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Colin Braun
Born	(1988-09-22) September 22, 1988 (age 23) Ovalo, Texas
Awards	2008 Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
31 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
2010 position	23rd
Best finish	23rd - 2010
First race	2007 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race	2010 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 6 2
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
53 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
2011 position	50th
Best finish	5th - 2009
First race	2007 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2011 Good Sam Club 200 (Atlanta)
First win	2009 Michigan 200 (Michigan)
Last win	2009 Michigan 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 23 5
Statistics current as of November 20, 2011.

Colin Braun (English pronunciation: /ˈkɒlɨn bɹaʊ̯n/;born September 22, 1988)^[1] is an American racing driver. He will compete in the American Le Mans Series with the Core Autosport team during the 2012 season. He formally competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Nationwide Series.

Racing career[link]

Beginnings[link]

Braun started out his racing career at 6, racing quarter midgets. At 8 he went international, competing for factory kart racing teams in countries such as Monaco, Spain, France, and Japan. At 14 he moved to cars, winning championships in Formula Renault TR 1600 and Formula TR 2000 Pro Series.

2006-2007[link]

At 16, Braun was part of the Team 16 squad and made his road racing debut in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona with a Porsche 996 GT3, teammate to future NASCAR driver Brad Coleman. Braun made history as the youngest Daytona Prototype driver at 17, driving an Essex Racing Ford Crawford. In 2006 he joined Krohn Racing's No. 75 team, teamming with Jorg Bergmeister. Braun became the youngest winner of a major auto race on North American soil with his win at the Brumos Porsche 250 in Daytona. Due to the Master Settlement Agreement, Colin was barred from participating in three races but still finished fourth in points while Bergmeister won the overall championship. He also became the youngest driver to stand on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a second place finish in his class in a Ferrari F430. He stayed on with Krohn for 2007, but was teamed with Max Papis. The team ended up in the top five in points, despite Braun being suspended for one race due to aggressive driving.

In 2007, Braun signed a driver development contract with Roush Fenway Racing. Braun made his stock car debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Gateway International Raceway, where he finished 13th. Braun later made his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series (was Craftsman Truck Series), driving the No. 50 RSC Equipment Rental Ford for Roush Fenway. He was running in the top top 20 before a flat tire sent him into the wall and a 34th place finish. He would also drive the No. 16 3M Ford at the Sam's Town 250 where he had a 30th place finish. In November 2007, he was announced as the full-time driver of the No. 6 Ford, succeeding Travis Kvapil. Braun ran the full schedule with Con-way Freight sponsoring. He had three top-fives and clinched the Rookie of the Year honors for the Truck Series.

2008-2012[link]

Braun assumed full-time duties in 2008 in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 6 Con-way Ford F-150 with veteran crew chief Mike Beam. He earned three top-five and eight top-10 finishes, and won the Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year award. Braun became the sixth Roush Fenway Racing driver to claim the rookie title in the truck series. He also made five Nationwide Series starts including one top-five finish and two poles. Braun will continue racing full-time in the Camping World Truck Series in 2009.

Braun's 2010 Nationwide car

After turning a lap of 177.441 mph on Thursday evening in qualifying to earn his first career Camping World Truck Series Pole award, Braun led the field to the green flag Friday night at Daytona International Speedway for the 100-lap season opener. He led the first 10 laps of the race, fell as far back as 15th and with luck, in the end, Braun crossed the finish line in ninth place to score his ninth career top 10. On June 13, he scored his first career Truck Series win at Michigan.

In 2010, Colin was promoted to the Nationwide Series, and Con-way would be his sponsor for 18 races. However in Mid Season, Colin was removed from the No. 16 car in certain races in which they did not have a sponsor, but returned to the No. 16 car in races when Con-way is the sponsor. Colin had a tough rookie year in the Nationwide Series, making 24 starts with 5 top 10s but also had 7 DNFs. Colin was released by Roush on December 1 after Roush's Nationwide program turned its focus to gettings sponsorship for Carl Edwards, Trevor Bayne, and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr..

