Cooper Captures Street Stock Feature at Speedway 660

by | Jul 13, 2013 | Canada

Cooper Captures Street Stock Feature at Speedway 660

Heidi Cooper won the DMR Auto Sales & Service Street Stock main event at Speedway 660 on Saturday night. Cooper beat Roger Slocum in one of the tightest finishes in the history of racing in the Geary Woods. According to the electronic transponders, used to score the race cars, Cooper crossed the stripe three hundreds of a second ahead of Slocum.

“That was an unbelievable finish and I am really proud to bring this race car into the Riverview Ford Lincoln Victory Lane” said Cooper. “I gave Roger the inside lane and he raced me clean for the last few laps and it was so close at the finish line that neither of us actually knew who won the race.”
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RYAN NEWMAN: Doubling Down at NHMS

by | Jul 13, 2013 | Modified, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News

Loudon, NH (July 2013) – Ryan Newman has a lot of racing scheduled for this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon as he attempts to do the double, driving WIX Filters-sponsored entries in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Whelen Modified Tour races.

Newman is scheduled to run the Modified race Saturday before returning to his regular driving duties Sunday behind the wheel of Stewart-Haas Racing’s (SHR) No. 39 Chevrolet SS.

For Newman, running the Modified race offers him a chance to have a little fun and a release from the stress of his day job, where he is currently fighting to race his way into position to claim a coveted spot in the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.

This weekend’s race couldn’t come at a better time for Newman. Given his track record at the “The Magic Mile,” he and his No. 39 team expect to score a strong finish, if not contend for the win, in Sunday’s 301-miler.
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