2012 October | Reid Lanpher

In The News: Kennebec Journal Article

October 24, 2012 by Lanpher PR No Comment

AUTO RACING: Earnhardt Jr. team hires Lanpher to drive By Bill Stewart bstewart@centralmaine.com Staff Writer When the phone call for his son came last summer, Scott Lanpher laughed it off as a prank from one of his friends. “But I called him back,” Lanpher of Manchester said, “and it was him. I couldn’t believe it. I was pretty embarrassed. He was laughing.” The caller was L.W. Miller, who runs a Late Model team for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. And what Miller had to say was no joke. “Dale Jr. gives me free reign to run the…

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A Great Way to End the Season

October 21, 2012 by Lanpher PR No Comment

This weekend Reid finished off what will be one of the greatest racing season of his life by clicking off some laps at Wiscasset Raceway. Reid would start the day in the legends car and got out to an early lead. In the last five laps of the race Reid would go two wide with another car but held on for the win. Without skipping a beat Reid jumped into the Prostock and would place third in his heat race after starting fifth, getting to the lead, and getting dumped. He would start the main in third and wasted no…

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In The News: Speedtv.com Article

October 18, 2012 by Lanpher PR No Comment

CUP: Reid Lanpher Joins JR Motorsports Late Model Program The late model team owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. will field two entries in 2013… Media Release | Posted October 17, 2012 Mooresville, NC Fresh off its first late model championship, JR Motorsports is adding a second team to the grass-roots program started by Dale Earnhardt Jr. a decade ago by hiring Reid Lanpher to drive in 2013. Lanpher, 14, will join reigning champion Josh Berry in filling the 2013 driver lineup for JR Motorsports. Both will compete for the title at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va. Motor Mile is…

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JR Motorsports Reid Lanpher Interview

October 17, 2012 by Lanpher PR No Comment

Lanpher, 14, of Manchester, Maine, will compete in a Late Model at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., for the team owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. The team won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship at the .416-mile oval. In this video Reid discuses his racing past, the bumps along the road, and what lies ahead for the young car driver.

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Lanpher To Drive For JR Motorsports In 2013

October 17, 2012 by Lanpher PR No Comment

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Reid Lanpher has been hired to drive for JR Motorsports in 2013. Lanpher, 14, of Manchester, Maine, will compete in a Late Model at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., for the team owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. The team won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship at the .416-mile oval. “The opportunity to drive a Late Model for JRM is by far the biggest highlight in my racing career,” Lanpher said.“I feel honored to have such a chance, and I’m hopeful that we can be a real threat on the…

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Lanpher Strong At New Hampshire

October 7, 2012 by Lanpher PR No Comment

LOUDON, N.H. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, won a pole position and posted two Top-5 finishes in two Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour starts on the New Hampshire Motor Speedway road course this weekend, October 6-7. Lanpher, whose first career NELCAR victory came on the very same 1.6-mile circuit back in May, won the pole and finished fifth on Saturday over a wet track and followed that effort by starting shotgun on the 16-car field Sunday afternoon and finishing fourth without the benefit of a caution flag to make up track position. “We showed some serious speed, and I think…

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