Empire Racing announced recently that late model drier Jacob Engle will be moving up to the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards in 2014, running a full-time schedule.
“I’m really looking forward to working with Empire Racing,” the 21-year-old said. “They had great results last year and I’m confident that with the relationship between Roush-Yates Engines and Empire we are going to have a very successful program.”
Engle got his start racing g0-karts in the San Diego Karting Association, US Karting Champinship, International Karting Federation (IKF), Stars of Tomorrow, and the World Karting Association (WKA). The young driver won 159 of his 286 races, while picking up an SDKA Championship and three WKA Championships.
He then moved to full-bodied stock cars in 2008, moving into the ASA Late Model Series in 2009. A move from El Cajon, California to Mooresvile, North Carolina, competing in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Myrtle Beach Speedway.
As part of the deal, Empire Racing added that Engle may potentially make some starts for them in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. It will all depend on how well he does in ARCA.
“We were introduced to Jake this past summer at a charity military event at Myrtle Beach Speedway,” John Bellesfield of Empire Racing said. “He is a talented driver with a great relationship with his marketing partners which is something that is hard to find today in racing so we are looking forward to a successful 2014.”
Engle was on hand for the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway last month.
