Kelley Earnhardt named bank chairman

Mooresville-based Blueharbor Bank said today that a member of one of racing’s first families, Kelley Earnhardt, has been elected chairman of the board.

Earnhardt, whose late father was NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. and whose brother is current driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., was a founding board member of the community bank that opened in 2007. She is general manager and co-owner of JR Motorsports in Mooresville and serves as a director of the Dale Jr. Foundation.

Earnhardt moved from the vice chairman role as part of a planned rotation, the bank said. Attorney Bill Pope is the new vice chairman.

“Kelley’s leadership and business acumen is being recognized deservedly so by our fellow board members and I look forward to working with her in this leadership capacity," said Blueharbor chief executive Jim Marshall in a statement.