R & D Racing Driver
Adam Williams

Adam Williams was born on December 2, 1991 in Renselaer, Indiana. His dad Keith and mother Sharon along with two older brothers, Brandon and James are very supportive of his racing and you will find them at the race track every night that Adam is racing.

Adam originally did some go-kart racing, mainly just for fun. In 2006 he started racing the family Barefoot Mini-Stock and while he didn't win any races he finished 5th in the yearly points standing at Shadyhill. In 2007 he continued racing in the Barefoot Division and finally won his first race. While it was a heat race he had consistently good finishes and he finished 4th in the points standing.

In 2008, Adam moved up to the Pure Street Division. He took off in a very impressive way by winning the first race he was in, again it was a heat race. This was the start of a very good year where he won three features on his way to winning the Shadyhill Track Championship in his rookie year in the division.

For the 2009 racing season he again drove the family Pure Street and after numerous heat race wins and three feature wins he collected his 2nd consecutive Pure Street Track Championship at Shadyhill.

On June 27th, Adam accepted an invitation to become the driver of the yellow & white #14 R & D I-MOD. This would be a big challenge for Adam since the I-MOD is a much different race car than what he has driven in his young racing career. He proved to be a quick learner and he ended the year with five heat race wins along with two feature wins.

This racing would gain him an 11th place finish in the Shadyhill points standing and a ninth place finish in the Kankakee points race. By winning heats and a feature at both tracks proves that he had made great progress in the I-MOD Division during his half season in the car.

When the points tabulation earned him an 8th place finish in the I-MOD Assn. yearly points standing, at the banquet he received the recognition for being the 2009 I-MOD 'Rookie of the Year'. A great accomplishment by a young driver who just celebrated his 18th birthday back in December.

Adam names Tony Stewart as his favorite professional driver. He is a senior at KV High School and is maintaining a near straight 'A' grade average. He plans on continuing his education next fall, which will be told about in an addition to this at that time. Adam works at McDonalds in Demotte and is in a management training program for the hamburger giant.

He is looking forward to driving the I-MOD in 2010 and hoping to be a competitive challenger for the Division Championships. With 35 races on the I-MOD schedule starting the season, it looks like Adam will be a very busy young man. If you haven't met Adam, please stop by and get to know a very impressive young man and race car driver!