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012211_ryley_seibertLocal Williams Lake race car driver Ryley Seibert has just returned from North Carolina after graduating from the RACE 101 program in Mooresville, NC which acts as home to the biggest teams in NASCAR.

RACE 101 was founded by Tony Blanchard, former development crew chief of NASCAR star Joey Logano, on the principle that young drivers need proper development not only in driving but also in public relations and car set-up. Opportunities were priceless as students would also get the chance to test in the RACE 101 late model car.

18-year-old Seibert was accepted into RACE 101 in January of 2010, and scored the highest mark in the class on a written exam based on race car knowledge.

Throughout the year Seibert attended online classes and would fly to North Carolina for classes in the RACE 101 race shop.

Seibert was scheduled to be in the RACE 101 late model car in July but was forced to stay home because of all the rain that North Carolina was getting. Finally on November 12th he got his chance to get into the car, and the young driver impressed everyone with how smooth, fast, and consistent he was lap after lap. “All I could think about was my Dad’s advice: be smooth, start slow, end fast,” he said about his father, Trevor Seibert.

Seibert will continue to race his sportsman car this year in the ARCA West OK Tire Series which tours all over BC, and says that he is determined to win the championship. He will also work to raise enough money to do one or two races in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.

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