Braun joined Robertson Racing in the American Le Mans Series for part of the 2011 season. Braun returned to NASCAR with Billy Ballew Motorsports, driving their No. 51 Ford at Michigan.

On January 21, 2012, he announced that he wouldn't compete in NASCAR during the 2012 season, but would drive for Core Autosport in the American Le Mans Series.^[2]

24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	GT2	99	M	Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	314	19th	2nd

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website

Brian Keselowski
Born	(1981-09-02) September 2, 1981 (age 30) Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
1 race(s) run over 1 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 92 (K-Automotive Motorsports)
2011 position	50th
Best finish	50th - 2011
First race	2011 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
63 race(s) run over 6 year(s)
2011 position	137th
Best finish	31st – 2010
First race	2006 Arizona Travel 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2011 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of January 15, 2012.

Brian Keselowski (born September 2, 1981) is an American race car driver, currently competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. A past winner in the ARCA Racing Series and competitor in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, he currently drives the #92 Chevrolet Impala for K-Automotive Motorsports.

Early life and family[link]

Born in Rochester Hills, Michigan in 1981, Brian Keselowski is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski, and the son and nephew of former drivers Bob and Ron Keselowski.^[1]

He graduated from Rochester Hills High School in 1999, taking night classes to allow him to work as a jackman for the family racing team, K-Automotive Motorsports; he flew to the racetrack directly from his senior prom to assist in competition.^[1] He began his racing career competing in super late model events, winning rookie-of-the-year at Auto City Speedway in 2000.^[1][2]

Early career[link]

Keselowski made his stock car debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2004. He made six starts that season, driving the #29 Competition Graphics Dodge for Bob Ducharme. He had three top-tens, including a ninth-place run in his debut at Kentucky Speedway, and finished 34th in points. The next season, the team was purchased by his family,^[1] and he ran seven races including a string of five consecutive top-ten finishes. In 2006, Holloway Motorsports and Dusty's Collision became the sponsors of his car, and he won his first race at Berlin Raceway. Keselowski also made his NASCAR Busch Series (later renamed the NASCAR Nationwide Series) debut that year at Phoenix in the #23 Ridley Motorcycles Chevrolet for Keith Coleman Racing, starting and finishing in 43rd place. He had intended to compete at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, but was not approved to run at the 2-mile (3.2 km) track; his brother Brad drove the race instead, jump-starting his career.^[1]

2010 Nationwide car

In 2007, he ran a career-high 12 races in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, splitting time with his family team and the #5 Lucas Oil Pontiac for Bobby Gerhart. He won twice and finished 22nd in points. In the Busch Series, he made four starts in the #19/49,^[1] including his first top ten finish at Memphis Motorsports Park.^[1] The next season he made 11 starts, beginning in the #28 Jay Robinson Racing Chevy four four races before moving to his family's #92, co-owned with Dusty Whitney,^[2] with a best finish of 15th at ORP, four spots ahead of his brother.^[1]

For 2009, Keselowski attempted his first full-time season for Whitney and K-Automotive Motorsports, which renumbered its car with the #26. The primary sponsor for Keselowski's car during the 2009 CarQuest Auto Parts 300 was the Detroit Red Wings National Hockey League team; Keselowski ran eighteen races, but stepped aside for twelve of the final fifteen events to act as crew chief while other drivers competed in the car.^[2] During the 2010 season, he successfully qualified for 26 of 35 events; he finished 11th in the season-opening event at Daytona,^[3] but had an average finish overall for the season of 34th.^[2]

Sprint Cup and later[link]

