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 23, 2013 | PASS, Touring Series News
CHARLOTTE, NC (October 22) – Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials recently announced the weekend schedule of events for the upcoming 8th Annual Mason Dixon Meltdown at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, NC. The action packed schedule includes rotating practice on Friday, November 22 and a full day of practice, qualifying, and racing on Saturday, November 23.
“We wanted to make sure and get this schedule out in plenty of time since this is such a big event for our fans and competitors,” said PASS President Tom Mayberry. “The Mason Dixon Meltdown has grown to be one of the biggest events of the fall for short track racers and we wanted to make sure and get everything started early enough for fans and racers who might be traveling from far away. In addition to crowning the PASS National, PASS South, and PASS Pro Late Model champions, having the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Cars on hand has made this race even more special.”
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by | Oct 22, 2013 | Granite State Pro Stock, Touring Series News
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Larry Gelinas came home to Thompson Speedway for the World Series of Auto Racing, and picked up his first career Granite State Pro Stock Series victory in dominating fashion. Gelinas was the Pro Stock Champion just a few years ago, and used his knowledge of how the track reacts to the different rubber compound of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and made the right adjustments.
The50 lap feature was slowed by one caution, which came out on the opening lap when Greg Nanigian and championship contender Jeremy Davis made contact in turn three. Davis tried to recover, but fell out on the second lap with damages sustained in the incident. Just after the caution came out, Beach Ridge All Pro Series Champion Brad Babb spun on the frontstretch, sustaining damage after hitting the wall, which also ended his run.
Once the green was back out, Jim Banfield watch Mike O’Sullivan pull ahead into the lead, one that was short lived. Gelinas, who restarted fourth, moved past by the third circuit and never looked back. By the time the race was half-way, Gelinas had already opened up over a half straightaway lead over O’Sullivan.
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by | Oct 22, 2013 | ACT
Waterbury, VT – Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell, Jr. earned his 4th consecutive Ford Blue Oval Cup title after finishing 5th in the Fall Brawl at Riverside Speedway (Groveton, NH). Helliwell has now won the Ford title in each of its four seasons to date.
The 2013 Ford Championship saw the closest battle ever heading into the final eligible race. Helliwell lead by just one point over Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Polewarczyk was involved in an accident in the second half of the 200 lap event, which effectively ended his title hopes. Helliwell was leading late until fading back to 5th following the final caution flag on lap 196.
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by | Oct 21, 2013 | Media, PASS, Photos
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by | Oct 21, 2013 | PASS
ROUGEMONT, NC (October 19) – Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model points leader Jay Fogleman took one step closer to the championship by winning a wild 8th Annual Orange Blossom Special at Orange County Speedway Saturday night. The win was Fogleman’s 9th career PASS South Super Late Model win, but his first at Orange County Speedway, the track he began his racing career at over 30 years ago.
“The pace was all over the place tonight, it was real hard to back up and ride because everybody was going so hard around us,” said Fogleman in victory lane. “Just glad to get a win here for all the people that have supported us over the years at this place. It’s really nice to finally win one here, we’ve lost a couple.”
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