Education
After attending Denver Christian High School for three years, Visser graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver.
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Barney Visser
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Career
Visser began his business manufacturing big poof pillows in the 1970s. 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.
The Row company operates 330 stores in 31 states under the Denver Mattress, Sofa Mart, Oak Express and Bedroom Expressions names. Visser decided to retire from his businesses, and began racing at Colorado National Speedway as a hobby.
He met local modified driver Jerry Robertson, and the two decided to form a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series (now Xfinity Series) team in 2004. Joe Nemechek earned the team"s first pole position at the spring Talladega Superspeedway race in 2008.
He is the co-author of the book Vietnam: Fresh, Positive Insights for all who Suffered Loss in the Vietnam War () in November 2000.
Visser was the executive producer for the movie Uncle Nino.
Achievements
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He is the co-owner of Row and Visser Precision, as well as the racing team Row in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Sprint Cup Series. Row, based in Denver, Colorado is one of a few Sprint Cup teams not based in North Carolina. Visser"s National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing team began running in 2005, currently running in the top-tier Sprint Cup Series after 19 races with Robertson driving his Busch Series car. Regan Smith scored the team"s first win at the 2011 Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Kurt Busch earned the team"s first berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2013.
