19-Year-Old Brandon Oakley Ready To Begin New Season At Zaxby's SpeedFest 2014 In Cordele, Georgia
New Crew Chief in Gary Estes has Buckeye State Driver excited about the new year (Special from Brandon Oakley Racing)
January 21, 2014
Beavercreek, Ohio (January 21, 2014) – As the 2014 racing season is set to begin,
Brandon Oakley is looking forward to the new campaign more so than most competitors.
The 19-year-old heads into the new season armed with a new Crew Chief and a renewed
vigor for getting out onto the race track and competing. It all begins for Oakley on January
25-26th at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, Georgia for the Zaxby's SpeedFest
2014.
After racing in the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS portion of SpeedFest; the
SpeedFest 200, the plans for 2014 call for Oakley and his revitalized Brandon Oakley
Racing Team to chase after the 2014 ARCA/CRA Super Series Championship. In addition,
Oakley will come into the new year with 2013 ARCA/CRA Championship Winning Crew
Chief, Gary Estes calling the shot on top of the pit box. Oakley is excited to say the least
about the possibilities for the new season starting in the Peach State.
"I'm excited to be working with Gary (Estes). Working with someone different always
takes a little time to adapt to one another, but hopefully we can communicate well and get
us a good run under our belts. Plus SpeedFest is a non-points race, so we can take this
weekend and sort out any bugs we might have," Explained the Beavercreek, Ohio driver.
"Our goal for SpeedFest is to go down and run as well as we can. We have a good group
put together and I feel that we can get things going in the right direction pretty quickly." He added.
Oakley finished fifth overall in the 2013 ARCA/CRA Super Series Points Standings and was also the 2013 Rookie of the Year Runner-Up to top freshman, Ali Kern. His season high finish was a third place showing at Auto City Speedway (MI) on August 15th for his lone top five showing to go with two top 10 showings. He also recorded seven top 15 finishes during the year as well.
The team has been hard at work in the race shop prepping the stable of cars for an expected busy 2014 campaign. In addition to competing in the ARCA/CRA Super Series, Oakley will also run in select JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance events as well as the Robbie Dean Memorial Series for Late Models in his home state of Ohio. There's also the possibility of competing in the 48th annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway (FL) during Florida Speedweeks in February.
For the 2014 racing season, all of Oakley’s #51 Brandon Oakley Racing Chevrolet Impalas, one black, one orange and one white will all carry sponsorship support and decals from Dayton International Airport as well as DKBicycles.com Oakley Black Top, Buckminn's D&D Harley-Davidson, Duncan Oil, Main Auto Parts, McAfee Heating & Air, AR Bodies and M.P.H. Promotions.
For more information about the Brandon Oakley Racing Team, and to inquire about sponsorship opportunities for the fast approaching 2014 campaign, go to the new website, which is very close to completion, located at: www.brandonoakley.com You can also go to the teams’ Facebook Fan Page at: www.facebook.com and search “Brandon Oakley Racing” and on Twitter, log on at: www.twitter.com/Brandon_Oakley
