Lavender Strong at North Wilkesboro

Mooresville, NC (09/07/10) - The re-opening of the Historical North Wilkesboro Speedway, which had been closed for 14 years, will be memorial for Jody Lavender. He started on the pole and led the first 128 laps. From laps 129 through the final lap 200, it was the Jody Lavender and Chase Elliott (son of Bill Elliott) show. The two drivers battled back and forth but when the checkered flag fell, Elliott had the win and Jody had to settle for 2nd again.

After the race, Jody said, “It’s good to finish second but I’m naturally disappointed we didn’t win. The car was great all night, my pit crew did a great job, but we got a couple of bad breaks on the track that hurt us. But on the other hand, I have a lot of personal satisfaction. This was a car I built in my shop (Custom Race Chassis) and it was competitive against a field of top fast race cars and drivers. The 16-year old track record set by Ernie Irvan was broken in qualifying.”

Jody also said, “We’ll be at the NASCAR K & N series race on Friday, September 17th in New Hampshire, and back for the PASS race at Hickory, NC on September 25th.”

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.speed51.com, www.hometracks.nascar.com, or www.proallstarseries.com.
 

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Jody Lavender Schedules 3 Races

Mooresville, NC (09/03/10) - After having some time off from driving, Jody Lavender will return to racing at the famous North-Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday, September 4th. This will be the first race on the revived speedway that saw many of the old-timers compete. The race will be a 200 lap PASS series race for the Super Late Models. Jody will compete in the car he built in his ‘custom’ race chassis shop. Jody said, “We look forward to racing at the historic North-Wilkesboro Speedway and competing in the PASS series again. We have been competitive in the PASS series but have had problems finishing races. We also plan to compete in the PASS race at Hickory Speedway on September 25th. We have a good shot at winning both races in the #115 car.”

In addition, Jody will also compete in the NASCAR K & N East Series race on Friday, September 17th at the New Hampshire Speedway. He will drive the Jimmy Burgess owned #88. Jody said, “I always enjoy driving for Jimmy Burgess. He is one of the best and hardest working people in racing. I would like nothing better than to drive his car to the front.”

Jody said, “We plan to run some more races but my chassis shop, my crew chiefing and consulting for other drivers has kept me busy and we are running a limited schedule.”

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com, www.hometracks.nascar.com

or www.proallstarseries.com.

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Lavender Seventh in Georgia

Mooresville, NC (07/20/10) - Jody Lavender finished 7th in his first race in the CRA Super Series at the Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson GA last weekend. After the race Jody said, "This is the first time we have been here since they repaved the track and renovated the facility.

It’s now one of the nicer tracks anywhere around. It is also one of the faster tracks around. We weren’t prepared for the changes and all the rain kept us from getting much practice. I think we were 20th in the 1st practice, we qualified 14th, and finished 7th. We made 4 pit stops and were improving but ran out of time. The competition in this series is so tough it’s hard to "catch-up" if you’re not ready when you get here. We didn’t win but we got some good experience."

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com or www.craracing.net.

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Lavender to Compete at Gresham, GA on July 17th

Mooresville, NC (07/08/10) - Jody Lavender will make his first start in the Champion Racing Association Super Series (CRA) at the Gresham Motorsports Park (formerly Peach State Speedway) in Jefferson GA on Saturday July 17th.

Jody said, "I look forward to competing in the CRA Series. Their rules are similar to the PASS Series and we have been competitive in PASS. I also look forward to going to the new Gresham Motorsports Park. I’ve heard that it’s a nice and fast facility. I raced there when it was Peach State and we were competitive."
 

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com

or  www.hometracks.nascar.com.

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Lavender Strong at Greenville

Mooresville, NC (07/06/10) - Jody Lavender had a strong run at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway in the PASS series race. He didn’t win the race but led over half the laps until a broken rear end dropped him back to 5th place.
 

Jody said, "It’s disappointing not to win when we had such a good car but on the other hand it’s good to know that we had a car that was capable of winning. This is a car that we built in our chassis shop - Custom Race Chassis."
 

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com

or  www.hometracks.nascar.com.

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Jody Lavender Heads Back to Greenville on Friday

Mooresville, NC (06/30/10) - Jody Lavender has said Greenville Pickens Speedway is one of his favorite tracks. He also thinks the track owes him a win because he has finished 2nd several times including the NASCAR K & N East series race earlier this year.

He will get another chance this Friday July 2nd when he competes in the PASS Super Late Model series race. He has competed in two PASS races earlier and ended up with DNF’s due to mechanical problems.

Jody said, "We had a good car at Ace Speedway and were running 4th when the brakes went out. We’ve had more mechanical problems lately than usual. We still have a good car and a win at Greenville is our #1 priority."

For more information, go to www.jodylavender.com

or  www.hometracks.nascar.com.

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