New England 125 Up Next After Month Break
Daytona Beach, FL — With the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season on the backstretch of its 2011 schedule after a month break, the New England 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is up next on Friday, July 15.
With his sixth-consecutive top-five finish last time out at Langley Speedway on June 18, Max Gresham took the points lead for just the second time in his career. Unlike the previous instance, however, Gresham hopes to make it stick longer than one race. The recent high school graduate will have his work cut out for him though. Despite a ninth-place effort in his debut at NHMS in the 2009 fall race, and a successful 2011 campaign thus far, Gresham will have to overcome the two finishes outside the top 20 that he registered in Loudon a year ago.
In Gresham’s rearview in the standings – 17 points out – is Matt DiBenedetto, who is 1-for-1 in his career at the ‘Magic Mile’ thanks to a win in the New England 125 two years ago. After splitting the season in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with Gresham in 2009, DiBenedetto has enjoyed a successful return to the K&N Pro Series East this season with the No. 15 X Team Racing Toyota. He’s recorded top 10s in all but one race and reached Victory Lane at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Continue reading ‘News & Notes: East Heads To Loudon’
Voted No. 1 for July After Incredible K&N Pro Series West Run
Daytona Beach, FL — Greg Pursley has made winning look easy.
Seven races into the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season, he has made five trips to Victory Lane. He won two of the three races in June, leading a 364 of 400 laps en route to the pair of victories.
His performance was mirrored in the July voting for the Hunter Index, as determined by a panel of auto racing writers and NASCAR representatives. The Newhall, Calif., driver collected 10 of the 13 first-place votes to easily earn the top spot.
“No surprise here,” said Jorge Mondaca, motorsports editor for FOXSports.com. “Greg Pursley continues dominating the K&N Pro West Series. It took a Sprint Cup driver to snap his winning form, but even then he posted an impressive fourth on the road course at Sonoma.”
Continue reading ‘Pursley Rolls to Top of Hunter Index’
NASCAR Hall to Host Touring Gala & All-American Series Banquet
Daytona Beach, FL — NASCAR has announced dates and sites for its 2011 postseason championship celebrations. Riding the momentum of 2010’s highly successful awards shows, all of this year’s events will return to the same sites.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony will again be held at Wynn Las Vegas. This year, the ceremony is set for Friday, Dec. 2 and will feature the top 10 drivers in the final series standings. The event will culminate NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week in Las Vegas.
As in previous years, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony will be accompanied by a number of events designed with fans and media in mind – starting with the immensely popular “NASCAR Victory Lap,” an annual procession of the top 12 drivers in their race cars on Las Vegas Blvd., followed by NASCAR After The Lap, a Q&A event with the top 12 drivers; and the yearly NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon. Details for these events – as well as many others that will provide a lead-in to the ceremony – will be announced later this year.
Continue reading ‘Return Engagements: NASCAR Sets Dates, Sites for 2011 Postseason Shows’
First career victory for Virginia native
Sergio Peña won the South Boston 150 in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East action Sunday afternoon from South Boston Speedway by surviving pressure from Matt DiBenedetto and Max Gresham on a late restart.
Peña, out of Winchester, Va., took advantage of some tough luck for Brett Moffitt as the laps were winding down to collect his first series win.
Moffitt, who led much of the race and was out in front by three seconds as the laps were counting down, was knocked out of contention when he tangled with Michael Cherry with just 10 circuits to go. Moffitt was in search of what would have been a third-consecutive series win after winning the 2010 season finale and this season’s opener.
Continue reading ‘Peña Survives South Boston’
Leads wire-to-wire to win K&N Pro Series East opener
Greenville, SC — Brett Moffitt started off 2011 the same place he ended last year: in Victory Lane. The only difference was the uniform.
In his first race for Michael Waltrip Racing, Moffitt won the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 Saturday night at Greenville Pickens Speedway. Moffitt led all 150 laps in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East opener at the historic half-mile.
