Pinty’s Series 2016 Schedule Announced

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Toronto Returns To Canadian Calendar

Pinty’s Series

2016 Schedule Announced

Toronto

Returns To Canadian Calendar

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced today the NASCAR Pinty’s Series schedule for 2016, the 10th season for the series and the first with entitlement sponsorship from Pinty’s Delicious Foods Inc.

The slate features 12 events across five Canadian provinces, highlighted by a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series companion event for the fourth year in a row at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and a return to the country’s largest market for Honda Indy Toronto weekend.

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Pinty’s Series 2016 Schedule Announced

Pinty’s Series 2016 Schedule Announced

Devil’s Bowl To Offer Dual Sanction in 2016

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Asphalt & Dirt Track Racers To Compete In Track"s 50th Season

Devil’s Bowl

To Offer Dual Sanction in 2016

Asphalt & Dirt Track Racers

To Compete In Track"s 50th Season

Track Release

WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Devil’s Bowl Speedway will break new ground in its upcoming 50th season of stock car racing in 2016.  For the first time ever, the Vermont track will host weekly NASCAR-sanctioned events on both its half-mile asphalt oval and its three-tenths-mile dirt track, operating both surfaces as part of the national NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

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Devil’s Bowl To Offer Dual Sanction in 2016

Devil’s Bowl To Offer Dual Sanction in 2016

Quenneville Scores Big In Vermont

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Earns First NASCAR State, Devil’s Bowl Titles

Quenneville

Scores Big In Vermont

Earns First NASCAR

State, Devil’s Bowl Titles

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Vince Quenneville, the son of a legendary racer at Devil’s Bowl Speedway by the same name, is well on the way to his own legacy at the famed Vermont oval.

Quenneville, of Brandon, Vermont, drove to his second track championship at Devil’s Bowl in 2015. It was his first under the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series banner, and coincided with his first NASCAR state title.

2015 STATE/PROVINCE CHAMPIONS  |  2015 TRACK CHAMPIONS

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Quenneville Scores Big In Vermont

Quenneville Scores Big In Vermont

Brown Looks Back With Pride On Season

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Scores 10th Career Track Title At Bowman Gray Stadium

Brown

Looks Back With Pride On Season

Scores 10th Career

Track Title At Bowman Gray Stadium

Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s been a memorable year for Tobaccoville, North Carolina, native Tim Brown.

Not only did he pick up another NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Bowman Gray Stadium – his 10th – but he also passed Junior Miller to set the mark for all-time wins at the track with 77.

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Brown Looks Back With Pride On Season

Brown Looks Back With Pride On Season

Champs Celebrate Crowning Achievements

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Seven Touring Titlists Close Out 2015 In Spotlight

Champions

Celebrate Crowning Achievements

Seven Touring Titlists

Close Out 2015 In Spotlight

Official Release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three young, rising stars received their first NASCAR championships, and four veteran drivers added to their already impressive resumes.

On a night where the remarkable achievements of 2015 were recognized, it was seven drivers who stood on stage at the Charlotte Convention Center Saturday at the conclusion of the NASCAR Touring Series Night of Champions who accomplished the sport’s ultimate honor.

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Champs Celebrate Crowning Achievements

Champs Celebrate Crowning Achievements

Another Dream Season For Pulliam

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North Carolina Driver Wins Third Whelen All-American Crown

Another Dream Season

For Pulliam

North Carolina Driver

Wins Third Whelen All-American Crown

Official Release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Winning a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship puts a driver in elite company.

Doing it again is a rare accomplishment achieved by just three drivers. For Lee Pulliam, 2015 was another historic season.

For the third time in five years, the 27-year-old from Semora, North Carolina, took the stage in the Grand Ballroom at the Charlotte Convention Center / NASCAR Hall of Fame to accept the biggest award in short-track racing.

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Another Dream Season For Pulliam

Another Dream Season For Pulliam

Byron & Eggleston Battle For Bragging Rights

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K&N Pro Series Champs Sweep Media Karting Challenge Race

Byron & Eggleston

Battle For Bragging Rights

K&N Pro Series Champs

Sweep Media Karting Challenge Race

Tim Southers, NASCAR

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – The racing was all in fun, but a race car driver is always a race car driver and it was never more evident in a pair of races held during the seventh annual Champions Karting Challenge Thursday. 

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Byron & Eggleston Battle For Bragging Rights

Byron & Eggleston Battle For Bragging Rights

Bouchard Passes Away At 67

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Former Modified Driver Was 1981 Cup Rookie of the Year

Bouchard

Passes Away At 67

NASCAR.com Staff Reports

Ron Bouchard, winner of the 1981 Talladega 500 and the premier series’ rookie of the year that same season, passed away Thursday. He was 67.

A native of Fitchburg, Mass., Bouchard pulled off one of NASCAR’s most stunning victories when he shot from third to first on the final lap at Talladega (then known as Alabama International Motor Speedway), passing Darrell Waltrip and Terry Labonte to score his lone premier series victory. The win came in his 11th career start.

