Monthly Archives: July 2014

NASCAR Series’ Notebook

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LP Dumoulin scored his first oval victory in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1, and third of his career overall, Wednesday in the Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway Photo - Matthew Murnaghan/Getty Images

LP Dumoulin scored his first oval victory in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1, and third of his career overall, Wednesday in the Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway
Photo – Matthew Murnaghan/Getty Images

 

Dumoulin Scores Saskatoon Victory with Green-White-Checkered Pass Securing his Third Career Win

L.P. Dumoulin finally got the oval-track win he was looking for.

The road-course ace from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, came out on top in a wild green-white-checkered finish to the Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 Wednesday in NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 action at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway. Continue reading →

ARCA Ansell ActivArmr 150 Preview

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Photo - AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Photo – AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards heads to the Chicagoland Speedway for the 14th straight year this weekend.

ARCA is coming off two short races at Elko Speedway and Winchester Speedway. Grant Enfinger won Elko in dominating fashion and Brandon Jones used a last-lap pass on Mason Mitchell to score the Winchester victory. Continue reading →

Mason Mitchell Scores First ARCA Victory at Chicagoland

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Photo - AP/Nam Y. Huh

Photo – AP/Nam Y. Huh

Mason Mitchell finally broke into victory lane in the ARCA Racing Series at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday.

Mitchell passed Justin Boston for the lead with six laps to go and never looked back for his first career win in the series.  The 20-year-old driver had four runner-up finishes in his last six races before his win this weekend. Continue reading →

Throwback Thursday – Kyle Krisiloff, Justin Labonte First Time Winners at Chicagoland in 2004

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Photo - Scott Olson/Getty Images

Photo – Scott Olson/Getty Images

2004 saw two first-time winners at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Busch and ARCA Re/Max Series.

Justin Labonte was trying to make success out of a NASCAR career like his dad, Terry, and ran a part-time Busch Series schedule in preparation for full-time in 2005. After seven races under his belt, the younger Labonte didn’t have a top-ten finish heading into the series’ race at Chicagoland. Continue reading →

NASCAR Introduces Special Paint Scheme Elements for Chase Contenders

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Courtesy NIMC

Courtesy NIMC

NASCAR Introduces Special Paint Scheme Elements

For Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Contenders

New Color Schemes Celebrate Members of the Chase Grid

Celebrating the accomplishments of drivers contending for the 2014 Sprint Cup Series championship, NASCAR has released several new elements to the paint schemes of race cars making the 16-driver Chase Grid.
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