2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series
On March 16, 2009, NASCAR announced that Speed Channel would broadcast each race as part of a one-hour special that would air on Thursdays at 3 p.m.
The NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet was held at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on April 11.
Brian Ickler is hoping to use the NASCAR Camping World Series East as a launching pad.
Performances like Saturday night at historic Greenville Pickens Speedway certainly don’t hurt his cause, as Ickler led nearly every lap from start to finish in winning the season-opening.
Josh Richards and Brett Moffitt, both making their first career NASCAR starts, rounded out the top five.
A multi-car accident in Turn 1 on the start of the race caused a lengthy red flag before the end of the first lap.
NASCAR decided to reset the lineup of the field with the exception of those cars involved in the accident and do a complete restart of the event.
On the second attempt at the start, Ickler got the jump on Moffitt and quickly began to pull away from the field.
Total Laps Lead: Brian Ickler 146, Eddie MacDonald 4 Did not Qualify: None Top 10 Driver Points: Brian Ickler 190, Jody Lavender 170, Eddie MacDonald 170, Josh Richards 160, Brett Moffitt * 155, Patrick Long 150, Steve Park 146, Matt Kobyluck 142, Alan Tardiff 138, Matt DiBenedetto 134 The NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150 was held at Tri-County Motor Speedway on April 25.
The 17-year-old Grass Valley, Calif., driver passed Austin Dillon on a back-and-forth battle following a green-white-checkered finish to Saturday night’s Tri-County 150 to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Series East victory.
Rookie Alan Tardiff earned his first Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the day and brought home his best finish with a third-place run.
Jody Lavender took over the points lead with a fourth-place finish, while Patrick Long rounded out the top five.