Moffitt closed out the 2010 season with a win at Dover International Speedway driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. He took over the No. 00 at MWR, replacing two-time series champion Ryan Truex who moved up to the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Moffitt won the 21 Means 21 Pole Award presented by Coors Light earlier in the day Saturday and became the first driver since Ryan Moore in July of 2005 to lead every lap.
Continue reading ‘Moffitt Keeps On Rolling At Greenville’
Kip Childress has been the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Director for the past couple seasons. If you’re ever at a NASCAR K&N Pro Series race, you’ll always see Childress walking around and talking to the teams and drivers and just have a big smile on his face. This season the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will have 12 races in 2011. On the schedule this year is four brand new tracks. One of the tracks is Bowman Gray Stadium down in Winston-Salem, NC. “The flat quarter-mile bullring is the madhouse that everyone come to know and love. Were looking forward to getting there. How often will our guys have an opportunity to get in front of 18,000 people around a quarter mile football field essentially. It will be packed. Their (Bowman Gray) excited to have us there. Our teams are excited to go. They know it’s going to be a rough and tumble race. I think that one of the things that will show everybody is that our guys will be able to race even on the close quarters of Bowman Gray.” Childress stated
The other three new tracks that the series will go is Richmond International Raceway on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend. That race will be held on Thursday April28th. The Bowman Gray Stadium race will be held on Saturday June 4th a trip Langley Speedway on Saturday June 18th, and Columbus Motor Speedway in Columbus, OH on Saturday July 23rd.
In the past few years, we have seen the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams put their development drivers in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East as a stepping stone for the next big level. We have seen guys like Joey Logano, 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, Austin Dillon, Ryan Truex and many others. This year Michael Waltrip Racing will have Brett Moffitt in the driver’s seat for a run at the championship as Ryan Truex has moved up to the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Max Gresham will return to the seat at Joe Gibbs Racing and make a run at the championship. Childress during the off season has received phone calls from Late Models team that want to make that jump to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. With the NASCAR Nationwide Series going with their brand new car this season. It will make it more affordable for teams to buy Nationwide cars to run in the Series.
Continue reading ‘A Look at the 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Season’
Simplified Rookie Rules, Race Procedure Changes To Take Effect
Daytona Beach, FL — NASCAR announced today updates for the 2011 NASCAR regional touring series, highlighted by changes to simplify the rookie of the year award. Also announced were two changes to race procedures, the elimination of the post-qualifying redraw for starting position in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, and a cost-saving spec-fuel program for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
Drivers will be eligible to compete for Sunoco-sponsored rookie awards for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, and rookie awards for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series if they meet the following criteria, as of the first race of their respective season:
• The driver has not competed in more than seven career races in the respective series
• The driver has not competed in more than three separate seasons in the respective series
• A driver has not competed in more than three career races in NASCAR’s national series
Continue reading ’2011 Updates Announced For Touring Series’
Published at February 23, 2011
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Webcasts allow fans to follow the action of their favorite series
Daytona Beach, FL — NASCAR announced today that NASCARHomeTracks.com will feature live internet radio broadcasts of 32 touring series events, beginning with Thursday’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season-opener at Phoenix International Raceway.
NASCARHomeTracks.com is NASCAR.com’s official home for touring and weekly series news and results. The live radio broadcasts will be provided by the team from Speed 51 Radio, headed by SPEED announcer Bob Dillner.
The broadcasts will feature flag-to-flag coverage of many of the top events in NASCAR’s touring series, including the championship season finales in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
Continue reading ‘NASCAR to Feature Live Race Audio’
Former K&N Pro Series driver wins 2011 Daytona 500
Daytona Beach, FL — Two and a half years ago, Trevor Bayne was sitting in the press box at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway talking about his first NASCAR win.
The 20-year-old from Knoxville, Tenn., was nearly speechless Sunday as he stole the spotlight on NASCAR’s biggest stage at Daytona International Speedway with his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory — the 2011 Daytona 500.
“If I tried to put it into words, I wouldn’t do it any justice,” Bayne said.
