Waterbury, VT –Veterans of the American Canadian Tour (ACT) will find plenty of eager young and veteran talent to challenge them at the inaugural Goodyear Speedweeks Cup event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway during the upcoming World Series of Asphalt Stock Car racing this month.
Past American Canadian Tour Champions, Brian Hoar from Williston, VT, Karl Allard, Ste Felicien, QC, Donald Theetge, Quebec City, QC and Patrick Laperle from Ste-Denis sur Richeleau, west of Montreal, have all won multiple championships during their successful careers. (more…)
The general thinking in short track circles was that it would be hard for Chase Elliott and his Aaron’s team to top their phenomenal 2010 season which saw them win major races and championships at tracks all across the country.But on Sunday in the Speedfest 2011 race at Lanier National Speedway in Braselton, Ga., they took a major step at proving the skeptics wrong. Elliott swept both of the Late Model features, outrunning some of the nation’s best short trackers – as well as NASCAR driver David Ragan – in the process.
Elliott started third in the first race, a 150 lapper for Pro Late Model cars and drivers. He passed Shane Sawyer on Lap Six for second place and moved on to challenge Ragan, who won a Late Model race at Lanier on Jan. 9, on Lap 18. He took the lead a lap later and maintained the top spot until the mandated 100-lap break. (more…)
Homecoming Sweet For SoCal’s Bowles – 2009 K&N West Champ Returns For Showdown Victory
IRWINDALE, Calif. – Jason Bowles got the one victory that had alluded him during his NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career. The Ontario, Calif., native drove the No. 75 Rusty Wallace Racing Experience Toyota to the win in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown Saturday night.
Bowles grabbed the lead on the race’s final restart and held off DJ Kennington through the final eight laps. The win for Bowles, the 2009 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion, came in front of a sold-out crowd at NASCAR’s premier short-track event. (more…)
Initiative Showcases Its Ten Drivers In Charlotte At NASCAR Hall Of Fame
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Jan. 26, 2011) – NASCAR and Revolution Racing announced the 2011 driver lineup – the eighth season for the Drive for Diversity (D4D) program – tonight during NASCAR’s annual Charlotte Media Tour at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C.
This year, the D4D initiative looks to build upon its success in 2010. Ten drivers will participate in the 2011 Drive for Diversity Program – four in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and six in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
Last year, former Dale Earnhardt Inc. President Max Siegel created the Revolution Racing team along with former DEI and Robby Gordon Motorsports executive John Story. All 10 drivers will race for the team, which is headquartered in Mooresville, N.C. (more…)
Waterbury, VT –Veterans of the American Canadian Tour (ACT) will find plenty of eager young and veteran talent to challenge them at the inaugural Goodyear Speedweeks Cup event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway during the upcoming World Series of Asphalt Stock Car racing this month.