by Jay | Sep 17, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
SYLVANIA 300
NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/JOHNS MANVILLE CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and discussed racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the Chase and other topics. Full transcript:
ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO RACING AT NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS WEEKEND? “Excited. Ran well here in the spring, qualified decent and ran up front all day long. Excited for our chances. I think these first two races are going to be really good for the 48 team. I’m hopeful to come out and get a win and ideally get two wins. Really get everybody worried about the No. 48 team and doing our job. We’re excited. Kerry (Tharp, NASCAR PR), no worries, I announced that I am the 2009 Male Athlete of the Year and did my opening comments. Way too much information.”
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by Jay | Sep 16, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
ACT Invitational Race Preview
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., joins the ACT Late Model Tour and selected teams from the northeast and Canada for the 2nd annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 18. Dragon has been chosen to compete in the event, finishing 19th in the inaugural running last September. The race is part of a tripleheader at New Hampshire on the undercard of the Sylvania 300 — the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup — which includes both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Whelen Modified Tour on Saturday. Dragon is third in the current ACT Late Model Tour standings, with three Top-5 and nine Top-10 finishes in 12 races. He’s run more races than anybody in the history of ACT with five runner-up finishes in the championship standings.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner/Newton Pellets Chevrolet
BEST CAREER ACT INVITATIONAL FINISH: 19th (September 2009)
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 19th (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour 2nd annual ACT Inviatational
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
WHEN: 5:45 p.m., Saturday, September 18
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by Jay | Sep 16, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Derek Ramstrom: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
Derek Ramstrom of West Boylston, Mass., returns to PASS North Series racing for the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Friday, September 17. Ramstrom, who has two career PASS North victories, earned one of his best career finishes at White Mountain in 2009 when he finished second at the track. He’s coming off a Top-10 finish in a PASS South Series race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Labor Day weekend. Ramstrom also owns a two-point lead atop the Thompson International Speedway Super Late Model standings, where he competes weekly in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. There are just three races remaining in that season.
WHO: Derek Ramstrom, West Boylston, Mass.
TEAM: No. 35 Charter Communications/Matthews Truck Service & Towing Chevrolet
BEST CAREER WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK FINISH: 2nd (May 2009)
LAST RACE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK: 19th (May 2010)
WHAT: Season Finale — PASS North Series PASS 150
WHERE: White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Friday, September 17
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
THUNDER ROAD MILK BOWL GETS FACELIFT
Waterbury, VT – Officials from Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, VT announced today a change in the format of one of America’s best-known short track events, the People’s United Bank Milk Bowl.
For most if its 47-year history, the Milk Bowl has been comprised of qualifying and three 50-lap segments, with a unique scoring system that crowns the Champion after the completion of the final segment. In 2010, fans will see a change in the number of laps to the Milk Bowl format. As usual, the first 50-lap segment will be determined from a pole and outside-pole effort in time trials. The second and third segments have traditionally seen a full inversion of the previous segment, with the last place driver from the previous segment starting on the pole and the winner last. Beginning with the Peoples United Bank 2010 Milk Bowl, the event will look the same until the second segment when the laps will increase from 50 to 75. Again 75 laps will be run for the third and final segment, after the second segment inversion, making the new format a 200-lap Milk Bowl versus the 150-lap event of the past.
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
TONY STEWART – Ready to Light Up the Chase Starting with Sylvania 300
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Sept. 15, 2010) – Tony Stewart eschewed the spotlight for much of 2010. Mind you, it was not by choice.
After an incredible 2009 season where the first-year driver/owner for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) won four races – five if you include the non-points NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway – and handily led the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship point standings for 13 straight weeks, the bar was set high for 2010.
Stewart’s sophomore year in the dual role of driver and owner started off sluggish, with only three top-10s in the series’ first 11 races – the bright spot being a second-place finish to four-time and reigning Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson in March at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Stewart dropped to as low as 18th in points, but with a ninth-place finish in May at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, he initiated an incredible march toward this year’s Chase for the Championship.
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
ACT Invitational Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., heads to center of racing in New England where he will compete in the ACT Late Model Tour’s second annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 18. The race takes place during Sylvania 300 weekend — the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and is part of a Saturday tripleheader at the track which includes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Whelen Modified Tour. Polewarczyk finished 10th in the inaugural event in 2009, and he’s won two ACT races since late July, helping him make a charge up the series standings to second with one points race remaining. Polewarczyk is also one of the handful of drivers in the ACT Invitational starting field with experience at New Hampshire — having made three career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East starts at the track with a career-best finish of sixth in 2008.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER ACT INVITATIONAL FINISH: 10th (September 2009)
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 10th (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour 2nd annual ACT Inviatational
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
WHEN: 5:45 p.m., Saturday, September 18
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