Continue reading ‘Bayne Takes Short-Track Path to Glory’
Learner’s Permit Eligibility Also Expanded In All-American Series
Daytona Beach, FL — NASCAR announced today it has lowered the minimum age for drivers competing in its regional touring series to 15.
The change, effective immediately, will be applied to drivers in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour and NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.
“We are constantly evaluating the process in which drivers are introduced to the sport and make their way up the NASCAR ladder,” said George Silbermann, NASCAR managing director of racing operations. “This change is the next logical step as the influx of talented young drivers entering NASCAR grows.
Continue reading ‘NASCAR Lowers Age Limit For Touring Series’
Santos, Truex, Holmes Earn AARWBA Recognition
Daytona Beach, FL — NASCAR touring series drivers Bobby Santos, Ryan Truex and Eric Holmes were recently named to the 2010 All-America Racing Team by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association.
The 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, Santos earned First Team All-America status in the Touring Series category. Santos, from Franklin, Mass., registered four wins during his first Whelen Modified Tour title campaign. The youngest champion in Tour history at 25, he became the first driver from the Modified ranks to garner First Team honors by the AARWBA.
Truex, from Mayetta, N.J., was selected Second Team All-America in the Touring Series category. The 18-year-old repeated as NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion in 2010 with a pair of wins and top fives in eight of the season’s 10 races.
Continue reading ‘Touring Series Trio Named All-America’
Year-End Ceremony Spotlights Touring Series Titlists
Charlotte, NC — In a place where NASCAR history is on display, its future was celebrated as six champions in NASCAR’s developmental series were honored during the Night of Champions Touring Awards Gala in the Crown Ballroom at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Saturday night.
The festivities featured the champions and top drivers from all of NASCAR’s North American regional touring series, who gathered for the special year-end celebration in the heartland of stock-car racing.
“It’s really rewarding, from our perspective to come to an event like tonight, at a facility like the NASCAR Hall of Fame, in a great city like Charlotte, to recognize so many NASCAR champions,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR senior vice president for racing operations. “This year’s championship lineup is impressive to say the least.”
The 2010 champions included Ryan Truex (NASCAR K&N Pro Series East), Eric Holmes (NASCAR K&N Pro Series West), DJ Kennington (NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1), Germán Quiroga (NASCAR Mexico Series), Bobby Santos (NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and Burt Myers (NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour).
Continue reading ‘Champions Honored in Awards Gala’
Whelen Modified Champ Claims Bragging Rights
Charlotte, NC — Bobby Santos added another title to his racing resume Wednesday.
Santos, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, came from the rear of the field to win the Third Annual NASCAR Champions/Media Showdown at Victory Lane Indoor Karting in Charlotte on Wednesday.
“It was a lot of fun racing with those guys,” said Santos, who started 13th in the 14-kart field. “It was interesting coming up through the field and made it a lot of fun. I want to thank NASCAR and all the media for putting this on, it was a lot of fun.”
The event is part of a week-long series of special activities in the Charlotte area for drivers and track representatives leading up to the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 10, and the NASCAR Night of Champions Touring Awards Gala on Saturday, Dec. 11.
Continue reading ‘Santos Wins Karting Showdown’
Portraits Highlight Link Between Past and Present
Daytona Beach, FL – DJ Kennington doesn’t even hesitate when he’s asked what it means to him to be a NASCAR champion.
“It means everything to me,” said Kennington, the 2010 champion of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1. “It’s what I’ve tried to do for as long as I could remember.
“I always watched the Daytona 500, and then the Cup races on Sundays, and I always wanted to be there. And now that I can actually say I’m a NASCAR champion is pretty cool.”
Winning a NASCAR championship puts a driver in exclusive company, one defined by excellence and achievement. It’s a bond that stretches from the top drivers in the sport’s earliest days on the beaches of Daytona to those that excel at their craft today on tracks throughout North America.
