by Jay | May 28, 2012 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Photos from the Coca-Cola 600 at Chralotte
Kasey Kahne continued his emphatic turnaround Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, handily winning the Coca-Cola 600 for the third time.
In his 300th NASCAR Sprint Cup start, Kahne posted his first victory of the season, his first since joining Hendrick Motorsports and the 13th of his career. The win was Kahne’s fourth at Charlotte.
Kahne beat runner-up Denny Hamlin to the finish line by 4.295 seconds. Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Greg Biffle, Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr., as nine cars finished on the lead lap at the 1.5-mile track.
Read Full Story – Kasey Kahne long drive to a third Coca-Cola 600 Win
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by Jay | May 27, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Former Serie ACT Castrol Champion Karl Allard, of St. Félicien, QC claimed the victory in the season opening event at Autodrome Montmagny in Montmagny, QC on Saturday, May 26. He had to earn it by fending off two-time and defending Série ACT Castrol Champion Patrick Laperle, and early leader Jean-François Déry who finished third.
The early part of the race was led by Jonathan Desbiens from the pole starting position until the second caution of the event on lap 9. Déry then flew to the point and dominated the race, multiple car lengths ahead of the field at times, and looked like the car to beat. Meanwhile, Allard and Laperle picked their way through the field from 13th and 16th respectively over the first three-quarters of the event.
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by Jay | May 27, 2012 | NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Touring Series News
More Photos from Charlotte
Fuel miser Brad Keselowski got 73 laps out of his last tank of fuel and had enough left in the tank to outrun Denny Hamlin in Saturday’s History 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and do a celebratory burnout afterward.
The victory was Keselowski’s first in the series this year and the 18th of his career. Hamlin crossed the finish line .838 seconds behind the 2010 Nationwide champion. Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler.
Full Race Story – Brad Keselowski saves fuel to win Nationwide race at Charlotte Motor Speedway
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by Jay | May 25, 2012 | Maine, New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, will try and keep the momentum rolling in the White Mountains when the PASS North Series heads to the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, May 26. The 20-year-old Doiron leads the series point standings through two events with a win and a pair of Top-5 finishes on his resume in 2012. Though he doesn’t consider White Mountain Motorsports Park among his favorite annual stops on the circuit, the No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet has only finished outside the Top-10 on the high-banked quarter-mile once in four career PASS starts there.
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by Jay | May 24, 2012 | Maine, New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
FALMOUTH, Maine – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, tries to rebound from a rough night last time out when the PASS North Series holds the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, May 26. Sommerville salvaged an eighth-place finish two weeks ago at Star Speedway in an ill-handling No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet, but he believes he can get his season back on track at White Mountain. Last year, in his first two career visits to the track, Sommerville posted a pair of Top-5 finishes.
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by Jay | May 24, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Doiron leads PASS super late models to White Mountain
past PASS Rookies of the Year at the top of early season points
Round two of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late model “Bull Ring Tour” gets the green Saturday May 26th at North Woodstock New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park and the early season results indicate that a bunch of past PASS North Rookies of the Year are coming of age.
Joey Doiron scored his first PASS super late model win in the Beech Ridge season opener and backed that up with a fourth at Star Speedway. That performance matches his two top fives earned in his 2010 and 2011 campaigns and he will look for another to keep his name atop the standings. The 2010 PASS North Rookie of the Year’s best White Mountain finish is eighth and he will likely need to better that run this time out, as 2011 Co-Rookie Lonnie Sommerville is hot on his heels, just seven points back. Sommerville shared the 2011 award with Kyle DeSouza, and DeSouza is just ten markers back from Sommerville in third. DJ Shaw won the award in 2008 and he’s a past White Mountain Late Model Champion too. Shaw sits fourth, just ahead of Travis Benjamin who’s coming off one of his best runs in a long while with a runner-up at Star.
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