2015 Nascar K&N Pro and Whelen Modifieds

[NaBUru38]

NBCSN will broadcast 39 Nascar K&N Pro and Whelen Modifieds races.

Most are on Thursdays, except three on mid-week, six on Friday and three on weekends.

Feb 19 – K&N East at New Smyrna
Apr 3 – K&N West at Kern County
Apr 7 – K&N East at Greenville Pickens
Apr 16 – K&N West at Irwindale
Apr 17 – Modifieds at Thompson
Apr 23 – K&N East at Bristol
May 7 – K&N West at Tucson
May 21 – K&N East/West at Iowa
June 4 – K&N East at Bowman-Gray; K&N West at Shasta
June 18 – Modifieds at Thompson
June 25 – K&N East at Langley
July 2 – K&N West and Modifieds at Sonoma
July 10 – K&N East at Columbus
July 16 – K&N West at Stateline
July 23 – Modifieds and K&N Eastat New Hampshire
July 30 – Modifieds at Monadnock
Aug 6 – K&N East/West at Iowa
Aug 7 – Southern Modifieds at Bowman-Gray
Aug 13 – K&N East at Watkins Glen
Aug 20 – K&N East at Motordrome
Aug 21 – K&N West at Evergreen
Aug 27 – K&N West at Colorado
Aug 28 – Modifieds at Bristol
Sept 3 – K&N East at Virginia
Sept 10 – K&N West at Meridian
Sept 11 – Southern Modifieds at Langley
Sept 16 – K&N East at Richmond
Sept 24 – Southern Modifieds at South Boston
Oct 1 – Modifieds at New Hampshire
Oct 6 – K&N East at Dover
Oct 10 – Modifieds at Stafford
Oct 15 – Southern Modifieds at Charlotte
Oct 22 – K&N West at All American; Modifieds at Thompson
Nov 19 – K&N West at Phoenix

[canamman]

Thanks for the heads up. You can also
try here for some live stream action if you
cant wait on the NBCSN replays.

http://speed51.com/

Curious to see what Rico Abreu will do in the East.
I have never heard of him till he won the Chillibowl.

[broadrun96]

I might have to catch the K&N guys, they put on a great race at Road Atlanta a few years back. They ran fast and clean enough I think everyone was caught out on how fast the race went. I think it was supposed to be around 90 minutes and they got done closer to an hour. Watching them through the Esses and into 5 was great fun from Spectator Hill, they were sliding and fighting through but stayed clean so the road courses will be a good watch at least.

[R.Lee]

K&N Filters announces that it will be sponsoring the NASCAR East and West Pro Series for the next 12 years. This was posted on Jayski's yesterday:

K&N Filters renews sponsorship of Pro Series: NASCAR announced it has reached a five-year agreement with K&N Filters to continue as the entitlement sponsor of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series through 2021. The renewed deal ensures that K&N Filters will own exclusive rights as the title sponsor for a total of 12-consecutive years. Additionally, K&N Filters acquires the designation as the "Official Automotive Filters of NASCAR." The NASCAR K&N Pro Series is universally recognized in the racing industry as the top rung in NASCAR's developmental ladder - notable alumni include Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick, both finalists in last year's Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, as well as rising stars like Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and Darrell Wallace Jr. The series introduces NASCAR fans and industry stakeholders to the next generation of stars, and the diverse mix of short tracks, road courses and national series speedways appeals to a broad range of motorsports fans. The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West will kick off the 2015 season at Kern County Raceway Park with the running of the NAPA Auto Parts 150 on March 28.(NASCAR)(3-21-2015)

[R.Lee]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

I might have to catch the K&N guys, they put on a great race at Road Atlanta a few years back. They ran fast and clean enough I think everyone was caught out on how fast the race went. I think it was supposed to be around 90 minutes and they got done closer to an hour. Watching them through the Esses and into 5 was great fun from Spectator Hill, they were sliding and fighting through but stayed clean so the road courses will be a good watch at least.

That race was the demise of and probably the cause of the end of the K&N East Series in Georgia. The previous years, the race had been run, just up the road, at Gresham Motorsports Park, in Jefferson, GA. I went to the K&N races there and they were OUTSTANDING races! Then, NASCAR bought Road Atlanta and scheduled/moved the K&N race from GMP to Road Atlanta and worse, scheduled it as a support race for sportscar racing and on a Friday morning/early afternoon, to boot. STUPID move, to say the least! Schedule a stock car race, at a track and in front of fans, of a different form of racing, that care absolutely nothing about, in most cases, literally hating, stock car racing and run it at a time when most people, that would attend it are at work. The results were at the very least, absolutely predictable -- very poor attendance by NASCAR fans and practically ZERO interest, from the fans that were at the track.

