NEMA Lites’ Jake Stergios is World Class Sim Racer
BY MARK McKEON
CHESTER, VT – NEMA Lite Midgets racer Jake Stergios of Candia, NH recently returned from Hannover Germany where he finished fifth in the Intel GP World Finals, a computer based simulated racing event organized by iRacing.com.
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KYLE BUSCH CONTINUES WINNING STREAK AT AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. (March 26, 2011) – A risky pit decision paid off for Kyle Busch and his No. 18 Z-Line Designs Toyota on Saturday during the Royal Purple 300 NASCAR NNS race at the Auto Club Speedway as Busch finished victorious by .713 seconds for the third consecutive race and fifth time in six starts.
Busch spoiled the day for pole-sitter Carl Edwards (No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford) and Kevin Harvick (No. 33 Rheem Pool and Spa Heaters Chevrolet), who battled all day and led for a combined 112 of 150 laps of the race and finished second and third, respectively.
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Cody Hodgson: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Greenville Pickens Speedway Race Preview
Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., makes his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East debut in the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 at Greenville Pickens Speedway in Greenville, S.C., on Saturday, March 26. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate joins Dave Davis Motorsports to tackle the entire 12-race schedule in 2011. A two-time WKA Grand National Champion in the go-kart ranks with some experience in regional Late Models and Formula 3 open-wheel cars, this marks the 19-year-old Hodgson’s first full-time foray into stock car racing. Though he has never competed at any of the 10 tracks on the K&N Pro Series East schedule, he did test at Greenville Pickens with Dave Davis Motorsports earlier this month.
WHO: Cody Hodgson, Escalon, Calif.
TEAM: Dave Davis Motorsports, No. 03 Ocala Gran Prix Dodge
BEST CAREER GREENVILLE PICKENS SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT GREENVILLE PICKENS SPEEDWAY: N/A
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KYLE BUSCH – ‘White-Hot’ and Heading West
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Following his weekend sweep of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series races at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, there’s no driver more “white-hot” than Kyle Busch.
As the Sprint Cup Series heads back to the West Coast for round five of the season, Busch, driver of the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), looks to keep his hot streak going in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
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KURT BUSCH LOOKING FOR CONSISTENT STRENGTH IN “CORE” RACES
-No. 22 Auto Club Dodge Driver Knows Importance Of Performing Well On “Intermediate” Tracks-
FONTANA, Calif. – Kurt Busch and his Steve Addington-led Penske Racing “Double Deuce” Dodge team enter this weekend’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in sole possession of the NASCAR Sprint Cup points lead. Busch is the only driver to record top-10 finishes in all four races completed this season, but he’s quick to point out that there is no room for complacency in this sport.
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ACT LEE USA OPENER TO SHOWCASE NEW TEAMS IN 2011
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) will open the 2011 season at the Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 17, 2011 with many new faces in the pits.
Two veteran Oxford Plains Speedway competitors plan to start their 2011 ACT seasons at Lee. Shane Green, South Paris, ME will drive the Geoffrey Low entry, and Dennis Spencer from Oxford, ME both have a lot of experience with ACT racing. Oxford Plains has presented 22 ACT Late Model races, plus four non-point TD Bank Oxford 250s. Both drivers have participated in most of those events and Spencer participated in the second annual ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) last September. (more…)