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Bouchard Passes Away At 67

Bouchard Passes Away At 67

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: William Byron

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K&N Pro Series East Title Is A Team Win For Young Driver

CHAMPION PROFILE

William Byron

K&N Pro Series East Title

Is A Team Win For Young Driver

By Brooke Franceschini, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – William Byron had the dream rookie season.

The 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion scored four wins, five top-five and 11 top-10 finishes and led a total of 740 laps, the most of any competitor in the series’ this season.

The No. 9 Liberty University Chevrolet team was compromised of rookies vying to prove themselves. Aside from Byron, his crew chief Kevin Bellicourt and car owner Justin Marks, were newcomers to their roles.

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2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: William Byron

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: William Byron

Eggleston Makes The Most Of Opportunity

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Pays Off Big Time With K&N Pro West Championship

Eggleston

Makes The Most Of Opportunity

Pays Off Big Time

With K&N Pro West Championship

By Brooke Franceschini, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Chris Eggleston turned an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity into a NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship.

Last season, Bill McAnally Racing (BMR) took a chance of a guy from Erie, Colorado, giving him the chance to compete in a race at his home track, Colorado National Speedway. That guy went on to win the race, lead 107 lap and land a full-time ride with the team.

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Eggleston Makes The Most Of Opportunity

Eggleston Makes The Most Of Opportunity

CHAMPION PROFILE: Doug Coby

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Joins Elite Company With Third Modified Tour Title

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE

Doug Coby

Joins Elite Company

With Third Modified Tour Title

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In the three-act structure of storytelling, the segments include the setup, confrontation and resolution. Doug Coby’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career fits quite well with this mold, and he’s providing plenty of resolution in his third act.

Coby’s first two acts have been well-chronicled at this point, but to briefly review:

Act 1, The Setup – The Milford, Connecticut, native debuted on the Whelen Modified Tour in 2002 and competed full-time from 2003-07. He became established as a regular in the garage.

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CHAMPION PROFILE: Doug Coby

CHAMPION PROFILE: Doug Coby

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Andy Seuss

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Third Driver To Win Back-To-Back Whelen Southern Mod Titles

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE

Andy Seuss

Third Driver

To Win Whelen Southern Mod Back-To-Back Titles

Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Looking back one year ago, Andy Seuss was going through mixed emotions. 

He had just won his first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour championship, recently gotten engaged to girlfriend Jenn Demarco and was preparing to accept his award along with car owner and crew chief Eddie Harvey.

Fast forward one year and while some things have changed for Seuss, one thing remains the same – he’s a champion again.

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2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Andy Seuss

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Andy Seuss

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Doug Coby

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Joins Elite Company With Third Modified Tour Title

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE

Doug Coby

Joins Elite Company

With Third Modified Tour Title

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In the three-act structure of storytelling, the segments include the setup, confrontation and resolution. Doug Coby’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career fits quite well with this mold, and he’s providing plenty of resolution in his third act.

Coby’s first two acts have been well-chronicled at this point, but to briefly review:

Act 1, The Setup – The Milford, Connecticut, native debuted on the Whelen Modified Tour in 2002 and competed full-time from 2003-07. He became established as a regular in the garage.

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2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Doug Coby

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Doug Coby

Seuss Makes History With Second Crown

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Third Driver To Win Back-To-Back Whelen Southern Mod Titles

Seuss

Makes History With Second Crown

Third Driver

To Win Whelen Southern Mod Back-To-Back Titles

Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Looking back one year ago, Andy Seuss was going through mixed emotions. 

He had just won his first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour championship, recently gotten engaged to girlfriend Jenn Demarco and was preparing to accept his award along with car owner and crew chief Eddie Harvey.

Fast forward one year and while some things have changed for Seuss, one thing remains the same – he’s a champion again.

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Seuss Makes History With Second Crown

Seuss Makes History With Second Crown

Pinty"s To Sponsor Canadian Series

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NASCAR Pinty’s Series Returns To Toronto With 3-Year-Deal

Pinty"s

To Become Entitlement Sponsor Of Canadian Series

NASCAR Pinty’s Series

Returns To Toronto With 3-Year-Deal

Official Release

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR in Canada has a new name and entitlement sponsor – one that’s familiar to race fans across the country.

NASCAR and Pinty’s Delicious Foods Inc. announced today a six-year series entitlement sponsorship agreement of NASCAR’s Canadian-based series. Beginning Jan. 1, 2016, the series will be known as the NASCAR Pinty’s Series.

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Pinty"s To Sponsor Canadian Series

Pinty"s To Sponsor Canadian Series

2016 NWES Ford Mustang Makes Test Debut

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Highly Promising Results From “Next Level” Package Development Test

2016 NWES Ford Mustang

Makes Test Debut In France

Highly Promising Results

From “Next Level” Package Development Test

Official Release

The march towards the 2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season progressed on Friday with the unveiling of the brand new Ford Mustang at a development session at Fontenay Le Comte, France, where the new “game changing” 2016 package was put to the test, providing exciting results. 

Bold, aggressive and fascinating, the Ford Mustang features strong visual ties with its production counterpart, which made its European in 2015 and represents the perfect match for the Chevrolet SS the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series presented at the Circuit Zolder Finals in October.

