LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 13, 2011) – Seven-time American-Canadian Tour champion Brian Hoar held on to win the two segment ACT All-Star Challenge at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The Williston, Vt., native boasts seven top-fives and nine top-10 finishing positions between NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series East and the American-Canadian Tour at “The Magic Mile.” Today he can finally add a checkered flag to his accomplishments.
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LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 13, 2011) -IZOD IndyCar Series championship points leader Dario Franchitti continued to dominate at New Hampshire Motor Speedway today, capturing the pole for Sunday’s MoveThatBlock.com INDY 225.
Franchitti, who pilots the No. 10 Nikon car, recorded an aggregated lap time of 43.1976 at an average speed of 170.843 mph.
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LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 13, 2011) – Firestone Indy Lights Series championship points leader Josef Newgarden captured the pole for tomorrow’s Firestone Indy Lights 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Newgarden, who pilots the No. 11 Copart/Score Big/Robo-Pong/SSM for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, zoomed, around “The Magic Mile” for two laps with an aggregated time of 49.4908 seconds, at an average speed of 149.119 mph
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ACT Runs All Star’s Heat Race Qualifiers
FRANCHITTI, DIXON LEAD OPENING PRACTICES AT NEW HAMPSHIRE
LOUDON, N.H. (Thursday, August 11, 2011) – Dario Franchitti and other IZOD IndyCar Series drivers have set their sights on the Indy car track record at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He had a quick lap of 21.5665 seconds (171.099 mph) on the 1.025-mile oval to top practice Aug. 11 for the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225.
The Indy car lap record is 21.466 seconds by Andre Ribeiro (Ana Beatriz’s manager) in qualifying on Aug. 19, 1995. The IZOD IndyCar Series track record is 21.719 seconds by Richie Hearn in 1996 – the first of three times the series raced at then-New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Loudon, NH – Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts and Joey Laquerre of East Montpelier, Vermont will sit on the front row in the first segment of the American Canadian Tour Late Model Challenge at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, August 13. MacDonald earned a +14 and Laquerre picked up a +11 in ACT’s unique plus/minus handicap system.
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