Veteran Driver Fernandez To Race A Doubleheader This Weekend
Apr 18, 2008
Veteran driver Adrian Fernandez is racing in a doubleheader this weekend that will take him from the streets of Long Beach to the streets of Mexico City.
Fernandez and Luis Diaz, his teammate at Lowe’s Fernandez Racing, will drive their No. 15 Acura prototype sports car in the American Le Mans Series race Saturday on the 1.97-mile Long Beach street course.
Then Fernandez will race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Sunday at his hometown circuit, the 2.5-mile Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports.
With news conferences, practices, qualifying and actual races, Fernandez has to make multiple trips between the two cities this week—6,200 miles of travel, or 17 hours of flying time. “I should be fine and actually I like the idea of not waiting around,” he said. “You go there and do your job, which I like.”
To top it off, Sunday will be his 45th birthday.
