Hughes Motorsports

Measmer Takes Win Number Six at Concord

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Bobby Measmer, Jr. and the Hughes Motorsports team put together a remarkable season in 2009, culminating with win number-six on their rookie season in the NASCAR Pro Late Model division at Concord Speedway on October 17th. Next up for Hughes Motorsports is the Snowflake 100 Pro Late Model event at Five Flags Speedway (FL) on December 5th.

Like any other young boy growing up around racing, Bobby Measmer, Jr. always wanted to be a racecar driver. So at a young age he and his family decided to put his dream into a plan. He started racing go-karts at a young age and transferred over into pulling trucks as a teenager. But missing the circle tracks, he talked his parents into letting him hit the local short track, Concord Speedway.

At age 18 he entered the Hornets division at Concord Motorsport Park (NC), won his first race and was hooked. He was able to bring home a 3rd place in his first season in the Hornets Division Points for 2003. Staying in that division he traveled other tracks with wins at Tri-County, Friendship, Hickory and finally capturing the championship at Concord Motorsport Park in 2005. During the 2005 season, he had the opportunity to test in the Pure Stock and Limited Late Model divisions and brought home several wins in each.

Feeling he wanted more, Bobby and his father, Bobby Sr., spent the winter building a Limited Late Model car that he would run at Hickory Motor Speedway the following season. With that car, money out of his own pocket and a small sponsor, he finished 10th in Limited Late Model points at Hickory.

After competing at Hickory the whole 2006 season, Bobby decided to come back to his home track at Concord and try and capture the Limited Late Model championship there. So in 2007 he not only captured that championship, but he also took home the Rookie and Hard Charger of the Year trophies. When accepting his awards he stated, "This was not a given trophy. A lot of hard planning and work went out," and Bobby thanked not only his sponsors but most the ones who supported him most - his family.

Measmer knows that he’s not the only one who has given up a lot of outside things for his dreams, but his family joins him in hopes to one day seeing him achieve his biggest dream.

That family was right at Bobby's side as he teamed up with longtime friend Kevin Hughes for the 2009 season and a return to Concord in the newly-formed NASCAR Pro Late Model division. Bobby kept up his Concord success, earning a division-high six victories in the tough division.

One might think this young man must get tired of working on racecars, but his passion is so strong that he also does it during the daytime. Bobby punches a clock everyday for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team Stewart-Haas Racing where he works in the Aero Shop.