NASCAR and ARCA Race Weekend Recap (Richmond, Texas and Irwindale)

Winners: Kyle Larson (Cup); Chandler Smith (Xfinity); Carson Hocevar (Trucks) with Sean Hingorani (ARCA West)

NASCAR Cup

Kyle Larson Prevails Late at Richmond for First 2023 Win

 

With the benefit of a fast final pit stop, Kyle Larson put his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet out front at Richmond Raceway and then held off the field in the last 25 laps of Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 to earn his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2023 season.

 

The 30-year-old Californian had to out-duel his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Josh Berry on a pair of restarts in the closing laps to secure the win at the first short-track event of the season (the 0.75-mile Richmond oval). Berry, driving the No. 9 Hendrick Chevy for injured Chase Elliott, finished runner-up, capturing his best NASCAR Cup Series finish — 1.535 seconds behind Larson to the checkered flag.

 

“It’s really cool, we’ve been close to winning a couple,” Larson said, adding, “Things just worked out and my pit crew had a great stop.”

 

Larson led four different times, totaling 93 laps, and survived contact on pit road with Daniel Suárez’s Chevrolet early in the race. It was Larson’s second Richmond win (also in 2017) and the fifth win for Chevy through the season’s opening seven races.

“What an awesome Hendrickcars.com Chevy,” Larson said. “Can’t say enough about it. I got into the 99 [Suárez] on pit road there sometime in the second stage, and we were awful after that. I was hoping the damage was the reason why, but they had to calm me down a little bit and get refocused and was able to get it done.

 

“Thanks to everyone on this team, Cliff Daniels, for everything he does to prepare the team to be as strong as we are without him on the box. So good to get a win, and hopefully many more.”

 

This win is special. 💙 pic.twitter.com/BP878UHv9Q

— Hendrick Automotive Group (@HendrickCars) April 3, 2023

Pole: Alex Bowman

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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on Sunday, Apr. 9 - 6:00 PM for the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

 

NASCAR Xfinity

Chandler Smith Finds Late-Race Momentum, Wins Xfinity Series Race at Richmond

 

Rookie Chandler Smith earned his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday afternoon at Richmond Raceway, holding off John Hunter Nemechek on a final race restart with six laps remaining to hoist the ToyotaCare 250 trophy.

 

Smith‘s No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet led a race-best 83 of the 250 laps — the bulk of that early in the race. But the 20-year-old Georgia native was able to run among the top five for most of the day and ultimately drive his Chevy around Nemechek‘s No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on that last restart, pulling away to a 0.298-second victory after intense side-by-side action for the lead in the closing laps.

 

“Feels great,‘‘ a smiling Smith said. “This goes to testimony as to Vegas, dominated that race but didn‘t win and said, ‘It was all in God‘s timing.’ … Here we are in Richmond, my favorite race track, and we‘re sitting in Victory Lane.‘‘

 

Im so proud of @CSmithDrive for what he accomplished on Saturday and Sunday. His future is so bright in this sport, he continues to show it every weekend.

But he couldnt do it without everyone at @KauligRacing setting him up for success, total team effort! #trophyhunting pic.twitter.com/QuRLv3qBTy

— Chris Rice (@C_Rice1) April 3, 2023

Pole: Justin Allgaier

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Next Race: The Xfinity Series will return on Saturday, Apr. 15 - 6:30 PM for the Call 811.com Before You Dig. 250 at Martinsville Speedway.

 

NASCAR Trucks

Carson Hocevar finds Magic in NASCAR Overtime, Wins at Texas

 

Nick Sanchez led an absolutely dominant 168 of 172 laps in Saturday’s SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway, but the 21-year-old rookie and reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Zane Smith collided at the front of the field after taking the white flag and Carson Hocevar instead drove through to take his first career victory in double overtime.

 

The 20-year-old Hocevar led only that last overtime lap in the No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet to claim his first win by 1.628 seconds over Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Chase Purdy – career-best finishes for both drivers.

 

After slight contact with Smith racing door-to-door for the win, Sanchez got loose and had to regain control of the truck heading to the white flag. Video replays showed that as he steadied his truck, he was hit from behind by Hocevar, whose truck was carrying the momentum as Sanchez was recovering from his slight miscue. The contact from behind was just enough to spin Sanchez back across the track and collect Smith’s truck while Hocevar drove forward to the finish line and waited for official word of the win.

