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Statistical Advance: Analyzing The K&N 100 At Lime Rock Park
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The sixth race of the 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season will be the K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park on Saturday, July 3 in Lakeville, Conn.
At Lime Rock Park:
History
• Opened in 1957.
• Has played host to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East every year since 1993.
• In the inaugural NKNPS East race on Oct. 16, 1993, Ken Schrader beat Kenny Wallace by two seconds in the 50-lap event ... Curtis Markham earned the pole.
Notebook
• Matt Kobyluck has won three of the last five races at Lime Rock Park ... He is tied with Butch Leitzinger for the most wins with three.
• Kobyluck is one pole shy of tying Bryan Wall for the most poles at Lime Rock with four.
• Rookies Matt DiBenedetto and Ryan Truex earned the pole and race wins, respectively, in last year’s event.
Lime Rock Park Data
Race: #6 of 10
Track Layout: 1.53-mile, 12-turn road course with “Optional Uphill” utilized
Race Length: 66 laps (101 miles)
Qualifying/Race Data
2009 pole winner: Matt DiBenedetto (102.518 mph, 53.727 seconds)
2009 race winner: Ryan Truex (78.712 mph, 1:40.18)
Qualifying Record: Bryan Wall (102.778 mph, 53.591 seconds, 10/12/01)
NKNPS East Pole Winners at LRP
1. Bryan Wall ... 4
2. Matt Kobyluck ... 3
3. Kelly Moore ... 2
4. Five drivers with ... 1
NKNPS East Race Winners at LRP
1. Matt Kobyluck ... 3
Butch Leitzinger ... 3
3. Dale Quarterly ... 2
Bryan Wall ... 2
5. Seven drivers with ... 1
Up to Speed:
• Darrell Wallace Jr. won the season-opener at Greenville Pickens Speedway on March 27.
• Max Gresham was victorious on April 3 at South Boston Speedway and in the East/West combination race at Iowa Speedway on May 23.
• Brett Moffitt was the winner of the inaugural stand-alone NKNPS East race at Martinsville Speedway on June 6.
• Defending champion Ryan Truex captured his first win of 2010 last time out at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 25 ... He leads the season standings by 33 points.
• The next race for the NKNPS East will see a return to Lee USA Speedway on July 31 for the first time since the 2004 season.
Selected Driver Highlights:
Ryan Gifford (No. 2 Revolution Racing Chevrolet)
• Has six top fives in nine career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East starts.
• Won his first career Coors Light Pole Award at Martinsville to become the first African-American driver in NKNPS East history to earn a pole.
• Is third in points after five races with three top fives and a best finish of fourth, twice.
• Is competing out of the Revolution Racing garage as part of the Drive for Diversity program.
Max Gresham (No. 18 Gresham & Associates Toyota)
• Has two wins, a pole and four top 10s in eight career NKNPS East starts.
• Won the second and third races this year at South Boston and Iowa ... Is sixth in points.
• Is a teammate to Brett Moffitt at Joe Gibbs Racing.
Jason Holehouse (No. 81 Kowabunga Bounce Houses Chevrolet)
• Has two top-10 finishes in 11 career NKNPS East starts ... First eight starts came at the Watkins Glen and Lime Rock road courses ... Made oval track debut in 2009 at Adirondack.
• Best finish in six starts at Lime Rock was last year, when he crossed the line third.
Matt Kobyluck (No. 40 Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino Chevrolet)
• The 2008 NKNPS East champion.
• Has seven poles, 16 wins and 93 top 10s in 173 career NKNPS East starts.
• Is fifth in points after five races with a best finish of fourth at Martinsville.
• Has recorded three wins and six top 10s in 11 career starts at Lime Rock ... All three wins have come in his last five starts there ... Has led 240 of 762 career laps at the track.
Eddie MacDonald (No. 71 Grimm Construction Chevrolet)
• Has six wins, two poles and 52 top 10s in 126 career NKNPS East starts.
• Is 11th in points after five races with best finishes of seventh at South Boston and Iowa.
• Has three top 10s in eight career starts at Lime Rock ... Best career finish at the track – second – was recorded in last year’s race.
Brett Moffitt (No. 20 Game Plan for Life Toyota)
• Has three wins, one pole and 12 top 10s in 16 career NKNPS East starts.
• Has improved from 10th to fourth in points in the last two races thanks to a win at Martinsville and a fifth-place effort at New Hampshire.
• Finished ninth in his debut at Lime Rock in 2009.
• Competes as a teammate to Max Gresham in the JGR development program.
Andrew Ranger (No. 35 Waste Management Recycling Chevrolet)
• Made NKNPS debut in the Iowa East/West combo race ... Finished fifth at Martinsville.
• Won the NKNPS West race at Sonoma on June 19, his first start in that series.
• The 2007 and 2009 champion of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1.
• Has nine wins, six poles and 33 top 10s in 38 career NCATS races.
• Six of his 10 combined NASCAR Touring series wins have come on road courses.
D.J. Shaw (No. 60 Precision JLM Chevrolet)
• Has three top 10s in seven career starts ... Debuted in the series with a pair of starts in 2009.
• Is seventh in points with three top 10s ... Best finish was fifth in the opener at Greenville Pickens.
• Is the son of 1994 NKNPS East Champion Dale Shaw.
Kevin Swindell (No. 9 Curb Records/NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet)
• Has four top 10s in 10 career starts ... Debuted in the series with a pair of starts in 2008.
• Is 10th in points with two top 10s ... Best finish was second at New Hampshire.
• Is the son of Sprint Car racing legend Sammy Swindell.
Ryan Truex (No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota)
• The 2009 NKNPS East titlist.
• Has four wins, two poles and 12 top 10s in 17 career starts ... Won last year at Lime Rock.
• Leads Darrell Wallace Jr. by 33 points atop the standings ... Won last time out in Loudon.
• A development driver for Michael Waltrip Racing, he is scheduled to make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Gateway International Raceway on July 17.
• Father, Martin Sr., and brother, Martin Jr., also competed in the NKNPS East.
Darrell Wallace Jr. (No. 6 Revolution Racing Chevrolet)
• Trails Ryan Truex by 33 points in the standings ... Has a win and four top fives in five races.
• With his win at Greenville, he became the youngest race winner in series history, and also became the first African-American driver to win in the series’ 24 years.
• Competes out of the Revolution Racing garage as part of the Drive for Diversity program.
Cole Whitt (No. 84 Red Bull Toyota)
• Has three top 10s in his first five starts in the series ... Best finish was second at South Boston
• Dropped from third to eighth in points last week with a 28th-place finish at New Hampshire.
• Earned the pole and finished third in his debut at Greenville ... Also won the East pole at Iowa.
• A highly-decorated open wheel racer, he is a development driver for Red Bull Racing.
