Track Facts: New England 100
Location
New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
Date
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Time
1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Sanctioning Body
NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Series
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Length
100 laps, 105.8 miles
Purse
$170,245
Event Winner
Donny Lia, Mystic Missile Dodge
Time of Race: 1 hour, 20 minutes and 22 seconds
Average Speed: 67.140 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.273 seconds over Ted Christopher
Event Pole Sitter
Ted Christopher, Al-Lee Installations Chevrolet
126.812 mph, 30.035 seconds
Qualifying
Qualifying is scheduled for Thursday, June 26, at 4:30 p.m. (EDT). The better of two laps will determine a driver’s official qualifying speed for the New England 100. Starting positions 1 – 37 will be determined by qualifying speeds with the top 30 in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour owner standings guaranteed a starting position. The remainder of the 42-car field will be set as outlined by the event’s official entry blank.
Television
The New England 100 will be tape delayed on Speed Channel at 12:00 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, July 18.
Tickets
Tickets for all of the great NASCAR events on Friday, Saturday, and even Sunday’s LENOX Industrial Tools 301 are available online at www.nhms.com or by calling Guest Services at (603) 783-4931.
Sources: Fred Neergaard/NHMS PR