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September 27, 2012 – 2:31pm

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced today the No. 15 driver that competes in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 has been penalized as a result of a rule infraction committed Saturday, Sept. 22, at Kawartha Speedway in Fraserville, Ontario.

Steve Mathews, driver of the No. 15 car, was found to be in violation of Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock-car racing – aggressive driving) of the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 Rule Book. Mathews has been fined $500 and suspended from NASCAR until the fine is paid.

[media-credit name=”World of Outlaws” align=”alignright” width=”234″][/media-credit]Bloomington, Ind.—Sept. 30, 2012— Making the dash and finishing up front at the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., is no easy task, especially during the National Open when the track hosts its largest car count of the season. Kraig Kinser was able to accomplish the feat on Friday, Sept. 28, making it into the dash of the opener of the East Coast’s biggest sprint car race of the season, en route to a seventh-place finish in that 25-lap main event aboard the Hendrickcars.com Maxim.

Kinser opened the 50th Annual Morgan Hughes National Open with his second straight Top-10 finishes at the famed half-mile. He lined up on the inside of the fourth row for the 25-lap main event and would run among the top-eight for the duration of the contest. Just one yellow flag, on the 16th lap slowed the event. Kinser restarted eighth following that caution and got a spot to move back into seventh, where he would run the rest of the way. For Kinser, it marked his eighth career Top-10 finish at the track and his 42nd overall Top-10 performance of the season.

“With many of the best cars in the country at Williams Grove, it was definitely a solid night for us to finish seventh,” said Kinser. “We qualified in the right spot which always helps and had a good heat race as well to get into the dash. We always want to be in the Top-Five, but a seventh at Williams Grove is nothing to be ashamed of. We worked hard all night and that paid off.”

The third-generation driver opened night by turning the eighth-fastest lap in time trials with a stellar 55-car field in attendance. He would line up third in the third eight-lap heat race and finished second to earn a spot in the dash. He both started and finished seventh in the dash to start on the inside of the fourth row for the 25-lap main event.

In the 40-lap finale of the National Open, Kinser finished 20th, after utilizing a World of Outlaws provisional to start 27th. The main event was slowed by a number of yellow and red flags before a single lap was in the books. Following the sixth complete restart of the night, the field was able to click-off 24 consecutive laps before a red flag slowed the action. Kinser opened the night by timing in 33rd. He finished seventh in the third eight-lap heat race, which put him in the B-main.

“It was definitely not the way we wanted to end the weekend,” said Kinser. “Time trials set the tone for your night at Williams Grove and we didn’t have the best of two laps. We were able to start the feature and gain a few spots and learn a few things. For the most part we were decent at ‘The Grove’ this year, so we’ll continue to build on that for next year when we go back there.”

Kinser is currently sixth in the World of Outlaws championship standings on the strength of four wins and 42 Top-10 finishes, of which 18 are Top-Five performances. He returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 6 at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in Elbridge, N.Y., for an event that is part of Super DIRT Week XLI.

“We had an okay night at Rolling Wheels back in the spring, and are looking to improve on that next Saturday night,” said Kinser. “We have just three events left this year, and we’d like nothing more than to pick up another win or two. We’ll work hard this week and be ready for Rolling Wheels.”

Williams Grove Morgan Hughes National Results

Kraig Kinser By the Numbers: Morgan Hughes National Open
0.5- Miles around Williams Grove Speedway
1- Top-Five performance at the half-mile this year
2- Top-10 finishes at Williams Grove this season
4- Best-career finishing position at Williams Grove on July 21
5- Main event starts at Williams Grove in 2012
6- Current position in the World of Outlaws championship standings
7- Career main event starts in the National Open
8- Career Top-10 finishes at the half-mile
12.8- Average feature finish in five starts at Williams Grove this season
24- Starts on half-mile tracks in 2012 with the World of Outlaws
28- Career main event starts at Williams Grove Speedway, including preliminary features
40- Laps in the finale of the National Open
42- Top-10 finishes earned this season
8748- Points earned through Sept. 29

Up Next
Oct. 6: Rolling Wheels Raceway Park, Elbridge, N.Y.

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HICKORY, North Carolina (September 28, 2012) – – Mooresville, North Carolina native Justin Boston returns to Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway this weekend for the track’s annual Fall Brawl presented by Gold King for an unprecedented 200 laps of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) competition.

It will be Boston’s second time competing at the 0.343-mile oval this month. On September 9, the former Rev-Oil Pro Cup Series competitor participated in the postponed ZLOOP™ Day at the Races where he maneuvered his No. 15 ZLOOP™ Toyota Camry to a strong finish. Boston will reunite with Roger Johnson and Statesville-based Performancenter Racing.

