Jody Lavender on Top of NASCAR East Series

Team Release (07/02/09)

Mooresville, NC - Hartsville native Jody Lavender is enjoying the best year of his racing career.  Jody started racing at age 16 in the Mini-Stock class at the Florence I-95 and Myrtle Beach speedways.  Today he is racing in the NASCAR Camping World East Series and is leading the points chase by a slim 18 points.  He knows it won’t be easy but his goal is to win the championship.

In the last race at New Hampshire Speedway, he finished 5th.  The winner was driving a Joe Gibbs race car, second place was a Michael Waltrip race car, third was a Dave Davis race car, and 4th was the Richard Childress race car.  Jody said, “This is a very competitive series and we are competing against some of the best teams in racing.  We don’t have a big sponsor and have only 1 full-time employee.  We want to thank Jo-Jo Enterprises, Hartsville Mini-Storage and some local H & R Block offices for their support.”

Jody also owns “Custom Racing Chassis” in Mooresville, NC where they build and repair race cars of all types.  Jody said, “I think my chassis business helps my racing and I think my racing helps my chassis business.  We also have a small team with mostly volunteers but they are very hard working and car owner, Jimmy Burgess, wants this championship as much as I do.  This is only his second year in running a full series schedule but he’s done a great job since.  He lives and works in Massachusetts and the race shop is in Maine.  He keeps the road hot back and forth.”

There are only 5 races remaining (Thompson CT, Adirondack NY, Lime Rock CT, Loudon NH, and Dover, DE) and according to Jody, “We’re having a good year and with a little luck we will still be on the top at the end of the season.”

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.eastseries.com, and www.localracing.nascar.com.

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Lavender Regains Points Lead at New Hampshire

Team Release (06/28/09)

Mooresville, NC - Jody Lavender had a strong 5th place finish in the NASCAR Camping World East Series race at the New Hampshire Speedway on Friday. 

He now has an 18 point lead over Eddie McDonald who moved into 2nd place.  Jody also won the Featherlite Most Improved driver award when he improved the most positions from the last race at Watkins Glen, NY. 

The New Hampshire race will be replayed on the Speed Channel TV Network on Thursday, July 9th at 3:00 pm.

Jody’s next race is in Thompson, CT on Saturday, July 11th.

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.eastseries.com, and www.localracing.nascar.com.

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Lavender Hopes to Rebound at New Hampshire

Team Release (06/19/09)

Mooresville, NC - Overall Jody Lavender has had a good year in the NASCAR Camping World East Series. He is second in points and only 18 points out of first place. He has led the points for most of the season but a 14th place finish at the road course in Watkins Glen, NY dropped him back to 2nd.

Jody said, “We liked it much better in first place and that’s our goal for the rest of the season. The entire team is pumped up and excited about our chances. We’ve been called the “poor-man’s” racing team and that’s fine. We don’t have the funds we would like to have but we will take what we have and do the best we can. Maybe we are the leveraging team. We do the most with the least. But JBR Racing team owner, Jimmy Burgess, is great. He loves this race team and he does everything he can to provide us with the best. We definitely have a competitive team. We’ve made some more improvements and with a little luck we’ll be there at the end. This is only the 2nd year for this team and the improvements are still showing.”

Jody’s next race is the New Hampshire Speedway on Friday, June 26th. The NASCAR Nationwide Series will race on Saturday and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will race on Sunday.

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.eastseries.com, and www.localracing.nascar.com.

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Lavender Struggles at Watkins

Team Release (06/12/09)

Mooresville, NC - Jody Lavender finished 14th at the Watkins Glen road course. He also dropped to 2nd in the points standings and is now 18 points out of 1st place. Jody said, “Obviously we didn’t have a competitive road course combination. The competition in this division is so strong that we have to have everything perfect to be competitive. I’m looking forward to going to New Hampshire on June 26. We’ve always run good there and hopefully we can continue.”

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.eastseries.com, and www.localracing.nascar.com.

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Lavender 4th at South Boston - Watkins Glen Next

Team Release (06/01/09)

Mooresville, NC - Jody Lavender went to South Boston, VA with a 26 point lead in the NASCAR Camping World East Series and left with a 26 point lead. After starting 11th, he had a strong 4th place finish. He has finished 4th or better in 3 of the 4 races this year. After the race Jody said, “We had a good car and I think we could have finished a little better if we had had a few more laps. But the competition in this series is so strong that it’s hard to run up front.”

The next race is at the Watkins Glen, NY road course this weekend.

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.eastseries.com, and www.localracing.nascar.com.

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Lavender Heads to South Boston with Points Lead

Team Release (05/26/09)

Mooresville, NC - Jody Lavender is leading the points in the NASCAR Camping World East Series and heads to South Boston, VA this weekend. He has a 26 point lead over Eddie MacDonald and a 38 point lead over last year’s champion, Matt Kobyluck.

Jody said, “South Boston has always been one of my better tracks and we need another good run. This schedule doesn’t get any easier as we go next to the road course at Watkins Glen and then to New Hampshire Speedway. Our team is much stronger than last year. Jimmy Burgess and the JBR team are really working hard to keep us on top of this points battle.”

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.eastseries.com, and www.localracing.nascar.com.
 

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Lavender Extends Points Lead

Team Release (05/19/09)

Mooresville, NC  - Hartsville native, Jody Lavender, didn’t have a good finish in the NASCAR Camping World East Series in Newton, Iowa last weekend but it was good enough for him to increase his points lead.

The race, which was won by NASCAR “stand-out” Kyle Busch, was a combination race between the East and West series of the Camping World Division.

Jody started 31st and finished 21st which was good enough for 10th place in the East Division. He now has a 26-point lead over Eddie McDonald and a 38-point lead over last year’s defending champion, Matt Kobyluck.

The next race in the East Series is at South Boston, VA on Saturday, May 30th.

Jody said, “I look forward to going back to South Boston. It has always been one of my favorite tracks and we have always run good there.”

Jody drives for the Jimmy Burgess JBR racing team from Methuen, MA and the car is sponsored by Hartsville Mini-Storage and JoJo Enterprises, a real estate investment company.

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.eastseries.com, and www.localracing.nascar.com.
 

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