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Kendall Bumbera
Date of Birth: October 14, 1992
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
Height: 5’ 7?
Weight: 125 lbs
Marital Status: Single
Years in Racing: 3
Team: Next Generation Racing
Racing Divisions: Texas Super Racing Series, NASCAR
Whelen All American Series Late Models, ASA Late
Models
Personal
Favorite Movie: Days of Thunder
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite TV Show: King of Queens
Favorite Beverage: Sweet Tea
Favorite Color: Red
Hobbies: Volleyball, 4-Wheeling
Kendall Bumbera has just began her racing career
and already has the statistics of a champion in the
making. In 2007 at the young age of 14 she took to
the track with steadfast determination. Her goal
was to drive as well as her older sister Kristin,
who was already making history on the racetrack and
was well on her way to a career in NASCAR. Kendall
did everything she set out to do her first season
and was awarded the 2007 Rookie of the Year Award
in the Houston Motorsports Park Pro Stock
Division.
Bumbera competed part time in the Pro Stock
Division again in 2008 and continued to add more
top 10 finishes to her resume. Over the winter she
made the transition up to late model stock cars,
the touring Texas Super Racing Series. The TSRS
boasts the best drivers in the state of Texas
– who combined own 22 series and track
championships and 4 rookie of the year titles
including Kendall’s.
As the only female competitor against 34 men she
beat all the odds to win another Rookie of the Year
title at the age of 16. She finished her first year
in late models with 1 top 5, 8 top 10 finishes and
1 hard charger award.
News
Bumbera Sisters Land New
Segment on Fox 26 News
FOX 26 Morning News will visit some of the great
cities surrounding Houston each Friday over a
period of several weeks. Katy was the second city
featured during Hometown Fridays.
“That’s the way it is; people watching
their neighbors,” described Katy Mayor Don
Elder Jr. about residents in his city.
Anchors Jose Grinan and Melissa Wilson visited
Bumbera’s Performance Associates, where the
next generation of female auto racing stars has
developed. They also visited Midway South Tex
Bar-B-Que & Smokehouse.
FOX 26 reporter Ruben Dominguez and Dave Morales
from BackstageOL.com visited Westside Houston
Recording Studio on West Little York Road where
musician Kevin Black performed the song “A
Tear for You,” which he dedicates to his
daughter who died at the age of 16 from Rett
Syndrome. He is the brother of country music
veteran Clint Black. Brothers Kevin, Clint, and
Brian Black were born and raised in Katy.
Reporter John Donnelly visited Canine Country
Club on Katy – Ft. Bend Road where he met with
the owners and married couple Jeff and Adrienne
Murphrey. Kerry Scott, owner of KS Performance
Horses, also described how the center is helping
children who survived abuse.
Students from various high schools in the Katy
Independent School District gather at a centralized
location to learn how to become media professionals
by operating the scoreboard and video replay system
at Rhodes Stadium.
Lee Faulk Racing to test 2
new prospects for the 2012 season
October 4th, 2011 Lee Faulk Racing will end the
season just as busy at it started by testing two
new 2012 driver prospects.
The first of the two drivers, Kendall Bumbera
will test Oct. 7th at Hickory Speedway in the #15
Monte Carlo. The 18 year-old late model standout is
from Houston, TX and currently competes in a
partial late model schedule at ThunderHill
Speedway. Kendall already has 2 rookie of the year
titles to her name and looks to add to that total
at Hickory Speedway next season.
The second driver to test for LFR will also be
competing in his first race for Lee Faulk Racing at
the Fall Brawl, Oct. 15 at Hickory Motor Speedway.
Tyler Laing, just made the move to Mooresville from
his south Florida residence and currently attends
school at NTI (NASCAR Technical Institute). Tyler
has a lot of super late model experience racing in
Florida as well as one NASCAR K&N series event
start where he came home in the 11th position at
Gresham Motorsports Park. Tyler will do a full test
day as well as the 177 lap Huffman Memorial race in
hopes of making plans full time for the future.
Tyler was the 2009 Florida Fastruck series
champion.
“We are really looking forward to having
Kendall and Tyler come drive for us. We have been
friends of the Bumbera family for a couple years
now and we have done business with them in the
past. They are great people and are a perfect fit
for what we want representing us at LFR. I have
only spoken to Tyler and his dad on the phone but
they also seem like a great group and we look
forward to building a lasting relationship with
them as well.” Michael Faulk said about the
upcoming events.
Everyone at Lee Faulk Racing is excited to see
such great, young talent coming through our program
in the future and looks to continue their success
through the 2012 race season.
Kendall Bumbera Wraps Up
2011 With Another Podium Finish
September 26th, 2011 Kendall Bumbera takes home a
3rd place finish at the Texas Stock Car Spectacular
held at Thunder Hill Raceway to wrap up her 2011
season. The racing was a little crazy with many
cautions – two of which Kendall found herself
tangled up in. In her return to the 3/8’s mile
track Bumbera has never placed lower than 5th this
season. “Two years ago here I was driving a
different chassis – it was good enough to win
Rookie of the Year – but this “BAD
FAST” chassis is freakin’ awesome.”
says Bumbera. There is no mistaking that Kendall
loves to race. Pulling into the tech area after the
race many could hear her yelling from inside her
car as she pulled off her helmet, “That was so
fun! I did it on the outside – I loved
it!”
Bumbera has many reasons to be excited these
days, in two weeks she’ll be heading to
Charlotte, NC to test for Lee Faulk Racing. Should
all go well she’ll be racing at historic
Hickory Motor Speedway, the “Birthplace of
NASCAR Stars” next season. The legendary short
track has been credited as the longest continually
operating motor speedway in the country and
celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. Bumbera
would be competing in the NASCAR Whelen All
American Series Late Model Division as the teammate
to Pietro Fittipaldi, the 15-year-old grandson of
racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi. Pietro just won
the championship this weekend with Lee Faulk Racing
and Bumbera sees a great opportunity to join the
team.
Now that the season is over Bumbera goes to work
on securing sponsorship for 2012. She’s
looking for a marketing partnership with a company
who is ready to give their product “the ride
of a lifetime”.
Bumbera herself is no newcomer to the sport
having won Rookie of the Year titles in 2007 and
2009 at the ages of 14 and 16. Her father, Kenny,
laughs when older men drivers new to oval track
racing in Texas come try to give Kendall advice
about how to start from the pole, restarts, or the
move-over flag and then she goes out and spanks
‘em in the race. “They don’t ever
seem to come back over and chat with her after the
race. She never ceases to amaze me. She holds her
own and her excitement on the radios is contagious.
I love to watch what she can do in our cars.”
says Kenny.
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