Continue reading ’2010 Champions Carry On Legacy of Pioneers’
Short-track showcase returns to Toyota Speedway in January
Daytona Beach, FL — NASCAR announced today that the 2011 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, the sport’s premier short-track racing showcase will return to the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) on Jan. 28-29.
The eighth running of the event, which brings together the top racers from across North America and has grown into the ”Daytona 500 of short-track racing,” will be highlighted by the 225-lap NASCAR K&N Pro Series all-star race.
“The NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown is the premier event of our short-track calendar,” said George Silbermann, NASCAR managing director of racing operations. “From Austin Cameron’s emotional win in the very first event to last year’s dramatic debut of Sergio Pena, each successive race has continued to build the prestige of the Showdown. This all-star weekend shines the spotlight on our champions and the sport’s rising stars.”
Continue reading ’2011 Toyota All-Star Showdown Announced’
Loudon, NH — The largest sports and entertainment facility in New England once again hosted the biggest sporting event in the Northeast Region with NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series SYLVANIA 300 on Sunday, September 19.
Before an estimated crowd of 95,000 fans saw some of the best racing at “The Magic Mile”. The first race in the “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup” saw many of the top-12 contenders racing like it was the final event of the season. Denny Hamlin spun on lap 215 but battled back to a solid second place finish. Tony Stewart ran out of gas just before the white flag waved, and four- time champion Jimmie Johnson finished 25th the worst finish of all 12 Chasers.
On track race fans saw great racing from all five series.
Continue reading ‘Another One for the Record Books’
On verge of championship repeat with 2nd New Hampshire win
Loudon, NH — Ryan Truex put a stranglehold on his bid to earn a second consecutive NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway as he took the checkered flag in the New Hampshire 125.
Truex, driver of the No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, inherited the lead on Lap 123 and held on through two green-white-checker finishes for the sweep of the two K&N Pro Series East races at New Hampshire in 2010.
Truex ran up front nearly the entire day, but lost the lead to Alan Tardiff on Lap 111 and was later passed by Corey LaJoie. On Lap 123 LaJoie washed up the track entering Turn 3 while battling Tardiff for the lead and the pair spun out, which resulted in Truex resuming the race lead that he would make stand.
Continue reading ‘Truex Sweeps Way Toward K&N East Title’
Tardiff, LaJoie Tangle In Closing Laps While Battling For The Win
Loudon, NH — Alan Tardiff didn’t want to talk to Corey LaJoie after the race Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and LaJoie completely understood. Both drivers saw career days spin out of control — quite literally — while battling for the lead with three laps to go in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East New England 125.
LaJoie tried to get under the leader Tardiff on Lap 122 as the pair entered Turn 3 side-by-side, making contact and sending both cars into spins. Tardiff made contact with the outside wall and was done for the day.
“He was using me up a little bit, but I was giving him the lanes,” said Tardiff, who was making just his third start of the season. “I don’t know why he over-drove (Turn 3) — I think he thought it was the only chance he had to move me up the race track. But he just flat-out, cleaned-out turned me.”
Continue reading ‘NOTEBOOK: Quick Turnaround’
Loudon, NH — In a race plagued with late race cautions, it was Ryan Truex behind the wheel of his No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota who raced his way to the checkered flag in the New Hampshire 125 sweeping both series races at “The Magic Mile.”
Truex lost the lead with 15 laps to go but when the No. 38 of Allen Tardiff and No. 07 of Corey LaJoie got into each other he took the lead and found his way to victory lane for the second straight time this season.
“I think we definitely had the best car here today, and the best car won,” said Truex. “I really do have to give all the credit to my guys. They’re at the shop everyday working on both the East and Nationwide rides.”
Continue reading ‘Ryan Truex Grabs a Wild Win and Sweeps at New Hampshire Motor Speedway’
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East has returned to the Granite State and New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The New Hampshire 125 will be contested on Friday, Sept. 17.
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SCHEDULE | ENTRY LIST | PRACTICE | QUALIFYING | RESULTS
Loudon, NH – New Hampshire Motor Speedway becomes the center of the motorsports universe this week. Six races will highlight an action packed weekend at “The Magic Mile,” starting today.
