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The “Chase” Begins in New Hampshire – YankeeRacer.com

The “Chase” Begins in New Hampshire

By admin July 9, 2008 NHMS

Loudon, NH — Exciting racing is the theme of the SYLVANIA 300 weekend, and it will culminate on Sunday afternoon as the top-12 drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fight to claim their place in history when the “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup” starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The weekend will kick off on Thursday, September 11, 2008, with qualifying for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour New Hampshire 100, and the NASCAR Camping World East Series Heluva Good!® Fall 125.

Friday will be a Heluva Good!® day. The drivers of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will run two laps around the 1.058 mile oval looking to capture the Heluva Good!® Pole and to set the field for Sunday’s feature event, the SYLVANIA 300. The day will conclude with the NASCAR Camping World East Series Heluva Good!® Fall 125.

Coming off a track record photo-finish in June, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is sure to provide some of the most exciting racing of the weekend during the New Hampshire 100 on Saturday, September 14, at 1:00 p.m. Then, on Saturday afternoon, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series brings their no holds barred brand of racing to the track in the New Hampshire 200.

The SYLVANIA 300 on Sunday, September 14, marks the beginning of the biggest showdown in motorsports, the “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.” The best drivers in the world will battle it out at they begin their quest to become the next NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Tickets for all the action on Friday, Saturday and Sunday are on sale now. Fans will once again have the opportunity to purchase pre-race pit passes for access to pit road on Sunday, September 14, prior to the SYLVANIA 300. In June, fans were treated to a town meeting with Speedway Motorsports Chairman, Bruton Smith and New Hampshire Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manager, Jerry Gappens. There is no telling who might show up on pit road before the race.

For more information, or to purchase tickets to the SYLVANIA 300 event weekend on September 11-14, go online to www.nhms.com or call the speedway Ticket Hotline at (603) 783 4931.

Sources: Fred Neergaard/New Hampshire Motor Speedway PR