Barney Visser
Encyclopedia
Barney Visser is the co-owner of Furniture Row as well as owns Furniture Row Racing
in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series. Furniture Row Racing, based in Denver, Colorado
is one of a few Sprint Cup teams not based in Charlotte, North Carolina
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for 21 months after high school, and he served as a paratrouper for 11 months in the 173rd Airborne Brigade between July 1968 and June 1969. Visser and his wife Carolyn have seven children.
Visser started his NASCAR team in 2005, and has raced 54 races in the Sprint Cup Series, and 19 races with Jerry Robertson driving his Busch Series car (as of June 26, 2008). Joe Nemechek
got his team's first pole position
at the spring Talladega Superspeedway
race in 2008. and Regan Smith got the team's first win at the 2011 Showtime Southern 500.
Visser was the executive producer for the movie Uncle Nino
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Furniture Row Racing
Furniture Row Racing is a NASCAR team based in Colorado and fields the #78 Chevrolet Impala for Regan Smith. The team is owned and sponsored by the U.S. furniture store chain Furniture Row and is the only NASCAR team headquartered in Colorado....
in the NASCAR
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
Sprint Cup Series. Furniture Row Racing, based in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
is one of a few Sprint Cup teams not based in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
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Personal life
Visser graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. He volunteered in the Vietnam WarVietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
for 21 months after high school, and he served as a paratrouper for 11 months in the 173rd Airborne Brigade between July 1968 and June 1969. Visser and his wife Carolyn have seven children.
Furniture
He started manufacturing big poof pillows. He owned eight stores called Pillow Kingdom in 1977, when he decided to start his first waterbed store called Big Sur Waterbeds. That company was so successful that he changed the whole company into waterbed stores. He estimates that the company held 85 stores in the mid 1980s. He has owned stores under the Denver Mattress, Sofa Mart, Oak Express and Bedroom Expressions names.Racing
Visser decided to retire from his businesses, so he started racing at Colorado National Speedway as a hobby. He met Jerry Robertson, and the two decided to form a NASCAR Busch Series (now Nationwide Series) team.Visser started his NASCAR team in 2005, and has raced 54 races in the Sprint Cup Series, and 19 races with Jerry Robertson driving his Busch Series car (as of June 26, 2008). Joe Nemechek
Joe Nemechek
Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship...
got his team's first pole position
Pole position
The term "pole position", as used in motorsports, comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole. The term made its way, along with several other customs, to auto racing. In circuit motorsports, a driver has pole position when he or she...
at the spring Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
race in 2008. and Regan Smith got the team's first win at the 2011 Showtime Southern 500.
Media
He is the co-author of the book Vietnam: Fresh, Positive Insights for all who Suffered Loss in the Vietnam War (ISBN 978-0966404999) in November 2000.Visser was the executive producer for the movie Uncle Nino
Uncle Nino
Uncle Nino is a 2003 American movie directed by Robert Shallcross and produced by David James. The film deals with a dysfunctional family, who have lost their way, and a distant relative played by Pierrino Mascarino intends to bring them closer together....
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