Barney Visser

Barney Visser
Born	1949 (age 67–68)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Furniture Row co-owner Furniture Row Racing owner

Barney Visser (born 1949) is an entrepreneur and author. He is the co-owner of Furniture Row and Visser Precision, as well as the racing team Furniture Row Racing in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series. Furniture Row Racing, based in Denver, Colorado is one of a few Monster Energy Series teams not based in North Carolina.

After attending Denver Christian High School for three years, Visser graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver. He volunteered in the Vietnam War for 21 months after high school, and he served as a paratrooper for 11 months in the 173rd Airborne Brigade between July 1968 and June 1969. Visser and his wife Carolyn have seven children. Visser enrolled at the University of Northern Colorado in the fall of 1969 or 1970, playing one season Division II football. He dropped out during the spring semester after losing his GI scholarship.

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 Furniture 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 NASCAR Busch Series (now Xfinity Series) team in 2004.

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