Knowing that track conditions will be completely different compared to a few weeks ago, Boston is more than ready for the challenges he’ll face and looks forward to the opportunity of racing ZLOOP™ towards Victory Lane.

“I’m very excited to once again have the opportunity to represent ZLOOP™ and their franchisees this weekend at Hickory Motor Speedway,” said Boston, who is revving up for what is expected to be a full season of racing in 2013. “I learned a lot with Performancenter Racing during ZLOOP™ Day and I feel that we can strengthen our on-track presence from what we learned then and hopefully turn it into something big. I’m excited.”

ZLOOP™ Computer and Electronics Recycling Centers (ZLOOP) make eWaste recycling easy. Encouraging the public to recycle old computers, cell phones, printers, electronic devices and phone systems, ZLOOP™ is the only national eWaste franchise and guarantees disposal of eWaste safely and securely.

“ZLOOP™ is thrilled to once again partner with Justin Boston and Performancenter Racing for this weekend’s activities at Hickory Motor Speedway,” said Chris Knight, Director of Sports Marketing for ZLOOP. “Our on-track presence will undoubtedly keep the buzz alive as we strive to gain strength for ourBig “10” ZLOOP™ Challenge set to launch next March.”

The Big “10” ZLOOP™ Challenge is a championship within a championship for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) division. Ten (10) races, combined with 100 laps of competition each and an increased racing purse, will fuel the fire towards the champion being crowned the inaugural winner of the ZLOOP™ Challenge. The championship trophy will be crafted out of recycled eWaste.

Additionally, points accumulated during the ZLOOP™ Challenge will be tallied against the competitor’s standings in the overall Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway track championship in the NASCAR Whelen-All American Series, encouraging teams to partake in the newly-established “Challenge.”

The grandstands at Hickory Motor Speedway open at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday evening in tune with qualifying for the three divisions tackling the North Carolina-based short track that night. An on-track autograph session has been set for 6:00 p.m. with pre-race ceremonies beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the race commencing at 7:00 p.m.

Boston’s ZLOOP™ Racing teammate L.E.  Tonglet will be competing at Gateway Motorsports Park in St. Louis, Missouri with the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Motorcycle division.

ZLOOP™ anticipates the opening of more than 100 franchises nationwide within the coming year and more than 455 by 2015. Each franchise will be owned and operated locally, hiring approximately 10 to 25 employees per franchise territory. For more information about franchise opportunities, call  1-855-949-3279 or email info@zloop.com.

For more information on ZLOOP™ and its mission, please visit ZLOOPRacing.com.

Follow ZLOOP™ Racing on Twitter @ZLOOPRacing.

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[media-credit id=4 align=”alignright” width=”266″][/media-credit]By Clayton Johns (@cjohnsmedia) – Stroud, ON – Round nine of the OSCAAR Super Late Model schedule was on the docket for Brandon Watson (#9 Shear Metal Products/Royal Distributing/Barrie Frame and Alignment/Knightworks Design Chevrolet Impala SS) Sunday afternoon at Sunset Speedway. Watson entered the event with the championship points lead, which he has held since the last event at Sunset on June 30.

Having won both events at Sunset so far this season, Watson was in search of the Sunset sweep for the season and third win of the year.

A stout field of 26 Super Late Models were set to pose a big challenge for the Stayner, ON teen. Starting fifth in in the second heat of the night, Watson worked his way to his eventual finishing position of third. A strong pairing of Jeff Hanley (#70 Raylene Racing Toyota) and Todd Campbell (#07 Campbell’s Sanitation Chevrolet) pulled away from the pack to make the top-two in the heat.

Watson started fourth in heat five before finishing second to Jesse Kennedy (#10 Bev’s Auto Repair and Smoke Shop Chevrolet).

Watson qualified for the lower half of the re-draw process, by virtue of his original sign-in draw number.

Following the heats, Watson was optimistic about his chances for the Sunset sweep.

“Unfortunately we didn’t get the best starting spot. We’ll have to work with it and take our time to get up there. I think we have a good enough car to make it up to the front,” said Watson

Watson would role from the starting grid in the eighth spot.

Watson was in contention early on, but was forced to pull down pit lane during a lap four caution when he was black flagged for a mechanical issue. The team would not lose a lap and rejoined the field as the 23^rdcar in line.

“Our left-rear bumper was sticking out. While we were in there we thought we would use the time in the pits to make a few adjustments,” explained Watson.

Wasting little time, Watson took hold of the 14^th spot by lap 10 and the 12^th spot by lap 15.

