NASCAR - Spotter_JDub: January 2016

Friday, January 29, 2016

Goede Outduels Brother To Defend Titles

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Keeps Elko And Minnesota Crowns For Another Year

Goede

Outduels Brother To Defend Titles

Keeps Elko and Minnesota

Crowns For Another Year

By Brooke Franceschini, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jacob Goede edged past his brother Matt Goede to celebrate back-to-back Elko Speedway and Minnesota championships.

With family patriarch John presiding over the team, the two brothers battled it out every week at the famed .375-mile Minnesota asphalt oval. It was the older brother, Jacob, who came out on top of the amicable sibling rivalry for the second year in a row.

Goede Outduels Brother To Defend Titles

Ulysse Delsaux To Make K&N Pro Series Debut At New Smyrna

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The young Frenchman earned his chance to enter his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series race by posting strong results in the official European NASCAR Series, especially in the oval rounds as he reached his first Elite 2 podium finish at Tour Speedway in 2015

18-Year-Old To Get Unique Occasion Thanks To NWES And Nexteer Automotive

Ulysse Delsaux

To Make K&N Pro Series Debut

18-Year-Old

To Get Unique Occasion Thanks To NWES And Nexteer Automotive

Official Release

The Nexteer Road To Daytona program – the path designed by NASCAR Whelen Euro Series and Nexteer Automotive to grant European drivers the best opportunities to race in NASCAR in the US – will bring its youngest exponent to the K&N Pro Series East on February 14, when 18-year-old NWES development driver Ulysse Delsaux will make his debut at the wheel of the #46 Nexteer Chevrolet SS in the season opener at New Smyrna Speedway.

Ulysse Delsaux To Make K&N Pro Series Debut At New Smyrna

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Unbeatable Run For Yarbrough

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Rolls Off Third Straight Track Title, First SC Crown

Yarbrough

Proves Unbeatable at Myrtle Beach

Rolls Off

Third Straight Track Title, First SC Crown

By Brooke Bunch, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With three consecutive NASCAR Whelen All-American track championships at Myrtle Beach Speedway in the Late Model division, Sam Yarbrough said they are nearly “unbeatable.”

“We have that track down to a science,” said Yarbrough. “Everything just works, we work well as a team, and when we’re at that track – we’re almost unbeatable.”

Capturing the track championship title behind 13 wins at the .538-mile paved oval, Yarbrough also secured his first state championship for South Carolina.

Unbeatable Run For Yarbrough

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Shiflett Becomes Two-Time Champion

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Veteran Wins Second Straight NASCAR Crown at East Carolina

Shiflett

Becomes Two-Time Champion

Veteran Wins

Second Straight NASCAR Crown at East Carolina

Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After accomplishing a career first in 2014 at East Carolina Speedway, the second time feels just as good if not a little better for NASCAR Whelen All-American Series competitor Jeff Shiflett.

The 16-year racing veteran Shiflett added a second consecutive track championship trophy to his collection in 2015.

“We’ve had a great two years racing at East Carolina,” Shiflett said. “We won the track championship last year without a win and came back this year and picked up a pair of wins and a whole bunch of top 10s.”

Shiflett Becomes Two-Time Champion

Whelen Mod Standout Preece Moving On Up

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Gets His Shot In XFINITY Series With JD Motorsports

Whelen Mod

Standout Preece Moving On Up

Gets His Shot

In XFINITY Series With JD Motorsports

Team Release

GAFFNEY, S.C. – The 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season will be brand new, and the JD Motorsports with Gary Keller team is ready to shine in the new landscape.

NASCAR has changed the system that decides the championship in the Xfinity Series, adding a version of the Chase format that has been successful for several seasons in the Sprint Cup Series.

A victory in the first 26 races of the 33-race Xfinity season will all but guarantee a driver entry into the Xfinity Chase. Twelve drivers will make the Chase.

Whelen Mod Standout Preece Moving On Up

Monday, January 25, 2016

Rogers Rolls To Riverhead Crown

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Third Career NASCAR Title At Long Island Bullring

Rogers

Rolls To Riverhead Crown

Third Career

NASCAR Title At Long Island Bullring

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Tom Rogers Jr. had a performance for the ages as he took home the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Riverhead Raceway in 2015.