VERY poor handling of the K&N race, by NASCAR! What they should have done, was to not ever have taken the race from Gresham Motorsports Park to start with! Or, if they had to insist on moving it to the Road Atlanta area, they should have purchased Lanier Speedway, directly across Hwy 53, from Road Atlanta, at the same time that they bought Road Atlanta. That would have given them a track, more suitable for the K&N cars to race on and one that NASCAR fans would have far more likely attended. The K&N Series is largely a Friday/Saturday night, short track series. It would have made allot more sense to have run it on Friday night, plus the land across the street, that Lanier is on, would have been readily available for additional parking for events at Road Atlanta. Seems like a complete no brainer to me.

In lieu of this, if NASCAR just had to have this race on the road-course, since they own Road Atlanta, they should have scheduled a (now called)Xfinity Series/Camping World Truck Series event on a separate weekend, with the K&K East Series as a support series for those series races for the weekend. Again, VERY poor handling of this series, by NASCAR, that killed the K&N East Racing Series in Georgia.

Although I do not like road-racing, I almost went to the K&N race that you attended broadrun96. I was going to attend it, with a friend that was/is an avid sportscar/road-racing fan. He had not ever seen stock cars race and had talked me into meeting him at the track on that Friday to watch the K&N race and whatever else was going on there, that day. I had to call him and back out at the last moment. The company that I was working for, at the time, called me, the night before the race and told me that I would have to work, even though I had been promised that I would be off, for the month prior the that Friday. That is the reason that I no longer work for that company -- that was one of the numerous times that they had promised that I could be off, well in advanced of the day that I asked off for, only to tell me, at the last moment that I would have to cancel my plans and work on the day that I was promised off! Anyway, my friend understood and went on to the races, that Friday, he had originally planned to go to Saturday/Sunday races of that weekend. He told me that he enjoyed the K&N Race, said much the same that you did. He wandered around the various areas, to get different vantages of the cars going around the track and was impressed with the performance of both the drivers and the cars. He made the point about the fans, that I mentioned above. He said that from everything that he observed, the overall majority of the sportscar fans were totally disinterested in the K&N race. He said that only a very few paid any attention, at all to the race. They either ignored or were unaware that there was even a race going on. Most were busy partying, eating, going to and from vendors, concession stands, etc. They could have, in his words, "cared less that there was a race going on". I'm guessing that you and he, broadrun96, were about the only ones that paid any attention to the K&N race and with that much disinterest and lack of attendance, I'm not at all surprised that NASCAR pulled the plug on the K&N Series in Georgia.

[toledo47]

I'm a huge K&N fan, go to tons of their races each year. I went to 2 of the K&N races at Gresham and the 1 at Road Atlanta. Enjoyed all of them. Anyway, I doubt it was NASCAR's fault that they quit going to Gresham. The track has been closed and for sale for a year or 2 now. The track obviously wasn't making a profit so they probably didn't want K&N (or anything else) there. Its a shame since that is one of the nicest short tracks anywhere. I'm sure NASCAR would be more than happy to return to Georgia if another track wants to pay what it costs to host a K&N Pro Series east race. Greenville Pickens in SC is a great track, not very far from there, if you have not gone there I highly recommend it. They have for a few years had 2 races per year, although they are back to 1 for 2015.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by toledo47

I'm a huge K&N fan, go to tons of their races each year. I went to 2 of the K&N races at Gresham and the 1 at Road Atlanta. Enjoyed all of them. Anyway, I doubt it was NASCAR's fault that they quit going to Gresham. The track has been closed and for sale for a year or 2 now. The track obviously wasn't making a profit so they probably didn't want K&N (or anything else) there. Its a shame since that is one of the nicest short tracks anywhere. I'm sure NASCAR would be more than happy to return to Georgia if another track wants to pay what it costs to host a K&N Pro Series east race. Greenville Pickens in SC is a great track, not very far from there, if you have not gone there I highly recommend it. They have for a few years had 2 races per year, although they are back to 1 for 2015.

Wait, Gresham is closed/for sale?
http://www.greshammotorsportspark.co...ested-0-0.html
Aww man! I am so slack, I never went to an actual race there.

[toledo47]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Wait, Gresham is closed/for sale?
http://www.greshammotorsportspark.co...ested-0-0.html
Aww man! I am so slack, I never went to an actual race there.

Unfortunately you missed a really good one. I never went there when it was still the old Peach State Speedway, but they put a lot of money into the renovation of that place. One of the nicest short track facilities anywhere for sure. Great racing there too. TBH, I thought the crowds they had there for the K&N races were kinda crap, lot of empty seats. And that was their biggest race of the year, so I can see why the place closed. Its a shame, if the place did better, seems like it would've have been a good candidate for a truck series race, all they would have needed to do was bring in more grandstands. Hopefully that place comes back at some point, it shouldn't be sitting there unused.

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Wait, Gresham is closed/for sale?
http://www.greshammotorsportspark.co...ested-0-0.html
Aww man! I am so slack, I never went to an actual race there.

everyone on the east side is racing in Anderson now. Hopefully Downing can get Lanier back open.