A 14-lap green flag run following a lap 20 caution saw Watson move in to contention with the leaders, as he overtook Charlie Gallant (#40P South Shore Services Chevrolet) for fifth.

The final caution on lap 34 tightened the field for the remaining 16 laps, with the top five cars of Hanley, Rob Clarke (#49 London Mechanical Chevrolet), Kennedy, Fitzpatrick, and Watson remained in win contention.

However, with nine laps to go, lady luck bit Watson’s #9 entry.

“The bad luck kind of continued for me today. Unfortunately, a trailing arm broke going in to (turn) one,” explained Watson. “The rear-end was moving all around going in to the corner. The car was jumping two feet to the right.  There on, I was just trying to hold on.”

Watson was able to finish the race, but slipped back as far as ninth before his eventual finishing spot of eighth. Without the issue, Watson would have been in contention for the win.

Watson extended his lead in the championship standings to 33 points over Glenn Watson (#22 Rival Office Solutions Chevrolet), who finished sixth, after George Wilson (#77 Port City Racecars Ford) suffered a DNF following a lap four wreck.

Brandon is back in action on Friday night at Kawartha Speedway for round ten of the 2012 tour and the 75-lap Don Biederman Memorial. The Biederman Memorial was originally scheduled for August 10, but was subsequently rained out and again on Sept. 7 and 14.

Saturday Sept. 22, 2012, Peterborough, ON: Mark Dilley driver of the #02 Leland/PartSource Ford Fusion ran in the top ten for all 250 laps and finished out the event with a seventh place finish.

With heavy rains on Friday night and a couple more showers Saturday morning, practice was delayed an hour and a half. When the 28 cars took to the track it was a shortened session, 45 minutes as opposed to two one half hour sessions. #02 Dilley was consistently in the top ten prior to the qualifying round later in the afternoon.

“The car isn’t perfect yet,” said Dilley after practice. “We have made a bunch of adjustments and will keep working on it during the race.”

Dilley would go out to qualify 9th in time trials and when all 28 cars were recorded, the Leland/PartSource Ford was shown 7th quickest, putting him in row four on the inside for the start of the Pinty’s 250.

The #02 raced hard and moved into the 6th position at the drop of the green flag. This was the position that Dilley would hold for the first half of the event. Pit stops were the next order of the day and after fuel was added and tires were replaced, Dilley hoped that the #02 car would be ready to go to the front. A tight race car was the culprit and Dilley held on for a 7th place finish.

“The car would be terrific right after we made an adjustment,” explained Dilley after the race. “But after about five laps it would just get really tight and was a handful to hold onto. I can’t thank all of our sponsors and the crew enough for all their hard work and efforts over the 2012 season. We could not do it without all of them and all of the great fans who come out to support us as well.”

The Micks Motorsports team finished 5th in Owners NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship points.

The Pinty’s 250 presented by Dodge will premiere on TSN at 4:30 p.m. ET on Sat. Oct. 6 and on RDS2 at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

Talking with team owner and road course driver, Kerry Micks after the event, he said “Two drivers sharing one car is not the most ideal situation, but Mark and I were able to do it this year and I think we were quite successful at it.

The #02 Micks Motorsports team is supported by the following sponsors: Leland Industries, Beyond Digital Imaging, PartSource, Armor All, Johnsonville, STP, Cathcart Trucking, Seguin Marina, Thor Motors, Prostate Cancer Canada, Triad Racing Technologies, Gaunt Collision Centres, Samester and Castrol.

[media-credit name=”World of Outlaws” align=”alignright” width=”234″][/media-credit]Bloomington, Ind.—Sept. 26, 2012— World of Outlaws drivers usually have the National Open at the famed Williams Grove Speedway circled on their calendar for a variety of reasons. For some it’s because of the high-paying nature and prestige of the event. While for others it’s to see how they stack up against the Pennsylvania Posse, after another year spent competing at tracks from coast-to-coast against the best sprint car drivers in the world night in and night out. Kraig Kinser, who finished a career-best fourth at “The Grove” back in July, has been looking forward to the National Open, because he is seeking to move up a few more spots at the history-laden venue and contend for his first win at the fabled track.

The 50th Annual Morgan Hughes National Open at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., kicks off for Kinser aboard the Hendrickcars.com Maxim on Friday, Sept. 28, with a full night of racing beginning with time trials and heat races. The event concludes on Saturday, Sept. 29, with the running of the 40-lap $50,000 to-win Morgan Hughes National Open, which will be another complete racing program.

