by Jay | Mar 7, 2016 | Granite State Pro Stock, New, Touring Series News
CREDIT: Granite State Pro Stock Series
Winning a second consecutive championship in any sport is a tough task, but that’s exactly what 19-year-old Derek Griffith is aiming to do this upcoming season.
Griffith will be chasing back-to-back titles on the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) at the wheel of his No. 12 LCM Racing Chevrolet.
“Last year was huge for us, we kinda proved ourselves,” Griffith said. “We’ve always been fast, but never had the luck aspect and even me as a driver, I wasn’t all there. But last year, we finally got those couple of wins and hopefully we can carry momentum into this year.”
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by Jay | Feb 18, 2016 | NASCAR, New
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET SS – DAYTONA 500 POLE WINNER
“This is a very, very cool day. I don’t know that this opportunity has sunk in yet, much less sitting on the pole for the Daytona 500. So this is very cool. I think the big thing is just the team and the Daytona 500 qualifying is about the team guys and the effort they put into these cars and it’s nothing special I did, it’s really what kind of work they did this off-season to make it happen. Jeff (Gordon) knows all about that and I just wanted to give a big thanks to NAPA Auto Parts and all of our partners at HMS on this No. 24 car. This is very special and a great way to start the season.”
HEY CHASE, THIS IS JEFF GORDON. WELCOME TO THE 2016 SPRINT CUP SERIES AND THE DAYTONA 500. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO GET IT ALL STARTED. I KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE TEAM FOR TODAY. FOR FROM HERE ON OUT, THE DRIVER IS GOING TO PLAY A HUGE ROLE. HOW DO YOU GET PREPARED TO TAKE THIS MOMENTUM INTO THE DUELS ON THURSDAY AND INTO THE DAYTONA 500? HOW DO YOU BECOME THE YOUNGEST DAYTONA 500 WINNER IN HISTORY?
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by Jay | Feb 17, 2016 | NASCAR, New
An interview with KEVIN HARVICK
Q. How many times have you watched the replay of that last lap in 2007 when you won this race? What’s it like to relive that?
KEVIN HARVICK: Yeah, it still gives me goosebumps every time that I see it happen because it’s one of those moments where you didn’t really expect to be in that position with everything that had happened 12, 15 laps before that.
I think as you see everything unfold, you see it coming to the line, then win the race. When you go back to remembering what it was like inside of the car, how excited you were, all the things you got to do the next week, it was pretty neat.
It’s hard to put any race together, let alone this one. There’s just so many things that have to go your way. I think that year was probably a year that you didn’t think you probably had the car to win. I can think of a few years where it felt like you had the car to win and you didn’t win because of something going wrong.
You never know when it’s all going to line up. You have to keep trying to plug away and keep yourself in contention.
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by Jay | Feb 16, 2016 | ACT, New
T.J. Ingerson/VTMotorMag.com photo
Waterbury, VT – American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Ford Racing officials announced today they have renewed their partnership for the 2016 racing season. The Ford Racing contingency program, now entering its seventh season, has paid out more than $63,000 to ACT U.S. and Canadian racers since 2010.
The program offers bonuses to any team that finishes in the top three of an ACT Late Model Tour or Série ACT event while using a registered Ford S347JR Sealed Racing Engine. Bonuses are also offered to Ford engine users who win select ACT-sanctioned special events, such as the Bond Auto Parts ACT Invitational and the Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank. Drivers or registered car owners must sign up for the program at www.fordracingparts.com in order to receive their bonuses, which are paid directly by Ford.
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by Jay | Feb 16, 2016 | NEMST, New
The North East Mini Stock Tour is pleased to announce a new official photographer for the 2016 racing season. The new photographer is currently covering events in Florida for Area Auto Racing News and has spent many season shooting across New England speedways as well as being the official photographer for Canaan Fair Speedway and Claremont Speedway.
Wally Morton of Extreme Action Photo will be taking the controls this year while documenting the exciting NEMST action all across the region with his great photography skills. “Wally is an asset to add to the NEMST group of officials and will give our teams access to the shots they need to show appreciation of current supporters while giving high action photos to bring new sponsors and fans into the series” NEMST Promoter Bob Guptill said. (more…)
by Jay | Feb 4, 2016 | K&N Pro Series East, NASCAR, New
Young’s Motorsports To Field NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Effort In 2016
MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (February 4, 2016) – Officials from Mooresville, North Carolina-based Young’s Motorsports announced today the expansion of their operations to now include a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKPSE) team set to debut in the season-opening event at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway on February 14.
19-year-old Reid Wilson will pilot the No. 66 Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet SS for a minimum of five events this season adorning a partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association for his inaugural NKNPSE debut in the Jet Tools 150 at New Smyrna.
Young’s Motorsports has selected Andrew Abbott to oversee the K&N division and serve as crew chief for Wilson’s No. 66 Chevrolet this season.
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