by Jay | Sep 13, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
FINAL 8 ANNOUNCED FOR NHMS ACT INVITATIONAL
Waterbury, VT – The final eight (8) teams have been notified that they will be invited to attend this coming weekend’s second annual ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH. The American Canadian Tour (ACT) completed the final qualifying event at the Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY Sunday, September 12, 2010 and several teams who were on the ‘short list’ locked in several of the final spots.
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by Jay | Sep 13, 2010 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England, NHMS
New Hampshire Int’l Preview – NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
DJ Shaw – #60 Precision JLM Chevrolet
* DJ Shaw is currently eighth in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship standings with eight of ten races complete. He is 27 points behind seventh place driver Max Gresham and 44 points out of fifth place – his season-ending goal.
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by Jay | Sep 4, 2010 | NASCAR
McMurray Holds Off Kyle Busch for NASCAR Nationwide Series Win
(September 4, 2010)
HAMPTON, Ga.—Jamie McMurray held off Kyle Busch and stopped Busch one spot short of a historic win Saturday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Driving JR Motorsports’ No. 88 Chevrolet, McMurray asserted his superiority over the final 40 of 195 laps to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Great Clips 300 at the 1.54-mile racetrack. The victory, the eighth of McMurray’s NASCAR Nationwide career, was his first since November 2004 at Darlington.
Busch is tied with Sam Ard for the series’ single-season wins record with 10.
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by Jay | Sep 1, 2010 | Canada, NASCAR
NASCAR Veteran Benson Returning to Challenge for the 10th Annual Auto Value 250
Fredericton, NB – Last year’s Auto Value 250 at Speedway 660 Speedway attracted one of the best fields of pro stock cars ever seen in the region. This year’s field has already broken that standard and today veteran NASCAR driver Johnny Benson has thrown his hat into the ring for the 2010 Auto Value 250. The 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Champion and former Nextel/Winston Cup regular announced that he has teamed with Martins Home Heating and Sommerville Racing to make the trek north to Fredericton, NB for the Labour Day event.
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by Jay | Aug 31, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
ACT ANNOUNCES FIRST INVITEES TO NHMS INVITATIONAL II
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) has announced the first group of invitees to the second annual ACT Invitational to be held Saturday, September 18, 2010. The region’s greatest triple header of the year at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway will have the ACT Invitational joining the NASCAR Whelen Modified division and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in an event with added laps and additional teams for the 2010 version.
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by Jay | Aug 31, 2010 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Wreck Dampens Promising Run For Fadden Racing’s Albarracin While Laing’s Debut Nets Impressive 11th Place Finish
Jefferson, Ga. (August 30, 2010): Fadden Racing experienced a roller coaster day at the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East debut at Gresham Motorsports Park this weekend. Development driver and Columbia native Julian Albarracin was well on his way to a top-15 finish when he spun the No. 54 AAIC Chevrolet and hit the wall off of turn two at lap 90. The damage was too extensive and the team made the call to park the car for the remainder of the event. Tyler Laing, who was making his series debut in the No. 61 Ultimate Fish Scaler/Myachi.com Chevrolet, posted an impressive 11th place finish.
Albarracin, who never even tested at Gresham Motorsports Park, used the first practice session to become familiar with the track and improved steadily throughout the day. He posted his quickest lap during time trials and earned a 23rd place starting position. (more…)
