Photos from NHMS Saturday July 14 2012
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Fahey Dominates Pro Stock Feature at Speedway 660
Charlotte County’s Greg Fahey had a big night at Speedway 660 on Saturday, winning the A.L. Gullison Disaster Kleenup Pro Stock feature during the Coca-Cola Refreshments Weekly Points Series event. Point’s leader Dave O’Blenis came home second and Derek Christie was third. Brian Gillespie won his heat race and the dash, while Jordan Gahan won the other heat race.
Jason Shannon won his first feature of the year in the Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman Division. Shannon took the win over Shawn MacLean and point’s leader Randy Moore who finished second and third. Matt Rodgers won the dash and his heat race, while Robert Raynes took the checkers in the other heat.
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Brian Hoar Finishes 10th In VT Governor’s Cup 150
RPM Motorsports: VT Governor’s Cup
Brian Hoar Thunder Road Race Report
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished 10th in the Vermont Governor’s Cup 150 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Thursday, July 12. Hoar started deep in the 30-car field after qualifying for the main event through the B-feature, pitted later than most leaders in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge and emerged with the Top-10 finish. It was the first time Hoar had raced on the banked quarter-mile track since a traction compound was added to the outside groove.
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Pole-Sitter Brad Keselowski Takes Checkers in F.W. Webb 200
He passes Harvick late and pulls away for first NHMS Nationwide win
LOUDON, N.H. (July 14, 2012) – Brad Keselowski saw an opening and he took it. While Kevin Harvick was struggling with lap traffic, Keselowski raced past him to the outside of Turn 2 with 21 laps to go and never looked back en route to winning the F.W. Webb 200 Nationwide Series race on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
It was a clean sweep for Keselowski, who took the pole earlier in the day – his third straight Nationwide Series pole at “The Magic Mile.” It was Keselowski’s 19th victory in 182 Nationwide races, which ranks 15th on the all-time series wins list.
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Mike Stefanik is Silky Smooth on Final Lap, Wins Town Fair Tire 100
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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