LOUDON, N. H. — Kyle Busch added a few more records to his impressive resume
Saturday.
He became the NASCAR Nationwide Series’ all-time lap leader in winning the New England 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and he also broke veteran Mark Martin’s laps-led mark in 45 fewer races than it took Martin to set the record of 8,083 laps. (more…)
Childs, Robertson take Jack & Jill Race
Pineo claims Smokey Donut Show again
Bell wins Spectator Drags
by Caleb Lamb
OXFORD, Maine – It was a wild night at Oxford Plains Speedway under a full moon as Motor Mayhem #2 sponsored by Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy came to the track.
The Spectator Drags were the first competition of the night. All cars must have an inspection sticker and be street legal, but they certainly performed like high-powered racing machines. The cars ranged from a VW Bus to a 1998 Pontiac Firebird, but at the end of the preliminaries, only Scott Merrill in a light blue 1994 Honda Accord and Thom Bell in a purple and black 1986 Ford Mustang remained. Bell won the coin toss and chose to start in the inside lane in the best two out of three championship round. He took the first race and then swept past Merrill on the backstretch to win round two and claim the first place trophy.
Heartbreaking 13th Place Finish For DJ Shaw At NHMS
Loudon, N.H. (June 26, 2010): DJ Shaw was on top of the world halfway through the K&N Pro Series East 125-lap event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Friday afternoon. After starting second in the field, Shaw led 19 laps in the first half and was saving his No. 60 Precision JLM Chevrolet for a shot at the win in the end. However, after pitting following a lap 81 caution, Shaw lost the handling on his machine and dropped back to a disappointing 13th place finish.
“I wanted to ride and save the equipment for the end,” said Shaw. “We changed right side tires and it was really tight. We lost 4/10th’s after having old tires. Everybody else gained an extra tenth by putting them on.”
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Kobyluck Finishes 12th At The ‘Magic Mile’
Loudon, N.H. (June 26, 2010): After starting 22nd in the field for the New England 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Matt Kobyluck had nowhere to go but forward. After 20 laps, Kobyluck had picked off ten positions in the No. 40 Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet and looked to be a solid contender for a top-five finish. However, a long green flag run changed everything and Kobyluck had to settle with a 12th place finish.
“We were really, really free,” explained Kobyluck. “The car was rotating really good through the center of the corner but I could not even breathe on the gas coming up off so that hurt us. I’d get into the corner really good and just watch everyone drive away from me. We were going to pit early to try and fix that, but we said ‘nah, we’ll just wait until our fuel stop’, but that never came because we ran until lap 80 or something until the caution came out.”
The Mohegan Sun race team never found the right tire combination for qualifying, and posted a lap of 31.099 seconds to earn the 22nd place starting position. Rules stated that teams could not work on their car post qualifying so they anticipated pitting early to adjust on the car. Before lap 10, Kobyluck had worked his way up to 16th and by lap 17, when the second caution flag flew, he was 13th. The race resumed at lap 21 with Kobyluck moving up to 12th. The race stayed green for the next 60 laps.
“The car tightened up a bit the more we ran and the more we burned off some fuel,” he said. “But it was still really free. I just drove it like that because we had good track position and there was no reason to pit under green.”
Kobyluck brought the Mohegan Sun Chevrolet down pit road multiple times for adjustments, fuel, and tires.
“We kept coming in to make adjustments and it didn’t fix it so we’d come back in,” said Kobyluck. “We’re investigating it now and we found something wrong with the left front spring.”
Kobyluck maintained his position for the remainder of the 125 lap race to conclude the event with a 12th place finish. The K&N Pro Series East race can be viewed on SPEED this Thursday, July 1 at 6 p.m.
Kobyluck returns to action next Saturday, July 3 at Lime Rock Park.
“We’ll keep doing what we know to do and go to Lime Rock and try to get a win there!” Kobyluck concluded.
For more information on Matt Kobyluck or Mohegan Sun Casino, visit www.mattkobyluck.com.
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Report
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., finished 32nd in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East New England 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Friday, June 25. The engine powering the No. 1 Pole’s Automotive Chevrolet expired just 15 laps into the event. Polewarczyk qualified in the 20th spot for the event and advanced 11 spots to 9th by the lap 10 mark. Following the first restart of the race a few laps later, Polewarczyk’s car began billowing smoke as it entered the third turn of the 1.058-mile speedway and it was retired shortly thereafter.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 1 Pole’s Automotive Chevrolet
WHAT: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East New England 125
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
STARTED: 20th
FINISHED: 32nd
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
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