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LANGLEY TO
HOST NASCAR TOURING & WEEKLY SERIES IN 2017
Newly Re-opened Virginia Track Adds NASCAR K&N Pro East and
NASCAR WMT |
Bill
Mullis made the big news announcement Friday: He had
purchased Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia, and
the historic track will re-open in 2017 to racing.
Sunday afternoon, Mullis continued the good news for
racers and race fans. He announced the .4-mile oval
will host the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and newly
unified NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour this season. In
addition, the track will return to the NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series with its weekly racing program.
“It’s been a long process,” said Mullis. “But I grew
up racing at Langley and know the value of the track
to the community, so it’s been a very worthwhile
process. Once we got the paperwork finalized for the
sale, we worked very quickly with NASCAR to assure
our fans and drivers that we remain committed to
bringing NASCAR racing back to Hampton in a big
way.”
“Langley Speedway has been a longtime member of
NASCAR and the facility lends itself to great racing
– whether it’s the Late Models on Saturday night, or
the K&N Pro Series or Whelen Modified cars,” said
George Silbermann, NASCAR vice president for weekly
& touring series. “We’ve worked with Bill in the
past and we welcome the opportunity to extend our
partnership. The return of Langley is a win not only
for their local community, but for NASCAR fans
everywhere.”
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will race at Langley
on Saturday, May 13, while the NASCAR K&N Pro Series
East will make its return on Saturday, Sept. 2.
This is the first year of the unified NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour, combining the northern-based tour
with the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour under
one series. The former Whelen Southern Modified Tour
made eight stops at Langley between 2010 and 2015,
with Burt Myers and George Brunnhoelzl III scoring
two wins apiece. Two of the last three races there
featured a pass for the win in the final two laps.
Langley also proved to be an accurate predictor of
the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship, as all
three race winners from 2013-15 went on to win the
title, including current NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series drivers Ben Rhodes (2014) and William Byron
(2015).
The inaugural K&N pro East race at Langley in 2011
featured 2017 DAYTONA 500 entrants Matt DiBenedetto,
Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman and Corey LaJoie. LaJoie
won the 2012 race at Langley, which featured Elliott
becoming the youngest pole winner in series history
to that point. |
Source:
MediaPR / NASCAR
Posted:
February 19, 2017 |
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