 

“I didn’t mean to get into him, I just meant to give him a push, and he got sideways the second I hit him, I apologize to them, I’ll take the fall for it. I wrecked a Chevy, and I’ll go talk to him about it – he deserved to win for sure,” Hocevar said of the contact with Sanchez.

 

“But all the times we were the fastest car, and I don’t win, and this team deserves to win more than anything, I can stop getting the same question asked all the time now,” continued Hocevar, who has four career runner-up finishes. “We didn’t deserve to win today, but we were in the right spot at the right time.”

 

it was a dream i’ve dreamt before, but for the first time i woke up and my dream was reality. thank you @wwexracing. pic.twitter.com/yh4PdHtRn7

— Carson Hocevar (@CarsonHocevar) April 2, 2023

Pole: Nicholas Sanchez

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 Next Race: The Truck Series will return on Saturday, Apr. 8 - 7:00 PM for the Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt.

 

ARCA

Sean Hingorani earns first ARCA West victory at Irwindale Speedway

 

It only took three starts with Venturini Motorsports for Sean Hingorani to break through in a big way.

 

The 16-year-old notched his first ARCA Menards Series West victory Saturday night at Irwindale Speedway during the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150, fending off a charge from Landen Lewis late in the race.

 

The victory marked the first ARCA Menards Series West triumph for Venturini Motorsports.

 

Hingorani, who celebrated by climbing Irwindale’s frontstretch catch fence alongside his crew, expressed his gratitude to everyone at Venturini Motorsports for all their hard work to ensure he would be prepared to contend for wins right out of the gate.

 

“Our Toyota Camry was so fast [on Saturday],” Hingorani said. “We were fast all weekend, but my crew chief Kevin Reed Jr. has been [to Irwindale] a couple times and finally got himself a win. It’s so awesome to win here.”

 

You never forget your first!@seanhingorani wins the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Irwindale Speedway! pic.twitter.com/KD374iIGZX

— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) April 2, 2023

Pole: Trevor Huddleston

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Next Race: The ARCA Series West will return on April 22, 2023 for the NAPA Nightvision 150 at Kern County Raceway Park.

 

source: NASCAR Media

NASCAR / ARCA /SRX Race Weekend Recap (Road America, Irwindale, Stafford)

Winners: Tyler Reddick (Cup); Ty Gibbs (Xfinity); Jack Drew (ARCA West) plus Ryan Newman(SRX) 

 

NASCAR Cup

Tyler Reddick Holds Off Chase Elliott

 

It was a dogfight between two drivers, pure and simple.

 

It was Tyler Reddick who outdueled pole winner Chase Elliott in the intense mano-a-mano battle in Sunday’s Kwik Trip 250 at Road America.

 

The victory was Reddick’s first in the NASCAR Cup Series, making him the fifth first-time winner this season. As the 13th different winner this year, Reddick shrank the Playoff bubble by one position.

 

“I definitely knew he was fast, but we could stay with him on the long run, which told me if we cycled through that last … that pit sequence, we’d be close or get around him (on pit road), (and) we’d have a great shot.

 

“Didn’t quite get around him. We were within reach. Thankfully, just waited for the right opportunity and was able to take advantage of it in Turn 6.”

 

“What better place than Road America?” Reddick said. “I love the fans. I love this race track. Being here on 4th of July weekend is just so special, and just a huge shoutout to (sponsor) 3Chi and the special paint scheme we had this weekend.

 

 

"Either he cried himself to sleep because I beat his favorite driver Chase Elliott, or he's just really tired."@TylerReddick's son Beau was asleep in victory lane. 😅 pic.twitter.com/sT6NJFhUyk

— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 3, 2022

 

Pole: Chase Elliott

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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on Sunday, July 10th for the Quaker State 400 Presented By Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway. 

 

 

NASCAR Xfinity

Ty Gibbs Overtakes Kyle Larson For The #Win

 

With a masterful pass of pole winner Kyle Larson on the final lap of overtime, Ty Gibbs won Saturday‘s Henry 180 at Road America.

