NASCAR Veteran Aramendia Leading Late Models At Houston

A NASCAR racing veteran from Texas is determined to contend for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship at a first-year Texas track this season.

Joe Aramendia, 46, of San Antonio, Tex., is the current NASCAR Fiesta Pro Late Model division at the beautiful Houston Motorsports Park. The .375-mile banked paved D-shaped oval featuring concrete surfaces in the turns joined the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series this year.

Competition Starting To Heat Up

As the calendar is set to turn to July, the competition in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series has already started to heat up across North America.

Ruckersville, Va., driver Philip Morris is chasing history as he looks to become just the second driver to win back-to-back NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championships. While Morris is off to a strong start – seven wins and 13 top fives in 16 starts and is second in points as the racing season hits the unofficial halfway point, challengers are abundant and come from all over the map.

Colorado National Embraces New Technology To Reach Fans

Colorado National Speedway has quietly become the American short track industry leader in embracing new technology and exploiting it to perfection.

The stars of the show as always are the drivers on the track. Speedway officials have built a Saturday night “happening” surrounding their stars, using in-house demographic studies to target their audience.

Reitenour On The Fast Track

Megan Reitenour is just 18 years old but she’s already finding the fast track to success in motorsports. As a member of the 2009 Drive for Diversity class, Reitenour has four top fives and nine top 10s in just nine starts this season, piloting the No. 92 Chevrolet for Leicht Motorsports at Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, N.C.

Eckrich Inches His Way Forward

Andy Eckrich’s assessment of his season to date is a bit misleading.

“To be honest with you, it’s been a struggle,” the Iowa City driver said. “We’ve had fast cars. We just haven’t been able to finish out.”

He’s right, to a degree. In 17 races this season, he has yet to get to Victory Lane. However, what he’s lacked in wins, he’s made up for in consistency with 14 top 10s and 13 top fives. It’s good enough for him to climb up to fourth in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national standings.

The Rauccis: A Racing Father’s Day Story From The Bullring

Fathers and sons can do many things together: go fishing, hunting, build model cars – even paint the house. The boy bonds with his dad and learns valuable lessons while enjoying companionship. 

Stock car racing is one of the things a father and son can experience together. Sometimes those father-son duos reach great heights, like NASCAR's Petty, Allison and Earnhardt families. But more often than not, it is dad and the kid having a good time together on a Saturday night at the local speedway.

Pitta Earns First Win

ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Juan Pitta grabbed the lead with six laps remaining and earned his first win of the season in the Late Model Division at All American Speedway Saturday night.

Pitta is the second Drive for Diversity driver in as many weeks to reach Victory Lane. Emily Sue Steck won the Late Model feature at LaCrosse (Wisc.) Fairgrounds Speedway last Saturday.

Nixon Make Successful Switch To Concrete Racing At Monroe

A veteran Louisiana dirt track driver made a successful career change for 2009. After 12 years of dirt track racing, Kevin Nixon, 36, of Shreveport, La., switched to pavement Late Model racing at the new Monroe (La.) Motor Speedway. The .375-mile concrete oval that includes 12 degrees of corner banking joined the NASCAR Whelen All American Series. It is the only paved track in the state.

The track conducted several events in 2008 as a “soft opening,” before opening for regular Saturday night racing this year.

Veterinarian Carls Among Street Stock Leaders At Motor Mile

A busy veterinarian from Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley gets a break from her practice each weekend during the summer as a NASCAR driver.

Dr. Sheryl Carls, 51, of Lexington, Va., is among the points leaders in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Street Stock division at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va. Carls has finished as high as second through the first third of the 2009 season.

Carls has been racing for eight seasons, and got her first taste of competition in a Powder Puff race on a Virginia dirt track.

“I absolutely loved it,” Carls said.

Follow Home Tracks on the web

Continuing a recent trend, a pair of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers plan to compete in the New England 100 on June 27, the first of two stops for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2009.

Check out the rest of our recent blog (HERE), including an update on the Modified combination race at Martinsville Speedway.