Don Pastor, the first Filipino American Nascar driver, has announced he will compete in the Philippines in the 2014 Asian V8 Championship, reports the Inquirer (photo from Facebook 
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The pre-qualifying date is Saturday and Pastor hopes to compete in the Pro-class division.
“Racing is all about precision,” Pastor explained. “It makes me feel at peace and it’s also about glory for our country, the Philippines. I want to promote the Philippines through my racing. Hopefully through success in the sports, business and arts we can become a thriving nation and improve our position in the world.”
Pastor was born and raised in the Southern California town of Glendale.
He is part of Nascar’s Development program to get more minorities to compete in NASCAR.
You can read more about that in the Inquirer.
You can hear Pastor’s thoughts about being Filipino American is a predominantly white sport in the clip below from Philippine News.