{"id":6172,"date":"2011-07-12T08:39:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T12:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-07-11T21:40:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T01:40:30","slug":"action-packed-thursday-kick-starts-lenox-industrial-tools-301-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/action-packed-thursday-kick-starts-lenox-industrial-tools-301-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Action-packed Thursday Kick Starts the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOUDON, N.H. (July 11, 2011) -The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers may not hit the track until Friday, but Thursday the off-track action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is jam-packed with excitement.<\/p>\n<p>At 10:30 a.m., the new state-of-the-art Panasonic scoreboard will be unveiled for the first time with three 32-foot-by-18-foot Panasonic TV screens. The screens provide an impressive view of all the race action and instant replays. Below the video boards will be a scrolling leaderboard with color graphics that gives fans running positions and lap times for all 43 drivers, along with interesting race statistics and event information.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe WOKQ FanFest kicks off at 5 until 10 p.m. This seasons FanFest features county duo Steel Magnolia singing hit songs like; &#8220;Keep on Lovin&#8217; You&#8221;, &#8220;Just by Being You (Halo and Wings)&#8221; and their current single &#8220;Last Night Again.&#8221;  New England native and New Hampshire Motor Speedway winner Joey Logano will also sign autographs beginning at 8:30 p.m. at the FanFest stage.<\/p>\n<p>During FanFest, make sure to check out the new Lite Lobster Lounge. This New England-themed watering hole is sponsored by Miller Lite and features food, beverage and entertainment in a family-friendly atmosphere. A great gathering place for family, friends and fun, the Lite Lobster Lounge will be located in the Broadway Midway.<\/p>\n<p>This fan celebration is free for all fans and includes admission to all of Thursday&#8217;s exciting events at the speedway. The festivities include qualifying and practice sessions for the NASCAR K&#038;N Pro Series East New England 125 and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour F.W. Webb 100 races, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series hauler parade and much more.<br \/>\nTickets are still available for the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 weekend. To purchase them please call the NHMS ticket hotline at (603) 783-4931 or by visiting www.nhms.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOUDON, N.H. (July 11, 2011) -The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers may not hit the track until Friday, but Thursday the off-track action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is jam-packed with excitement. At 10:30 a.m., the new state-of-the-art Panasonic scoreboard will be unveiled for the first time with three 32-foot-by-18-foot Panasonic TV screens. The screens [&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":[45,126,112,16],"tags":[15775,15769],"class_list":["post-6172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-new-england","category-new-hampshire","category-nhms","tag-nascar","tag-nhms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172","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=6172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}