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Kennington wins Mosport thriller
Bowmanville, Ont., Canada – D.J. Kennington keeps the streak of different race winners alive in 2011 as he won the Vortex Brake Pads 200 at Mosport International Raceway on Sunday to become the fourth race winner in as many NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races this season. Kennington, the defending series champion out of St. Thomas, […]
Logano Celebrates in Sonoma
SONOMA, Calif. – Joey Logano held off David Gilliland in a battle of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers with NASCAR K&N Pro Series West roots to win the Thunder Valley Casino Resort 200 at Infineon Raceway on Saturday. It was the second series win for Logano, who won his NASCAR debut in the West race at […]
Pena earns Langley victory
HAMPTON, Va. — The inaugural VisitHamptonVA 175 checkered flag went to a Virginian during Saturday night NASCAR K&N Pro Series East action at Langley Speedway as Sergio Peña found Victory Lane for the second time in 2011. In a spirited battle with Max Gresham, Peña used lap traffic to his advantage on Lap 117 and […]
Thompson wins Delaware thriller
DELAWARE, Ont., Canada — Don Thomson Jr. held off Scott Steckly in a late-race dash to the checkered flag to win the Keystone Light 200 Saturday at Delaware Speedway. It was Thomson’s seventh career NASCAR Canadian Tire Series win. Thomson took the lead from Steckly on Lap 155. A spin by Kerry Micks on Lap […]
Gresham brings it home
JEFFERSON, Ga. — Max Gresham got to celebrate in front of his home crowd Saturday night, but it wasn’t without a fight. The 18-year-old from Griffin, Ga., earned the win at Gresham Motorsports Park following a wild green-white-checkered finish to the Slack Auto Parts 150. Gresham and Darrell Wallace were side-by-side on the front row on the […]
Pursley rolls on in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Greg Pursley continued his nearly perfect season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West on Saturday, leading wire-to-wire to win the O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It marked Pursley’s fourth series win in five races this season and his sixth win in eight races, dating back […]
DiBenedetto Conquers The Stadium
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Matt DiBenedetto made getting around the tight oval at historic Bowman Gray Stadium look easy. The 19-year-old from Grass Valley, Calif., led every lap of the Army Strong 150 Saturday night en route to his first win of 2011 and third of his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career. DiBenedetto started on […]
Late Move Nets Buck First Win
MIRABEL, Que. — Robin Buck was the beneficiary of a skirmish between race leaders Alex Tagliani and Andrew Ranger, and converted the opportunity into a win in the Grand Prix ICAR Sunday. It was the first NASCAR Canadian Tire Series win for Buck, a road course expert who has made 13 series starts over the […]