“The National Open is definitely one of the biggest races of the year, money-wise and prestige-wise,” said Kinser. “Williams Grove is one of the toughest, if not the toughest place we go all year when looking at the local cars that are present. It’s two separate nights of racing, so you have to certainly be on your game each night.”

Kinser finished fourth in his most recent start during the Summer Nationals at Williams Grove in July. He lined up third for that 30-lap event, which was slowed by a total of seven yellow and red flags. Kinser would run among the Top-Five for the entire duration of the race. He was 10th-fastest in time trials of the 45 driver in attendance to open the night. The third-generation driver won the second heat race to earn a spot in the dash, where he both started and finished third.

“We had a good run back in the summer at Williams Grove, and hopefully we can carry some that momentum into this weekend,” he stated. “Time trials are so important at Williams Grove, and can really make or break your whole night. The first order of business each night is to try and put down two good laps in qualifying and then try to race our way into the feature through the heat race. If you can make it into the dash at Williams Grove, that puts you in a good position for the feature, as track position is always very important.”

The World of Outlaws made their first visit of the season to Williams Grove in May. Kinser finished 14th and 19th in that two-night event. The 2004 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award winner has made 26 feature event starts in his career at Williams Grove dating back to 2003, including preliminary features. He has seven Top-10 finishes at the historic half-mile in Central Pennsylvania.

Kinser made his debut in the National Open in 2004, finishing a very solid 11th. The following season he finished ninth in the 40-lap finale, which to-date is his best-career finish in the event. Kinser has raced his way into the A-Feature of the National Open on six occasions. The 2005 winner of the Knoxville Nationals has competed at Williams Grove in seven different seasons in his career with the World of Outlaws.

“Williams Grove is definitely a track that take some time to learn,” noted Kinser. “I’ve been going there for a number of years and continue to learn new things each and every time I go there. We had a pretty good set-up in the summer, so hopefully some of what worked then will work now in the fall, even though it will be quite a bit cooler out.”

Kinser heads into the National Open sixth in the World of Outlaws championship standings on the strength of four wins, 41 Top-10 and 18 Top-Five finishes. He has stopped the clocks first in time trials on six occasions this season year, in addition to leading 101 laps in feature events.

Kraig Kinser By the Numbers: Williams Grove Speedway
0.5- Miles around Williams Grove Speedway
4- Finishing position in the Summer Nationals at the half-mile this season to mark a career-best at the track
5- Nights of racing this season for the World of Outlaws at Williams Grove
6- Current position in points
7- Career Top-10 finishes at Williams Grove
16.140- Track record at Williams Grove Speedway
22- Events on half-mile tracks to-date for the World of Outlaws
26- Career feature event starts at Williams Grove, including preliminary features
40- Laps in the main event on Saturday, Sept. 29
41- Top-10 finishes this season through Sept. 22
100- Laps in the first National Open in 1963
101- Laps led in A-Feature events this season
211- Miles from Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., where the World of Outlaws compete on Sept. 22 to Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
1963- Year of the first National Open at Williams Grove Speedway
2003- Year of first start at Williams Grove
8502- Points earned through Sept. 22
50,000- Dollars to win the finale of the National Open on Sept. 29

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[media-credit name=”World of Outlaws” align=”alignright” width=”234″][/media-credit]Watertown, Conn.—Sept. 26, 2012 — Being from the East Coast, David Gravel knows the history and tradition of the National Open at Williams Grove Speedway very well. Long known as the biggest sprint car race on the Eastern edge of the country, the event dates back 50 years. Following one of his best-career showings at the unique half-mile earlier this season, the native of Watertown, Conn., would like nothing more than to be part of some history this weekend as he returns to Williams Grove.

The 50th Annual Morgan Hughes National Open opens on Friday, Sept. 28, at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., with a full night of racing. The event concludes on Saturday, Sept. 29, with another complete show, highlighted by a 40-lap $50,000 to-win A-Feature. Both nights of racing will be sanctioned by the World of Outlaws.

“It’s definitely a big race, but you have to treat it just like any other race, and not psyche yourself out going into it,” said Gravel. “You really have to focus on getting a good couple of laps in time trials and going from there. If you don’t time trial well, you are going to have an uphill battle all night. Those two laps really set the tone for the rest of your night.”

Gravel has made three starts at Williams Grove this season. The most recent of those came with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions in June when he finished ninth. He opened that night as the seventh-fastest driver in time trials and finished sixth in the third eight-lap heat race, which put him in the B-main, where he came home second to earn a spot in the 30-lap A-Feature. Gravel lined up 13th in the main event and worked his way forward to finish ninth.

