Dirty Dozen Cup: Reid Lanpher Motor Mile Speedway Race Preview

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 5.30.13     For more information, visit JRMRacing.com or E-mail GWCNewEngland@gmail.com                     THE STORY MANCHESTER, Maine – After two consecutive Dirty Dozen Cup rainouts, Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, returns to drive the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet in the Michael Huffman Memorial Twin 125-lap Late Model events at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., on Saturday, June 1. The 15-year-old Lanpher posted second-fastest time in final practice at Motor Mile and had a career-best qualifying effort of third at the track when Dirty Dozen Cup first visited the .416-mile speedway last month, but the rain intervened and the race was postponed. Racing against the reigning NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champion and a number of Motor Mile Speedway track champions – including JR Motorsports teammate Josh Berry, Lanpher is currently eighth in the Dirty Dozen Cup standings. This weekend marks his first race at the Virginia short track.

 

THE FACTS WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine TEAM: No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet CREW CHIEF: Seth Kooika, Mooresville, N.C. BEST CAREER MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A LAST RACE AT MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY: N/A WHAT: Dirty Dozen Cup Michael Huffman Memorial Twin 125s WHERE: Motor Mile Speedway, Radford, Va. (.416-mile oval) WHEN: Saturday, June 1 – 2 p.m., practice; 4:45 p.m., qualifying; 7 p.m., race Dirty Dozen Cup LAST RACE: April 6, Southern National Twin 100s, Southern National Motorsports Park, Kenly, N.C. (3rd) NEXT RACE: June 22, Motor Mile Twin 125s, Motor Mile Speedway, Radford, Va. (.416-mile banked oval) CURRENT POINTS POSITION: 8th       DID YOU KNOW?   Reid Lanpher became the youngest driver in history (14) to win an event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he won an Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour race on the road course at the facility last May. Reid Lanpher finished third in just his sixth career Late Model Stock start while driving for JR Motorsports at Southern National Motorsports Park last month. Reid Lanpher won one of four PASS North Series qualifying races at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on May 5 to become the youngest heat race winner (14) in series history. Reid Lanpher will compete as a teammate at JR Motorsports to Josh Berry. Berry won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va. Just 15 years old, Reid Lanpher has already won Super Late Model, Modified, Legend, go-kart, Mini-Cup, motocross and snowmobile feature events in his career.         WHAT THEY ARE SAYING   REID LANPHER, Driver of the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, On finally getting a chance to go back to Motor Mile this weekend after two straight rainouts: “I can't wait. I'm really excited. We were good in practice, and we've qualified well there (before rain), and I can't wait to see what we can do in race trim. I think we have a really good package for the races.”   On why he took to Motor Mile so quickly: “It has so much grip. Really, the tracks down south are night and day difference in grip compared to tracks up here. You can really drive off into the corners. That took a while for me to get used to, really. Once I got used to that, I started running some good times.   “I like Motor Mile. I think it's an awesome track and a great facility. It can be challenging as a driver because it's all about track position, but that's just part of it. It really didn't take me a whole lot of laps to get used to it.”   On his experience driving for JR Motorsports so far this season: “I'm having a blast. It's a lot of fun to go to the track with the guys every race. I've learned so much from them – they're so smart about race cars. I learn a billion things everytime I go down there. It's only going to help me in my racing career.   “It's been good going down there and racing against guys have been racing there weekly since the start of season, guys like (Lee) Pulliam, (Tommy) Lemons, Deac McCaskill – there are five recent track champions all in the field at the same time every week. Some of the guys we're racing against have been racing there since before I was born, so it's definitely a challenge.”     UP NEXT The Dirty Dozen Cup returns for Round No. 5 with a return trip Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., for Twin 125 Late Model events on Saturday, June 22... Reid Lanpher plans on racing in that after running some NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in his family-owned No. 59 Super Late Model.     SOCIAL MEDIA Follow Reid Lanpher on Facebook: facebook.com/ReidLanpherRacing Follow Reid Lanpher on Twitter: @ReidLanpher59 Follow JR Motorsports on Twitter: @JRMotorsports Follow GWC Motorsports Marketing on Facebook: facebook.com/GWCMotorsports Follow GWC Motorsports Marketing on Twitter: @GWCMotorsports

 

Série ACT to Open This Saturday at St Eustache

Attached Photo: StEustache.jpg - Former Series Champion Donald Theetge (80QC) and Jonathan Bouvrette (41QC) battle for position at Autodrome St Eustache in 2012.  Serie ACT will kick off the 2013 season this Saturday, June 1 at Autodrome St Eustache for the first time since 2010. (Photo Credit: Andy Allaire)   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                        ACT-053013-26   Waterbury, VT – After a rainout last weekend at Autodrome Montmagny, Série ACT will get underway this Saturday, June 1 with the season opening event at Autodrome St-Eustache in St-Eustache, QC.