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by R.Lee

they should have scheduled a (now called)Xfinity Series/Camping World Truck Series event on a separate weekend, with the K&K East Series as a support series for those series races for the weekend.

That would be much more interesting than Talladega.

[toledo47]

Dixie and Rome always have their biggest races of the year during the Petit Le Mans weekend. Last year Dixie had their Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race on the Saturday of Petit and Rome had their Lucas Oil race on Sunday (the day after Petit). When I do big 10+ hour trips like I do for Petit I like to try to get a extra races in if possible. So I checked out the race at Rome, really cool facility, great racing. Highly recommended if you are in the area. Its not that far of a drive from Road Atlanta, I believe Romes big race is again the day after Petit Le Mans this year as well.

[fieldodreams79]

I happened to ride past Lanier yesterday and the place looks better than it has in years. I don't have a clue what's going on, just saying that the grass is mowed, the weeds have been brought under control and the place is all cleaned up, compared to what it has been.

[R.Lee]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

I happened to ride past Lanier yesterday and the place looks better than it has in years. I don't have a clue what's going on, just saying that the grass is mowed, the weeds have been brought under control and the place is all cleaned up, compared to what it has been.

I haven't been down Hwy 53 in a few weeks, will have ride by and see. I hope Downing changes his mind and reopens the track. It's 8 miles from my house, I would be there, allot, if he started running Late Models (perhaps becomes part of the NASCAR Home Tracks local series) on Friday or Saturday nights! With NASCAR located directly across the street, I doubt, very seriously that he would have trouble getting the track taken into that program.

[fieldodreams79]

Just finished watching my recording of the Greenville - Pickens race. Man! That track hasn't changed in a decade or 4.

Good stuff. A big chunk of what the big 3 series are missing is tracks like GPS.

[R.Lee]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Just finished watching my recording of the Greenville - Pickens race. Man! That track hasn't changed in a decade or 4.

Good stuff. A big chunk of what the big 3 series are missing is tracks like GPS.

Yep, that is a fact!

[fieldodreams79]

Saw the modifieds at Thompson for the Icebreaker 150. Good stuff. Then watched the K&N west at Irwindale, which is apparently going to be an oultet mall soon. Each track/series had their uniqueness and I love watching the 3 wide at Irwindale, but modifieds at Thompson was fantastic.

[R.Lee]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Saw the modifieds at Thompson for the Icebreaker 150. Good stuff. Then watched the K&N west at Irwindale, which is apparently going to be an oultet mall soon. Each track/series had their uniqueness and I love watching the 3 wide at Irwindale, but modifieds at Thompson was fantastic.

I watched both too. I tend to like the full bodied cars better. A sad shame that Irwindale will be closed and turned into a shopping mall!

[fieldodreams79]

Watched the K&N west race at Tuscon last night. That place reminded me a lot of Lanier. Saw some 4 wide racing at one point but was some great action all race long.

There was 1 driver entered who raced the last time the K&N series was at Tucson in 2001. The commentators were saying that most of the other participants were probably less than 5 years old when they last race there.

[R.Lee]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Watched the K&N west race at Tuscon last night. That place reminded me a lot of Lanier. Saw some 4 wide racing at one point but was some great action all race long.

There was 1 driver entered who raced the last time the K&N series was at Tucson in 2001. The commentators were saying that most of the other participants were probably less than 5 years old when they last race there.

Yes, watched the race, a good one. I remember the old "NASCAR Winter Heat" Series that ran there it the mid-90s. Wish they still did that series in the wintertime. Yes, allot like Lanier! R.I.P. Old Friend, Lanier National Speedway. Never to turn a lap of competition again.

[fieldodreams79]

Just watched the race from Iowa. What a great track! And a good race honoring Kenny Wallace.

Brandon Mcreynolds just about dominated. That Rico Abreu is a hard charger.

Jesse Little's crews' spotlight was pretty neat. It's the Toyota Technical College group. Bunch of Japanese students crewing a stockcar program and a second place "overall" but first in the East. Good job, fellas.

[NaBUru38]

Nascar on NBCSN viewers, courtesy of sportstvratings.com:

July 16 – K&N West at Stateline - 74k
July 23 – Modifieds and K&N East at New Hampshire - 119k
July 30 – Modifieds at Monadnock - 61k
Aug 6 – K&N East/West at Iowa - 48k
Aug 7 – Southern Modifieds at Bowman-Gray - 153k

[R.Lee]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Nascar on NBCSN viewers, courtesy of sportstvratings.com:

July 16 – K&N West at Stateline - 74k
July 23 – Modifieds and K&N East at New Hampshire - 119k
July 30 – Modifieds at Monadnock - 61k
Aug 6 – K&N East/West at Iowa - 48k
Aug 7 – Southern Modifieds at Bowman-Gray - 153k