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Online voting is under way HERE
for the Most Popular Driver of the Year award in the K&N Pro Series East. Fans may vote or submit a write-in candidate once per day and are encouraged to vote throughout the season. Voting continues until Sept. 24. Results will be announced at the NASCAR Night of Champions Touring Awards Gala on Saturday, Dec. 11. 2010 at the Charlotte Convention Center's Crown Ballroom in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. |
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American Fence Association 150 presented by Mayfield Ice Creamier Saturday, August 28th 8:30 PM |
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EDDIE READY FOR GRESHAM MOTORSPORTS PARK |
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With only three races remaining
in the K&N Pro Series East schedule, Eddie MacDonald is prepared
for a solid finish to move into the top five in the championship
point’s race in the American Fence Association 150 presented by
Mayfield Ice Creamier at Gresham Motorsports Park on Saturday,
August 28. The team currently sits in sixth place as they have
come on strong in the last three races. “We are really expecting to do well at Gresham despite never racing there because we are bringing the car we raced at Martinsville and that thing was fast,” said the veteran driver. “We were running up front there until we had a flat tire that ending up causing a lot of damage. I believe the tracks are similar in length (one-half mile) and banking (12 degrees in the corners), so hopefully we won’t have any issues and have a top five finish, at least.” MacDonald received the Wix Filters Leader Award after his performance leading the most laps at Lee USA Speedway and knows a similar effort at Gresham is necessary to move into the top five in points. “We are not too far out of the top five (18 points) and we are in seventh place in owner points so a good run at Gresham would be awesome. Rob Grimm is such a great guy the team would really like to finish up strong to get him into the top five.” “We have two races left at tracks we have been successful at, so a really strong run this Saturday will put us in a good position for the end of the season. We had some frustrating runs at the beginning of the season and with only ten races, it is hard to make up lost ground but the team has really come on strong over the last half. Rollie and the crew have worked really hard and the results prove it.” The one day event is scheduled for a morning and afternoon practice, qualifying at 4:00 pm., and racing at 8:30 pm. for 150 laps. Lap by lap coverage is usually provided on the NE Racing website and/or NASCAR Home Tracks. Speed will televise the event on Sept. 2 at 6:00 pm. |
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NASCAR Night At Funopolis To Kick Off GMP K&N Pro Series Weekend Top NASCAR K&N Pro Series East drivers expected to attend the Funopolis event include Darrell Wallace, Jr., Matt Kobyluck, Max Gresham, Eddie MacDonald, Mike Olsen, Jr., Miguel Paludo, Brett Moffitt, Ryan Gifford, Sergio Pena’, Mike Cherry, Ty Dillon, Zach Germain, Ryan Truex and Brandon Haley. FULL STORY HERE |
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The K&N 125 Friday, July 30th - 6:00 PM |
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Eddie MacDonald returned home and came close to achieving his
goal to win on the track that began his racing career when he
was sixteen years old on the family owned Lee USA Speedway
facility. While most drivers would be happy to finish fourth in
the K&N Pro Series East 125 at Lee, the run for the Grimm
Construction Chevy was bittersweet. “Obviously we wanted to win at home in front of family and friends and the car was certainly fast enough but finishing fourth was our best run this season so we are happy about that,” said the Rowley, Mass. veteran. “For the last part of the race, Truex and I had a great battle going and were running each other real clean but I guess he should have been protecting the bottom instead of pushing me up the track. Wallace made a real aggressive move on the bottom and used twelve tires instead of four to hold the bottom. Unfortunately we were four of those tires.” READ MORE |
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BANK 250 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, ME - Sunday, July 18th Qualifying at 2 PM The 250 at approx. 6:30 PM |
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Eddie returns to the TD Bank 250 as the defending champion. Follow the action at: www.oxfordplains.com www.speed51.com Eddie Has Won his second Oxford 250!