 

Autodrome St Eustache most recently hosted a season opening event for the series in 2010, and will serve as the kickoff to an 11-race schedule in 2013.  Série ACT underwent major improvements in the offseason, putting up over $400,000 in purse money, including an $80,000 point fund and $70,000 in tire bonus money for teams who participate in all the Série ACT events.  It is the largest purse in series history.   “My goal is to take the Série ACT Championship this year,” said Jean-Francois Dery, a title favorite in 2013 after finishing runner up in 2012.  “I am really looking forward to getting started this weekend!”   Série ACT came to St Eustache three times in 2012, seeing Dery take the victory in the first, and series champion Patrick Laperle win the final two en route to the title.  Autodrome St-Eustache will also be the venue for a midseason race on Saturday, August 10 and the season finale on Sunday, September 15th.   Other favorites for Saturday’s opening event will include top-five point contender Dany Trepanier, 2012 Série ACT Rookie of the Year Etienne Cliche, feature-winner Patrick Hamel, and up and comer Jonathan Bouvrette who finished a career-high second in last year’s season finale at St Eustache.   The ACT 100 will kick off the 2013 Série ACT season this Saturday, June 1 at Autodrome St Eustache in St Eustache, QC. Qualifying heats will start at 7pm.   For more information, head to www.acttour.com, call the ACT Office at (802) 244-6963, or email us at media@acttour.com   For social media updates, like us at www.facebook.com/ACTTour, or follow us at www.twitter.com/ACTTOur.   -30-

 

Menards hosting ARCA Race Fest near Elko track Friday

 

For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 30, 2013      (ELKO, Minn.) -- The next ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards event on the schedule is the Akona 250 presented by Federated Car Care Saturday, June 1.   Drivers and teams have already started motoring toward Minnesota. In fact, on Friday, several teams and drivers - and their transport haulers - will be appearing at the Menards store in nearby Burnsville for the Menards Race Fest. The event is being hailed as the "Big Rig Event."   Nine-time ARCA Racing Series champion and current point leader Frank Kimmel, driver of the Ansell-Menards Toyota for ThorSport Racing, is among the drivers committed to attending the event, being held from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Burnsville store at 2700 Highway 13 West.   Venturini Motorsports plans on having at least three of its teams at the event, including Justin Boston, Kyle Benjamin and Milka Duno. Also appearing with the Venturini team is Brennan Poole, last year's Akona 200 winner in what was the first appearance for the ARCA Racing Series in Minnesota.   Other teams are expected to make their way to the Race Fest as well.   Among those are WinTron Racing driver Mason Mingus, in the No. 32, 811-Call-Before-You-Dig Chevrolet, who currently ranks No. 2 in the ARCA season point standings and is coming off a pair of runner-up finishes.   Tickets are on sale now for the Akona 250 presented by Federated Car Care at Elko Speedway. Tickets are $20, compared to $30 on race day, and will be available at 36 Menards stores in the Minneapolis, Minn. market.     ARCA has scheduled two 45-minute practice sessions Saturday at Elko. The first is from 2-2:45 p.m. CT and final practice is from 3:15-4 p.m. Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to set the starting grid, followed by a frontstretch on-track autograph session from 6:30-7:30.      The season's sixth race, 250 laps and 94 miles, is scheduled for an 8 p.m. CT start Saturday, with live timing & scoring and audio coverage available on ARCARacing.com throughout the day.   The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is among the leading auto racing sanctioning bodies in the country. Founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum, the organization administers more than 100 events each year in multiple racing series, including the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, the ARCA/CRA Super Series, the ARCA Truck Series and the ARCA Midwest Tour, plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways.     CONTACT: Doug Donnelly, ARCA                                      Don Radebaugh, ARCA     ARCAracing.com ARCAnation.com  Facebook.com/arcaracing  Follow on Twitter @ARCA_Racing

 

9-time ARCA champ Frank Kimmel to make two visits to Minneapolis-area Menards stores Thursday afternoon

For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 30, 2013     (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) - Frank Kimmel's weekend for Elko Speedway gets started Thursday when he visits two of the 36 Minneapolis-area Menards stores offering discount $20 tickets to Saturday night's race. Kimmel will be at the Cottage Grove, Minn., Menards from 4-5:30 p.m. CT with his show car and then at the Eden Prairie Menards from 6:30-8. On Friday evening Kimmel will appear with other ARCA drivers at the Burnsville, Minn., Menards from 4-7 p.m. That's an inseparable part of his race weekends.   "It's always fun to see people that enjoy what you do," Kimmel said. "We have people that come by and don't really know what's going on and why we have a racecar in front of the Menards store, but there's a lot of people that understand it and follow it and are there to get their discount race tickets.   "They're excited to talk to you about what's going to happen so it's a neat mix -- it's a lot of fun to interact with them. They all look at our ThorSport cars and see how neat and clean they are, and I think they can't believe they can see them beat and bang and race on a tiny racetrack like Elko."   ARCA has scheduled two 45-minute practice sessions Saturday at Elko. The first is from 2-2:45 p.m. CT and final practice is from 3:15-4 p.m. Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to set the starting grid, followed by a frontstretch on-track autograph session from 6:30-7:30.      The season's sixth race, 250 laps and 94 miles, is scheduled for an 8 p.m. CT start Saturday, with live timing & scoring and audio coverage available on ARCARacing.com throughout the day. The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is among the leading auto racing sanctioning bodies in the country. Founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum, the organization administers more than 100 events each year in multiple racing series, including the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, the ARCA/CRA Super Series, the ARCA Truck Series and the ARCA Midwest Tour, plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways.     CONTACT: Doug Donnelly, ARCA                                        Don Radebaugh, ARCA   ARCAracing.com ARCAnation.com  Facebook.com/arcaracing  Follow on Twitter @ARCA_Racing