by Jay | Mar 6, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Canaan NH. – As the 2012 race season nears, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) driver roster continues to grow. ‘We are very excited with the support we are receiving from the race teams” stated GSPSS president Mike Parks. As of today we have 24 teams registered and we believe there are still more to come. Multi time Track Champions Babe Branscombe and Barry Gray head the list of recent registered teams, along with Modified Racing Series stand out Les Hinckley making his return to full fendered racing. Strong competitors from all over New England have stated intent to follow the tour this season. Drivers like: Mike O Sullivan, Fran Colson, Mike Parks, Chris Wilk, and Bryon Baker along with veterans like Dennis Maxfield, Richie Eaton, Jake Vanada and Steve Gauthier. With this strong support the 2012 GSPSS season has nothing but promise. We continue to receive calls all the time regarding the upcoming season, and we are still working on securing more race dates. The Goal of the GSPSS was to have 12 events but at this point its looking like it will end up around 8, which is fantastic for the inaugural season. The series kicks off with the David’s House 106 on May 26th at Winchester NH’s Monadnock Speedway with an expected purse exceeding $15,000 and a full field of the region’s best Pro Stock teams in action! You can find more information at www.gspss.net
(more…)
by Jay | Mar 4, 2012 | NASCAR, Photos, Sprint Cup, Touring Series News
More Photos – http://checkupracing.com/2012/03/04/photos-from-sprint-cup-race-at-phoenix-international-raceway/
News story and results – http://checkupracing.com/2012/03/04/denny-hamlin-wins-as-harvick-run-out-of-fuel-at-phoenix/
by Jay | Mar 3, 2012 | ACT, Canada, New England, Touring Series News
Veteran Claude Leclerc Files Série ACT Castrol Full Season Entry
Waterbury, VT – American Canadian Tour veteran Claude Leclerc of Lanoraie, Quebec has filed a full season entry for the 2012 Série ACT Castrol season. Leclerc is coming off an 8th place effort on the series in 2011. It was his fifth straight top ten in the final standings.
Leclerc began competing on the former NASCAR North Tour during its inaugural 1979 season. He competed full-time in each of the Tour’s seven seasons through 1985, and finished in the top ten six times, including third in the 1981 standings. He continued to race full-time with the ACT Tour from its inception in 1986 through its final Pro Stock season in 1995. From 1979 through 1995, Leclerc had the most starts of any driver on the NASCAR North/ACT Tour with 397. He finished in the top ten in the standings in 13 of the 17 seasons, and earned six career wins.
(more…)
by Jay | Feb 29, 2012 | PASS, Touring Series News
Many New Faces Set To Challenge Standard Bearers For PASS South Title in 2012
CHARLOTTE, NC (February 29) – To say that fans and drivers alike are anticipating the 2012 Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model season would be a vast understatement. Defending PASS South Champion Ryan Blaney moves up to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and will also debut in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Blaney will continue to run a limited PASS South schedule, but that leaves the field wide open to returning veterans and bright-eyed newcomers for the championship.
(more…)
by Jay | Feb 28, 2012 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Mooresville, NC – Brett Moffitt has been named driver of the #11 Toyota Camry for Hattori Racing Enterprises for the 2012 NASCAR K & N Pro Series East.
Moffitt, a 20-year old Grimes, Iowa native will enter his 4th season on the K & N Pro Series East in 2012. He drove for Michael Waltrip Racing last season , and for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2010. In his rookie season, Moffitt drove for Andy Santerre Motorsports. His stats are impressive, in 34 starts, Moffitt has earned an seven wins, four pole positions, 20 top-5 and 25 top-10 finishes. Even more impressive is he has never finished worse than 3rd in the Championship points standings.
(more…)
by Jay | Feb 28, 2012 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Finally, nothing out of the ordinary happened.
In a Daytona 500 that featured the first postponement in its history, a ball of fire from a racecar vs. jet dryer collision under caution and a surfeit of wild action in the closing laps, Matt Kenseth won his second Daytona 500 when the tandem of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle couldn’t catch the race winner in a green-white-checkered-flag finish.
Earnhardt made a slingshot move around Greg Biffle to run second in the 54th running of the Great American Race at Daytona International Speedway. Biffle came home third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton, as a late caution necessitated two extra laps beyond the scheduled 200.
(more…)
