Nov 10, 2010 | NE Racing News
“Yep, were good.” That’s exactly what USA Modified driver Brian Nester said after the very first practice session at Concord (NC) Speedway for the Indiana based group. And good he was, besting the 24 car field taking the front point at lap 21 passing then leader, 2010 USA Modified Series Champion, Brad Springer and never looked back. Nester fended off a hard charging Mike Stacy in the late stages to get the victory at the Series first ever visit to the Concord facility.
As first time competitors, and part of the 8th annual North South Shootout, the USA group was packed with a who’s who of Modified racers representing six different states with various track and series Champions on hand. In qualifying Springer set the fastest time with a lap of 16.722, followed by Modified Champion driver Chad Poole with a lap of 16.830, as Late Model Champion driver Stacy followed up with a lap of 16.837 making it an Ohio sweep of the top three. Nester qualified fourth with a lap of 16.902 around the unique tri angled shaped ½-mile track.
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Nov 10, 2010 | NE Racing News
Rocco Caps off Dream Season with SK Victory
James, Nester, Sutton & Buxton Also Winners
Concord, NC: Matt Hirschman of Northampton, PA, turned a rollercoaster ride into his third victory in the Modified portion of the 109 U-Pull It eighth annual John Blewett III Memorial North-South ShootoutTM on Saturday, November 6, 2010. Keith Rocco of Wallingford, CT, used late race strategy to score the victory in the SK-Type Modified portion of the main event. Colt James of Newton, NC, the 2010 Concord Speedway Late Model champion, used the home turf advantage to score the victory in a slugfest in the CRA Super Series Late Models. Brian Nester of Edon, OH, scored the victory in the USA Modified Series debut at the North-South Shootout. Johnny Sutton of Harrisburg, NC, and Tommy Buxton of Raleigh, NC, shared the spotlight in Vintage action.
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Nov 8, 2010 | NE Racing News
Eddie MacDonald and the Grimm Racing Team will travel west this week to
compete in the season finale for the K & N Pro Series West at Phoenix
International Raceway. The 3 Amigos Tequila 125 will be held on Saturday,
November 13th as a prelim to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase race to be run on
Sunday.
“We have wanted to run out there for some time and the entire team is really
pleased to be going out there to compete with the west guys,” said
MacDonald. “It will be a lot of fun to be part of another Chase weekend and
we hope to have a good finish. The west guys definitely have an advantage at
Phoenix since they run there twice a year but the track is similar in some
ways to Loudon in length and banking, so hopefully we will have the right
set up there. I know Rollie and the crew are excited about racing there and
putting on a good show. “
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Nov 1, 2010 | NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway played host to the final racing program of the
2010 season, completing the remainder of the feature races lost to the rain
on Oktoberfest weekend.
After a wild and woolly show the week before, very few cautions slowed the
final four races of the season, despite plenty of side-by-side and
three-wide racing during the afternoon.
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Oct 31, 2010 | NE Racing News
Lexington, CT: The eighth annual 109 U-Pull It John Blewett III Memorial North-South ShootoutTM has taken center stage among the brethren of the short track racing community. With the cars and stars from both the open-wheel and full-fendered ranks preparing for the annual event, the buzz has spread from east to Midwest. Teams scheduled to compete in the North-South Shootout on November 5&6 hail from New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, and more.
After seven successful years, the North-South Shootout had earned a reputation as one of the most prestigious events in short track racing. Since it’s inception in 2003, owner and promoter Charles Kepley and his team have strived to ensure that the North-South Shootout is the best-of-the-best in short track auto racing.
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Oct 26, 2010 | NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Mother Nature put a damper on the action during Oktoberfest 2010
at Lee USA Speedway last weekend, with four divisions losing their feature
events to the rain despite a valiant effort by the track crew to keep things
in racing shape.
The dozens of teams who never got a chance to race will be back to finish
out the program this Saturday, but most of the headline divisions got their
races in the record books before the weatherman called it a night.
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