It began in the early years with 3 uncles, and sometimes our father, racing street stocks at Ransomville speedway. In my teen years I helped a group of classmates and friends working on 3 or 4 street stocks at Can-Am speedway in LaFargeville, NY. After moving back to WNY I began helping Russ Zimmerman (another uncle) with his modified. The love of motorsports has been instilled in our family from an early age and only continues to grow.
I grew up from a young age working at Can Am Speedway with a great group of people preparing the racing surface each week . The boss of the group was also a well seasoned racer who took me under his wing and allowed me to tag along often to different tracks helping on his late model. There wasn't much a kid my age could do to really help but they always found something—so I always FELT like part of the team!
This is where my love of racing began—not JUST for the competition on the track—but for the camaraderie and friendship that comes from working together on these cars!
As a young man I often dreamed not of being a driver—but of being a builder! So much so that I focused my education towards welding and fabrication in hopes that some day I could build the cars that put winners in victory lane!
As most of us know - a young man's dreams are often overshadowed by reality!
For many years I was like a lot of other fans, watching from the stands and wishing I could be more involved!
In 2019 my nephew Tyler Moore got an opportunity to pilot a sportsman car in the Novice division at Ransomville Speedway and we began to follow just a little closer. By 2022, we had made the decision to purchase a car and go racing as a family! Moore Family Racing was formed for the 2023 racing season and our adventure began!
For the 2024 season my goal is to not only improve our results on the track—but to grow our relationships with our partners through social media as well as our weekly radio program "Racing thru Radio" which we created in partnership with WLVL 1340 a.m.
"Who says a young man's dreams can't come true?"
Unlike a lot of my family, I didn’t grow up with my hands as heavy in the scene of racing. Like many kids my age, I spent Fridays coming to the race track with friends and watching classmates drive, but I never truly fully appreciated what was happening behind the scenes. Most of my life, the race track was just a place to hang out.
It wasn’t until I became an adult that I began to understand the workings and excitement that comes from behind the scenes. When family got involved it began to feel real to me. It wasn't just cars driving around all taking the same left turn over and over again. It was teams of people putting hours of their blood sweat and tears into getting a few laps in on the track. Racing was an art.
My dad decided to chase his dream of getting back into racing through helping my cousin Tyler. On this endeavor, I took a hard pivot into learning everything I could. I would sit in the pits and google everything I could, I'd watch go-pro footage over and over again to see what we missed, or if there was anything we could do with that footage to get our name out there. I didn’t want to stay there and watch with my hands in my pockets, I wanted to be a part of the action in any way I could. I didn’t understand much about cars, but I understood advertising and design.
I’m lucky enough to have a family that was so willing to teach and get me involved and what was happening in a way that I would be useful.
This season, I’m excited to take on the role of not only one of our graphic designers associated with Moore Family Racing, but to also be hosting Racing Thru Radio and WLVL Tuesday morning. Throughout the season, I will be talking to various drivers and track officials to give listeners a better understanding of how the season’s going, even if they can’t make it to the track.