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Eddie MacDonald and Donny Lia Win Track Championships at NHMS

LOUDON, N.H. (October 23, 2009) - Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Mass. has won
the 2009 Camping World Series East Lincoln Electric/Airgas Track
Championship at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Driving the No. 71 NEMO/Grimm Construction Chevrolet, Eddie finished sixth
in the Heluva Good! 125 in June and won the second Heluva Good! 125 in
September. MacDonald scored a total of 15 bonus points at the speedway in
2009 which led to his second consecutive Lincoln Electric/Airgas Track
Championship.

Ryan Truex of Mayetta, N.J., placed second in the Camping World Series
East Track Championship standings. Behind the wheel of the No. 00 NAPA
Toyota, Ryan finished second in June and third in September at the Heluva
Good! 125 races. Truex is the brother of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver,
Martin Truex, Jr.

Kevin Swindell, driver of the No. 9 Curb Records Chevrolet, was third in
the Lincoln Electric/Airgas Track Championship point standings for the
Camping World Series East.  The Germantown, Tenn. native finished third in
June and 10th in September.  This is Swindell's first season competing at
New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Donny Lia of Jericho, N.Y. has won his third Whelen Modified Tour Lincoln
Electric/Airgas Track Championship at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Driving the No. 4 Mystic Missile Dodge, Lia won the New England 100 in
June and finished second in the New Hampshire 100 in September.  He also
won the Lincoln Electric/Airgas Track Championship for the Modified Tour
in 2004 and 2005.

Ron Silk of Norwalk, Conn. placed second the 2009 Modified Track
Championship standings.  Silk finished in third place in June's New
England 100 behind the wheel of the No. 79 Hill Enterprises Pontiac and
won September's New Hampshire 100 driving the No. 6 TS Haulers Chevrolet.
Ron was third in the 2007 Lincoln Electric/Airgas Modified Championship
standings.

Rowan Pennink's first two Top-10 finishes at the speedway helped him
capture third place in the Modified Track Championship point standings.
In his No. 93 Monks Mechanics Hand Cleaner Chevrolet, this Huntingdon
Valley, Pa. native finished fourth in June at the New England 100 and
sixth in September at the New Hampshire 100.

The Lincoln Electric/Airgas Championship awards a total purse of $10,000
to the top three drivers of both the NASCAR Camping World Series East and
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for the events held at New Hampshire Motor
Speedway. The Track Championship standings are based on the NASCAR point
system for each division.

 

Last Updated on 10/24/09
By George Campbell or Greg Fish
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