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NASCAR Announces 2010 TV Schedule
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR has announced today the television schedule for its developmental series for 2010.
The expanded calendar includes 21 events on SPEED for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and seven races for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. This comprehensive package includes airing of every race on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West schedules. Three of the Whelen Modified Tours will air as same-day televised events.
> MoreGreenville's Porter Plans Hometown Run
Toby Porter is one of the most successful modern era Late Model drivers to call Greenville, S.C., his home.
Porter, 35, has raced and won in just about every pavement Late Model racing series past and present. He’s tested the waters of NASCAR national series racing. He’s won many Late Model races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, his hometown track.
> MoreNews & Notes: After Successful Season Opener, Tour Returns Home To Caraway
Southern Mods Carry Momentum From Exciting Atlanta Opener
After kicking off the new season last weekend making history for the tour at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour teams head to the “home track” of the division – Caraway Speedway.
The historic .455-mile oval in Asheboro, N.C., has hosted more tour races than any other track and this weekend’s Spring Classic will be the 30th time the open-wheel machines take the green flag at Caraway.
This Sunday’s race will be the first of three visits to the track this season. The tour will return on Friday, July 2 and Saturday, Aug. 28.
> MoreWinning Debut For LaJoie
Holds off Brown to grab Atlanta 150 victoryHAMPTON, Ga. -- Corey LaJoie is proud of his dad’s past success in NASCAR, but he has always said he wanted to make a name for himself. He went a long way in proving that Friday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The 18-year-old LaJoie, son of two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Randy, passed veteran driver Tim Brown with five laps to go and held on to win the inaugural Atlanta 150 Friday night.
Morris Tops First Hunter Index
Three-time national champion tops K&N rookie in inaugural power ranking for NASCAR Developmental SeriesDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Experience or the new kid in the spotlight?
That was the question posed to the panel of auto racing writers and NASCAR representatives tasked with compiling the inaugural Hunter Index – a brand new feature on NASCARHomeTracks.com that will spotlight the top 10 drivers in the NASCAR Developmental Series in a monthly power poll.
The first edition boiled down to a simple question: Which driver enters the 2010 season with the most momentum?
> MoreNASCAR Amends Points System For Mods
Modified & Southern Modified Tours To Award Bonus Points
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR has announced that its Modified touring divisions will now award bonus points for its races, starting this weekend with the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
In order to reward drivers for running up front and to provide a further incentive to race for the lead, NASCAR has instituted lap-leader bonus points for the first time to the Whelen Modified and Whelen Southern Modified Tours.
> MoreWhelen, Bodine Connect NASCAR Short Trackers To Olympic Gold
The NASCAR short-track community is connected to the gold medal winning four-man United States Olympic bobsled team.
The team of driver Steve Holcomb, Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen and Curtis Tomasevicz won the four-man bobsled Olympic gold medal during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia Sunday, Feb. 28. It was the first USA four-man bobsled Olympic gold medal in 62 years. In addition, Erin Pac and Elana Meyers had a bronze medal performance in the women’s two-man bobsled competition.
> MoreCrew Fuels Run For Tibben’s 4th Straight Adams County Modified Division Title
Racing helps family in face of son's illnessNASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson and Iowa NASCAR dirt Modified driver Jeremy Tibben share an impressive common thread. Each won their fourth consecutive NASCAR championship in 2009. Each knows that seemingly “making it look easy” is actually very hard work.
Tibben, 33, of Stanton, Iowa, won his fourth straight Poet Biorefining Modified division championship on the half-mile dirt oval of Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa.
> MoreUNOH Offers Scholarships For NASCAR Members
The University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) and NASCAR have teamed to offer scholarships to the university.
The 2010 UNOH-NASCAR Scholarship Program will help three recent high school graduates enroll in the university’s College of Technologies or College of Business as freshmen for the start of classes in January 2011. The technologies and business areas of study are linked to UNOH’s High Performance Motorsports Degree program, which was established in 1991.
> MoreSelf Announces Plans For 2010
Rookie season in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
PARK CITY, Utah – Karting chamapion Michael Self has announced plans to competed full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in 2010.
The 19-year-old driver from Park City, Utah will drive a Chevrolet under the Mike Naake / Motorway Motorsports banner – with Naake serving as the crew chief.
“Getting the opportunity to run the West Series full-time is unreal,” Self said. “I never would've dreamed that I would make it even this far, but now that I have the opportunity, I'll give it everything I can and devote every bit of my life to it.”
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