by Jay | Apr 5, 2010 | PASS
Peltier’s patience pays off with PASS Easter Bunny win
(Hickory NC – 5/3/10) Preston Peltier bided his time as Jay Fogleman and Ryan Blaney battled for the lead in Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South super late model 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway, but when it came time to pull the trigger Peltier drove around both Fogleman and Blaney to capture the victory. Fogleman cam home second after starting 21st and series point leader Ryan Blaney earned third. Cassius Clark, Jeff Choquette, Joey Gase, Chase Elliott, Ben Rowe, Heath Hindman and Clay Jones completed the top ten.
Over 50 super late models crowded the Hickory pits with 49 answering the call for time trials and home track hero and two time track champion Andy Loden topped the field with a 14.902 lap, nipping Cassius Clark’s 14.904 for fast time. Loden would start the event from 8th after the top ten redraw. Chase Elliott drew the pole with Cassius Clark alongside. PASS National point leader Brad Leighton, four time PASS North Champion Ben Rowe, Steve Legendre and George Gorham were all forced to take provisional starting spots.
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by Jay | Apr 5, 2010 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Test and Tune Sessions
Winchester, NH: On Saturday, April 17th the high banks of Monadnock Speedway will come alive with the first of two test and tune sessions being held prior to the 2010 season opener.
All divisions are welcome to shake down their race machines, including the touring divisions who compete at Monadnock Speedway on Saturday, April 17th and April 24th. Practice rounds for the Modifieds, Sportsman Modifieds, Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Enduros and touring divisions will begin at noon and will run until 4pm. The new Young Gun division will have a separate practice time from 4pm – 5pm to allow a full hour of track time for the new young talent making their debut on the opener. The Young Guns will also have an orientation at 3pm in the pit area on both practice dates.
The management will be available on both days to process NASCAR licenses, transponder purchases and season passes from 9:00am to 3pm. The pit gates will open at 10am for both test and tune sessions.
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by Jay | Apr 5, 2010 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Top-Five Finish For Mohegan Sun Racing At South Boston
South Boston, VA (April 5, 2010): Matt Kobyluck put himself and the Mohegan Sun race team back on the radar with a fifth place finish Saturday afternoon in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East South Boston 150. Kobyluck, who finished 15th the previous week at Greenville, was content with the strong finish and now sits eighth in the points two races into a ten-race schedule.
Kobyluck started the race from the fourth spot after posting a qualifying speed of 89.341 mph (16.118 seconds) in time trials. The Waterford, Conn. driver remained in fourth through the first 30 laps of the race, but used a restart to get by Ryan Truex on lap 32 for third. The Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet dropped back to sixth by lap 52, but regained a spot on lap 95 to take over fifth.
“We had a fifth place car today,” said Kobyluck, who won the K&N Pro Series East debut at South Boston in 2007. “But I’ll take it. Things can get pretty rough here on a track like this with beating and banging, but we came out of today with a car in one piece and a finish a lot better than last week. We’re headed in the right direction.”
To date, Kobyluck has 170 starts in the K&N Pro Series East with 16 wins and 92 top-10s. His last win was at Lime Rock Park during his 2008 championship season. The team hopes to end that streak this season. With tracks like Iowa Speedway, Martinsville, and New Hampshire Motor Speedway on the horizon, Kobyluck, who is fifth on the all-time winner’s list, is optimistic to get back into victory lane.
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by Jay | Apr 5, 2010 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Fadden Racing’s Joey Polewarczyk – Derailed In Late Race Accident
South Boston, Va. (April 5, 2010): Joey Polewarczyk had the confidence to bring home a top-10 finish in the South Boston 150 at South Boston Speedway Saturday afternoon. He just didn’t have the luck.
In his second NASCAR K&N Pro Series East start this season, Polewarczyk got caught up in an accident on lap 119 that resulted in front end damage that ended their day and left the team with a 21st place finish.
Polewarczyk started the No. 16 Fadden Racing Chevrolet in the 13th position after qualifying with a speed of 88.485 mph (16.274 seconds). He remained in the top-15 for the first half of the race as he let things sort out.
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by Jay | Apr 5, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, Thompson
ICEBREAKER THIS WEEKEND AT THOMPSON
THOMPSON, CT The annual racing season opener, The Icebreaker, will be run this weekend at the Thompson International Speedway. The two-day event will feature the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Thompson’s own “Super 6” NASCAR Whelen All-American series divisions.
Racers will qualify their cars on Saturday with feature events for the Sunoco Modifieds and Super Late Models rounding out the day. Sunday’s racing activities will begin at 12 Noon with the WMT 150-lap main slated for a 3:15 PM start.
Thompson’s Icebreaker event is a New England tradition that signals the start of another great season of wheel-to-wheel racing competition at the famed, 70 year old racing oval. Thompson International Speedway opened in 1940 as the first asphalt race track in the country.
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