tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88532854428740427912026-05-20T00:23:49.548-07:00Haddock in the PaddockAuto racing news from the West CoastTim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.comBlogger709125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-61850418404710177902013-04-15T12:47:00.001-07:002013-04-15T12:47:38.292-07:00Simi Valley's Adrian Starrantino wins F1600 Championship Series opener
Adrian Starrantino, an 18-year-old from Simi Valley, won the first two rounds of the F1600 Championship Series at Virginia International Raceway over the weekend.
Starrantino, a graduate of Royal High School, will be competing for Bryan Herta Autosport in the open-wheel developmental series.
Starrantino made his debut for the team in the 2012 season finale at Watkins Glen in New York, where Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-49480127793726193902013-04-10T14:04:00.000-07:002013-04-10T14:04:01.504-07:00Kwasniewski wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener at Bristol Motor Speedway
Dylan Kwasniewski made the leap from the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West to East with relative ease. He won the K&N Pro Series East season opener at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kwasniewski won the K&N Pro Series West championship last year driving for Gene Price Motorsports.
He made the switch to the East Series and is now racing for Scott Turner Motorsports.
The 17-year-old from Las Vegas Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-86635389841986761322013-04-10T13:55:00.001-07:002013-04-10T13:55:27.251-07:00Adam Bushman wins three Wisconsin Ice Racing state championships
Adam Bushman won three pro titles at the Wisconsin Ice Racing state championships in Wisconsin in February. He won the Open Pro, 450 Pro and the GP Pro championships.
Bushman, who lives in Oak Creek, Wis., is coming off hip surgery and has raced in Florida and Georgia since his championship runs in Wisconsin.
He has his sights sets on GNC national events throughout the country.
Go to the K&Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-43038967646805418982013-03-28T20:39:00.000-07:002013-03-28T20:39:36.986-07:00Photos from the Auto Club 400Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-48835605979724939672013-03-28T20:33:00.000-07:002013-03-28T20:33:29.221-07:00Kyle Busch wins NASCAR Auto Club 400 in Fontana
Kyle Busch won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. He also won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway. It was the first NASCAR Cup win for Joe Gibbs Racing at the track. Busch was the first driver in a Toyota to win a Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second followed by Kurt Busch in third.
Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-34693354930506308172013-03-23T19:22:00.004-07:002013-03-23T19:22:35.153-07:00NASCAR drivers to watch in the Auto Club 400<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-8359955669723660952013-03-20T21:04:00.000-07:002013-03-20T21:04:22.890-07:00Pursley wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season opener
Greg Pursley looks like he has regained his championship form.
He won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season opener at Phoenix International Raceway. Pursley won the West Series championship in 2011, but was the runner-up to his Gene Price Motorsports teammate, 17-year-old Dylan Kwasniewski, last year.
Pursley has another teen-age teammate this year. Cameron Hayley, a 16-year-old from CanadaTim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-63176096415826848812013-03-13T10:53:00.000-07:002013-03-13T10:53:20.180-07:00Hayley wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series UNOH Battle of the Beach race
Cameron Hayley had quite a debut for his new team in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series.
Hayley, who took over as driver of the team at Gene Price Motorsports that won the K&N Pro Series West championship in 2012, won the UNOH Battle of the Beach race at Daytona International Speedway.
The teenager from Canada was making his first start for Gene Price Motorsports. He survived a crash-filled raceTim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-24174779620307284572013-03-13T10:46:00.000-07:002013-03-13T10:47:27.720-07:00NHRA Pro Stock drivers prepare for K&N Horsepower Challenge
The NHRA Pro Stock drivers have a series within a series with the K&N Horsepower Challenge. Eight drivers will compete for a $50,000 prize in Las Vegas. The battle for position started at the NHRA Mello Yellow Drag Racing Series season opener at Pomona Raceway in February.
Mike Edwards, Allen Johnson and Jason Line are among the Pro Stock drivers eligible for the Horsepower Challenge Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-8106498779505800622013-03-13T10:35:00.000-07:002013-03-13T10:39:47.844-07:00NASCAR teenager takes on K&N Pro SeriesGray Gaulding, a teenage rookie taking his first steps in NASCAR, is off to a great start.
He was second in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series UNOH Battle of the Beach at Daytona International Speedway.
He followed with a top 10 finish at Phoenix International Raceway in the K&N Pro Series West.
He will be racing the entire K&N Pro Series East schedule starting at Bristol Motor Speedway this Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-50316380856816584872013-01-04T18:59:00.000-08:002013-01-04T18:59:06.321-08:00Irwindale Speedway re-opens April 6, partners with Kern County Raceway ParkThe Irwindale Speedway racing schedule for 2013 was released with seven divisions, 15 nights and a partnership with the Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield.
The auto racing season will open on April 6 with four classes of stock cars and a demolition derby. NASCAR Super Late Models will highlight the re-opening night of the race track. Late Models, Super Stocks and Mini Stocks will also race Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-78717015520343008112012-12-24T22:48:00.001-08:002012-12-24T22:48:03.923-08:00Opening night for Irwindale Event Center set for April 6
Buried in the
release of LoanMart's new partnership with the Irwindale Event Center is
the tentative opening night for racing to return to the oval tracks.
LoanMart will
have new billboards posted around the track and for the drag strip. The
company also reserved on of the suites at the track.
"We
couldn't be happier to be associated with the great new Irwindale Event
Center," said Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-35529418793677855402012-12-17T23:19:00.000-08:002012-12-17T23:19:15.639-08:00Oval track racing returning to Irwindale in 2013
Oval track racing is returning to Irwindale. The track formerly known as Irwindale Speedway and then Toyota Speedway will have an oval track racing schedule in 2013.
