{"id":4265,"date":"2011-01-31T22:53:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T03:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-01-31T20:54:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T01:54:15","slug":"maine%e2%80%99s-fastest-full-bodied-racers-added-racin%e2%80%99-preview-2011-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/maine%e2%80%99s-fastest-full-bodied-racers-added-racin%e2%80%99-preview-2011-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine\u2019s fastest full-bodied racers added to Racin\u2019 Preview 2011 lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maine\u2019s fastest full-bodied racers added to Racin\u2019 Preview 2011 lineup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Portland, ME \u2013 Northern New England\u2019s oval track stock car season is several weeks away, as the Daytona International Speedway gates swing open for the start of the NASCAR season.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after the big 500 in Florida, the 18th annual edition of the region\u2019s biggest wintertime stock car racing showcase, Racin\u2019 Preview 2011 at the Portland Expo, opens its doors Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26.<br \/>\n <!--more--><br \/>\nA newcomer to the show this year is the New Meadows Ice Racing Association.  There season may be getting underway at the time of this year\u2019s Expo show, as they\u2019ve been battling uncooperative ice conditions thus far in 2011. But when the racing gets underway it\u2019s the fastest full-bodied racing action available in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>The New Meadows ice racers, when competing with their \u201cscrew tires\u201d gripping the ice on one of Maine\u2019s frozen lakes, reach speeds of well over 110 miles per hour on the long, \u00bd-mile-plus straightaway that makes up a part of a mile-plus road course-style racetrack. They also feature a more novice-geared class that runs on studded snow tires.  Many of their events are of the endurance variety, contested at distances often over 100 miles.<\/p>\n<p>The New Meadows Ice Racing Association joins many of the region\u2019s traditional oval tracks and touring series at Racin\u2019 Preview 2011, including Maine\u2019s lone NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racetrack, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in nearby Scarborough.<\/p>\n<p>Doors at the Portland Expo open at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 25, with several autograph opportunities and other activities ongoing through 10:00 p.m. Saturday show hours are 9:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. A limited amount of commercial display space remains available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine\u2019s fastest full-bodied racers added to Racin\u2019 Preview 2011 lineup Portland, ME \u2013 Northern New England\u2019s oval track stock car season is several weeks away, as the Daytona International Speedway gates swing open for the start of the NASCAR season. Just days after the big 500 in Florida, the 18th annual edition of the region\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine","category-new-england"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}