 

Larson took the white flag in the lead, but Gibbs had a better run down the frontstretch and dogged Larson‘s No. 17 Chevrolet through Turns 1 and 2. Gibbs took advantage of an opening to the inside in Turn 3 and powered his No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota past Larson for the lead and the win.

 

“This is just awesome,” Gibbs said, who had just beaten the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion head-to-head. “I can‘t believe it. This is just wonderful.”

 

“I think we were a little bit faster in the first half of the track… Hopefully, a lot of people were watching. It‘s cool to be here, a cool race against some Cup Series guys. Hopefully, that says something.”

 

 

🏁🏁🏁🏁 pic.twitter.com/iXN0mjSSPi

— Ty Gibbs (@TyGibbs_) July 3, 2022

 

Pole: Kyle Larson

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Next Race: The Xfinity Series will return on Saturday, July 9th for the Alsco Uniforms 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. 

 

 

NASCAR Trucks

Off Weekend for the Camping World Truck Series

Next Race: The Truck Series will return on Saturday, July 9 for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid-Ohio at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. 

 

 

ARCA - West

Jake Drew wins at Irwindale for Third Straight West Victory

 

Jake Drew made a statement Saturday night in the face of anybody who felt inclined to discredit his pair of victories in the previous two ARCA Menards Series West races.

 

Drew, the 22-year-old Sunrise Ford Racing driver from Fullerton, California, dominated the NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame and picked up his third consecutive West Series victory. Unofficially, he led all 154 laps at Irwindale Speedway.

 

He did so on the heels of winning back-to-back road course races in the West Series, the first at Portland International Raceway on June 4 for his maiden West Series victory, and the second at Sonoma Raceway on June 11. Both wins came in races that were shortened, the first by weather conditions and the second by time constraints.

 

“Three in a row — it’s incredible. I feel on top of the world,” said Drew, whose win at Irwindale marked his first ARCA victory on an oval track. “This is a dream come true.”

 

“I have a great team around me, and I’ve learned so much the last year and a half,” Drew said. “I feel like these last couple of races, pieces have really started to click in my head. I think experience is showing right now.” 

 

Here are the @reeses Sweet Move of the Race nominees from @Irwindale_Spdwy! pic.twitter.com/ULtXcHgLhX

— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) July 3, 2022

 

Pole: Jake Drew

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Next Race: The ARCA Series (a Sioux Chief Showdown Race) will return on July 8th for the Dawn 150 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. 

 

 

Superstar Racing Experience

NASCAR’s Ryan Newman Wins His First SRX Race at Stafford Motor Speedway

 

Former NASCAR star Ryan Newman passed IndyCar driver Marco Andretti with four laps to go in the 75-lap event and held on to take the checkered flag, joining Helio Castroneves and defending SRX champion Tony Stewart as winners in the first three races of the six-race season.

 

“It’s just so special,” Newman told CBS Sports of both the win and that his two daughters, Brooklyn and Ashlyn, were on hand to cheer him on. “To have these two girls right here, nobody knows what that means to me.

 

“I got a good dive in between (turns) 3 and 4 and I learned yesterday (during Friday’s practice) it’s easier to pass in 3 and 4 than 1 and 2. So that’s where I put my effort and we were able to pull it off.”

 

 

A night the Newman family will never forget. 💙#CampingWorldSRX | @CBSSports pic.twitter.com/kjqz00CBFA

— Superstar Racing Experience (@SRXracing) July 3, 2022

 

Pole: Hailie Deegan

Click Here for Race Results   Next Race: The SRX Series will return on July 9th at Nashville Fairgrounds

 

source: NASCAR Media

Flanders Returns To Irwindale

Bruce Flanders, Legendary Motorsports Announcer Returns To Irwindale Speedway For 2013 Season.

Irwindale, Calif. Feb 2, 2013 - - Bruce Flanders will return as the announcing voice of Irwindale Speedway on Saturday night, April 6, 2013.

That's really enough, but here are a couple more details: After a few years away (and the Speedway at Irwindale Event Center being dark for the 2012 season) the mellifluous voice and wry style of the iconic mikeman Bruce Flanders will once again inform and entertain fans at the San Gabriel Valley speedway.

"We couldn't be more pleased that Bruce is back for our re-opening season," said GM/COO Bob Klein. "Bruce is simply the best there is in this business. He was our voice when we opened in 1999 and it's just great to be able to say that he'll be back with us in April at Irwindale, where he has so many friends and fans."

