‘Rapid Roman’ Richie Evans Rode Orange Chariot Into History
New York Star Won Nine NASCAR Modified Series Titles In Hall Of Fame Career
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 18, 2012) – Richard Ernest “Richie” Evans certainly was the face of NASCAR – and modified racing – in the northeast, winning an estimated 475 times in approximately 1,300 starts. It equates to a win in every three starts (a 36.5% clip), something unheard of in modern racing at any level.
Evans will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday, one of five members of the Hall’s third class comprised of the New York native, legendary crew chief Dale Inman, team owner Glen Wood and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions Darrell Waltrip and Cale Yarborough. He is the first of 15 inductees without a connection to NASCAR’s premier series. (more…)
Theriault to chase full ACT Late Model Tour, southern Super Late Model races for BKR
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, will try and complete some unfinished business this season while also setting out on a new venture in his racing career.
Theriault will run the complete ACT Late Model Tour schedule in 2012 as he chases his first career Tour championship, while the 17-year-old will also run more than half a dozen Super Late Model events as a development driver for Brad Keselowski Racing.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – This year’s Preseason Thunder testing sessions in preparation for the 54th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Feb. 26 has a different feel for Trevor Bayne.
The driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion for Wood Brothers Racing returns to Daytona International Speedway as the defending Daytona 500 champion.
In last year’s Daytona 500, Bayne stunned the racing world at the age of 20 by becoming the youngest champion of the “Great American Race” driving for the legendary Wood Brothers. (more…)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona Preseason Thunder, the annual three-day NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test session at Daytona International Speedway that preludes the 54th running of the Daytona 500, began Thursday at Daytona International Speedway. Throughout the day, drivers took a break from turning laps at the “World Center of Racing” to chat with media about the start of the upcoming NASCAR season.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew National Guard Chevrolet and 2004 Daytona 500 champion, discussed what winning again at Daytona would mean as he sat next to the Harley J. Earl trophy for the 2012 Daytona 500. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway’s modified rosters will
have a pair of brother rookie competitors during the 2012 season. Nick
Boivin will join the SK Modified® rookie class, while his younger brother,
Joe, will be joining the SK Light Modified rookie class. Both Boivin
brothers have been behind the wheel of racecars since a very early age and
they will look to become the first brothers to each be Rookies of the Year
in the same season in Stafford Speedway history. (more…)