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2016 NWES Ford Mustang Makes Test Debut

2016 NWES Ford Mustang Makes Test Debut

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Scott Steckly

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Driver/Owner Extends Canada Title Record To Four

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE

Scott Steckly

Driver/Owner

Extends Canada Title Record To Four

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When you’re victorious in one out of every five races, and capture the championship nearly every other year, the winning can become routine. Perhaps even monotonous.

Scott Steckly’s 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 championship – his fourth in nine seasons of series competition – was anything but, however.

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2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Scott Steckly

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Scott Steckly

2015 Champion Profile: Ander Vilariño

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The Spaniard Gets European Crown Back In A Season For The Ages

2015 Champion Profile

Ander Vilariño

The Spaniard Gets European Crown Back

In A Season For The Ages

Gian Luca Guiglia, NWES

After a heartbreaking loss by one single point in 2014, Ander Vilarino came straight back to the top of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series to become a three-time European NASCAR Champion with 3 wins, 9 top fives and 12 top tens at the end of a season that proved to be exciting and incredibly demanding for all the contenders.

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2015 Champion Profile: Ander Vilariño

2015 Champion Profile: Ander Vilariño

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Ruben Garcia Jr

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NASCAR Next Driver Completes Dream Season With Title

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE

Ruben Garcia Jr.

NASCAR Next Driver

Completes Dream Season With Title

By Jason Christley, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – For the briefest of moments, Rubén García Jr. thought his championship dream was over.

Instead, it wound up being a mere speedbump during a dream season that saw the 20-year-old rising star claim his first NASCAR championship.

The Mexico City driver had checked up to avoid a wreck in front of him, and got him from behind, sending him spinning. It was during the third of five races in the NASCAR Mexico Series’ Desafio and Garcia, who was leading in points, was in the middle of a multi-car wreck.

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2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Ruben Garcia Jr

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Ruben Garcia Jr

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Lee Pulliam

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Emotional Finish To Third Whelen All-American Title

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE

Lee Pulliam

Emotional Finish

To Third Whelen All-American Title

By Andy Marquis, Special to NASCARHomeTracks.com

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Lee Pulliam capped his remarkable season with an equally remarkable victory.

The three-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division I national champion pulled into Victory Lane last Sunday at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, North Carolina, after an emotional week.

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2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Lee Pulliam

2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Lee Pulliam

BRE Tabs Pennink For 2016 Campaign

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Long-Standing Team Returns To Full-Time Competition

BRE

Tabs Pennink For 2016 Campaign

Long-Standing Team

Returns To Full-Time Competition

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The famed Boehler Racing Enterprises No. 3 will return to full-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour competition in 2016 by teaming with driver Rowan Pennink.

BRE, which has won three NASCAR Modified Division national titles and three Whelen Modified Tour crowns across nearly 60 years of operation, has competed on a part-time basis the last two seasons. The pairing with Pennink will produce a full-time effort.

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BRE Tabs Pennink For 2016 Campaign

BRE Tabs Pennink For 2016 Campaign

Knauf Racing Team Looking For A Young Talent

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The Team Will Expand To Two Cars, One ELITE 2 Seat Will Go To A Young Debutant

Knauf Racing Team

Looking For A Young Talent

The Team Will Expand To Two Cars,

One ELITE 2 Seat Will Go To A Young Debutant

Official Release

After a spectacular first season in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Knauf Racing Team will double its effort in 2016 by fielding a second Ford Mustang in the European NASCAR championship. In a unique initiative to promote new upcoming talents alongside the company, the team launched the “Volant Knauf”, a selection program that will reward a young driver aged between 16 and 19 with a complete ELITE 2 season alongside Thomas Ferrando and Wilfried Boucenna.

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Knauf Racing Team Looking For A Young Talent

Knauf Racing Team Looking For A Young Talent

Purvis Powers To Division II Crown

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Columbus Driver Earns National Title

Purvis

Powers To Division II Crown

Columbus Driver

Earns National Title

By Jason Cunningham, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In the second closest NASCAR national championship in 2015, Columbus Motor Speedway’s Kyle Purvis came out on top in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division II standings.

Bested only by Kyle Busch’s one-point victory over Kevin Harvick in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Purvis edged Utica-Rome Speedway’s Rocky Warner by a mere two tallies for NASCAR’s second-tier weekly division national crown.

DIVISION II NATIONAL STANDINGS

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Purvis Powers To Division II Crown

Purvis Powers To Division II Crown

Kirby Turns Hobby Into Championship

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Scores NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division V Title

Kirby

Turns Hobby Into Championship

Scores NASCAR

Whelen All-American Series Division V Title

Tim Southers, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jack Kirby has always been around fast cars.  

He worked on street cars, and even restored some, but it was an opportunity from friend Bill McMurtry that opened Kirby’s eyes to the world of stock car racing.

Several years ago McMurtry gave the 44 year-old driver a ride in a two seater he built. Kirby had so much fun he decided to buy the car for himself.

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Kirby Turns Hobby Into Championship

Kirby Turns Hobby Into Championship