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.
[Top]
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.
[Top]
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.
[Top]
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.
[Top]
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.
[Top]
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.
[Top]
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.
[Top]
Site Design - WebsByEd
|