Reid Lanpher lands a Top-5 finish for JR Motorsports

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KENLY, N.C. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, posted his first career Top-5 finish for JR Motorsports on Saturday, March 16, when he finished fifth in the second of two Dirty Dozen Cup 100s at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, N.C. Lanpher, 14, finished sixth in the first 100-lap Late Model Stock event in just his second effort in the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet fielded by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. After qualifying ninth – his best time-trialing effort to date – Lanpher used tire management strategy to gain positions in the second half of the…

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Reid Lanpher Dirty Dozen Race Report

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LUCAMA, N.C. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, posted a pair of finishes in the top half of a stout Late Model field in his debut with JR Motorsports at Southern National Motorsports Park. Lanpher, 14, finished 11th and 12th at the Dirty Dozen Twin 100s in the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet. After time-trialing for the first time in his career, Lanpher started the first 100-lap Late Model Stock event 14th in the 26-car field and worked his way into the Top-10 before settling for 11th following a final late-race restart. In the second event of the afternoon, he started…

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A Great Way to End the Season

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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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Lanpher Strong At New Hampshire

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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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Lanpher’s Day At NHMS Comes To Early End

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Reid Lanpher: Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Report LOUDON, N.H. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, finished 13th in a 25-lap Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour invitational event in the mini-oval at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 22. Lanpher’s day ended on the first lap of the feature event, after contact with another car sent his Team EJP No. 59 Mission Trailers/Scott’s Recreation Sedan rolling down the temporary frontstretch on the quarter-mile. The car, which was second-fastest in an abbreviated practice session, suffered heavy damage in the accident after starting sixth in…

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Top-5 Legend Finishes; Top-10 In Pro Stock

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EPPING, N.H. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, picked up a pair of Top-5 finishes in Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour competition at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, August 18, and followed those up with his second career Top-10 finish in as many starts in a Super Late Model. Lanpher, 14, finished second in the first 25-lap NELCAR feature event, and then after winning his heat race finished fourth in the second 25-lap event after starting 20th in the 23-car field. In the Granite State Pro Stock Series 100, Lanpher’s No. 59 EJP/Mission Trailers Chevrolet finished eighth in his…

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