NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Statistical Advance: New Hampshire Analyzing The F.W. Webb 100 At New Hampshire Motor Speedway DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 17, 2013) – The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the second and final time in 2013 with the F.W. Webb 100 on Saturday, Sept. 21 in Loudon, N.H. Below is a statistical look at the performance of tour and selected drivers at the track: New Hampshire Race Setup: · Ryan Preece brings a 45-point lead in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season standings on defending champion Doug Coby to New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Preece, who has nine wins at five different tracks during his career, is looking to add NHMS to that list. · Coby has won the last two NWMT races at NHMS: this event a year ago and this season’s July race. · Three past champions and multi-time NHMS winners are looking to end uncharacteristically long winless droughts this week: Ted Christopher (26 races), Donny Lia (17) and Todd Szegedy (28). AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: History · Groundbreaking for New Hampshire International Speedway, as New Hampshire Motor Speedway was originally named, was Aug. 13, 1989. · The 1.058-mile oval is located on approximately 1,200 acres; the multi-use complex is the largest sports facility in New England. · The official opening was June 5, 1990 and the first NASCAR event was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race on July 15, 1990 in which NASCAR K&N Pro Series East drivers competed in combination. · Speedway Motorsports Inc., agreed to purchase New Hampshire International Speedway from Bob and Gary Bahre on January 11, 2008 and then renamed the track New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Notebook · The first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race was held on Sept. 2, 1990. The NWMT has raced there each year since and there have been 58 all-time NWMT races at NHMS, the most of any facility outside of Connecticut. · There have been 18 different race winners, led by Mike Stefanik with eight. · There have been 24 different pole winners, led by Jan Leaty’s six. · Each year since 2007, with the exception of Ryan Newman’s season sweep in 2010, the eventual NWMT champion has won an event at NHMS during their title run. New Hampshire Motor Speedway Data Race: #12 of 14 Track Layout: 1.058-mile asphalt oval · Race Length: 100 laps (105.8 miles) · Banking/Corners: 2-7 degrees
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:17:17 +0000
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