Pasadena-born, Flanders' announcing credits run from the classic Hangtown motorcycle races to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and from Mickey Thompson's stadium off-road races, to being "type cast" in a number of blockbuster movies as, of all things, a racing announcer.

Irwindale Opening Night March 27, 1999 Photo by Long Photography

"There's just something about Bruce's innate sense of the show that just makes it more fun to be a part of a live, on-the-spot audience," said Klein. "He really loves and understands racing; that's evident with everything that he says to the fans. He respects their intelligence, and he's able to make it personal, even when he's talking to 5,000 fans over a racetrack PA system.

Flanders will be aided and abetted at Irwindale by his daughter Megan, who will be up in the booth with him acting as his engineer, key grip, and accomplice in the marvelous magic act that he does in turning stock racing action almost into poetry.

Not much more needed ... Tickets for the track's April 6 opening night and all of the other 2013 NASCAR races at Irwindale Speedway will go on sale on March 1. And, just as he was on opening night in 1999, Bruce Flanders will be there "upstairs" entertaining the fans for each of them ... Right where he belongs.

The Return of Irwindale!

Team 211 Entertainment Announces Return of Oval Track Racing Events to Irwindale Speedway for 2013

Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Image

Irwindale, Calif. (December 17, 2012): "We're very pleased to announce that oval track racing will return to Irwindale for the 2013 season."  With that direct statement, Team 211 Entertainment's President/CEO Jim Cohan ended a long 11-month period of uncertainty about regular racing competition at the well-known Southern California motorsports and family entertainment facility.

"Our master lease with the property owners, Nu-Way Industries, has been broadened and now includes all forms of racing activities on the 6,500-seat twin oval track. We are now working very hard to put all of the pieces together to be able to run a 2013 racing season," said Cohan.

"Our company name has the word 'TEAM' in it," he pointed out. "We need everyone to understand that name is not an affectation. It's a statement of our commitment to the process of re-building the legacy of Irwindale Speedway."

"We've re-named the entire property 'Irwindale Event Center' to better reflect the wide range of public and private events that can be accommodated here and invite everyone to join us in what we feel will be a great new era of operation for this venue.

Corporations, businesses small and large, competitors, individual fans, everyone: you are all welcome, if you want to be a part of this facility, we'll find a place for you." Cohan concluded.

Cohan's announcement also indicated that long-time employee Bob Klein has been named the event center's Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, and that veteran publicist Doug Stokes would be re-joining the facility on the first of the year as the Vice President of Communications. Both men will report directly to Jim Cohan.

At the same time, experienced competition manager Mike Atkinson was named the track's Race Director. Atkinson has been working behind the scenes with representatives of the new Kern County Raceway Park track to put together a common set of technical rules which will allow racers in a number of divisions to compete fairly at both tracks.

"We know that we're starting out a couple of laps behind," Cohan candidly admitted. "But we also know that we have the support of a great number of former racers, sponsors, and most importantly, our fans who have stood by waiting for this track to come back on line again. We'll really need everyone's good will and support, and we'll be trying very hard to return the favor by running a facility that always puts the customer first."

A 2013 oval track competition event schedule will be published shortly.

For more information:

Doug Stokes

(626) 391-3772

stokescommunications@earthlink.net

Irwindale pitstops, then NASCAR

Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images

The now-bankrupt L.A.-area track was proving
ground for many in Sprint Cup

LOS ANGELES -- Before Kurt Busch won his first Cup championship, he won a NASCAR Southwest Tour race at Irwindale Speedway in 1999.

He isn't the only NASCAR driver who honed his skills racing at the shuttered half-mile oval in the San Gabriel Valley.

Irwindale Speedway had star power. It attracted some of the top drivers in NASCAR, even after they were established in the Sprint Cup or Nationwide Series.

The track management at Irwindale cancelled the 2012 racing season and filed for bankruptcy in February, leaving Los Angeles County without a NASCAR-sanctioned race track. There is no short track operating for aspiring NASCAR drivers in the greater Los Angeles area. The nearest tracks are in Las Vegas, Lake Havasu, Ariz., Stockton, Calif. and Roseville near Sacramento.

