by Jay | Jun 25, 2010 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East – New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., makes his third start of the season when the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East visits New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., for the New England 125 on Friday, June 25. Polewarczyk reunites with car owner Dave Davis, who supplied the ride which produced Polewarczyk’s best careerk K&N Series finish. In 2008, Polewarczyk finished 6th behind the wheel of the same car he will pilot on Friday. Polewarczyk has made two of his five career series starts at New Hampshire, qualifying fourth for last September’s race at the track. In two starts this season with Fadden Racing to open the year, Polewarczyk posted finishes of 11th at Greenville, S.C., and 21st at South Boston, Va.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 1 Pole’s Automotive Chevrolet
BEST CAREER NEW HAMPSHIRE FINISH: 6th (September 2008)
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE: 28th (September 2009)
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by Jay | Jun 25, 2010 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Moffitt Surprises With Run – Earns second career NASCAR K&N East pole award
LOUDON, N.H. — There may not have been anybody more surprised that Brett Moffitt earned the 21 Means 21 Pole Award presented by Coors Light in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East qualifying Thursday than Moffitt himself.
After only being 21st fastest in practice earlier in the day, Moffitt rolled off a first lap of 30.356 seconds around the 1.058-mile oval for an average speed of 125.471 mph. Going out 29th out of 32 qualifiers for Friday’s New England 125, Moffitt was quick enough to knock New Hampshire native D.J. Shaw off the provisional pole.
Moffitt’s only other career pole came in his series debut in 2009 at Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway. The 17-year-old from Grimes, Iowa, is coming off a win at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., returns to one of the tracks on the ACT Late Model Tour where he’s had the most success — as the series hits White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., for the ACT 150 on Saturday, June 26. Dragon won this event in 2007 and he hasn’t finished outside the top-3 in any of his last four starts at White Mountain. Dragon is still searching for his first top-5 of the finish of 2010, but a solid start to the season has him second in the standings — just 62 points behind leader Brian Hoar through the first four races of the year. The veteran racer has made 178 career ACT starts, tops on the all-time list.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlebois Freightliner/Newton Pellets No. 55 Chevrolet
BEST CAREER WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK FINISH: 1st (June 2007)
LAST RACE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK: 2nd (June 2009)
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, rides a big wave of momentum as the ACT Late Model Tour rolls into White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., for the ACT 150 on Saturday, June 26. Theriault has posted back-to-back top-10 finishes for the first time in his career as he enters the event. Though the 16-year-old driver has never competed in an ACT Late Model on the tight quarter-mile, he did run the PASS North Series 150-lap event at the track in mid-May. Before heading to White Mountain, however, Theriault will enter the VT Governor’s Cup 150 — a non-points event for ACT-legal cars — at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Thursday night, June 24. He has never raced at Thunder Road.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: No. 57 Varney Insurance/Hogan Tire/Daigle & Houghton Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK FINISH (ACT): N/A
LAST RACE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK (ACT): N/A
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
RYAN NEWMAN – Creating Another Magical Moment at ‘The Magic Mile’
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (June 23, 2010) – Over the course of his nine-year NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, Ryan Newman has enjoyed some magical moments at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. After all, the 1.058-mile flat track commonly known as “The Magic Mile” was the site of Newman’s first point-paying Sprint Cup victory during his rookie season in 2002. On that September afternoon, the South Bend, Ind., native started from the pole and dominated the rain-shortened race, leading 143 of 207 laps.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, NHMS
KURT BUSCH HOPING TO EXTEND “STRONGHOLD” AT NEW HAMPSHIRE
-Miller Lite Dodge Driver Has Been Impressive In Recent Races On Loudon’s Flat One-Mile Layout-
LOUDON, N.H. (June 22, 2010) – Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch has found somewhat of a competitive stronghold on the flat 1.058-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway in recent years, recording a win and posting a 4.0 average finish during the last four races there. The 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion and three-time winner at NHMS is focused on keeping that successful streak going in this weekend’s LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at the “Magic Mile.”
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