Nasrac Hall of Fame
OK the first edition onf Nasrac News Reloaded is going to be all about our current Hall of Fame members. Phillip Bupp is the author of this piece. Next week we will feature the chase winners. The following week we will talk about season 8 and all the teams anc changes to those teams. These articles will be posted saturday after the races so that you have something to look forward to on sundays day off from racing.
Name: Kevin Minnelli
AAA Number: 42
ID: 2
Stats (as of end of season 6):
216 Races (144 in AAA)
9 Poles (8 in AAA)
9 Wins (7 in AAA)
55 Top 5’s (28 in AAA)
96 Top 10’s (65 in AAA)
Notable Achievements: Founder and Creator of NASRAC, Season 5 AAA Champion, has never finished lower than 2nd in AAA points, NASRAC Hall of Fame Selection Committee Member. 90% of the Hall of Fame vote.
Kevin Minnelli is the founding father of NASRAC. Along with proving his dominance on the track, which includes an AAA championship in Season 5, he is the one who people think of when NASRAC is ever mentioned. In order to win anything in the top division, you must go through Kevin first and if you came through alive, you may have a good finish. No one can fathom the hours of work he has put through to make this great game what it is. Quite simply, there wouldn’t be anyone else in the Hall of Fame or even in NASRAC if it wasn’t for Kevin Minnelli.
Name: Tim Reeve
AAA Number: 4
ID: 169
Stats (as of end of season 6):
180 Races (108 in AAA), 48 Races as other drivers
7 Poles (2 in AAA), 1 Pole
20 Wins (9 in AAA), 3 Wins
54 Top 5’s (32 in AAA), 7 Top 5’s
89 Top 10’s (49 in AAA), 11 Top 10’s
Notable Achievements: Season 4 AAA Champion, Member of X2X Motorsports, Team Leader of TR Motorsports, NASRAC Hall of Fame Selection Committee Member. 60% of the Hall of Fame vote.
Tim Reeve has been a part of NASRAC since the beginning. After trying to find his way in the game spending 9 races as an Independent (where he got his only win outside of X2X Motorsports) and 10 races with what was then PH Motorsports (now 1Up Motorsports, he joined Johnny Williams and others in the newly formed X2X Motorsports in the middle of Season 1 and has made a name for himself on the track (winning a career high 9 races in a season in Season 2), and he is willing to get in it with people off the track (usually winning in both). After a small retirement period in Season 6, Tim is on the verge of a comeback. Along with being in X2X Motorsports, he is now the Team Leader of Front Runners United (soon to be renamed TR Motorsports).
Name: Giants02122
AAA Number: 15
ID: 298
Stats (as of end of season 6):
198 Races (144 in AAA), 283 Races as other drivers
6 Poles (6 in AAA), 9 Poles
5 Wins (1 in AAA), 2 Wins
19 Top 5’s (4 in AAA), 21 Top 5’s
34 Top 10’s (9 in AAA), 61 Top 10’s
Notable Achievements: First Global Moderator, Winner of the first AAA Daytona 500, Founder and Team Leader of Bailey Motorsports, NASRAC Hall of Fame Selection Committee Member, Head of the Racer of the Race Awards. 50% of the Hall of Fame vote.
Joining in the middle of Season 1, Giants02122 made an immediate impact in the NASRAC family. On top of his moderator duties, as the leader of Bailey Motorsports, he has also made a point in helping newcomers run teams of their own. He truly is an ambassador to the game. The inaugural AAA Daytona 500 winner said, “[I have] been with the game since Season 1, Race 18. Been through it all with Kevin, and the gang. I consider it an honor to be on the Global Mod team for so long, and working with the community makes the boards so much fun. Thanks to everyone who put the HOF together, it’s a great honor to be in the first class, and it’s something I’ll never forget.”
Name: Phillip Bupp
AAA Number: 9
ID: 654
Stats (as of end of season 6):
180 Races (108 in AAA), 36 Races as other drivers
6 Poles (0 in AAA), 4 Poles
6 Wins (6 in AAA), 13 Wins
42 Top 5’s (26 in AAA), 20 Top 5’s
78 Top 10’s (43 in AAA), 26 Top 10’s
Notable Achievements: Team Leader of Bupp Enterprises, Former Team Leader of X2X Motorspors, One-Time Winner of the AAA Daytona 500, Head of the Team Challenge, Head of the NASRAC Hall of Fame Selection Committee, Two-Time Team Challenge Driver of the Third, and First Team Challenge Driver of the Year. 70% of the Hall of Fame vote.
Phillip Bupp is the only Inaugural Hall of Famer who started his NASRAC career after Season 1. Joining in Season 2, he was a rather unknown and stayed out of the spotlight. After a season as an Independent, Phillip joined 1Up Motorsports. After a season and looking for a new challenge, Phillip took a rare opportunity and applied and was accepted into X2X Motorsports which proved to be a turning point in his career. Before X2X, Phillip had 0 wins and while on the team, he has won at least 2 AAA races per season. In season 6, Phillip took another opportunity and accepted the position of Team Leader of X2X due to Johnny Williams’ brief retirement. Leading the team for 2 seasons, it was another challenge that came a calling as Phillip will take over the previously named MCM Motorsports (now renamed Bupp Enterprises). With winning the AAA Daytona 500 and being a perennial favorite for The Chase almost every season, Phillip Bupp is the ultimate NASRAC “rags to riches” story.
Name: Johnny Williams
AAA Number: 1
ID: 69
Stats (as of end of season 6):
180 Races (108 in AAA), 36 Races as other drivers
2 Poles (2 in AAA), 2 Poles
17 Wins (11 in AAA), 7 Wins
55 Top 5’s (32 in AAA), 24 Top 5’s
78 Top 10’s (45 in AAA), 30 Top 10’s
Notable Achievements: Season 3 Inaugural AAA Champion, Founder and Team Leader of X2X Motorsports, NASRAC Global Moderator, NASRAC Hall of Fame Selection Committee Member. 100% of the Hall of Fame vote.
You could say that Johnny Williams is the first superstar of NASRAC. In the middle of Season 1, he formed the legendary X2X Motorsports and history was made. Johnny and the team have pretty much won everything in sight. Johnny made it a standard when it came to winning races and championships which is still true today, including Johnny himself winning the first AAA Championship in Season 3 while winning 9 races that first season. After a 2 season retirement, Johnny is back in Season 9 and back in control of the team he made famous. Looking through his career as a driver and Team Leader, it is proof that Johnny has become a champion in every sense of the word.
