My love for NASCAR started before I can even remember.
I watched the sport my entire time growing up, starting as a fan of Kyle Busch and M&M’s when I was SUPER little, then eventually becoming a Kevin Harvick fan.
In 2014, I started an Instagram account to post about NASCAR, as well as my hundreds of diecasts that I owned. Around 2017, I was given the opportunity to cover O’Reilly and Truck Series news for an established social media brand, and in 2019 I took over the Cup side and posted about all three. In 2020, that account became @nascarreport.
Right around that time is when I decided I wanted this to be my career and began taking this a lot more seriously. I used my Instagram account to continue to grow my ability, connections, and audition myself for roles in the industry.
When COVID hit, it almost helped me gain my footing in the sport. With everything being remote for the longest time, it allowed me to gain connections with a handful of drivers and teams in the sport, but also be on the same playing field as other media members, being a 16-year-old that could not really travel to the races anyways.
During that year I began my now-annual Daytona Charity Shootout on iRacing, bringing together hundreds of people in the industry and beyond for a great cause. I also was able to begin a podcast with Tommy Joe Martins called The Drivers Meeting on Bleav, where we went over 50 episodes strong with some incredible guests.
Through the 2021 and 2022 seasons I continued my work on Instagram as well as building my personal brand. I was able to go and capture content and interviews in the garages for the first time, and begin working for other media companies to build my portfolio as I graduated high school.
2022 saw me work for outlets and brands such as TobyChristie.com, CARS Tour, NASCAR Rivals, and also begin a multi-year partnership with ESPN Northwest Florida for motorsports and sports content.
Unfortunately, in some of my other deals where I was promised money, I was lied to and ran broke. I finished out the 2022 season after my high school graduation and began a job at Chick-Fil-A where I was able to be a manager for over three years, and actually still continue to contribute to the company today, which has given so much to me in this journey.
Fast forward to 2024, I spend a long time going back and forth whether I want to continue to audition for other outlets and teams or take a big risk. And it was in August of that year I decided to launch Motor Stardom. I believed in my ability to continue to build and create something unique for the race fan, providing up-to-date news, stories, content, all in an exclusive original manner.
The 2025 season was a big experimental year, starting up a website for the first time, as well as trying to expand onto other social media platforms while getting the name out there.
There has certainly been a lot of ups and downs, but I am so grateful for the journey that it has been so far. Here in 2026 already, I have traveled more than any year, have more connections than ever before, and the future looks very bright for Motor Stardom to be one-of-one in the motorsports industry for years and decades to come.
My ultimate goal is certainly not only to make a living for myself out of this, but to make it so big to the point where I can be able to bring other people in and help them along this journey the same way people were there to help me.
I’m working hard every day to secure brand deals and sponsorship for the brand because, truthfully, I have mostly been doing all this for free for a very long time.
I appreciate everyone’s support, and anyone that took the time to read my story. I can promise I am working as hard as I can to make Motor Stardom a powerful unit of not only the present, but the future.