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  • CJ Faison Captures the K&N Pro Series East Pole at Rockingham Speedway

    CJ Faison Captures the K&N Pro Series East Pole at Rockingham Speedway

    [media-credit name=”http://hometracks.nascar.com” align=”alignright” width=”262″][/media-credit]Rookie CJ Faison will lead the field to green in the inaugural Classic 3 Championship presented by RCR Racing Museum at Rockingham Speedway this Saturday. The season finale will be Faison’s 12th career start in the K&N Pro Series East division.

    Faison described winning the pole as “the best feeling in the world so far.” He continued on to say that “patience, I think, is going to win this race and we’ve got a good shot at it.”

    Current points leader, Kyle Larson, qualified in the 11th position. Brett Moffit, second in the points standings, will start in fifth place.

    Corey LaJoie, 19 points behind Larson in the championship standings, qualified fourth. LaJoie leads the series in wins this season with five victories.

    Darrell Wallace Jr. claimed the outside pole and Coleman Pressley will start the race in third position.

    The Classic 3 Championship presented by RCR Racing Museum is scheduled to begin at approximately 2pm on Saturday. Live streaming audio will be available at www.nascarhometracks.com.

  • Larry Barford Jr. Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness at Rockingham Speedway

    Larry Barford Jr. Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness at Rockingham Speedway

    [media-credit name=”Angela Campbell” align=”alignright” width=”199″][/media-credit]Larry Barford Jr., driver of the No. 86 Trauma Doc Chevrolet for Deware Racing Group, will compete in the K&N Pro Series East race Saturday at Rockingham Speedway in the Classic 3 Championship presented by RCR Racing Museum. His car will feature a pink and white paint scheme with a pink bow on the side to promote Breast Cancer Awareness.

    The decision to run this special paint scheme was a personal one.

    “Cancer has touched my life in a lot of different ways,” Larry told me.

    His wife’s aunt and grandmother are breast cancer survivors and he wanted to pay tribute to them and others like them. Larry posted a request on his Facebook page asking his friends and fans for the names of loved ones who have been “diagnosed with breast cancer, are in remission or still fighting the fight.” The car will also carry the names of those who have lost their life to breast cancer.

    The first 86 names that were submitted are displayed on the deck lid of his racecar. Larry was disappointed that all the names could not fit on the car but says that each one of them “is in his heart.”

    Saturday’s race will be the last one of the season for the pink and white Breast Cancer Awareness car but Larry has vowed that all of his future cars will carry a pink ribbon somewhere on them.

    Larry qualified his car on Friday and will begin the race in the 16th position. This is his best qualifying run in three NASCAR K&N Pro Series East starts.

    Next year he will run a full season in the series as well as several select races in the Camping World Truck Series to round out the year.

    His goal is simple. Larry wants to be competitive, learn from each race and continue his development into the top levels of NASCAR.

    “Everything that I’ve learned yesterday, I apply today.”

  • Corey LaJoie Makes his Bid for the Championship at Rockingham Speedway

    Corey LaJoie Makes his Bid for the Championship at Rockingham Speedway

    Last Saturday night, Corey LaJoie left Greenville Pickens Speedway on top of the world. He had just celebrated his fifth win of the season and was leading the points standings in the K&N Pro East Series.  The final race of the season was only one week away at Rockingham Speedway and the opportunity to win a championship was within his grasp.LaJoie_Rock

    On Tuesday everything changed.

    During post race inspection, NASCAR determined that LaJoie’s team had committed rules violations.  As a result, driver Corey LaJoie and car owner, Randy LaJoie, were each penalized with the loss of 25 championship points.  In addition, Ron Otto, crew chief for the No. 07 team, was fined $5,000, suspended until the fine is paid and placed on probation for the final event of the season.

    LaJoie now heads into Rockingham third in the standings, 19 points behind leader Kyle Larson.

    He described his emotions this past week as “going from cloud nine to cloud zero.”

    In many ways, LaJoie is an old school racer. He not only drives the cars, he also helps build them and assists with the set up. He’s all business on the track with a singular focus.

    After his win at Greenville Pickens Speedway last weekend, he was criticized by some for making contact with Brett Moffitt while going for the win. The move caused a chain reaction that left a pile of wrecked cars in his wake.

    In Corey’s mind, he simply did what he was supposed to do. He summed it up on his twitter account like this.

    “My job is to win and that’s what I do.”

    With 5 wins and 9 top-5 finishes this season, it’s difficult to argue with his logic.

    LaJoie will start Saturday’s race in the fourth position. His biggest competitors for the championship, Brett Moffitt and Kyle Larson, qualified fifth and 11th, respectively.

    When the green flag drops, all the distractions of the week will fall away.

    “When I get into the race car,” Corey says, “I have one job; to win the race.”

    Regardless of the outcome on Saturday, LaJoie considers this season the best of his career.

    Corey looks back at the season with pride as he tell me, “The competition level, how hard I’ve worked, all the people who have helped me and sacrificed to get me where I am plus the five wins; it’s been huge.”

    The K&N Pro Series East championship will be determined Saturday at The Classic 3 Championship presented by RCR Racing Museum. The racing is scheduled to begin at approximately 2pm. Live streaming audio will be available at www.nascarhometracks.com.