by Jay | Jul 12, 2010 | Monadnock Speedway, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour visit High Banks
Winchester, NH: Monadnock Speedway was forced to cancel their race program due to inclement weather this past Saturday. This is the fourth rain out this season. The Modifieds and Full Size Enduros which were scheduled to run July 10 will have a make-up race on July 31st due to the Whelen Modified Tour coming in this Saturday, July 17th.
This upcoming Saturday, the speedway will be bustling with fans from all over the Northeast as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour comes to the high banked ¼ mile. The Tour has not been to the speedway in nearly twenty years and will guarantee to keep all fans at the edge of their seat as the competitors try to master high banks. The event will have an earlier start time than usual with the NASCAR Whelen Modified competitors will have their 45 minute practice session at 1pm and will return to the track for their second round following the speedway’s regular divisions. At 5pm, the speedway will hold their division heat races as the NASCAR Whelen Modifieds will take to the track at 6pm for their time trials.
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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 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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by Jay | Jun 27, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N. H. – One of these days, people will stop doubting Jimmie Johnson.
The four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion can lose a race, or two, and folks automatically write him off as a contender.
Sunday, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Johnson played second fiddle, as he sometimes does, for most of the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 before putting a payback bump-and-run on Kurt Busch.
Busch had nudged Johnson aside with seven laps remaining with a bumper-tag finesse usually associated with ballet, but this high-speed dance was sheer poetry in motion. Johnson repaid the favor with just a few laps to go, providing high-end drama to a race that had only four caution flags. (more…)
by Jay | Jun 27, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Busch Proves to be Rock-Solid in Granite State
Z-Line Designs Driver Wins NASCAR Nationwide Series Race at New Hampshire… Again
Date: June 26, 2010
Event: New England 200 (Round 16 of 35)
Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series
Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon (1.058-mile oval)
Start/Finish: 4th/1st (Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
Winner: Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
For the second straight year, Kyle Busch drove his No. 18 Z-Line Designs Toyota Camry to victory in the New England 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. The Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) driver is the first to win multiple Nationwide Series races in the track’s 24-race history, dating back to its inaugural event on July 15, 1990.
“These guys did a great job for me. I can’t thank Z-Line Designs and Jim and Monica Sexton (Z-Line Designs owners) enough,” said Busch, who won last year’s race at New Hampshire as part of a nine-win season that culminated with the Nationwide Series championship. “It’s fun to come out here with these guys and race in the Nationwide Series. What a great race, and it’s a lot of fun with these cars. Can’t wait to keep racing these things.”
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