During the 2010 season, Keselowski attempted to qualify for three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, starting with the August race at Bristol Motor Speedway,^[4] although he failed to qualify for any of these events.^[5] In early 2011, Keselowski declared his intention to compete for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie Of The Year title; he was the only driver to do so as of the start of Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway,^[6] however Andy Lally stated his intention to run for the award while Speedweeks was underway.^[7] The decision to move up to the Cup Series was made on economic grounds; the costs of competing in the Nationwide Series were deemed to be comparable to a Sprint Cup effort.^[8]

In qualifying for the 2011 Daytona 500, Keselowski posted the slowest time of the 48 cars that attempted to qualify,^[9] requiring that he finish in the top two of non-qualified cars in the second Gatorade Duel to secure a position in the race.^[10] With a little help from brother Brad,^[11] Brian finished 5th in the second Gatorade Duel and started 12th in the 2011 Daytona 500.^[12]

Shortly after Keselowski's surprise finish in the Duels, he received help from a number of sources, including tires from Evernham Motorsports (Keselowski driving a former Evernham chassis from 2006) and an engine from Penske Racing. The engine Penske offered could not be fitted into the car in time.^[13] In addition, the K-Automotove Motorsports team received sponsorship from Discount Tire.^[14] Keselowski ran as high as fourth, but was involved in a wreck on lap 29, finshing 41st.^[15] Keselowski failed to qualify for the next two races.^[16]

In March 2011, Keselowski had severe abdominal pain and needed gallbladder surgery;^[16] Dennis Setzer filled in for races at Bristol, where he finished 38th, and Martinsville, where the team withdrew after a practice crash. Keselowski returned to the No. 92 team for races at Richmond and Darlington in May, but failed to qualify for either race.^[17][18] Following further time off for reevaluation of his underfunded race team, K-Automotive switched to Chevrolet for Michigan and received a one-race sponsorship deal with Melling Auto Parts,^[19] but failed to qualify for the race;^[20] Setzer attempted to qualify at the fall Martinsville race but also failed to qualify.^[21]

For 2012, the team plans to run in the ARCA Racing Series.^[22] Brian Keselowski Motorsports teamed with Sinica Motorsports to field the No. 84 for Keselowski in the ARCA event at Mobile International Speedway.^[23]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Brian Keselowski at Racing Reference

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Kate Voegele
Kate Voegele performs at the Showbox At The Market on June 26, 2011 in Seattle, Washington
Background information
Birth name	Kate Elizabeth Voegele
Born	(1986-12-08) December 8, 1986 (age 25) Bay Village, Ohio United States
Genres	Pop, rock, folk, folk rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, actress
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Interscope
Website	katevoegele.com

Kate Elizabeth Voegele (born December 8, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is also known for playing Mia Catalano on The CW TV series One Tree Hill.

Career[link]

Voegele was born in the Cleveland suburb of Bay Village, Ohio.^[1] Sheref> She also recorded a cover of the song, "When You Wish Upon a Star", for the compilation album DisneyMania 6.^[2] Voegele's second album, A Fine Mess was released on May 18, 2009.^[3] and her third, Gravity Happens, was released on May 17, 2011.^[4] Voegele opened for Natasha Bedingfield on her Less is More Tour at select concerts.^[5]

As an actress, she appeared in One Tree Hill as Mia. She appeared in seasons 5, 6, 7 and 8. The season 8 finale marked her final appearance on the show. Her character did not return to the series.^[6]

Personal life[link]

Voegele performing at Farm Aid in Chicago, Illinois, on September 18, 2005

Voegele was born in the Cleveland suburb of Bay Village, Ohio. Voegele attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio through spring of 2007 as a fine arts and psychology major, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, leaving to focus on a music career afterwards.^{[citation needed]} Since the spring of 2008, Kate has been taking online classes to pursue a bachelor of science degree in Psychology at the University of Phoenix.^[7] She is engaged to professional lacrosse player Brett Hughes of the MLL's Ohio Machine.^[8]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

EPs[link]

