page_title: Drive for Diversity
section_title: 2015
hierarchical_section_title: Drive for Diversity / Drivers / 2015
caption_attribution_description: English: Kenzie Ruston's No. 34 Chevrolet is pushed on pit road at Richmond International Raceway before the NASCAR K&amp;N Pro Series East Blue Ox 100, April 25 2013.
context_page_description: The Drive for Diversity program is a development system instituted by the American auto racing league NASCAR. The program's purpose is to attract minority and female individuals to the sport, primarily as drivers, but also including ownership, sponsorship, and crew member roles, and to attract a more diverse audience to the sport. Before an applicant is accepted into the program, their resumes are checked by NASCAR officials. The system is similar to a driver development program where applicants progress through minor-league and regional racing levels to prepare them for a possible shot at one of NASCAR's three national series. The program was started during the 2004 season by NASCAR marketing executives in order to attract minority fans and drivers to the historically white and male-dominated sport. The year before, Joe Gibbs Racing, along with former athletes Reggie White and Magic Johnson, had started a similar program.
context_section_description: Devon Amos – K&N Pro Series East
  Jay Beasley – K&N Pro Series East
  Collin Cabre – K&N Pro Series East; one win (Dover), 10th in points.
  Natalie Decker – Whelen All-American Series
  Kenzie Ruston – K&N Pro Series East; earned highest finish for a female in a K&N Pro Series East race of 2nd in 2014 with Ben Kennedy Racing
  Dylan Smith – Whelen All-American Series
  Among the 14 drivers not selected were 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series champion Abraham Calderón and former D4D/Rev Racing driver Paige Decker.
caption: Kenzie Ruston drove for Rev Racing in 2015.
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