USAC Silver Crown Challenge Ahead for Rob Summers at ‘Magic Mile’ This Sat. Afternoon

By admin September 11, 2007

Loudon, NH — Manchester, Conn., resident, Rob Summers will pilot a USAC Silver Crown car for Jim Paternoster in a 75-lap event at the 1.058-mile New Hampshire International Speedway on Saturday afternoon. Summers, who regularly campaigns Super Modifieds with Howie Lane and NASCAR Modifieds with the TG Racing team is looking forward to the new opportunity.

“It will be a challenge,” stated Summers. “Seventy five laps will be a true test at New Hampshire for the USAC cars, I’ve haven’t had the opportunity to drive one yet, so Saturday morning when we head out for practice it will be the first time I’ve sat in one. I’m looking forward to the opportunity.”

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Kaeding Eyes Opportunity to Stretch Lead

By admin September 10, 2007

Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. has quietly ascended to the lead in the 2007 K & N Silver Crown Series standings in quest of a repeat series championship. After missing the “podium” in the season’s first seven races, he’s finished third in the last two and finds himself with a 53-point lead over runner-up Wayne Reutimann Jr. of Zephyr Hills, Fla.

Saturday, Kaeding leads the series to the “New Hampshire 75” at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H., USAC’s first appearance in the Granite State in 11 years. A 75-lap feature race is planned and will follow the track’s “Super Saturday” NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series practice, the New Hampshire 100 for the Whelen Modified Tour and the New Hampshire 200 for the Craftsman Truck Series.

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Kaeding Takes Point Lead to NH Sept. 15

By admin September 3, 2007

Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. will take a 53-point lead over Wayne Reutimann Jr. of Zephyr Hills, Fla. into the “Super Saturday” Sept. 15 “Hew Hampshire 75” at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Kaeding extended his K & N Silver Crown Championship Series lead with a third-place finish in Sunday night’s “Ted Horn 100” at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds.Shane Cottle of Kokomo, Ind. earned his first K & N USAC Silver Crown Championship victory Sunday night at the Magic Mile in DuQuoin, leading all 100 laps of the 57th “Ted Horn 100” in his Contos Racing Beast/Pink Ford. Cottle won the pole at 112.750 mph and led all the way despite late-race pressure from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kaeding. The race was stopped twice by red flags but there were no driver injuries. Trailing Cottle, Stenhouse and Kaeding at the checkered flag were Dave Darland, Jon Stanbrough, Jerry Coons Jr., Mat Neely, Ron Gregory, Shane Hollingsworth and Levi Jones.

The race at NHIS will be the first for the series at the 1.058-mile oval. A 75-lap feature race is on tap and will follow the New Hampshire 100 for the Whelen Modified Tour and the New Hampshire 200 for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. 

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