• 2003: The Other Side
• 2005: Louder Than Words
• 2010: iTunes Session

Singles[link]

Featured songs[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

• Premios Fuse TV
  • 2009: Best New Artist International (Nominated)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
Born	(1987-10-02) October 2, 1987 (age 24) Olive Branch, Mississippi, United States
Achievements	2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion
Awards	2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
2 race(s) run over 2 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 6 (Roush Fenway Racing)
2011 position	54th
Best finish	54th - 2011
First race	2011 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte)
Last race	2012 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
84 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 6 (Roush Fenway Racing)
2011 position	1st
Best finish	1st – 2011
First race	2009 Nashville 300 (Nashville)
Last race	2012 History 300 (Charlotte)
First win	2011 John Deere Dealers 250 (Iowa)
Last win	2012 Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles 5 45 5
Statistics current as of May 26, 2012.

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (born October 2, 1987)^[1] is an American NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #6 Blackwell Angus Beef Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing in the Nationwide Series. Stenhouse was the 2010 Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year^[2] and the 2011 Nationwide Series champion.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Stenhouse began racing stock cars in ARCA in 2008 for Roush Fenway Racing. On May 10, 2008, in only his sixth race in a stock car, Stenhouse, Jr. won his first ARCA RE/MAX Series event at the Drive Smart! Buckle Up Kentucky 150 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. He had two wins in 21 races and finished fourth in the season ranking as a rookie.^[3]

NASCAR[link]

For 2009, he began competing in partial schedule in the Nationwide Series at events that conflicted with the Sprint Cup schedule. He had his first Top 10 finish at Kentucky Speedway when he finished ninth. At the following race in Milwaukee, he led 46 laps in the later stages of the race and finished fifth.^[4]

2010 was a up and down year for Stenhouse. After crashing out of four out of the first ten races of the season, Stenhouse was replaced by Brian Ickler for three races and Billy Johnson drove at Watkins Glen. After taking on veteran Mike Kelly as crew chief, Stenhouse immediately responded with a third place finish at Daytona. He proceeded to take seven top tens and was locked in a tight battle for Rookie of the Year (ROTY) with Brian Scott. With Scott struggling after his release from Turner Motorsports, Stenhouse took the ROTY award after a fourth place finish at Homestead.

2011 Nationwide championship car at Road America.

On May 22, 2011, Stenhouse held off charges from Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski for the final 18 laps to claim his first win in the John Deere Dealers 250 at Iowa Speedway, his 51st start in the Nationwide Series.^[5]

Stenhouse made his Sprint Cup Series debut at the 2011 Coca-Cola 600 substituting for fellow Roush teammate Trevor Bayne. Ricky finished 11th in the Wood Brothers Racing entry.^[6]

Stenhouse had dominated the Kroger 200 Nationwide Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway before being passed by Brad Keselowski late in the race. Stenhouse took his second Nationwide win at Iowa in August, again holding off teammate Carl Edwards, but in a more bizarre fashion as Stenhouse's engine blew coming off of turn 4. Edwards subsequently rear ended his teammate, pushing him across the line to the win.

At the end of the 2011 season, having scored sixteen top-five finishes, Stenhouse won the Nationwide Series championship by 45 points over Elliot Sadler.^[7]

Stenhouse drove the No. 6 Sprint Cup Series car for Roush Racing in the 2012 Daytona 500,^[8][9] finishing 20th.^[10]

In the Nationwide Series the previous day, Stenhouse had been caught up in a 10-car wreck on the final lap of the series' season-opening event; a week later he finished 3rd at Phoenix, while a week after that Stenhouse won his first race of 2012 at Las Vegas, winning the Sam's Town 300, holding off Mark Martin to take the checkered flag.^[11]

Images[link]

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  Stenhouse at Milwaukee after his first Top 5 NASCAR finish

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  Stenhouse's car at Milwaukee, 2009

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  2010 Nationwide car

References[link]