The track management team has yet to put together a schedule, but it has put together a staff for the track.
It has a chief operating officer, a vice president of communications and a race director. Mike Atkinson is the race Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-55339049808801196022012-12-17T14:04:00.000-08:002012-12-17T14:04:26.818-08:00Larson wins his first NASCAR K&N East Series championship
Kyle Larson won his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship in the season finale at Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina.
Sixteen-year-old rookie Tyler Reddick won his first East Series race in his first start in the series.
Larson finished in sixth place at Rockingham, but it was high enough to secure the East Series championship.
He made it through a last-lap crash that took out Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-14497378309679845932012-12-17T13:45:00.001-08:002012-12-17T13:45:50.295-08:00Kwasniewski becomes youngest driver to win NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship
Dylan Kwasniewski is the youngest driver to win the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship. He was the runner-up at the season finale at Phoenix International Raceway and finished six points ahead of Greg Pursley, his teammate at Gene Price Motorsports.
Pursley was in search of his second West Series championship in a row.
Michael Self won the race at Phoenix, his third of the season.
Go Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-52609995133781453002012-12-17T13:35:00.000-08:002012-12-17T13:36:21.684-08:00Samantha Kenny joins dad, brother in NHRA Super Comps
Samantha Kenny's dad, Alan, won the NHRA Super Comp national championship.
Her brother, Jason, won a Super Comp race at Las Vegas.
On the final event of the year at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, she was the only one of the three Kenny racers to reach the final day of elimination.
Samantha Kenny says she had one of her best seasons even though she didn't win a national event. She was eliminated Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-27929359484321347742012-12-08T09:21:00.001-08:002012-12-08T09:21:23.743-08:00NASCAR K&N Pro Series West adds Kern County Raceway Park to scheduleThe NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule for 2013 is out. Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield has a race on Oct. 26. The series will make two stops at Phoenix International Raceway and one at Sonoma Raceway.
Missing from the schedule again is Irwindale Speedway.
The series will make one stop at All American Speedway in Roseville and one stop at Stockton 99 Speedway.
Go to the NASCAR Home Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-60875623167928553802012-11-29T15:17:00.001-08:002012-11-29T15:17:33.613-08:00Alan Kenny wins NHRA Super Comp championship
Alan Kenny has been chasing a national championship in drag racing
for nearly 40 years. He won his first, the NHRA Super Comp national
championship, with the help of his son.
The 60-year-old Kenny
capped his championship season from the pits at Auto Club Raceway in
Pomona. He didn't advance to the elimination rounds at Pomona, but he
secured the championship before the elimination rounds Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-52351184415555871032012-11-11T16:58:00.002-08:002012-11-11T16:58:48.411-08:00Automobile of Southern Calfornia NHRA Finals
Tony Schumacher needed to win the NHRA season finale at Auto Club Raceway for a chance at the Top Fuel championship. He reached the finals against Brandon Bernstein, beating Bob Vandergriff by 0.027 seconds in the semifinals.
Antron Brown, looking to become the first African-American to win the NHRA Top Fuel championship, lost in the first round and could only watch as Schmacher marched Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-6640373624698451402012-10-04T11:33:00.001-07:002012-10-04T11:33:24.590-07:00Thorn wins West Series race in New Mexico
Derek Thorn won his second NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at NAPA
Speedway in New Mexico on a night when a pair of rookies stole the
spotlight.
Dallas Montes was the runner-up in his West Series debut. Hannah
Newhouse, a 15-year-old making her West Series debut, was sixth.
Thorn started seventh and worked his way to the lead holding off Montes
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Camarillo's Charlie Kimball heads into the Izod IndyCar Series season finale at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana with some lofty goals.
He wants to finish the season on a high note after a pair of disappointing finishes in Sonoma and Baltimore.
But there have been some high points for Kimball in his second season with the Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing team. He was the runner-up at the race in Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-29949911235849651432012-08-31T15:44:00.000-07:002012-08-31T15:44:12.187-07:00Pursley pads West Series lead in Portland
Greg Pursley won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Portland International Raceway and extended his lead in the West Series standings.
Pursley won his fourth race of the season. The reigning West Series champion has a 15-point lead over his Gene Price Motorsports teammate Dylan Kwasniewski.
Michael Self was second, his fifth top 10 in the past six races. Three-time West Series champion Tim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-43601095153139980882012-08-14T15:53:00.001-07:002012-08-14T15:53:25.585-07:00Corey LaJoie rises to the top in Iowa
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East dominated the race at Iowa Speedway taking nine of the top 10 spots in the Pork Be Inspired 150.
Corey LaJoie was the top of the class, winning the race, his third of the K&N Pro Series season.
LaJoie led the last 10 laps of the race and finished ahead of rookie Kyle Larson. Sergio Pena was third.
Brett Moffitt, the leader in the East Series standings, wasTim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853285442874042791.post-43592324607754435072012-08-14T15:29:00.000-07:002012-08-14T15:37:39.972-07:00Pursley moves out front in Colorado
Greg Pursley made a move to repeat as the champion of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West after winning the race at Colorado National Speedway.
Pursley won his third race of the season and moved ahead of Gene Price Motorsports teammate Dylan Kwasniewski in the West Series standings.
Pursley won the race in a field that included two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip and Ben Kennedy from theTim Haddock, author-editor-storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862433415651351572noreply@blogger.com0