by Jay | Jun 29, 2011 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 28, 2011) -Race fans can take a parade lap around New Hampshire Motor Speedway with their favorite NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver through the New Hampshire Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities Ride of a Lifetime Auction.
Fans can bid on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stand inches away from drivers like Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart during the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 pre-race ceremonies on Sunday, July 17.
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by Jay | Jun 27, 2011 | Canada, PASS
Johnny Clark rolls on, claims third PASS North win of 2011 at L’Autodrome Chaudiere
Mother Nature loses one to the racers in the PASS North Habitations Dany Lagace 150
Naples ME (6/27) Defending Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Champion Johnny Clark earned his third super late model win of the young PASS North season Sunday in the PASS Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at L’Autodrome Chaudiere . Ben Rowe and Patrick Laperle chased Clark to the stripe.
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by Jay | Jun 27, 2011 | NASCAR, Road Racing
SONOMA, Calif. (June 26, 2011) — Sonoma County is famous for wineries, not woodsheds, but Kurt Busch found the latter Sunday at Infineon Raceway, administering a good old-fashioned whipping to his NASCAR Sprint Cup competition in the Toyota/Save Mart 350.
Busch led 76 of 110 laps and beat runner-up Jeff Gordon to the finish line by 2.685 seconds to win his first race of the season and the 23rd of his career, tying him with Ricky Rudd for 26th on the career win list. The victory, which broke a 38-race drought, was Busch’s first on a road course.
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by Jay | Jun 27, 2011 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Graniteville’s John Donahue stole the CARQUEST Vermont Governor’s Cup 100 win with a heads-up move at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Sunday, June 26. Donahue was running second to defending “King of the Road” and VT Governor’s Cup Champion Nick Sweet when three cars spun in turn four near the back of the pack spun on the 84th circuit.
By the time Sweet and Donahue reached turn three, all three cars were making their way back onto the track. Sweet lifted expecting a caution, but Donahue never lifted and took the lead when no caution was thrown. Donahue took the lead and never looked back, while Sweet had to settle for second.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2011 | NASCAR, Road Racing
ELKHART LAKE, Wis.—Call it what you will, but the finish of Saturday’s Bucyrus 200 Nationwide Series race was certainly interesting—and drawn out.
The scheduled 50-lap race on Road America’s 4.048-mile road course needed three green-white-checkered-flag attempts to determine a winner, and even on Lap 57, it was difficult to see that Reed Sorenson had won his first race since 2007.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2011 | Canada, PASS
Naples ME (6/24) Due to a 70% chance of rain on Saturday, the Habitations Dany Lagace PASS 150 scheduled for Saturday, June 25 has been postponed until Sunday, June 26 at 1:00 PM.
Pit gates will open at 7:30 AM with practice from 9 :00 AM until noon. First race rolls off at 1:00 PM The current forecast calls for sunshine at 10:00 AM Sunday See you at Autodrome Chaudiere.