“We’ve time trialed pretty well in the All Stars races at Williams Grove this year,” he shared. “The key is go try and be as good as you can be every time you are on the track. Transferring from your heat race into the feature is very important. With how many cars will be there, it will be tough to make it through the B-main if you have to run that race.”

The 20-year-old made his first start of 2012 at Williams Grove back in March, finishing 12th in a weekly show that featured a strong 33-car field. He was also 12th with the All Stars in April at the half-mile, winning a heat race in that event.

“The track might be a little different this weekend since it’s a lot cooler out that earlier in the year, but it’s still like any other track, you never know what you’ll get until you get there,” explained Gravel. “We’ll check out the track when we get there and then adjust accordingly throughout the night.”

Gravel has competed in the National Open in each of the last two years. In 2010, he was the fastest qualifier of the 58 entries that were in attendance for the opener of the two-night event. After finishing sixth in the first heat that night, he raced his way into the main event by coming home second in the B-main. Gravel would finish 14th in that 25-lap A-Feature.

“For me it’s really important to make the main event at the National Open, and that’s what we’ll try to do,” he stated. “Hopefully we are in a good position and not starting too far back. That all starts with time trials and then being good in the heat race. You have to put together a complete night and that’s our goal.”

Last weekend Gravel competed with the World of Outlaws at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., and ran as high as eighth in the early going, before the rear end on his machine broke on the 19th lap, while running 11th. After a nearly three-hour rain delay, following the first attempt at time trials, everyone took to the track for a second time for hot laps and to begin qualifying again from scratch. Gravel timed in 13th, which put him one spot short of making the heat race inversion and starting on the pole of a heat.

“It was frustrating to have another problem with the rear end while we were running good,” Gravel shared. “Hopefully we won’t have that happen again. At least we were running well when that happened and we weren’t at the back. We had plenty of speed and showed that we were just as fast as most of the cars there, so hopefully we can keep that up.”

The World of Outlaws event originally scheduled at the famed Eldora Speedway on Friday, Sept. 21, was rained out and will not be rescheduled. Gravel will compete at the half-mile on Oct. 13, in the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions season finale.

Gravel, who is third in points with the All Stars, has picked up nine Top-10 finishes with the World of Outlaws this season, of which seven have been Top-Five performances. He has been fastest in time trials with the series on four occasions, including in three straight trips to Eldora Speedway earlier in the year.

David Gravel and DDR Motorsports would like to thank: J&J Chassis, JRC Transportation, Kistler Engines, Musco Fuels and P&M Transportation for their continued support.

Keep up-to-date with David Gravel and DDR Motorsports by visiting www.DavidGravel89.com. Follow David on Twitter atwww.Twitter.com/DavidGravel89g. Like David on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Gravel-Racing/143538695709198.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (September 27, 2012) – Lee Pulliam has already enjoyed a season many drivers can only dream of during their career. The Semora, N.C. driver ended the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season with 22 wins in 36 starts to help him win the national championship.

Pulliam knows he will get a chance to celebrate in Charlotte in December during the awards ceremony for his accomplishment – but there is another celebration he wants to have before he makes the trip to Charlotte.

He wants to celebrate another Virginia is For Racing Lovers 300 win.

“I want to be the first driver to win the Virginia is For Racing Lovers 300 back-to-back,” said Pulliam. “I love to hear that grandfather clock go off every time I hear it. It reminds of what we were able to do winning that race. You have to beat the best of the best to win at Martinsville.”

The best of the best converge on Martinsville every year for the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 and Pulliam knows getting another win is not going to be easy.

The competition is always tough at Martinsville and this year, for the first time in the history of the event, the starting field will be determined completely by heat race results versus in years’ past when qualifying locked in the first 22 starters and the rest of the field was determined by four heat races held prior to the main event.

Pulliam is fine either way. He just wants another opportunity to win a grandfather clock that goes to the winner of every Martinsville race.

“I think it is going to be interesting this year at Martinsville,” Pulliam said. “I know it will be a little different because now you have to set up your car more for the race than a qualifying run. Plus I think you will see a lot of action in the heat races.”

Pulliam ended the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season with 22 wins in 36 starts and picked up wins at tracks located in Virginia (South Boston, Motor Mile) and North Carolina (Southern National, Caraway) and Tennessee (Kingsport).

“I have had a great year and have been blessed,” Pulliam said. “Nothing could top this season any better than getting a win at Martinsville and we are going to do everything we can to make that happen.”

There are two big weekends of action coming up at Martinsville Speedway, the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 on October 21 and the TUMS Fast Relief 500 weekend Oct. 26-28. Tickets for all of the fall events are on sale and may be purchased by calling 1.877.RACE.TIX or by visiting www. martinsvillespeedway.com online.