{"id":1651,"date":"2010-07-26T21:39:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T21:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2010-07-26T21:39:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T21:39:48","slug":"nascar-kan-pro-series-east-returns-to-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2010\/07\/nascar-kan-pro-series-east-returns-to-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR K&#038;N PRO SERIES EAST RETURNS TO LEE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p \/>LEE, NH- For the first time since 2004, the NASCAR K&#038;N Pro Series will<br \/> compete in a short track event in the state of New Hampshire this Friday<br \/> night with the running of a 125-lap feature event at the Lee USA Speedway.<\/p>\n<p> The evening activities will also include a reunion of competitors and<br \/> members from the NASCAR North Series. Dick McCabe, Bobby and Beaver Dragon,<br \/> Joey Kourafas, Andy Santerre, Mike and Ben Rowe, and Brad Leighton are just<br \/> a few of the names who will be on hand for an autograph session at 5:30 PM.<br \/>\n<br \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> The entry list for the main event includes drivers from across the<br \/> country, many of whom have realistic aspirations of moving up to the top<br \/> three NASCAR series, following in the footsteps of drivers such as Martin<br \/> Truex Jr., Joey Logano, and most recently Brian Ickler.<\/p>\n<p> Series point leaders Ryan Truex and Darrell Wallace Jr., will have to<br \/> contend with local favorites Eddie MacDonald, Matt Kobyluck and East Series<br \/> rookie D.J. Shaw, each of whom have experience racing at the three-eighths<br \/> mile oval. All three currently sit in the top ten in the current point<br \/> standings as well.<\/p>\n<p> Ken Farrington will serve as Grand Marshall for this event. Farrington<br \/> was a Tech Inspector on the North Series for many years. A tribute to former<br \/> North Series Race Director, the late Bunk Sampson is also being planned,<br \/> with members of his family in attendance.<\/p>\n<p> Race fans are encouraged to bring collectors items to have signed by<br \/> NASCAR North Series drivers from past and present, as an autograph session<br \/> will also be held at 6:30 PM for the current North Series drivers, some of<br \/> who will become the future stars of the top three divisions in NASCAR.<\/p>\n<p> A NASCAR Whelen All-American Series program will fill out the nights<br \/> activities, with the Late Models running a special 50-lap race. The Late<br \/> Model Sportsman and the popular Small Block Supermodifieds are also on the<br \/> schedule, with their qualifying events beginning at 4:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p> Time Trial qualifying for the East Series will go off at 6:00 PM, with<br \/> feature racing beginning at 7:30, and the K&#038;N Pro Series scheduled to take<br \/> the green at approximately 8:30 PM following a very special pre-race<br \/> ceremony.<\/p>\n<p> This Friday night is your only opportunity to see the NASCAR K &#038; N Pro<br \/> Series on a short track in the northeast, plus reunite with the stars from<br \/> the past NASCAR North Series seasons. For more information you can call the<br \/> track office at: (978) 462-4252, or log onto our website at:<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeusaspeedway.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.leeusaspeedway.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEE, NH- For the first time since 2004, the NASCAR K&#038;N Pro Series will compete in a short track event in the state of New Hampshire this Friday night with the running of a 125-lap feature event at the Lee USA Speedway. The evening activities will also include a reunion of competitors and members from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar-kn-pro-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}