The Patchogue, New York, native rolled to nine wins – one shy of tying the historic Long Island bullring’s all-time single-season record – en route to his third career crown in the competitive NASCAR Modified division.

Despite the significance of his success, Rogers took more satisfaction in his accomplishment for what it meant to his car owner, who he first joined forces with in 2011.

Rogers Rolls To Riverhead Crown

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Modified Legend Cook Enters NASCAR Hall

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Jerry Cook joined fellow Rome, New York, native - the late, great Richie Evans - as the only drivers from the regional touring series ranks in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Induction Ceremony Honors Five Of Sport’s Greatest

Modified

Legend Cook Enters NASCAR Hall

Induction Ceremony

Honors Five Of Sport’s Greatest

By Josh Hamilton, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Five of NASCAR’s iconic figures – four drivers and one motorsports entrepreneur – were enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina this afternoon during the Induction Ceremony held in the Crown Ball Room at the Charlotte Convention Center.

Those who added their names to the list of now 35 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees, included: Jerry Cook, Bobby Isaac, Terry Labonte, O. Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner.

The group makes up the Hall’s seventh class in its history.

Modified Legend Cook Enters NASCAR Hall

Friday, January 22, 2016

FansChoice.tv To Stream New Smyrna

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Super Late Model racing in the 50th World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing will air live on FansChoice.tv.

Eight Nights of Whelen All-American Racing Airing Live

FansChoice.tv To Stream

World Series At New Smyrna

Eight Nights

of Whelen All-American Racing Airing Live

By Jason Christley, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Race fans around the world got to watch last year as 14-year-old Harrison Burton became the youngest Division I winner in NASCAR Whelen All-American Series history and rising dirt racing star Christopher Bell scored his first NASCAR win. That was possible thanks to the coverage from New Smyrna Speedway on FansChoice.tv.

This year, fans will once again be able to catch all the action of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing at the 50th World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing (Twitter hashtag: #NewSmyrnaWS) on FansChoice.tv.

FansChoice.tv To Stream New Smyrna

Date Change For K&N Pro East At NHMS

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The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will be part of a tripleheader Saturday, July 16 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Group Qualifying For Bristol, New Hampshire Events

Date Change

For K&N Pro East At NHMS

Group Qualifying

For Bristol, New Hampshire Events

Official Release

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR and New Hampshire Motor Speedway confirmed today the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at the “Magic Mile” has been moved to Saturday, July 16. This change creates a unique triple-header at the short track, with the series joining the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR XFINITY Series on the Saturday slate of racing.

In addition, NASCAR announced the implementation of group qualifying for that race at New Hampshire, as well as the race on Saturday, April 16 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Date Change For K&N Pro East At NHMS

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Findley Scores First NASCAR Track Title

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Teenager Hopes Southern National Crown First Of Many

Findley

Scores First NASCAR Track Title

Teenager Hopes

Southern National Crown First Of Many

By Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jon Findley is no stranger to winning races and championships, but he entered unchartered territory this past fall when he won his first NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship.

Findley was able to hold off Andrew Grady by 19 points to capture the Southern National Motorsports Park crown. If the 17-year old driver has his way – this will set the stage for many more accomplishments in his driving career.

Findley Scores First NASCAR Track Title

Monday, January 18, 2016

Catalano Carries On Family Tradition

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Fourth To Earn A NASCAR Track Championship

Catalano

Carries On Family Tradition

Fourth To Earn A

NASCAR Track Championship

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Motorsports lend favorably to family participation. Various roles can be filled regardless of age or skill from the garage, to the grandstand, to climbing into the seat. The Catalanos are much like any racing family, with one notable exception.

Father, mother and son all race – against each other. And in 2015, it was the son who got the last word.

Catalano Carries On Family Tradition

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Skufca Makes It Two In A Row

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Collects Another Lake County Crown

Skufca

Makes It Two In A Row

Collects Another

Lake County Crown

By Brooke Franceschini, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Age is merely just a number to veteran Ohio driver, Scott Skufca.

