KURT BUSCH’S GREAT ‘FINISHING POWER’ PUTS HIM IN POINTS CONTENTION

by | Apr 26, 2011 | NASCAR

KURT BUSCH’S GREAT ‘FINISHING POWER’ PUTS HIM IN POINTS CONTENTION
-No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Driver Knows He “Has To Bump Those Top-10s Up To Top-Fives”-

RICHMOND, Va. (April 26, 2011) — Shell-Pennzoil Dodge driver Kurt Busch is still looking for his first victory during the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, but after eight races his “finishing power” has kept him in the thick of things in the point standings. Entering this weekend’s Crown Royal presents the Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400, Busch is not getting headlines for winning the points races, but he’s certainly doing some things right. After all, the 2004 series champion holds down the fifth spot in the point standings.
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Cody Hodgson Richmond International Raceway Race Preview

by | Apr 25, 2011 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series

Cody Hodgson: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Richmond International Raceway Race Preview

THE STORY

Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., will compete alongside the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series when the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East heads to the Blue Ox 100 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., on Thursday, April 28. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate sits 12th overall in the K&N Pro Series East standings as the series heads to its first standalone Richmond event in history – on the undercard of a Saturday night Cup race at the .75-mile track. Better yet, Hodgson is fifth in the standings among a field of 24 rookies who have made a start in the series already this season.
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Stephen Nasse Wins PASS South Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway

by | Apr 24, 2011 | PASS

PASS Rookie battles hard with Preston Peltier to earn his first PASS win

Hickory NC (4/24) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South presented by JE Pistons and Roush Yates Performance Products headed to the famed Hickory Motor Speedway (NC) on Saturday, April 23rd, for the prestigious Easter Bunny super late model showdown, the first PASS National event of the 2011 race season. Florida native Stephen Nasse went to victory lane after a rough and tumble battle with defending PASS South Champion Preston Peltier.

44 of the nation’s top Super Late Model drivers hit the track to earn their way into the field during qualifying and, it was Preston Peltier claiming the pole with a 14.734-second lap over Justin Wakefield, Bradley McCaskill, Andy Loden and Dean Clattenburg.
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