{"id":20920,"date":"2014-02-15T14:03:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=20920"},"modified":"2014-02-15T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T14:03:12","slug":"tommy-king-named-tech-inspector-of-southern-pro-am-truck-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/tommy-king-named-tech-inspector-of-southern-pro-am-truck-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy King Named Tech Inspector of Southern Pro Am Truck Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20812\" alt=\"Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Logo.jpg\" width=\"186\" height=\"78\" \/>Driver Seat Racing, Inc., managing sponsor of the Southern Pro Am Truck Series has named Tommy King as its 2014 tech inspector and series consultant.\u00a0 Mr. King, who has an extensive background with the Florida Pro Trucks, will not only be the series\u2019 pre and post race tech inspector, he will also consult on series management, work to align the series with other national pro truck series, and research possible rule revisions that will benefit the series member\u2019s racing budget and safety.\u00a0 Upon agreeing to the tech inspector role, Mr. King communicated that, no matter a driver\u2019s status or involvement with the series, each member will be properly inspected and treated the same.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the series has named Bobby Owens as its Field Representative. The series\u2019 field representative is responsible for assisting members at series events, membership growth, and networking with prospective and current business partners.\u00a0 Mr. Owens will consult on Driver Seat Racing\u2019s pro truck driver development program and maintain the Driver Seat Racing\u2019s pro truck racing fleet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe addition of Tommy King and Bobby Owens improves the series\u2019 integrity,\u201d noted Jim Reppi, President of Driver Seat Racing, Inc and Southern Pro Am Truck Series. &#8220;With Tommy and Bobby\u2019s comprehensive understanding of pro truck racing, their impressive seat time in the pro trucks and experience fabricating stock cars, they will be a great resource for our current and prospective members.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jim Reppi, the company\u2019s president, has a wide range of business experience and a love for circle track racing.\u00a0 Jim currently owns a business consulting firm called The Rep Consultants.\u00a0 He provides sales management, marketing strategies and product\/service implementation for national companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the fortunate opportunity to build Jim and his Dad their pro trucks, and through the years Jim has proven to be a true professional.\u00a0 To have someone with a strong business sense, follow-through and a passion for the pro trucks, the series is lucky to have him,\u201d said Bobby Owens.<\/p>\n<p>For racing schedule, rules, and inquiries or to contact a representative of the Southern Pro Am Truck Series, please call 1-877-883-1082 or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@driverseatracing.com\" target=\"_blank\">info@driverseatracing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a pro truck or are thinking of driving one, please race with or join us this\u00a0Sunday February 16, 2014\u00a0at Bronson Speedway (Archer, FL).\u00a0 Pit gates open at\u00a0noon\u00a0and racing begins at\u00a02 pm.\u00a0 Membership to the series is free and you can register at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/driverseatracing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">driverseatracing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver Seat Racing, Inc., managing sponsor of the Southern Pro Am Truck Series has named Tommy King as its 2014 tech inspector and series consultant.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,3,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-front-page-news","category-racing-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20922,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20920\/revisions\/20922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}