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When Armani Williams looks back on the 2017 season one day down the road in his NASCAR career he might say ‘that was the year that got it all started for me in NASCAR.’ That’s because the 17 year-old Detroit, Michigan native had a busy year that could pay dividends for him in his NASCAR career for years to come. Williams just finished participating in the 2017 NASCAR Drive for Diversity Combine held in Daytona Beach, Fla., as he will attempt to become one of the newest members of REV Racing – the team that fields cars for the diversity program participants in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. While this wasn’t the first time he was invited to participate in the combine, Williams felt this year might be different for him. “There were a lot more people involved in the Combine and NASCAR did some new things with all of the candidates to get to know us more as people and not just drivers,” Williams said. Williams started in a Late Model car and was going to test a K&N Pro Series car before weather issues ended any opportunities to drive the car during the Combine’s second day. “Although I didn’t get to go on the track with the K&N car just to be asked to go from a late model to the next level showed me how much I’ve improved,” said Williams. Some of that improvement can be credited to competing in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series over the summer. Williams made five starts in the Canadian national series in a car prepared by two-time series champion D.J. Kennington. Want motorsport news in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletters! Motorsport insider Enter your email address Submit Williams scored a season-best finish of 11th at Delaware Speedway located just across the Canadian border close to his Detroit home and more importantly, gained valuable seat time and experience. “My family and I were trying to put something together to race last year when NASCAR made us aware of an opportunity in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series,” said Williams. “I really appreciate NASCAR, DJ and everyone involved as driving in those five races really helped me.” Williams said set time in the stock car helped prepare him for the combine. “I just wanted to focus on learning the car and getting used to running longer races,” said Williams. “The NASCAR Pinty’s Series races were 250 to 300 laps and that gave me a chance to learn about race strategy and taking care of your equipment. It was a great experience for me.” It will be a few weeks before Williams knows if he’ll be one of the four drivers selected from the combine to drive for REV Racing next season and the teenager is ready to move forward no matter what the outcome. “Obviously we hope we are one of the drivers selected by REV Racing and NASCAR to be a part of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program,” said Williams. “The program has proven to be successful for several drivers that you see racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series today.” Williams was also happy to hear the news that NASCAR Drive for Diversity graduate Darrell Wallace Jr. was recently named the full-time driver for Richard Petty Motorsports in 2018 joining other graduates Daniel Suarez and Kyle Larson who have already reached NASCAR’s premier series. “He (Wallace) was part of the combine and when I see that he made it to the top of NASCAR, that tells me that I can make it, too,” Williams added. “Seeing him make it really motivates me and it shows that anything is possible in NASCAR.” NASCAR and REV Racing invited 12 participants with four being selected for the 2018 season. Three of those drivers will race full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, while also running full-time in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series in a Late Model – totaling more than 30 races next season. In addition, the fourth driver will compete full-time in the Late Model program and serve as an alternate for the K&N Pro Series program. Cayden Lapcevich scores third win in Pinty’s Series return to Jukasa PREVIOUS ARTICLE Cayden Lapcevich scores third win in Pinty’s Series return to Jukasa Popular In the Community Sponsored Sponsored ERICSSON SAYS SAUBER HAS MADE A BREAKTHROUGH Stephen Taylor1 5h I think there inside Ericsson there is a decent driver- problem is every year it takes him half a season to get going. PERRINN DEVELOPING ELECTRIC CAR FOR LE MANS BrettSinclair 6h A 24h race is the perfect place to show people that the current hype for electric cars (battery cars) are something we will laugh at in the decades to come. MEXICO PERFORMANCE MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED - HONDA Dash_Riprock 1d Anytime the Honda doesn't go BOOM , it's better than expected. EVANS SET FOR 2018 M-SPORT PROMOTION tazzerama 6h Great news, deserves a drive, he's had a good year. HIGH ALTITUDE HELPED RED BULL DOMINATE IN MEXICO Mannes Karsten 11h Also goes to show the abilities of Max if there's a level playing field with the other 2 top teams. HAMILTON DELIVERED HIS BEST SEASON EVER - LOWE polman4 1d His calmness and patience this year was remarkable.He never lost control and perfomed when it was needed. Even after summer - break when he had 14points deficit he didn't loose.And this patience and carefull driving gave him the title instead of Seb.Well done. HORNER: VERSTAPPEN SO DOMINANT HE GOT BORED Atroms 1d Max made me a 100% true believer this weekend. The way he was hugging the kerbs w/ slight slides was unbelievable. There was no one else out there at that level but him this weekend. He's destined for greatness, just a matter of time now.. WHY F1 IS BRACED FOR 2017'S TOUGHEST RACE IN MEXICO Dizze 2d Lewis may say publicly that he is racing for the win. But the reality is he wants to wrap up the title this weekend and he can and will do that by finishing in the top 5 thanks to his huge margin.He may now race for the win in the remaining 2 races, once the title is his. ROSSI: BROKEN LEG DIDN'T COST ME MOTOGP TITLE SHOT SnuSnu 11h According to Jon Wolf/Kimmy Lee/Forhorgimp/Z0o4green. It did. And he would know, being the streetbike champ!On a serious note. It sounds like he is happier at least with the new frame, and they just need more time to dial it in. Hopefully both the Yamaha's are back up there next season. WHAT A PAPAYA ORANGE 2018 MCLAREN F1 CAR COULD LOOK LIKE Spesm 2h Looks like a silent call for Verstappen PEDROSA EXPECTED TO FINISH LAST IN WET SEPANG RACE JonnyWolf 20h Back in my day, after a hard day of street bike racing, my buddies would gather for a hard earned meal at Sizzler. We'd tell jokes, we'd laugh and we'd cry, for hours on end. We could drink and slap each other on the back, until the sun started to rise. How I miss those days. It's not easy I tell you, being known as the guy who everyone went to for advice. I was so good I could tune a Pantah by ear over the telephone. And not one of these fancy phones you have these days with no cords. One time I was leading a race and I got a flat. Thankfully it was only flat on the bottom so it only slowed me down a little. When you go that fast, nothing can stop you. At the end of that race, a young man approached me and ask for some riding advice. I took him under my wing, he had a goofy look to him and I felt sorry for him. Many moons later, both full moons and half moons, after speaking at least every second day after all these years, I'm so proud of what he has become. I don't like dropping names, I'm too well known for that, but I credit those 9 titles to myself. I don't need the royalty checks, but they do help to keep my engine revving and my legacy alive. HAMILTON HAD IT TOO EASY IN 2017 - ALONSO Excal 1d I feel like this is a dig at Ferrari and Vettel more than anything VERSTAPPEN ADMITS RENAULT FAILURES HAD HIM WORRIED LDG 2d Max has now won 2 races on Merit, Malaysia and Mexico, overtaking the cars on track that started on pole, which were first the Mercedes W08 Starship enterprise and second the Ferrari empire.All of Ricciardo's 5 wins in his career have come from reliability issues of the leaders or safety cars messing up the race of the leaders, his wins are flukes.All Ricciardo wins since 2014:2014 Canada: Hamilton and Rosberg lose 160hp because of a Mgu-h failures, Hamilton retires from the lead brake failure - Ricciardo wins.2014 Hungry: Safety cars destroys the leaders race - Ricciardo wins.2014 Spa: Rosberg takes out Hamilton, Rosberg damages his car in the process - Ricciardo wins2016 Malaysia: Hamilton car fails from 25 seconds in the lead - Ricciardo wins.2017 Baku: Countless crashes, Safety cars, Verstappen retirement, Massa retirement, time penalties, headrest failures - Ricciardo wins. HAMILTON: TEAMING UP WITH RICCIARDO WOULD BE A PRIVILEGE Cliffhanger 5d So basically Lewis is saying: I think Max is better, beat him first, then we'll have a go? MEXICAN GP RACE HISTORY AT JAMES ALLEN ON F1 slwsnowman40 3h What are we looking at with this chart? I know it has something to do with race positions over the course of the race, but the -60, -35 etc confuses me. Write a comment About this article Series NASCAR Canada , NASCAR Drivers Armani Williams Article type Breaking news PREV Share on Facebook Share on Twitter TO THE NASCAR CANADA MAIN PAGE Back to top © 2017 MOTORSPORT NETWORK. All rights reserved.