by Jay | Jun 5, 2011 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
DiBenedetto Conquers The Stadium
Dominates K&N Pro Series East race at Bowman Gray
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Matt DiBenedetto made getting around the tight oval at historic Bowman Gray Stadium look easy.
The 19-year-old from Grass Valley, Calif., led every lap of the Army Strong 150 Saturday night en route to his first win of 2011 and third career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career. Saturday’s race was the first for the series at the venerable quarter-mile track that is steeped in NASCAR history.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2011 | Canaan, New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Canaan NH (6/4) Andy Shaw reclaimed the lead on the final restart of Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Mod feature at New Hampshire’s Canaan Fair Speedway to earn his second win of 2011. Alan Wilson finished in the runner up spot with Leo Oliviera third, Scott McDaniel fourth and Bill Dixon fifth
Mark Lundblad Jr. and Shawn Austin brought the field to the green and Lundblad Jr. got the jump from the pole with Rich Ferreira racing up to second and Scott McDaniel third. Caution flew on lap four for a slowing Shawn Austin and when the green waved Ferreira got the best of Lundblad Jr. to take over the point. Alan Wilson followed Ferreira through with McDaniel third. Yellow flew on lap eight for a Billy Dixon spin, sending him to the tail of the lineup.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
ACT Late Model Tour Unofficial Results
Oxford 150 – Saturday, June 4, 2011
Oxford Plains Speedway – Oxford, ME
1. Jeff White, Winthrop, ME, 150 Laps
2. Brian Hoar, Williston, VT, 150 Laps
3. Brent Dragon, Milton, VT, 150 Laps
4. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH, 150 Laps
5. TJ Brackett, Buckfield, ME, 150 Laps (more…)
by Jay | Jun 5, 2011 | ACT, Canada
St-Eustache, QC – Veteran Série ACT Castrol competitor Daniel Descoste of St-Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec earned his first career win on the series in the St-Eustache 100 at Autodrome St-Eustache in St-Eustache, Quebec. Descoste worked his way by 2010 Série ACT Castrol Champion Karl Allard on lap 66 and was never seriously contested in the remainder of the 100 lap event.
Allard fell back to third behind runner-up Patrick Hamel on the final restart. Jonathan Bouvrette and Patrick Laperle, who recovered from a spin, completed the top five. Donald Theetge, Dany Trepanier, Alex Labbe, Claude Leclerc and Marc-Andre Cliche rounded out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2011 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Cody Hodgson: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Bowman Gray Stadium Race Report
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., posted his best-career finish in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East with a strong 8th-place run in the Army Strong 150 at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday, June 4. Hodgson’s career night came in the series’ inaugural visit to the track affectionately known as “The Madhouse.” After starting 22nd in the 27-car field, the Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate slowly worked his way to the front by avoiding one of the many spins that dotted the evening. For his efforts, Hodgson leapt three spots in the K&N Pro Series East standings to ninth through five races.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2011 | NASCAR
NNS Race Recap: Allgaier Coasts to Nationwide Win
JOLIET, Ill. – The final lap of a NASCAR race is usually a blur of speed.
Saturday night’s STP 300 was something else. Justin Allgaier coasted across the finish line to win despite running out of fuel after passing Carl Edwards on the final lap at Chicagoland Speedway as Edwards also ran out of fuel.
Both were traveling about 50 mph when they rolled across the finish line, even as Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne was barreling toward them from behind. Bayne finished third.
The outcome was almost surreal, given the ferocity of the first 199 laps. Edwards and Elliott Sadler dueled for most of the last 50 laps. First Edwards was in control, then Sadler. Then Edwards, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader, forced the issue and retook the lead with 25 laps remaining.
Did that scrap use too much fuel?
“I thought I’d saved about a lap of fuel,” Edwards said. “With five or six laps to go, Justin really started coming, so I laid it down.”
And ran out just before the entrance to Turn 3 on the 200th and final lap. Allgaier was wide-eyed at the sight.
“Coming off Turn 2, I didn’t know if I’d have the time to catch him,” Allgaier said. “Then he started wiggling, and I got a big grin.”
Allgaier drew even, and as he did, his engine went silent. It was a coast to the finish, and Allgaier would win it. He led only the final lap, and only about seven-tenths of a mile of it.
“We were on power another 100 feet, and that was the difference,” Allgaier said.
The difference by 1.719 seconds brought Allgaier his first win since last year at Bristol, and the second win in the last three races by a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship contender.
Bayne’s third place finish came in his return after a six-week absence for an illness that baffled even doctors from the Mayo Clinic. He told ESPN during the race he “felt like an astronaut” with all of the air hoses blowing on him, fitting given the way he rocketed through the field. Bayne started 31st and ran as high as sixth after 57 laps. Then he held steady until the final laps, when drivers, including Sadler, had to pit for a splash of fuel.
“Man, I should have started going six laps earlier,” Bayne said. “You can always say ‘Shoulda.’ ”
Reed Sorenson finished sixth, the 38 points he earned enough to move him into the standings lead. Sadler is two points behind after finishing 11th, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. dropped from second to third in the standings after running 14th.
Danica Patrick, in a one-week visit to NASCAR between IndyCar Series races, finished 10th, the first car a lap down. She also finished 10th in last week’s Indianapolis 500.
An afternoon thunderstorm in the middle of qualifying forced the gridding of the field based on owner points, but the skies were clear throughout the race.
