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12/09/2014 |
NASCAR HOME
TRACKS CHAMPIONS WEEK KICKS OFF
· Media, Fans
Invited To GoPro Motorplex For Champions Event Wednesday
· Season Culminates With Awards Shows At Charlotte
Convention Center |
All
that’s left is to hand out is the hardware. And
settle some bragging rights.
 The 2014 NASCAR Champions Week in North Carolina
kicks off Wednesday with the annual Media &
Champions Karting Challenge at GoPro Motorplex in
Moorseville, and culminates with two nights of
celebration at the Charlotte Convention Center at
the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Awards will be
Friday, and the NASCAR Touring Series Night of
Champions follows on Saturday. Both nights will air
live on FansChoice.tv and streamed simultaneously on
NASCARHomeTracks.com, beginning with the Red Carpet
Pre-Show at 5 p.m. The awards begin at 6 p.m. each
night. The shows will air in English, French and
Spanish.
Before they get to the stage to deliver their
championship speeches and accept their NASCAR
Champions ring from NASCAR President Mike Helton,
the seven champions of the NASCAR touring series and
the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national
champions will square off with each other and the
media.
Champions at the event will
include:
Ben Rhodes,
Louisville, Kentucky (NASCAR K&N Pro Series
East)
Greg Pursley,
Newhall, California (NASCAR K&N Pro Series
West)
Doug Coby, Milford,
Connecticut (NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour)
Andy Seuss,
Hampstead, New Hampshire (NASCAR Whelen
Southern Modified Tour)
Anthony Kumpen,
Hasselt, Belgium (NASCAR Whelen Euro Series)
L.P. Dumoulin,
Trois-Rivičres, Quebec, Canada (NASCAR
Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1)
Abraham Calderón,
Monterrey, Mexico (NASCAR Toyota Mexico
Series)
Anthony Anders, Easley,
South Carolina (NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series)
GoPro Motorplex will open at 9 a.m. Wednesday, and
drivers will be practicing throughout the morning.
The track is open to the public until 1 p.m., and
fans are encouraged to come out to meet the drivers
and race against them.
The Media & Champions Karting Challenge begins at
1:30 p.m. with additional practice for just the
media and drivers. The race – in which each of the
champions will be paired with a media member in a
relay format – will kick off at 2:50 p.m. This will
be followed by a 15-minute sprint face-off between
the eight champions.
In 2012 at GoPro Motorplex, current NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series driver Kyle Larson won the Champions
Sprint, while four-time NASCAR Whelen Southern
Modified Tour champion George Brunnhoelzl III and
Kyle Rickey of Motor Racing Network (MRN) won the
Media & Champions Challenge. Past Champions Karting
winners also include Max Gresham (2011), Bobby
Santos (2010), Ryan Truex (2009) and Brian Loftin
(2008). Last year, the Champions event was held on
iRacing simulators at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, with
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s Ryan Preece grabbing
the top honors among the champions.
The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Awards will
take place Friday. Among those honored will be
Anders as the 2014 national champion in addition to
his South Carolina and Greenville Pickens Speedway
late model titles. The awards will also recognize
the Division I champions from 58 tracks across the
United States and Canada, state and provincial
champions and top rookies, Div. II-V national
champions, and other special award winners.
On the following evening, NASCAR’s touring series
champions will be recognized at the traditional
NASCAR Night of Champions Touring Awards. Honorees
will include the champions from the NASCAR K&N Pro
Series East and West, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour,
NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, NASCAR
Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1, NASCAR
Mexico Toyota Series and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
In addition, the series championship car owners and
crew chiefs will receive their trophies, as well as
the Most Popular Drivers and rookies of the year.
Top finishers and special awards winners will also
receive their trophies and recognition during the
annual Grand Champions Breakfasts at the Westin in
Charlotte on Friday (NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series) and Saturday (NASCAR Touring Series). For
the first time, these events will be simultaneously
streamed live on FansChoice.tv and
NASCARHomeTracks.com. |
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Source: Jason Cunningham / NASCAR
Posted:
December 9, 2014 |
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