by | Dec 11, 2013 | NASCAR, Touring Series News
Devil’s Bowl Speedway champion to be recognized at NASCAR Hall of Fame
CHARLOTTE, NC – Devil’s Bowl Speedway champion Todd Stone will be feted as one of the country’s most accomplished stock car drivers on Friday, December 13, as he is honored during an awards ceremony for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS). The black-tie gala will be held in the Crown Ballroom at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC, featuring top short track racers from more than 50 NASCAR-sanctioned tracks in the United States and Canada.
Stone, of Middlebury, VT, will be celebrated as the National Rookie of the Year presented by Jostens, a title he secured on the strength of a record-shattering 10 victories in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division at NASCAR-sanctioned Devil’s Bowl Speedway. As a first-time NWAAS Division I license holder, Stone outpaced asphalt Late Model drivers Bobby McCarty of South Boston (VA) Speedway, Cole Williams and Matt Wallace of Lebanon I-44 (MO) Speedway, and dirt Modified driver Frank Cozze of Grandview (PA) Speedway for the national rookie championship.
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by | Nov 19, 2013 | NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Touring Series News
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Team Chevy’s Austin Dillon Wins 2013 Nationwide Championship
by | Nov 14, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont, Whelen All American Series
RUTLAND, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway will toast top local stock car drivers from the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at its annual Banquet of Champions on Saturday, February 1, 2014. Among the competitors to be honored on stage are Rookie of the Year winners from each of the track’s four weekly racing classes. The Banquet of Champions will be at the Holiday Inn Rutland/Killington in Rutland, VT.
Twenty year-old Jamie LaFountain of Keeseville, NY will collect Rookie of the Year honors for his efforts in the headline Bond Auto Parts Modified division. LaFountain built a consistent record in his first year of racing at Devil’s Bowl, finishing in the Top 10 in nine of his 17 feature starts and taking 12th in the overall championship standings. He outdistanced Bruce Schwab and Emily Quinn for the freshman crown.
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by | Oct 25, 2013 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Grimes, IA – Brett Moffitt, driver of the Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) No. 11 Kobe Toyopet Toyota owned by Shigeaki Hattori, was within just 5 points of the leader in the season point standings when the team rolled into Braselton, Georgia. While they unloaded, they were confident that Crew Chief Dave McCarty and the team had brought a strong entry to the final race of the season at Road Atlanta.
The first issue that arose was an outburst from Mother Nature. Persistent rain washed out all on-track activities on Thursday, eliminating the practice and qualifying sessions. On Friday morning, the track dried slowly, and time constraints eventually allowed only one very short practice session for the teams to do a quick shake-down of the cars before the green flag waved. Moffitt made his way around the 2.54 mile road course in 87.896 seconds at an average speed of 104.032 mph, clocking the 5th quickest practice lap in the field of 25 entries.
As the teams debriefed following the short practice, Moffitt congratulated the crew on putting a great set-up under the car, and he assured them, “We’ve got this!” The team’s spirits and confidence were high, and they fully expected to be in contention all day, not just for the win, but for the season championship as well. Moffitt’s statistics are second to none. He had finished in the top 10 in all 4 of his previous road course starts, including 3 podium finishes.
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by | Oct 19, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson, Whelen Modified
Gentes and Carey Pick Up Late Model Heat Wins
Thompson, Conn: Nine divisions completed qualifying races Friday night to set the stage for the biggest weekend of racing in New England – Thompson Speedway’s World Series of Stock Car racing.
The New England Truck Series, Mini Stocks, Late Models, Limited Sportsman, Outlaw Street Stocks, Pro 4 Modifieds, Outlaw Mini Stocks, Lite Modifieds and Outlaw Sportsman all ran their heat races in front of a healthy crowd of enthusiastic race fans.
Highlighting the on-track action were victories by Rick Gentes and Tom Carey III in the Late Model division. The Lite Modifieds boasted a season record car count with Glenn Griswold and Scott MacMichael nailing down heat wins.
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by | Oct 3, 2013 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Grimes, IA – Brett Moffitt, driver of the Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) No. 11 Gunma Toyopet Toyota owned by Shigeaki Hattori, rolled into the Dover International Speedway (DIS) in Dover, Delaware second in the season championship point standings with a total of 450 points, having fought his way back to within 23 points of the point leader. Moffitt has been the only driver in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East history to record multiple wins at DIS, and he led laps during each of his four previous appearances at the “Monster Mile”, two of which resulted in trips to victory lane.
Two practice sessions were held on Thursday. Qualifying and the Drive Sober 150 were scheduled for Friday, September 27th. The team’s hopes for a strong run were almost immediately dampened during the first practice session when the car bottomed out hard enough to make it recoil and slide up the track with each bump. The team brought Moffitt back to the pits so the crew could work on the chassis, and as a result, the No. 11 ran less than 10 laps in the first practice session. Moffitt’s time was shown as 18th at the end of session one.
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