by RacingNews | Apr 20, 2015 | ACT, PASS, Touring Series News
Oxford, ME – American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model Champion Joey Polewarczyk Jr. began his title defense in the best way possible at the Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, ME on Sunday, April 19. The Hudson, NH driver led every step of the way en route to the victory in the Oxford 150 as part of the first ever ACT/PASS doubleheader.
“Joey Pole” lived up to his nickname by earning the pole after winning his qualifying heat and scoring a +3 in ACT’s plus/minus system. Pole led an early three-car breakaway with Barre, VT’s Nick Sweet and Auburn, ME’s Travis Stearns before stretching out his margin on the long green-flag runs.
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by RacingNews | Apr 18, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
BRISTOL, Tenn. – (April 17, 2015) – Kevin Harvick led the way for Team Chevy in his No. 4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet SS at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) during qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. His lap of 14.966 seconds (128.211 mph) was fast enough to earn him the fourth starting spot for the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes, Round 8 on the 2015 circuit. This is Harvick’s fifth top-five start of the season.
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by RacingNews | Apr 18, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For the fourth consecutive season, Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers will be racing for Xtra bonus money thanks to Xtra Mart Convenience Stores. Stafford’s Xtra Mart Xtra D program gives drivers from each of the five NASCAR weekly divisions the opportunity to race in an Xtra Mart extra distance feature with the top-5 finishers receiving a cash bonus. For the 2015 season, Xtra Mart Convenience Stores will contribute a total bonus of $3,750 which will be split up among and allocated among the five races that will make up the Xtra Mart Xtra D Series.
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by RacingNews | Apr 18, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After qualifying 15th and finishing 8th in his very first NAPA Spring Sizzler start last season, Islip, NY native Timmy Solomito is looking forward to returning to Stafford with a new team. Solomito takes over the driving duties of the #16 Diversified Metals / R.B. Enterprises car that Ryan Preece drove to two Stafford wins as well as the 2013 Whelen Modified Tour Championship.
“This is huge for me,” said Solomito, “The guys working on the car are great and everything else is the same with the exception of me as the driver. So far the team has been great, the guys are helping me through things that are new to me and we’re taking things one step at a time. I come from the quarter mile at Riverhead so I’m still new to the bigger tracks. That makes things a little tougher for us with my learning curve, but they have great setups for the car and great advice for me, that’s all helping to speed up the learning curve. We had a strong finish at the Icebreaker and hopefully we can carry that over to the Sizzler.”
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by RacingNews | Apr 18, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the green flag falls on the 44th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler, Sunday, April 26, Howell, NJ native and 1990 Whelen Modified Tour Champion Jamie Tomaino will extend his record for career Sizzler starts to 32. Tomaino made his first Sizzler start in 1980 and he has since appeared in the Sizzler starting field every year since 1984 with the exception of 1985, when he failed to advance through a qualifying race, and 1988, when the SK Modifieds® were the featured division. Tomaino says that he sees no immediate end to his longevity in the Sizzler or behind the wheel of a modified.
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