Joey Polewarczyk Jr. Wins Inaugural ACT Speedweeks Cup Championship

by | Feb 14, 2011 | ACT

Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Race Report – Night 2

Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., finished fifth in the second ACT 100 at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., on Monday, February 14, to win the inaugural two-race ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup. Polewarczyk, who won Sunday night’s 100-lap event, won the title by a single point over Brian Hoar. After starting 18th in the 26-car field on Monday, Polewarczyk piloted the No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion to the lead in just 67 laps, briefly staying on the point until the handling on his car started to fade after a hard battle to the front. With the overall championship, Polewarczyk has now claimed the last four ACT events in a row — dating back to last September in the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Brian Hoar Wins 2nd ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup 100

by | Feb 14, 2011 | ACT

Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
RPM Motorsports
ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Race Report

Multi-time ACT Late Model Tour champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., won the second ACT 100 as part of the inaugural ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., on Monday, February 14. Coupled with a sixth-place finish in Sunday night’s first 100-lap event, the seven-time ACT Late Model Tour champion finished second in overall standings in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger. Hoar, who now has an all-time best 29 career wins in ACT Late Model Tour competition, was just a single point behind overall champion Joey Polewarczyk Jr. Hoar started 13th in the 26-car field on Monday and patiently worked his way to the front — not cracking the Top-5 until the halfway point of the race. On a Lap 72 restart, Hoar drove around leader Jonathan Urlin on the high groove and drove off unchallenged the rest of the way.
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TONY STEWART – New Car. Same Result?

by | Feb 14, 2011 | NASCAR

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2011) – It’s trivia time.

Question: Name the one driver other than Tony Stewart who has won the season-opening NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in the last six years?

Answer: Kevin Harvick in 2007.

Beginning in 2005, Stewart has won the opening round of the Nationwide Series at Daytona every year with the exception of 2007, when Harvick proved victorious. In that race, Stewart finished eighth. Every other year, it’s Stewart who’s been to victory lane, and he’s done it driving for three different car owners – Joe Gibbs in 2008, Rick Hendrick in 2009 and Harvick in 2005, 2006 and 2010.
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