CHARLOTTE NC - December 06, 2018, Drive 4 Diversity 2019 team announcement photography at the NASCAR Plaza in Charlotte, NC.

Meet the 2019 Drive for Diversity class

By Jessica Ruffin | Published: December 17, 2018 25

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NASCAR announced the 2019 Drive for Diversity class on Dec. 6, which included four returning members and two new ones. Meet all six drivers, who will attempt to follow in the footsteps of Drive for Diversity alumnae Kyle Larson, Daniel Suarez and Bubba Wallace, by competing with Rev Racing in 2019.

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Chase Cabre

Age: 21

Hometown: Tampa, Florida

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Cabre will drive in the K&N Pro Series East for Rev Racing in 2019. This marks Cabre's third straight season competing for Rev Racing. He made his debut in the K&N Pro Series in 2017 and finished seventh in the K&N Pro East Series in 2018.

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After starting out in motocross, Cabre earned 12 wins from 2011 to 2013 in a 600 Mini Sprint Car.

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Cabre was also named to the 2017 NASCAR Next class.

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Ernie Francis Jr.

Age: 20

Hometown: Southwest Ranches, Florida

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Francis Jr. will drive a Late Model in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series for Rev Racing in 2019. He will also continue to race in the Trans Am Series and plans to make select K&N Pro Series East road course starts.

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This marks Francis Jr.'s second year in the Drive for Diversity Development Program. At the age of 16, he became the youngest Trans Am Series champion and is now a five-time champion in that series. In his two K&N Pro Series East starts with Rev Racing last year, he earned second- and 11th-place finishes, along with a pole.

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Francis also made an Xfinity Series start at Road America in 2017.

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Ruben Garcia Jr.

Age: 23

Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico

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The 2019 season will be Garcia's fourth with Rev Racing. He raced in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East last year, along with the NASCAR Peak Mexico Series, earning his first two NASCAR wins in the United States at Memphis and Dover.

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Garcia notched his second championship in the NASCAR Peak Mexico Series in 2018 and finished third in the K&N Pro Series East Series.

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Garcia also make his Xfinity Series debut at Phoenix in 2014 and was a part of the NASCAR Next program in 2015 and 2016.

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Nick Sanchez

Age: 17

Hometown: Homestead, Florida

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This marks the second year for Sanchez with Rev Racing; he competed as a rookie in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series last year. In 2019, he will run a Late Model for Rev Racing.

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Sanchez nabbed one win, five podium finishes and six top fives during his 2018 Legend Car season with Rev Racing.

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Sanchez also drove a Rev Racing Legend car in the Bojangles Summer Shootout and was a part of Rev Raving's Youth Development program in 2017 and 2018.

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Brooke Storer

Age: 20

Hometown: Land O' Lakes, Florida

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The 2019 season will mark Storer's first year with Rev Raving. She will run full-time in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, driving a Late Model for Rev Raving in 2019.

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Storer earned the 2016 Desoto Speedway Sportsman championship and the 2018 Auburndale Speedway Sportsman championship.

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At the age of 14, she was the youngest female to qualify and start a Super Late Model Series 100-lap event. Storer put her own race team together in 2016 and has been racing a Sportsman in Florida.

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Gracie Trotter

Age: 17

Hometown: Denver, North Carolina

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Trotter is a first-time member of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity class and will run a Late Model for Rev Racing in 2019.

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Trotter has been racing Super Late Models and Legend Cars in the Semi Pro Division and was the highest-finishing female in the 2018 Bojangles Summer Shootout with two wins and second place in the point standings.

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Trotter also became the first female to win in the Young Lions division in 2017.