by Jay | Jul 6, 2010 | Connecticut, Lime Rock Park, NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England
Pit Strategy Goes Awry For Fadden Racing’s Jonathan Smith At LRP
Lakeville, Conn. (July 5, 2010): A mid-race pit strategy foiled a top-10 run for Fadden Racing’s Jonathan Smith in the NASCAR K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park Saturday afternoon, and relegated the No. 61 BaBoom! Energy Spray/Riondo Wine/Athlete’s of America Chevrolet to a 13th place finish after a solid performance race long.
“We were hoping to do a fuel mileage race and not pit, but it didn’t turn out like we thought. There were a lot of green flag laps. We came in to pit and right after that there was a six or seven lap caution period.”
Smith proved he was going to be a force to reckon with from the onset of the weekend. He was fast in practice and backed it up with a qualifying effort of 94.947 mph to earn a 12th place position on the starting grid.
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by Jay | Jul 5, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS
PASS North: Ben Rowe reigns, breaks Clark’s skein
Naples ME (7/3/10) Ben Rowe has run up front in all four Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North races to date and Saturday night the four time series champ took Scott Mulkern’s Community Pharmacies 48 to victory lane, a first in the win column for the new team led by journeyman crew chief Seth Holbrook.
Rowe took the lead for good on lap 84 of Saturday night’s 150 lap Fourth of July Spectacular at Canaan (NH) Fair Speedway, battling with Johnny Clark over the final sixty six laps to claim the victory and foil Clark’s shot at four straight PASS North super late model wins.
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by Jay | Jul 5, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Johnny Clark: PASS North Series
Canaan Fair Speedway Race Report
Johnny Clark of Farmingdale, Maine, finished second in the PASS North Series Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, July 3. Clark’s runner-up finish snapped a three-race winning streak for the fourt-time series champion and current points leader. Clark started 11th and moved into second by the one-third point of the event and even led for a brief stretch before giving the lead over to eventual winner Ben Rowe just past the halfway point..
WHO: Johnny Clark, Farmingdale, Maine
TEAM: No. 54 Clark’s Car Crushing/Port City Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS North Series Firecracker 150
WHERE: Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 11th
FINISHED: 2nd
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by Jay | Jul 4, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Ben Rowe: PASS North Series
Canaan Fair Speedway Race Report
Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, won the PASS North Series Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, July 3. The victory was the 33rd career PASS North win for the four-time series champion and his first in the Mulkern Racing No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet. Rowe led on two occasions, taking the lead for good from series points leader Johnny Clark shortly after a restart near the halfway point of the event. It was Rowe’s fourth career Canaan Fair Speedway win.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS North Series Firecracker 150
WHERE: Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 2nd
FINISHED: 1st
NEXT: Saturday, July 10, PASS 150, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
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by Jay | Jul 4, 2010 | Connecticut, NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England
Ranger Makes It Two-For-Two – Second K&N Pro Series Road Course Win Of 2010
LAKEVILLE, Conn. – Picking up where he left off at Infineon Raceway two weeks ago, Andrew Ranger returned to Victory Lane on a road course, this time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Lime Rock Park.
Race leader Cole Whitt ran off the course after contact with Ranger on Lap 52 of the 66-circuit event. Ranger assumed the lead and gradually drove away, beating Whitt to the checkered flag by 5.899 seconds.
Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Max Gresham and Brett Moffitt finished third and fourth, respectively. Points leader Ryan Truex finished fifth. He led eight laps before sliding off the course and through the dirt in Turn 1 on a Lap 45 restart and lost 11 spots. He worked his way back through the field but ran out of time as the race didn’t have another yellow flag.
Darrell Wallace Jr. was sixth, followed by Eddie MacDonald, Jeff Anton, Miguel Paludo and Sergio Pena.
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by Jay | Jul 4, 2010 | Connecticut, NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England
Shaw’s Road Course Debut Nets 14th Place Finish
Lakeville, Conn. (July 3, 2010): DJ Shaw has been to Lime Rock plenty of times before. But he’s never driven on the 1.53-mile road course – not in a test, and certainly not in a race. In fact, he’s never competed on any road course before. Still, the 20-year-old Center Conway, N.H. driver was able to transition to the tricky left and right handers that road course racing demands, and post a 14th place finish in the NASCAR K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park.
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