In his 30th year of competition, Skufca became the first driver to win back-to-back track championship at Ohio’s Lake County Speedway, since the track became NASCAR-sanctioned in 2010.

Skufca Makes It Two In A Row

Friday, January 15, 2016

NASCAR D4D Unveils 2016 Driver Roster

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Colin Cabre capped off the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season with a win at Dover International Speedway and will return to Rev Racing in 2016.

Six Drivers Will Compete for Rev Racing

Drive for Diversity

Unveils 2016 Driver Roster

Six Drivers

Will Compete for Rev Racing

Official Release

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – After a competitive Combine event last October, six drivers were selected to the 2016 NASCAR Drive for Diversity® (D4D) class and will join the industry’s premier development program for multicultural and female drivers, and pit crew members.

Talented drivers from across the Americas will compete for Rev Racing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, and attempt to follow in the footsteps of D4D graduates and current NASCAR national series drivers Kyle Larson, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Daniel Suarez.

NASCAR D4D Unveils 2016 Driver Roster

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Edwards Crowned Langley Champion

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Edges Brother For Fifth NASCAR Title At Home Track

Edwards

Crowned Langley Champion

Edges Brother

For Fifth NASCAR Title At Home Track

Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Winning championships is nothing new for Greg Edwards. In fact his most recent crown at Langley Speedway was his fifth overall, but how it was accomplished will be something he probably will not soon forget.

Edwards, 43, raced his older brother Danny Edwards Jr. all season long for the top spot at their home track, and as he entered the last race of the season Greg accepted the fact winning would be a long shot. He wished his brother good luck as he expected him to win it all.

Then the unexpected happened.

Edwards Crowned Langley Champion

Kumpen To Race At Daytona In NASCAR XFINITY Series

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The Belgian Champion will pilot the #46 LeasePlan Chevrolet Camaro and will be the first European driver to take part in a NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Daytona since Dario Franchitti in 2008

NWES Brings First Driver To Race At The “World Center Of Racing”

Kumpen

To Race At Daytona In NXS

NWES Brings First Driver

To Race At The “World Center Of Racing”

Gian Luca Guiglia, NWES

Since 2009, The Nascar Whelen Euro Series is the official gateway for European drivers to race in NASCAR in the USA. The Series’ development program “Nexteer Road to Daytona” is very successful, with already 20 drivers who competed in North America, and will reach another milestone on February 20, when 2014 NWES Champion Anthony Kumpen will make his Daytona International Speedway debut in the NASCAR XFINITY Series for the PowerShares QQQ 300.

Kumpen To Race At Daytona In NASCAR XFINITY Series

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Bowling Celebrates Second Championship

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Wins Late Model Track Crown At South Boston Speedway

Bowling

Celebrates Second Championship

Wins Late Model

Track Crown At South Boston Speedway

Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Winning races and championships is nothing new to Matt Bowling, but another track championship at historic South Boston Speedway will always be special to the native of Ridgefield, Virginia.

Bowling enjoyed one of his most successful seasons ever in 2015 at South Boston with five wins that helped him grab a 31-point win over eventual NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion Lee Pulliam.

Bowling Celebrates Second Championship

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Top Honor Awaits Modified Great Cook

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Cook won six NASCAR modified division national titles in a seven year span in the 1970s.

Joins Rival Evans In The NASCAR Hall Of Fame

Top Honor

Awaits Modified Great Cook

Joins Rival Evans

In The NASCAR Hall Of Fame

By Owen A. Kearns, NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jerry Cook never intended to support his family driving a modified stock car. It kind of snuck up on the young resident of Rome, N.Y.

Cook, who built his first modified at the age of 13, took the wheel by happenstance, when his hired driver wrecked two of the race cars he owned. That was in 1963, well before Cook won his first of six NASCAR modified championships.

But Cook soon discovered he had a knack for winning races – and finishing well enough to cash a decent check when he didn’t.