The track that once provided drivers a springboard up the NASCAR ladder sits idle waiting for someone or some group to jump-start it back to roaring life.

Joey Logano, David Gilliland, Kasey Kahne, Casey Mears, Jason Bowles and Travis Pastrana used Irwindale as a pit stop on the road to bigger and better NASCAR dreams. Almost all of them say they wouldn't have successful NASCAR careers without Irwindale.

Logano, who drives for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series, won two NASCAR All-Star Showdown races at Irwindale.

Gilliland, a driver from Riverside who races for Front Row Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series, won a Showdown race, a Southwest Tour race, a West Series race and a number of late model races at Irwindale.

Kahne and Mears returned to their open-wheel racing roots by competing in the USAC Turkey Night Grand Prix at the track on Thanksgiving. Tony Stewart brought his USAC teams and drivers to Turkey Night on an annual basis.

Some of the drivers racing at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana this weekend remember racing at Irwindale early in their careers.

Logano was already an established Sprint Cup Series driver when he raced in his third All-Star Showdown at Irwindale. He won two Showdown races, having qualified as a driver in the K&N Pro Series East. He says he should have been a three-time winner in the Showdown.

"Really, they've all been memorable for one reason or another," said Logano, who's driving the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Auto Club 400 in Fontana. "I mean, winning my first All-Star Showdown was a huge accomplishment and capped off what was a huge season for me after winning the [East Series] championship and rookie of the year, and led into my debut into the Nationwide Series. That is something I won't forget, either."

Logano returned to Irwindale in 2009 and won his second Showdown race. He was actually the first driver to cross the finish line in the 2008 All-Star Showdown, but was penalized for rough driving on the last lap and was denied his third Showdown win.

"It's a tough race to win, and to be able to say I won it twice was awesome," Logano said. "And 2008 is memorable for a lot of reasons. Really, I still believe I should be a three-time winner of the race, but that's not what the history books will say. That race was memorable because I was in a car that a lot of people didn't think could win the race, and we were there and had a fast car. We crossed the finish line first but don't have the trophy to show for it. There really isn't much else you can say about it. I won the race three times but only have two trophies."

Gilliland won his first stock car race on pavement at Irwindale. He started his racing career at Perris Auto Speedway on dirt, but said winning a race at Irwindale gave him the confidence to pursue a career in NASCAR.

"I always wanted to move up and race in NASCAR," Gilliland said. "My first asphalt win came at Irwindale. It was a huge boost to me in every series."

He won his first late-model race and his first NASCAR Southwest Tour race at Irwindale. He was the crew chief for his dad, Butch Gilliland, who raced in the NASCAR West Series and at Irwindale. Butch Gilliland still holds the qualifying record at Irwindale in the West Series.

"I got some really fond memories of Irwindale," David Gilliland said. "It was really big. It helped me propel my career. Without Irwindale, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Bowles, a driver from Ontario, wound up winning the last All-Star Showdown race at the track in 2011. He won three NASCAR West Series races in a row, all from the pole, at Irwindale in 2008 and 2009. But before that, Irwindale was not a place Bowles liked to visit.

"Before 2008, I hated it," said Bowles, driver of the No. 81 Toyota for McDonald Motorsports in the Nationwide Series. "But in 2008, it got really nice. I have no complaints from there on out."

His winning run in the Showdown didn't start out too promising, either. He wrecked his team's primary car in testing and had to race a backup car.

"The biggest thing I remember about the race is winning," Bowles said. "It's always pretty action-packed. I had been there a few times and I knew what to expect."

Even with a Showdown win and a West Series championship, Bowles said he struggled to find a permanent ride for two years. But winning the Showdown race at Irwindale gave him some prominence.

"After I won the Showdown, a lot of people took notice," Bowles said. "But just like anything in racing, it's all about timing nowadays. I spent the last two years walking around with no ride. It helped keep my name out there, keep my name in everybody's head. It obviously didn't hurt. It worked out that I was in the right place at the right time. It just kind of all worked out."

Now that the track is closed, it leaves a void for stock car drivers in Southern California and the Southwest. The track attracted drivers from Las Vegas, Arizona, New Mexico and even as far away as Texas to race in the weekly late-model series at the track.

"It wasn't only a good track for me," Gilliland said, "it was an excellent track for the West Coast."

