car was GREAT!!

You know I haven't made it to victory lane YET but I would like to thank a few people. First off my coach and car owner,Frank Deiny Jr. Thank you for everything you have thought me so far and for giving me such an awesome opportunity to represent our Motorsports Team. Also I would like to thank ALL of my team including the guys back at the shop. Not only are we a team. We are a family.

Next Aaron Smith my crew chief. You have made this transition into asphalt racing a little bit easier for me. And Floyd thank you for maintaining and keeping up on my car each week.

The Drive for Diversity Program - Thank you for giving me the chance to prove myself at the combine this year. I'm so glad NASCAR is involved with such a GREAT program. If it wasn't for the D4D program there would be more than there already is of undiscovered diverse talent in auto racing.

Last but definitely not least - Wendell Scott Jr. Thank you so very much for ALL that you have done for me. I know that your health is a little shaky and you still make it to some of my races. It really means a lot to me. Also having the chance to have met you and be apart of your life. You will always and forever be apart of mine.

A lot of people have asked me what it is like to be driving the #34 this year? And what I thought when Wendell Scott Jr asked me to run his Daddy's number.

First off I am honored. I love the paint scheme too. To me the paint scheme just adds to the number. I have always looked up to Wendell Scott. Even when I was racing BMX. At the time Wendell was racing he wasn't racing to prove a point. He had a passion for the sport, as I do now. When I am out on the track I don't want to be known as "the black guy out there" but as a clean, competitive, respectful race car driver. It just so happens I am black... Just as Wendell Scott. I sure hope I am making Sr and Jr proud.

Fast Cherry on Speed From Daytona

Honoring Wendell Scott

In 1963, Wendell Scott, drove the No. 34 Chevrolet Impala. He beat the odds by becoming the first African-American to win a race in NASCAR's elite division. In 2008, Michael Cherry is piloting the No. 34 Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va.

The team owner Frank Deiny chose to honor Scott this season. His driver, first year Nascar D4D Drive for Diversity program participant Michael Cherry, has long listed Wendell Scott as his hero. Fast Cherry says his favorite movie is Greased Lightning, the 1977 film that depicts Scott's life. It was only natural for Deiny to have Cherry pilot the No. 34 as a tribute to Scott.

Motormile May 2008 Gallery

One Minute at Motor Mile

Here is a quick video of Michael at Motor Mile.

Top 10 for Fast Cherry at MotorMile

Fast Cherry qualified 14th out of 28 cars with a 16.302. He finished 6th. He brought the car home in one piece. This was a GREAT night for the D4D Program and Michael's Motorsports Team. Right now he is 13th in points. We are shooting for 2008 Rookie of the Year