Saukville Teen Named Super Cup Series Rookie of the Year

A teenage racecar driver from Saukville has been named Rookie of the Year by the American Super Cup Series.

Joshua James, driver of the No. 30 car, recently received the "prestigious" award, and his team says they are proud of his successes this year.

"James Racing Team is proud of the accomplishments of Joshua this season and looks forward to seeing him continue to progress through the ranks and series of racing while enhancing his pristine driving skills," a press release from the group said.

James has lived in Saukville since he was born in 1998. He raced go karts starting at age 5 until he was about 10 years old. After that, he raced Bandoler cars, and moved to NASCAR Supercup races in 2010.

James took home a first place win in the NASCAR Supercup race at La Crosse Speedway on July 7. He's been racing since he was 5 years old — starting in go karts — and won the INEX (600 racing) Championship in 2009 for the state of Wisconsin.

He will race on Sunday at the Slinger Speedway American Super Cup Series championship race, which is the final race of the season for James Racing Team as well as the ASCS.

More about Joshua James: 

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• Elsewhere: Learn more about James and his team at jamesracingteam.com; also, follow the group on Facebook at facebook.com/JRTWI, and on Twitter at twitter.com/JamesRacingTeam.