by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | Connecticut, Thompson
No. Stonington, CT- The OTB Promotions team have announced an alliance with Al Lane’s “The Racing School”, for their September event, the Stock Car Road Race Challenge.
Entrants will be able to purchase a spot to compete in an 8-lap race at the Stock Car Road Race Challenge in spec Mazda Miatas, provided by “The Racing School”. This race will be added to the program, joining the Mr. Rooter New England Truck Series, North East Mini Stock Tour, North East Street Stock Tour, and Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park-legal Mini Stocks.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | NASCAR
Concord, NC (Feb. 10, 2015) – HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi announced today they have partnered with DC Solar Solutions as primary sponsor for multiple races in the NASCAR XFINITY Series on the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro for the 2015 season. Brennan Poole, 23, will pilot the No. 42 DC Solar Solutions Chevrolet Camaro in 15 races in 2015. The Texas native will make his NASCAR XFINITY Series debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 7.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Touring Series News
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Feb. 10, 2015) – Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Budweiser/Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS, enters Budweiser Speedweeks at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway for the first time as the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion.
As he heads to Daytona, Harvick will begin the defense of his title in earnest at the 2.5-mile superspeedway while also hoping to accomplish a feat not duplicated since 2007, which also happens to be the same year Harvick scored his first and only victory in the Daytona 500. Harvick wants to win three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points-paying races in a row.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina (February 10, 2015) – – After two seasons of competition in the CARS Pro Cup Series, Reid Wilson (@Reidwilson66) will graduate to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKPSE) this season in a limited schedule.
Since 2013, the 18 year-old Huntersville, North Carolina native competed in 20 races on the CARS Pro Cup Series tour earning seven top-fives and 17 top-10s including a career-best finish of second at Tri-County (N.C.) Speedway last year. The second youngest CARS Pro Cup pole winner (behind NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano) also found himself in contention for the championship, but a late-season injury sidelined the likable driver for two races forcing a sixth place finish in the overall championship standings.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | Snocross
SALAMANCA, N.Y. (Feb. 9, 2015) – Defending and four-time Pro Open champion Danny Poirier and Pro Lite veteran Wade Acker notched final round victories in their respective classes Saturday, as East Coast Snocross (ECS) completed Round 5 at the Seneca Allegany Casino and Resort.
The regional points races were part of International Series of Champions’ (ISOC) U.S. Air Force Nationals, stop No. 5 for the AMSOIL Championship Snocross series. A record crowd gathered to see Tucker Hibbert (Pro Open) and Ryan Springer (Pro Lite) sweep their classes on Friday and Saturday.
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