Borneman slates busy weekend

Johnny Borneman has busy plans for his Fourth of July holiday this year – with travel, visiting the beach and a couple of stock car races.

The beach he is visiting is actually Daytona Beach, Fla., where Borneman will attempt to qualify for Friday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway. He then plans to fly from the East Coast to the West Coast to compete in a NASCAR Camping World Series West race on Saturday at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif.

Opportunity Knocks

Last October, Phil Dugan was headed to the annual Drive for Diversity Testing & Evaluation Combine presented by Sunoco not knowing what to expect; what would the competition be like, which team owners would be in attendance, and more importantly, what would those team owners think of him?

Dugan, who is of Korean descent, had learned about the Drive for Diversity initiative a year earlier, but had waited to apply until he was confident he had the application package that would earn him an invitation to the Combine.

News & Notes: Out Front At Home

In last year’s chase for the championship in the NASCAR Camping World Series West, Jason Bowles (No. 6 Sunrise Ford.com Ford) gained a lot of momentum when he followed up a win at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., with a victory at his home track of Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.). He hopes to do the same thing again this year.

Bowles wins wild one

SONOMA, Calif. – A wild finish left Jason Bowles in Victory Lane on Saturday as the repeat winner in the Bennett Lane Winery 200 presented by Supercuts at Infineon Raceway.

Bowles inherited the lead following a last-lap incident between his teammate, Patrick Long, and Joey Logano, who had led 38 of 64 laps in the NASCAR Camping World Series West event on the 1.99-mile road course.

QUALIFYING: Long earns top spot

SONOMA, Calif. – Patrick Long made a successful debut in the NASCAR Camping World Series West at Infineon Raceway on Friday by capturing the pole for the Bennett Lane Winery 200 presented by Supercuts.

Long, who has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Series East this season while on his off weekends from racing sports cars, is making his first appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Series West.

PRACTICE: Logano up front

SONOMA, Calif. – Former NASCAR Camping World Series East champion and current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano posted the fastest overall time in Friday morning’s two practice sessions at Infineon Raceway. Qualifying for the Bennett Lane Winery 200 presented by Supercuts is slated for Friday afternoon.

Logano’s No. 11 Home Depot Toyota led the first practice with a fast last of 1 minute, 18.4 seconds for an average speed around the 1.99-mile road course of 91.707 mph.

News & Notes: Mayhew Looks To Run Up Front Again At Infineon

David Mayhew (No. 17 MMI Services/Ron’s Rear Ends/KHI Chevrolet) has not had much chance to show his road-racing skills since coming into the NASCAR Camping World Series two years ago. He hopes to change that this season.

His first opportunity comes this week when the NASCAR Camping World Series West heads to Infineon Raceway for the Bennett Lane Winery 200 presented by Supercuts on Saturday, June 20. The race is a companion event as part of the big NASCAR weekend with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the Sonoma, Calif., road course.

Balancing Act For Harraka

Paul Harraka has just wrapped up his freshman year at Duke University, where he’s majoring in mechanical engineering and public policy and maintaining an above-average GPA. He moved onto campus last August and has adjusted to campus life, making new friends, knocking out gen-ed requirements and joining the Newman Catholic Student Center as social activities coordinator.

Amidst all of this, Harraka has also been racing.

Holmes dominates at Roseburg

ROSEBURG, Ore. – Eric Holmes had done it the hard way. Saturday evening, he did it the easy way.

A year after overcoming a flat tire and fighting his way through the field at Douglas County Speedway to get the victory, the defending NASCAR Camping World Series West champion stayed out front all night and led all 150 laps en route to winning the Toyota/Bi-Mart 150 presented by NAPA.

It was the fourth straight victory at the .325-mile oval for Holmes’ car owner Bill McAnally.

QUALIFYING: Holmes continues mastery of Douglas County

ROSEBURG, Ore. – Eric Holmes claimed his first Coors Light Pole Award of the season Saturday as he hopes to make it back-to-back victories at Douglas County Speedway Saturday night in the Toyota/Bi-Mart 150 presented by NAPA.

Holmes put the No. 20 NAPA AutoParts Toyota on the pole with a lap of 15.240 seconds (88.583 mph) around the .375-mile oval. Holmes won the pole last year at Douglas County en route to the victory.