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Friday, August 31, 2012

Pursley 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 Eric Holmes was third.
Go to the K&N website for more on the race from Portland International Raceway.

Photo: Greg Pursley won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Portland International Raceway. (Credit: Craig Mitchell Dyer/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Corey 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, was fifth. Cale Conley won the pole and finished seventh. Travis Pastrana was sixth.
Michael Self was the highest-finishing driver from the West Series in ninth place.
Go to the K&N website for more on the race from Iowa Speedway.

Photo: Corey LaJoie won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series race at Iowa Speedway, his third of the season. (Credit: Iowa Speedway)

Pursley 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 the K&N Pro Series East.
Derek Thorn was second, his seventh top-10 finish in 10 West Series races. Kwasniewski won the pole and finished third.
Go to the K&N website for more on the race from Colorado National Speedway.

Photo: Greg Pursley won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series race at Colorado National Speedway and took over the lead in the West Series standings.(Credit: Marc Piscotty/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Conley makes most of race in Columbus

Cale Conley scored one of the biggest wins of his NASCAR career at Columbus Motor Speedway in Ohio.
Conley, a part-time driver in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, won the Jegs 150 leading every lap of the race.
He took the lead passing pole winner Ben Kennedy on the first lap. Conley won the first race of his NASCAR K&N Pro Series career.
It was his third top-five finish in four East Series races this year. He was second at Gresham Motorsports Park in Georgia and third at Iowa Speedway.
Brett Moffitt was second, followed by Darrell Wallace Jr. in third.
Go to the K&N website for more on the race from Columbus Motor Speedway.

Photo: Cale Conley won the first race of his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career at Columbus Motor Speedway.(Credit: Jamie Sabau/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Eric Holmes wins 50th race for Bill McAnally Racing

Eric Holmes posted a milestone win for his owner, Bill McAnally, at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Wash.
Holmes won the 50th NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race for his boss' team, Bill McAnally Racing, taking the lead on lap 131 of the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150.
McAnally is second to Jack McCoy, who won 54 West Series races as an owner over his career.
Holmes won his first West Series race of the season and the 17th of his career. He is tied with two-time West Series champion Bill Sedgwick for eighth in career West Series wins.
Go to the K&N website for more on the West Series race from Evergreen Speedway.

Photo: Eric Holmes won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Evergreen Speedway, the 50th for team owner Bill McAnally and Bill McAnally Racing. (Credit: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images for NASCAR)