by Jay | Sep 29, 2011 | NASCAR
Earlier Talladega Chase Race Among Next Year’s Lineup Adjustments
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 28, 2011) – NASCAR announced today the 2012 schedule for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, with a lineup featuring a number of adjustments from the 2011 edition.
“We believe the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule will once again provide fans with what they’ve come to expect every season – the world’s most exciting and competitive form of motorsports,” said Brian France, NASCAR chairman and CEO. “Next year’s schedule has a few adjustments that we think will be good for the fans and good for the overall flow of the season. One thing will remain constant, however, and that’s the intense competition we see week in and week out from our drivers and race teams.”
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by Jay | Sep 28, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
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by Jay | Sep 28, 2011 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – American Canadian Tour Late Model teams are riding high as they prepare for the 49th Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, October 2. The buzz still lingers following the third annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which is considered by many as the best event of the tripleheader this past Saturday, September 24.
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by Jay | Sep 28, 2011 | Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
Naples ME (9/28) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North stars have travelled from Quebec to Conneticutt in 2011 with plenty of stops in between and the touring Super Late Model, Mod and Sportsman series teams will crown their 2011 Champion at Oxford Plains Speedway this Saturday afternoon at 1:00 PM.
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by Jay | Sep 28, 2011 | Video
by Jay | Sep 27, 2011 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Mobil 1/Office Depot Driver Wins Second Straight Chase Race By Taking Sylvania 300
Date: Sept. 25, 2011
Event: Sylvania 300 (Round 28 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon (1.058-mile oval)
Start/Finish: 20th/1st (Running, completed 300 of 300 laps)
Winner: Tony Stewart of Stewart-Haas Racing (Chevrolet)
Tony Stewart came into the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup 0-26. But two races into the 10-race Chase, Stewart is undefeated.
The driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) kept up his opportune winning streak by taking the checkered flag in Sunday’s Sylvania 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. The victory came just six days after Stewart scored his first victory of the season in the rain-postponed Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. – the opening round of the Chase.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
(Loudon, NH)- Joey Polewarczyk took some chances in a new front suspension set-up and it paid off for the 22-year-old, Hudson, NH native. Polewarczyk raced his way from a 32nd starting spot to a great 7th place finish in the 2011 edition of the ACT Invitational; held at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 24.
“We tried several new items on our front suspension, our goal with that was to really get a better feel off the corners. We had an abbreviated practice session early in the day and we learned quite a bit on how the car would act during the main event.”
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2011 | New England
Asheboro, NC: Over the last several months, a number of changes have been announced for the ninth annual North-South Shootout ™ for 2011. After eight successful years, the event has been moved to Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, NC. There will be new management in place for the 2011 event and there will be a host of new personnel.
Among the new personnel for 2011, competitors will also encounter many familiar faces. Shootout “veterans” will work alongside Caraway Speedway officials to ensure fair and equitable treatment to all competitors.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2011 | Video
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin earned the 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Rookie of the Year Award.
by Jay | Sep 27, 2011 | Drag Racing
MOHNTON, Pa. – Being the quickest competitor in NHRA Funny Car isn’t new to the driver of the DieHard Dodge Charger. Matt Hagan has reset his own national e.t. record three times, but he’d like to do a few more things, including make more history of his own as the Countdown to the Championship continues with the 27th annual Auto-Plus® NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway near Reading, Pa.
The defending event winners of the third of six events in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship are Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Dave Connolly (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
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