Posted on 2/13/2015
• Kumpen Turns In Solid Debut In K&N East Season Opener NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2015) – Nick Drake came away with a solid top-10 finish at New Smyrna Speedway on Sunday night to get his second season under way in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Drake finished eighth in the No. 15 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota, as the series kicked off its 2015 season with the Hart To Heart Breast Cancer Foundation 150 at the high-banked track in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Drake’s Bill McAnally Racing teammate for the event, Anthony Kumpen, also had a good showing – as the driver from Hasselt, Belgium finished 14th in his first NASCAR race in the United States. Drake, who had set the fast mark in practice earlier in the day, was eighth in qualifying. He faded in the early laps to 12th, where he settled in for the first half of the race. He made the most of the first two cautions, moving up to 10th on the first restart and to ninth on the subsequent restart. Drake gained an addit ... read more