By SmokinNews, on September 14th, 2008%
Loudon, N.H. – Tony Stewart started eighth and finished eighth in Sunday’s Sylvania 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. But despite making 300 laps around the 1.058-mile oval and finishing right where he started, Stewart’s run in the Granite State was far from mundane.
His No. 20 Home Depot Toyota was fast from the get-go, as Stewart drove his Joe Gibbs Racing-prepared machine to second by lap 22 with a pass of last year’s Sylvania 300 race winner Clint Bowyer. Stewart was a top-three mainstay until a round of pit stops during a caution period on lap 85. It was there where things got interesting.
Upon exiting the tight confines of his pit stall, Stewart clipped the right-rear corner of Johnny
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By SmokinNews, on September 14th, 2008%
PEVELY, Mo – And the beat goes on for Shane Clanton.
With rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ike closing in, the surging Clanton outdueled Chub Frank and Josh Richards in a stirring late-race battle to capture Saturday night’s 26th annual Pepsi Nationals at I-55 Raceway.
Clanton, 33, of Locust Grove, Ga., beat the impending weather to make the 50-lap A-Main his second straight victory on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. It was his third win in the last five tour events and came one week after he scored the biggest triumph of his career in the UMP DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
“I’m pretty excited right now,” said Clanton, who earned $10,150 for his fourth WoO LMS win of 2008. “I
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By SmokinNews, on September 14th, 2008%
ROSSBURG, Ohio — Over the past 27 years, Eldora Speedway’s Four Crown Nationals has undergone a few tweaks and endured fine tuning, but it appears that the current menu, as introduced last year, is magic. Set for the weekend of September 19 and 20, the Chevrolet sponsored American Revolution Four Crown Nationals will again showcase four National open wheel divisions. And, as has been the case many times over for this premier event, it could prove to be a pivotal point for several championship chases.
Kicking off the weekend on Friday night (Sept. 19) will be the World of Outlaw Sprints (WoO) in their final Midwestern appearance of 2008, while the United States Auto Club (USAC) will showcase their non-winged Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown divisions on
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