Driver Profile

Robert Pressley's driving career began on the bullring in Asheville, N.C., where he recorded a string of six consecutive track championships in the 1980s, along with over 150 wins in Late Model cars around the South.

He also won the 1988 track championship at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina, and the Mid-Atlantic Winston Racing Series championships in 1987 and 1988.

In the mid-1980s, Pressley made a few starts in the NASCAR Busch Series. But in 1989, his rookie year, he made the splash that would propel his career into overdrive: He went to Victory Lane at Orange County Speedway in only his 12th start.

From that point on, Pressley moved through the Busch Series ranks, winning six poles, 10 races, and recording a third-place finish in the 1993 series points standings.

He then moved on into the Cup series in 1995, where he competed full time until December 2001, when received a call from Bobby Hamilton to race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and also in a limited number of Cup series events for Bobby Hamilton Racing.

Pressley is an also an amateur landscaper who once drove a Coca-Cola delivery truck.