Ickler Takes Mansfield 150 For Third Win Of 2008
In the second venture for the NASCAR Camping World Series East to the Buckeye State, Brian Ickler took the checkered flag in the Mansfield 150 Saturday evening in Mansfield Motorsports Park to secure his third win of 2008. For Ickler, who made his NASCAR Camping World Series East debut at Mansfield a year ago and finished 11th in the race, Saturday’s win was the third of his first full season in the East. The San Diego, Calif., native added Mansfield to a resume that also includes wins at Iowa Speedway and South Boston (Va.) Speedway.
Fourth Win of ’08 As Kobyluck Repeats at Lime Rock
Matt Kobyluck arrived at Lime Rock Park for the NASCAR Camping World Series East Mohegan Sun 200 Saturday afternoon carrying the series point lead for the first time in two years. He asserted his leadership by posting his fourth win of the season and more than doubling his point lead. Kobyluck led 41 of 82 laps in the No. 40 Mohegan Sun Chevrolet. Marc Davis matched his career best finish of second place, followed by Peyton Sellers, Jesus Hernandez and two-time series champion Mike Olsen.
Dave Davis Motorsports' No. 03 Available For Rest Of 2008 And Beyond
What had been a pole- and race-winning partnership has ended. Dave Davis Motorsports, which fields the No. 03 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping
World East Series, now has that seat available for the rest of the 2008 season. "We've got cars and a crew ready to go racing tomorrow," Davis, a Maine native now based in Denver, North Carolina, said. "We spent all winter and spring building new cars. They're fast, and they're ready to race, We just need a driver to put in them." Read More
Kobyluck Wins Second Straight NASCAR Camping World Series East Race; Dillon Bounced From Third To Last For Shock Violation
Series veteran Matt Kobyluck got the best of Trevor Bayne and Austin Dillon in the late stages of Saturday's Edge Hotel 150 at Adirondack International Speedway to collect his second straight NASCAR Camping World Series East victory. Kobyluck led just three laps in winning for the third time in six trips to the New York half-mile. His No. 40 Mohegan Sun Chevrolet was running third as Bayne and Dillon swapped the lead five times times between laps 113 and 130. Kobyluck got by Dillon, the 18-year-old Richard Childress Racing development driver, to grab second on a lap 136 restart. He then got the jump on Bayne, a 17-year-old Dale Earnhardt Inc. development driver, on a lap 148 restart.
Update: NASCAR announced today that the unofficial results of Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Series East race at Adirondack International Speedway in Beaver Falls, N.Y. have been revised due to a rules violations discovered during post-race inspection of the third-place car – the No. 3 driven by Austin Dillon. The infraction dropped Dillon to 25th in the official race finish. All other drivers in the event moved up one position in the official finishing order.
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