Today kicks off a weekend full of racing action at the speedway with the K&N Pro Series East New Hampshire 125 beginning at 5:00 p.m. Brett Moffitt leads the way, followed by teammate Max Gresham, and Kevin Swindell.
Saturday’s triple header features NASCAR’s Whelen Modified Tour F.W. Webb 100 with pole sitter Ryan Newman leading the way. After the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175, where Mass. native Eddie MacDonald will make his truck debut behind the wheel of the No. 71 Grimm Construction Ford. Finishing off an action packed Saturday will be the American-Canadian Series Invitational. Eddie will be pulling triple duty this weekend beginning today with the New Hampshire 125 in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series East, tomorrow with TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series, and the American-Canadian Series Invitational.
Continue reading ‘Six-Packed Weekend at “The Magic Mile”’
Loudon, NH — Brett Moffitt of Grimes, Iowa grabbed the pole position for tomorrow’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East New Hampshire 125 and set a new track record. Moffitt also won the pole in June.
Driving the No. 20 Game Plan for Life Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, Moffitt turned a lap record of 29.863 seconds at a speed of 127.542 mph.
“We were terrible in practice, I really thought we were going to have a bad weekend, but my team worked on the car until it was time to qualify,” said Moffitt. “We’ve grown as a team learning, and picking everything apart. We just threw it all together today.”
Continue reading ‘Brett Moffitt Sweeps NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Poles at New Hampshire and Sets a New Track Record!’
Joins JGR Teammate Gresham On Front Row At NHMS
Loudon, NH — Brett Moffitt turned around his slow run from practice to run a record-lap in qualifying Thursday for Friday’s New Hampshire 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
It is the third career 21 Means 21 Pole Award presented by Coors Light for the second-year NASCAR K&N Pro Series East driver from Grimes, Iowa. Moffitt’s lap of 29.863 seconds (127.542 mph) broke the track record set in 2002 by Brian Hoar of 29.893 (127.414). He also captured the pole in the series’ June race at New Hampshire.
Moffitt went out 26th out of 32 cars and knocked Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Max Gresham off the provisional pole. Gresham, who put down a lap of 29.945 (127.193), will start on the outside of the front row. Kevin Swindell qualified third at 29.954 (127.155). Swindell had won the Coors Light Pole Award in the previous two races: at Lee (N.H.) USA Speedway and Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga.
Continue reading ‘QUALIFYING: Record Run For Moffitt’
Loudon, NH — Lee McCall is no stranger to working with young talent.
He worked in the NASCAR development ranks with the likes of Reed Sorenson and David Stremme for Chip Ganassi-owned teams in the Nationwide Series not all that long ago. And, more famously, he was the crew chief atop the pit box when Jamie McMurray vaulted into NASCAR consciousness by winning at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2002 — the year he replaced an injured Sterling Marlin in the No. 40 Sprint Cup Series ride.
Now, McCall is the crew chief for Revolution Racing’s No. 2 Changing Lanes Chevrolet driver Ryan Gifford in the K&N Pro Series East.
“It’s a great opportunity to try and teach these kids the dos and the don’ts and try and build their confidence and get them ready for the next level,” McCall said Thursday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, following qualifying for Friday’s New England 125. “You know, I enjoy it. It’s a challenge, but it makes you feel good when you go home at the end of the day.
Continue reading ‘NOTEBOOK: Sprint Cup Series experience leading K&N Pro Series East teams’
Led NASCAR K&N Pro Series Practice Thursday at New Hampshire
Loudon, NH – In preliminary preparation for Friday’s New Hampshire 125, Ryan Gifford led NASCAR K&N Pro Series East practice Thursday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Gifford registered a fast lap of 30.158 seconds (126.295 mph) to pace the 32-car field at the 1.058-mile oval. In two previous starts at New Hampshire, Gifford finished fourth in both.