Top Honor Awaits Modified Great Cook

Pitkat Procures Second Thompson Title

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Third Career Whelen All-American Series Track Championship

Pitkat

Procures Second Thompson Title

Third Career

Whelen All-American Series Track Championship

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Exceeding expectations was the theme of Woody Pitkat’s 2015 NASCAR racing season, and there’s no better example of that than his track championship at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

In their initial year together, Pitkat delivered car owner Stan Mertz and the No. 6 team their first NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track title at the northeast Connecticut oval.

Pitkat Procures Second Thompson Title

Landauer Named To Drive For BMR

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Track Champ Joins K&N Pro Lineup Of Drivers

Landauer

Named To Drive For BMR

Track Champ

Joins K&N Pro Lineup Of Drivers

Official Release

ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Bill McAnally Racing today announced that Julia Landauer will join the team’s lineup in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series for 2016.

Landauer brings with her a diverse racing resume that includes a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship this past season in the Limited Late Model division at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Virginia.

Landauer Named To Drive For BMR

Monday, January 11, 2016

Meridian Adds Whelen All-American Sanction

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Idaho Track Also Announces Return Of K&N Pro West

Meridian

Adds Whelen All-American Sanction

Idaho Track Also

Announces Return Of K&N Pro West

By Jason Christley, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A year after Meridian Speedway welcomed the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, the quarter-mile asphalt oval just west of Boise, Idaho, is set to make an even bigger splash.

In addition to hosting the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West again, NASCAR and Meridian announced today that the track will be part of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series in 2016.

Meridian Adds Whelen All-American Sanction

K&N Pro Series 2016 Schedules Announced

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West will meet in the annual showdown at Iowa
Speedway on July 29.

Twenty-Seven Races Set To Showcase Sport"s Rising Stars

NASCAR Announces-2016 K&N Pro Series Schedules

Twenty-Seven Races Set To Showcase Sport"s Rising Stars

By Jason Christley, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The NASCAR K&N Pro Series has become the preeminent development proving ground for the sport’s future stars.

The 27 races on the 2016 schedule – from New England to Southern California, and from Washington to Florida – provides a comprehensive slate of venues and events designed to test drivers and showcase the best and brightest for NASCAR fans.

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K&N Pro Series 2016 Schedules Announced

Dominion Joins NASCAR For Inaugural Year

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

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Virginia Track Will Host K&N Pro East, Whelen All-American

Dominion

Joins NASCAR For Inaugural Season

Virginia Track Will Host

K&N Pro East, Whelen All-American

By Jason Christley, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A new era in Virginia racing will take the green flag on Saturday, April 9 – and it will do so under the NASCAR banner.

NASCAR and Dominion Raceway and Entertainment announced today the .4-mile asphalt track will be part of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series beginning with its inaugural season in 2016. The brand new facility is located in Spotsylvania Country, Virginia, just 10 minutes south of Fredericksburg and 30 minutes north of Richmond.

Dominion Joins NASCAR For Inaugural Year

Friday, January 8, 2016

Von Dohren Scores Second Pennsylvania Title

Published: NASCAR Home Tracks

Brings Home Eighth Grandview Championship

Von Dohren Scores

Second Pennsylvania Title

Brings Home

Eighth Grandview Championship

By Brooke Franceschini, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Craig Von Dohren, a veteran at Pennsylvania’s Grandview Speedway, added another championship title to his extensive racing resume.

The 53-year-old Oley, Pennsylvania, native, celebrated his eighth Grandview championship and his second Pennsylvania crown, while finishing 10th in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series final standings.

Von Dohren Scores Second Pennsylvania Title

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Riddle Secures First NASCAR Championship

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Zack Riddle celebrates his 2015 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Madison International Speedway with his crew, family and friends.

Wins Late Model Track Title At Madison International Speedway

Riddle Secures

First NASCAR Championship

Wins Late Model

Track Title At Madison International Speedway

Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The first year competing in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series was a memorable one for Zack Riddle.

Although it wasn’t his first year driving a race car, the 26-year-old Stoughton, Wisconsin, native certainly made his name known throughout the NASCAR world with his performance on the track this season at Madison International Speedway.

Riddle picked up a pair of wins and finished in the top five in all nine starts at Madison this year in a season abbreviated by adverse weather.

Riddle Secures First NASCAR Championship