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We have to get there first,”
responded crew chief Rollie LaChance before practice even began
on Saturday when asked if he and Eddie could make it two wins in
a row at the Oxford Plains Speedway spectacular known as the TD
Bank 250. Get there they did to etch their names into the record
books as only one of four who have ever gone back to back. Only
Geoff Bodine, Mike Rowe and Ralph Nason have been able to
accomplish the feat and with three in a row for Nason so now the
“Outlaw” has something to shoot for next year. Eddie started ninth after finishing second in the third of six heats that saw 79 cars try to qualify for the 39 starting positions. The field was so strong that Cup regular Brad Keselowski had to receive a promoter’s provisional to even make the race while Jeffrey Earnhardt was not able to make the starting grid. Oxford Plains was at its best affording a lot of three wide racing in the heats and the feature. Only five cars finished on the lead lap but it was the lapped cars that played an important role in the outcome. There were still a strong field running near the end and it was difficult for the leaders to move through the pack of bunched up racecars. Pole winner and ACT point’s leader Brian Hoar showed great speed in practice and qualifying but it was veteran racer Brad Leighton who took command early on lap 14 and maintained a solid lead for 189 laps until a right front tire exploded. Instead of going to the pits the cagey driver raced into turn one and spun through the dirt to bring out a caution flag allowing him to stay on the lead lap when the green flag waved again on lap 203. The move paid off at the end of the race with a hard charge back through the field to finish fifth and the last car on the lead lap. It was Leighton however that made short work of the competition from six on back as he put everyone a lap down before the halfway flag. The lapped cars made it difficult for the leaders to get through since many were racing two and sometimes three wide and were not about to make it easy for the leaders to pass. A caution on lap 140 brought all the cars to the pits as Leighton and Hoar returned to the track in the first two positions. When Eddie returned after making adjustments and taking on four tires, the New England Mechanical Overlay/Grimm Construction Pontiac was behind the lapped cars of Patrick Laperle, Nick Sweet, and Don Wentworth as these three cars hounded the top three cars over the final 100 laps. Leighton, Hoar, and MacDonald had to contend with the slower lapped cars but the three mentioned above gave the leaders everything they could handle. At one point Eddie passed Hoar for second place but he was also passed by two of the lapped cars. It was very strange indeed. Eddie and Hoar continued to swap second place position as Leighton had a comfortable lead but the man on the move was Oxford regular Corey Morgan. After getting a lap back on the lap 142-caution, Morgan just flew through the field and was running in third while gaining on the #17. Hoar’s gamble to take two tires on the lap 140 caution did not turn out as planned as he lost positions to Brent Dragon and Martin and was running fifth before making a charge at the end to finish second. Leighton was in control and appeared ready for the huge win when he cut down a right front tire on lap 203 giving the lead to MacDonald who was pacing himself behind the leader and the lapped cars. Eddie said afterwards, “Brad was racing the lapped cars hard and I thought he might be using up his stuff so I just stayed back saving mine and unfortunately for him and good for us that is what happened. He definitely had the fastest car out there but we will take the win.” For the final 47 laps Eddie was untouchable as he opened up a half track lead on his nearest competition saying, “The car was on a rail the last 50 laps. We were a little tight all day but as the fuel burned off the car became neutral and really came to me. It handled fantastic and I have to give credit to Rollie and the crew. They changed just about everything over the two days and that was real difficult in this heat. I can’t thank them enough for all the hard work. What can I say about Rollie other than he’s great. We have a lot of fun with this racecar and he just loves winning here at Oxford. We had already won two ACT races here this season so Rollie definitely knows what he is doing.” Rollie said of the win, “I always wanted to win one of these ever since I have been a crew chief and we did that last year. This win is just a bonus and I am very happy to take it. I was real happy with the car even in the heat. We finished second in that and I knew Eddie had something for the heat winner, Dave Pembroke, if he wanted to push it. I knew we had a fast car for the 250. This is really a sweet win for us.” |
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Many schools of higher learning provide stadiums and arenas for
their student/athletes to hone their skills for careers after
college; yet one would be hard-pressed to find a university that
own and operate its own race track to afford its
student/athletes the opportunity pursue their dream in the
racing industry. The University of Northwestern Ohio’s Limaland
Motorsports Park is a quarter of a mile high-banked dirt track
where students can race cars built by them in the university
shops. UNOH also sponsors NASCAR events and a driver in every
race it sponsors. Recently, the K&N Pro Series East race at the famed Martinsville Speedway and driver Eddie MacDonald carried the university’s banner for the UNOH Performance 200. President Jeff Jarvis is proud of the schools’ heritage and involvement in auto racing saying, “In 1890, the Lima Business School opened in downtown Lima and by 1970, we became the first automotive school in Ohio. In 1991, we became the first in the nation to offer a High Performance Motorsports program. Since then we have grown to be involved with, like today, the K&N Series and the Modified Series with four students assigned to each pit crews. It’s great for the students because they get hands-on experience sitting beside the professional. It is sort of an apprentice type situation that helps them further their career when they move on and get a job as a pit crew member, driver, owner, or whatever their passion may be.” READ MORE |
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EDDIE MACDONALD PREPARED TO CHALLENGE
FOR K&N PRO EAST CHAMPIONSHIP |
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Greenville-Pickens Speedway only days away, Eddie MacDonald and
the Grimm Racing Team are ready to improve on last year’s second
place finish in the championship chase. The team has been busy
at work preparing the cars for the challenging ten race schedule
and hopes to jump out of the gate with a big win. “With the short schedule we cannot afford to have any bad finishes and we are excited to start in Greenville-Pickens,” said the eleven year veteran. “We usually do well on tracks that are flat in the turns, so we are looking forward to a solid run there. We finished third there last season so we will be looking at our notes and hopefully make a couple of changes to be in a position at the end to fight for the win.” READ MORE |
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Tyme Out:
A New Launching Pad
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In the fall of 1997, Dale Earnhardt and I had a closed-door conversation with an executive of our NASCAR Busch Series team's primary sponsor. We were informing this distinguished gentleman that we planned to move Steve Park to the Cup Series the following year and were replacing him with an unproven driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Out of character, this executive lost his mind while expressing his displeasure. After all, Park had won three times in his only full season with DEI and finished third in points. - READ MORE |
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 NASCAR Announces 2010 TV Schedule
- SPEED to cover K&N
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READ MOREK&N Engineering, Inc. To Be Title Sponsor For Top Developmental NASCAR K & N Pro Series - READ MORE 2010
K&N Pro Series East
Schedule Announced
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READ MORE2010 NASCAR K&N
PRO SERIES EAST
MEDIA GUIDE Here |
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