Conventional wisdom says Ryan Truex (No. 00 NAPA Toyota) could be in trouble this weekend. After all, a rookie with virtually no road-course experience, heading to the high speed twists and turns of Lime Rock Park? Well, Truex turned conventional wisdom on its ear two months ago when he went to his first road-course race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International and didn’t just run well; he out-raced noted road-course experts Patrick Long and Matt Kobyluck for the victory.
Now, the 17-year-old hits the second and final road course on the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Series East schedule in pretty good shape.
Not only does he bring the confidence from that performance, but he’ll start Saturday’s Mohegan Sun 200 with a 26-point lead over second-place Jody Lavender (No. 88 JoJo Ent./Custom Race Chassis Chevrolet).
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NUTMEG STATE 100 OFFICIAL RESULTS
The scoring check for the Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT on Saturday, August 8, 2009 has been completed. The official results are shown below. Also below is a memo sent out today (Monday, August 10, 2009) explaining the American-Canadian Tour’s procedure on cautions and how the procedure affected the situation on the final lap of the Nutmeg State 100.
OFFICIAL ACT TOUR NUTMEG STATE 100 RESULTS
Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Saturday, August 8, 2009
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Preece On A Roll Heading To Thompson
The 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season has reached its halfway point, and as the Tour heads to Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway this week, Ryan Preece is perhaps the hottest driver on the circuit.
Preece, from Berlin, Conn., has won the last two NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races and is now just 27 points out of the championship lead thanks to top-10 efforts in six of the season’s seven events.
The last two weeks have been a constant emotional high for Preece, who recorded his first career win last year at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, but never got to celebrate in Victory Lane as Burt Myers was there originally, before being disqualified. His triumph at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway on Aug. 1 was the first time he got to pull into Victory Lane, and symbolically, it felt like his first win.
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Thompson, CT — The biggest racing event of the summer at Thompson Speedway is scheduled for this Thursday night. That’s when the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour rolls into town for the running of the annual New England Dodge Dealers presentation of the Budweiser 150. This late summer racing spectacle is always a fan favorite and will bring out the very best on the NASCAR Whelen Modified tour.
This event dates back to the very first year of the WMT, 1985. The winner’s list contains many of the very best drivers ever to strap themselves into a NASCAR Modified. Richie Evans won the inaugural August “Tour” event and names like Jimmy Spencer, Brian Ross, Reggie Ruggiero, Mike McLaughlin, Jeff Fuller, Mike Stefanik, Tony Hirschman, Ted Christopher and Todd Szegedy, to name a few, have followed in the Evans tradition.
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Delaware, Ont. – Sunday, for the second day in a row, the ISMA supers had to fight with Mother Nature. She won on Saturday, washing out the entire scheduled show. Sunday, a hot, humid day produced a slight rain delay, but in the end the racing and Dave Shullick Jr. won out. What looked to be a career-first for Vern Romanoski gave way to Shullick’s second win of the season with just two to go. Shullick stole the lead from Vern in the second turn when Romanoski slipped high. Vern’s second then slipped away when he slid around the next lap to bring out the caution. Shoe II was able to withstand a quick surge from now second place runner Mark Sammut to take the checkered.
Delaware Sunday, August 9th Photo Page
Said the Ridgeville, OH driver after the race, “It was just a good race. Sammut and Romanoski ran real good races. They were up there. I think everybody lost tires about halfway in the race. I was just hoping that our tires went away less than everyone else’s. It kind of looked like that because they were backing up pretty good in the last ten laps. We just capitalized on it. It was another good win. I’d like to thank Clyde and Susan Booth. We had some rough luck Friday night and we fought back. We worked on the car a lot this weekend trying to make it better and we had a really good car today.”
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Scarborough, ME — Chelmsford MA; modified racer Jon McKennedy outlasted a very competitive field Saturday night, Aug 8, capturing the 100 lap True Value Modified Racing Series event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME.
The race, in front of a big crowd, featured five different leaders.
The win was McKennedy’s fourth in his last six races with New England’s premier modified racing series. It was also McKennedy’s seventh TVMRS tally, widening his point lead to 48. McKennedy has 356 points now with 308 points shared by Rob Goodenough, Swanzey, NH; and Stephen Masse, Bellingham, MA.
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Published at August 10, 2009
in Seekonk.
Seekonk, MA — Jeff Abold added his name to the list of winners for the Boston Louie Classic, Presented by Airgas, putting the Seymour #29 back into victory lane, in the event that honors the Man that traveled over a million miles. Anthony Marvuglio scored the NEMA Lites win, his first in Lites competition.
Indianapolis’ Cole Carter, a regular on the USAC circuit, made himself right at home in the Bertrand Motorsports #74, as he took over on lap two, and opened up a straightaway lead over the field. Adam Cantor jumped into second, but could not keep up with Carter, who was making his Seekonk debut. Nokie Fornoro was up to third by lap four, from his ninth starting position.
[Photo Gallery] by Nicholas Teto
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