An important and popular
part of the racing menu during NASCAR Sprint Cup weekends at New Hampshire
Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
and American-Canadian Tour will return in 2015 to help celebrate the Magic
Mile's 25th anniversary season with a total of five races.
With the NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series serving as anchor events on July 19 and Sept. 27, and with the other
two major national touring series - the July 18 XFINITY Series (formerly
Nationwide), and Sept. 26 Camping World Truck Series dates - already locked in
place, NASCAR released the schedules for the immensely-popular Whelen Modified
Tour and K&N Pro Series East. The "mighty mods" will first race
at the Magic Mile on July 16 with the second annual running of the Whelen
Modified All-Star Shootout, joining the K&N Pro Series East as part of that
Friday's doubleheader. It will also race on Saturday, July 16 and then again on
Saturday, Sept. 26 with 100-lap national championship points races. The K&N
Pro Series East race will be 70 laps as the grand finale of pole day in July.
Fixtures at the speedway
since its opening in 1990, the Whelen Modified Tour and K&N Pro Series East
have produced some of the most entertaining races in NASCAR history at New
Hampshire Motor Speedway. The two regional tours have combined for 48 different
winners spanning 168 races, logging more than 16,000 miles (15,000-plus laps).
"These two series
are the foundation of exciting, wheel-to-wheel NASCAR racing and have had a
historical impact on the national touring series, providing great entertainment
and serving as a feeder system for the stars of tomorrow," said Jerry
Gappens, executive vice president and general manager of the speedway. "We
are immeasurably grateful to be able to host these series during our 25th
anniversary season, as we realize how popular they are to our historically
knowledgeable race fans."
The American-Canadian
Tour will also return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the seventh annual
Bond Auto Parts ACT Invitational on Sept. 26. The ACT features some of the most
competitive racing on the NHMS calendar, pitting drivers from across the
Northeast and southeastern Canada in a short track 50-lap shootout.
Tickets to both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekends are on sale now by
calling the NHMS ticket hotline at (603) 783-4931 or by visiting www.nhms.com.
give the mods 300 laps on Sunday! .... let the cup guy's run a 50 lapper on Friday
ReplyDeleteSuper Dave
I'm hoping the Modifieds and the other touring classes can again have stand-alone doubleheaders like they had in the 1990s - among the most memorable weekends at Loudon for me were September 1991's Busch North-Mod Tour doubleheader, the doubleheader in May 1992, and the tripleheaders with the Trucks in 1996 and '98.
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