Gifford was followed on the speed chart during the 90-minute practice session by Kevin Swindell (30.301/125.699) and Ty Dillon (30.465/125.022). Swindell was the runner-up to Ryan Truex in the series’ first stop at New Hampshire in June.
Truex, Eddie MacDonald, Jason Patison, Miguel Paludo, Alan Tardiff, Cole Whitt and Darrell Wallace Jr. rounded out the 10 fastest cars.
MacDonald is the defending pole and race winner of this event.
Qualifying for the New Hampshire 125 is scheduled for today at 3:30 p.m. Brett Moffitt, who ranked 21st in practice, was the June pole winner.
PRACTICE
Sources: Jason Cunningham, NASCAR
A big part of any NASCAR driver and team are the crewmembers, who toil behind the scenes in preparing and maintaining the race cars. Throughout the season, we will profile many of these hard working men and women on the NASCAR Home Tracks website to let you see the job they do in the sport.
Today’s profile features Rollie Lachance, crew chief for driver Eddie MacDonald in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Lachance and MacDonald have teamed for three wins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway – site of this week’s race – in the last three years.
NAME: Rollie Lachance
AGE: 43
BIRTHDATE: 3/13/67
HOMETOWN: Auburn, Maine
SPOUSE’S NAME: Laura
NAMES & AGES OF CHILDREN: Rachael (12), Ryan (9)
Continue reading ‘CREW PROFILE: Rollie Lachance’
Ryan Truex will look to move one step closer toward a second-consecutive NASCAR K&N Pro Series East title as the series returns this week to New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The New Hampshire 125, slated for Friday, Sept. 17, will be the penultimate race of the 2010 season. Last time out at Gresham Motorsports Park, Truex created some additional breathing room in the standings by doubling his lead to 66 tallies on Darrell Wallace Jr.
Heading to the “Magic Mile” in Loudon, N.H., Cole Whitt and Brett Moffitt remain alive in the title hunt – mathematically – but Wallace is likely the only opponent standing between Truex and a second title in as many years competing in the series.
Continue reading ‘News & Notes: K&N Pro Series East Returns To The Track At New Hampshire’
Bold move on late restart gives rookie second East win
Lee, NH — Darrell Wallace Jr. made a three-wide pass for the lead with two laps to go and held on for the victory Friday in the K&N Pro Series 125 at Lee USA Speedway.
Wallace started behind Ryan Truex and Eddie MacDonald on the race’s final restart. Truex and MacDonald had swapped the lead four times over the previous 35 laps, and appeared setting up for a final dash to the checkers for the win. But it was Wallace who had drove up through the field after getting tangled up in an early race incident and wound up stealing the spotlight. He dove inside the side-by-side leaders going into Turn 3, and emerged with the lead coming out of Turn 4.
It was the second NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win of the season for the 16-year-old Revolution Racing driver from Mobile, Ala. Wallace won the season opener in March at Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway. That victory had made the Drive for Diversity member the youngest winner in series history.
Continue reading ‘Wallace Steals The Show At Lee’
Daytona Beach, FL — The seventh race of the 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season will be the NASCAR K&N Pro Series 125 at Lee (N.H.) USA Speedway on Friday, July 30.
At Lee USA Speedway:
History
• Opened in 1964 as Lee Raceway and was a .333-mile dirt tri-oval … Was paved a year later.
• After five dormant years, the track was reconfigured, renamed Lee USA Speedway and reopened in 1984.
• Was purchased by the current ownership in 1986 and has operated a weekly program since.
Notebook
• Played host to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 16 times from 1992-2004.
• Kelly Moore won the inaugural NKNPS East race at Lee on June 7, 1992.
• Dave Dion leads all drivers with seven poles at Lee while Brad Leighton has the most wins with four, earned consecutively from 1996-99.
• Of the drivers on the preliminary entry list, only Matt Kobyluck (six starts) and Eddie MacDonald (four) have previous NKNPS East experience at Lee.
Continue reading ‘Statistical Advance: Analyzing The NASCAR K&N Pro Series 125 At Lee USA Speedway’
