Aug 15, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Late Model Championship Coming to a Close
Barre, VT – As drivers prepare for weekly championship action this Thursday night (August 16), division titles are nearing the homestretch at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” Barre’s Thunder Road. Only a handful of events remain for the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen, who are currently locked in one of the closest point battles in recent memory, as well as the Allen Lumber Street Stocks. For Late Models, the championship is just around the corner.
Thursday will mark the beginning of the end for championship hopes in the Late Model division, as in a stretch of seven days they will run their final three point counting events. A rainout event last Thursday has moved the Make-A-Wish/Bond night to Sunday, August 19th, creating a weeklong dash to crown the Late Model “King of the Road.”
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Aug 14, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NASCAR K&N Series, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
K&N Pro Series East race to be G-OIL 100
LOUDON, N.H. (August 14, 2012) – New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Green Earth Technologies have greased the wheels in their “Greening of NHMS” initiative by making G-OIL® the official entitlement partner of September’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race.
The G-OIL 100 will run on Saturday, September 22 at 2:30 p.m.
“New Englanders are very environmentally conscious and NHMS is an environmental leader in the motorsports industry,” said Jeffrey Loch, president and CMO of Green Earth Technologies. “We are very pleased to team up in the “Greening of NHMS.’ ”
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Jul 15, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
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LOUDON, N.H. (July 14, 2012) – Travis Pastrana said he couldn’t remember the last time he won – anything. His impressive run at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday night in the inaugural SYLVANIA SilverStar zXe Global RallyCross will certainly make things a lot less fuzzy. Pastrana won his heat earlier in the night and drifted into Victory Lane during the four-lap, 10-car finale.
“It’s been so long I almost forget what it’s like to win,” said Pastrana. “It is absolutely awesome to get out here and get on top. It has been a heck of a rough season.”
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Jul 14, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Modified vet beats Silk in second-closest finish ever at NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (July 14, 2012) – That’s going to be a tough act to follow. The Whelen Modified Series put on a show at New Hampshire Motor Speedway today, as Mike Stefanik beat Ronnie Silk to the Granite Stripe by three one-thousandths of a second to win the Town Fair Tire 100.
The first race of three at NHMS on Saturday, Silk passed Stefanik going into the final turn, but a small bump exiting Turn 4 by Stefanik allowed the 22-year Modified veteran to pass the current points leader to win the second-closest finish in speedway history. Chuck Hossfeld held off by Ted Christopher by one one-thousandth of a second back in June of 2008.
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Jul 14, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
LOUDON, N.H. (July 14, 2012) – For the third straight season Brad Keselowski will sit on the pole for Saturday afternoon’s F.W. Webb 200 Nationwide Series race. Keselowski’s time of 29.067 seconds (131.035 mph) was 0.055 faster than Kasey Kahne, who earned a front-row position for the second straight day. Kahne will also start second in Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series LENOX Industrial Tools 301.
Keselowski was the top qualifier in each of the last two seasons, with Kyle Busch going on to earn the checkers in each of those races.
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Jul 13, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Defending champion to start out front in Saturday’s Town Fair Tire 100
LOUDON, N.H. (July 13, 2012) – Ronnie Silk took the pole and the checkers the last time the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He’ll try to do the same this weekend after taking the pole in Friday’s qualifying for the Town Fair Tire 100 on Saturday.
Silk’s time of 29.492 seconds (129.147 mph) was nearly fourth-tenths of a second faster than Ryan Preece, who will start on the outside of Row 1 on Saturday. Doug Coby, Eric Berndt and Sprint Cup regular Ryan Newman round out the top five qualifiers.
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