Eddie MacDonald crossed the finish line in the rain-shortened New Hampshire 125 in fifth place in the K&N Pro Series East race at the “Magic Mile.” The Rowley, Mass. veteran felt the car was much better than the top five run especially after starting on the outside pole position with a qualifying run of 127.363mph (29.905 sec.) in the 36 car field.
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After battling Nick Sweet over the final fifteen laps, Eddie MacDonald fought his way to the lead on the final turn of the 50 lap ACT Invitational to capture the event for the second time in three tries after winning the inaugural. The “Outlaw” started deep in the pack in the 25th position before taking the lead on lap 32 of the 43 car field.
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By Lou Modestino
Smoke smoked his competition, again, in his Sylvania 300 drive around the New Hampshire Motor Speedway mile.
Tony Stewart won another fuel economy run on Sunday at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the second week in a row. He inherited the lead from Clint Boyer who ran out of gas just a few laps from the finish. Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon and Brian Vickers got the leftovers, second through fifth. Kenseth, Boyer, Regan, Carl Edwards and Montoya completed the top ten. As a result of his win Stewart leads The Chase points by +7. In victory lane he told the interviewer that “Coming into this race we had a good opportunity. We also got rid of some dead weight during the week and things should be better. Close to the end of the race, I saw Boyer slow down and I knew he ran out of gas. I said to Oh no! He had a better car than us! The engine and chassis from Hendrick was working out well. (more…)
After climbing from his winning car Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart made the understatement of the year.
“We’ve got a shot at this thing,” said Stewart, who by taking the checkered flag in the Sylvania 300 became the second driver to win the first two races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in the same year.
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North Woodstock NH (9/23) DJ Shaw battled a pair of Clarks in Saturday nights’ Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North/National 150 to claim the victory at his home track, North Woodstock NH’s White Mountain Motorsports Park
The victory was Shaw’s third PASS North career win and his first since 2008. Johnny Clark came one step closer to a fourth consecutive PASS North title, finishing second. and Brad Babb backed up his strong run in the Beech Ridge PASS 300 with his first PASS podium in third.
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