By Tim Haddock | Special to ESPNLosAngeles.com

NASCAR Fan Fest Plus Hauler Parade

Irwindale, Calif. - - One day before they’ll be dukeing it out 3-wide on the banks of Toyota Speedway, the drivers, crews, and race cars of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series will be on hand at the Monrovia, California, Courtyard by Marriott at 700 Huntington Drive at the 210 freeway to meet the fans and depart on the now-traditional NASCAR Route 66 Hauler Cavalcade to Toyota Speedway.

“We’ll have upwards of thirty colorful NASCAR race car haulers lined-up all the way up Monterey Avenue (next to the Marriott) and set to take off for the Speedway,” said track GM/VP Bob DeFazio. “So we’re inviting all our great fans to join us at the hotel from 5 to 6 o’clock to meet the drivers, get an autograph, take pictures of the kids with the pros, and get a discount coupon for Saturday night’s huge NASCAR race and Independence Day fireworks show.”

Each of the team members will have a special supply 25% off discount coupons that will save smart ticket-buyers $5.00 on the price of Saturday night’s $20.00 Adult GA ticket.

Fans are invited to join all the NASCAR fan fun at the Marriott on Friday at 5:00 PM, and the best part is that they won’t have to wait until Saturday to use their ticket discount, there’ll be an event ticket booth right there in the exhibit area.

At precisely 6:00 PM the unique 2011 NASCAR Hauler Cavalcade will head east on Huntington Drive through Monrovia, Duarte, and Azusa before turning south on Irwindale Avenue to head over the 210 freeway, and down through Irwindale. There, the supergraphic- multihued trucks turn west on Arrow Highway and into the home stretch on Live Oak Avenue, running a few blocks through Baldwin Park, parading over the bustling 605 Freeway, and on to the main gates of Toyota Speedway and Event Center at 500 Speedway Drive.

Last year a number of fans and racing families took a “shortcut” to the Speedway and got there ahead of the convoy to give them a rousing welcome when they got the track … Fans are invited to do the same of course. This is a NASCAR 18-Wheeler party that everyone can join in on!

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TUNE-IN ALERT, Irwindale‏

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
TUNE-IN ALERT, Irwindale‏


WHAT: NASCAR K&N Pro Series West King Taco 200 race from Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

WHEN: Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 3 p.m. Pacific Time

WHERE: SPEED TV

PLEASE NOTE: This is a date change from what originally appeared on the broadcast schedule.

Entry List - Irwindale K&N Pro Series West

Entry Lists Updates 07/03/2010:

According to NASCAR.com's entry list: the #51 of Justin Funkhouser and the #99 of Timothy Hill have withdrawn. The #7 driven by Greg Rayl has been added.

	CAR	DRIVER	CREW CHIEF
1	5	Johnathan Hale	Lyn Hale
2	6	Luis Martinez Jr. *	Bill Sedgwick
3	9	Josh Combs *
4	10	Brandon Davis	Rob Dixon
5	12	Paulie Harraka	Duane Knorr
6	13	Todd Souza *	Michael Munoz
7	14	Travis Milburn*
8	15	Jack Sellers	Charlie Silva
9	16	Moses Smith	Mario Isola
10	17	David Mayhew	Terry Henry
11	18	Billy Kann	Jim Korneman
12	20	Eric Holmes	Matt Goslant
13	21	Blake Koch	Steve Portenga
14	22	Jonathon Gomez	Jeff Couch
15	26	Greg Pursley	Jerry Pitts
16	30	Chad Boat	Joe Lax
17	37	Robbie Brand	Roger Gordon
18	38	Troy Ermish *	Brian Boell
19	39	Brennan Newberry	Mark Reynolds
20	50	Chris Johnson	Brian Schaefer
21	51	Justin Funkhouser *	Bob Funkhouser
22	59	Auggie Vidovich	Roger Bracken
23	60	Taylor Barton *	Aaron Brown
24	61	Brett Thompson	Charlie Wilson
25	88	Michael Self *	Mike Naake
26	89	Brian Wong	Dave McCarty
27	94	Dusty Davis	Sonny Wahl
28	97	Justin Johnson	Chuck Wahl
29	99	Timmy Hill

* Series Rookie

Photo by Terry Thomson