Rochester, NH. (6/6/06) It has been a long off-season for NASCAR Busch East Series driver John Salemi. After a successful rookie season driving for a family-owned, limited budget team, Salemi is anxious to get behind the wheel of Mark Willoughby’s Chevrolets for the 2006 season. John will finally get that chance this coming Saturday at the Greenville Pickens Speedway in Greenville, SC in front of a live TV audience on HDNet. more...
Rochester, NH (4/22/06) 2005 NASCAR Busch East Series Powerade and Driver Achievement Award winner John Salemi will drive the #15 Waste Management Chevrolets for car owner Mark Willoughby during the 2006 season. The move marks a significant step forward in Salemi’s career and provides the Busch East Series with another very strong team competing in 2006. more...
driver John Salemi started his second year in the series
with a strong run at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway
and an eighth place finish on Saturday night. Salemi and
the #15 Waste Management/BG Environmental/Daddy’s
Hot Sauce/Dennis Ciotti Racing Products team were able
to survive the scorching temperatures and a wild closing
to the race for their first top-10 run of the season. The strong finish gets Salemi’s season started on the right foot and gives him something to build on in the upcoming races. more...photos
Rochester, NH (6/17/06) BES driver John Salemi returned to Stafford Speedway on Friday night looking to change his luck at the half-mile Connecticut oval. While fighting poor handling cars in previous visits to Stafford, Salemi hoped his new team would fare better in 2006. With a strong top-10 run in the works, Salemi was caught up in a late-race incident in turns 1 and 2, which ended the night for the Nashua, NH driver. more...photos
Rochester, NH (6/30/06) NASCAR Busch East Series driver John Salemi was in need of a good run at the Thompson Speedway. After a strong first race, John has been the victim of bad luck and an accident in the two previous races of the 2006 season. With a shorter schedule this season, there isn’t much room for error. Salemi knew that it was time to get the #15 Waste Management/BG Environmental/Daddy’s Hot Sauce/Dennis Ciotti Racing Products Chevrolet finishing strong. Thompson was an important race for the team and everyone stepped up to get things going in the right direction on Thursday night. more.. photos
Rochester, NH (8/20/06) In a season that has been full of ups and downs for second year BES driver John Salemi, top ten finishes have been tough to come by for the Nashua, NH driver. John has found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time far too many times this season, heading into one of the toughest short tracks in the northeast. This time the wrecks weren’t a problem for Salemi, but a flat tire on a restart with three laps to go ruined a potential top ten finish. more...
Rochester, NH(10/1/06) John Salemi wrapped up his 2006 Busch East Series season at Lime Rock on Saturday with a disappointing 24th place finish. After running in the top 5 in the first half of the event, a broken transmission ruined a career-best run for the Nashua, NH driver. John was able to crack the top 5 with a three wide pass on the front straightaway going into turn one. On a late race restart, the transmission failed and Salemi quickly dropped back in the field... more...
Rochester, NH (9/17/06) NASCAR Busch East Series driver John Salemi returned to the New Hampshire International Speedway on Saturday hoping to have a strong run and help lock-in his spot in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in October. The New Hampshire 125 was an ugly race from the start, with 11 caution flags totaling 73 laps. With the lack of green flag racing, John was forced to salvage what he could and brought the #15 Waste Management/BG Environmental /Dennis Ciotti Racing Products Chevrolet home in the 22nd position after the call was made to shorten the race by 21 laps. more...
Rochester, NH (9/23/06) BES driver John Salemi entered the last oval race of the 2006 season in a tight points battle and in need of another good run. With only two races remaining in the season, John continued towards his goal of a Toyota All-Star Showdown invitation. The series moved to the one mile speedway in front of the Nextel Cup and Busch Series teams on Friday afternoon for 150 laps. The race would play a large role in determining the final points standings and Salemi made the most out of the race with a fourteenth place run. more
night’s running of the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale, CA. The annual Showdown is a non-points event that puts the top fifteen drivers from the Busch East and Autozone West Series on the track together. For East Series driver John Salemi, the race was a difficult conclusion to a season that saw many ups and downs for the Nashua, NH driver. Handling and motor problems both plagued the #15 team over the course of the weekend and relegated John to a 20th place finish in the biggest race of the season. more...
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Lakeville, CT - The driver of the #63 Pontiac started the Burnham Hydronics 150 presented by Mohegan Sun from the 20th position, without really knowing what to expect from his grand prix. Once again, Salemi was able to make the best of his situation and bring the car home in 12th position.Salemi currently sits 13th in a very tight points battle, as the series heads to the season finale next weekend. more...
Thompson, CT (10/3/005) NASCAR Busch North Series driver John Salemi wrapped up his impressive rookie season Sunday night at the Thompson Speedway with a 16th place finish in the New England Dodge Dealers 150...more
Loudon, NH (9/16/05) NASCAR Busch North Series roty contender John Salemi came home with another strong top 20 finish in the rain-shortened Sylvania 125 presented by Lowes at the New Hampshire International Speedway on Friday afternoon... Salemi took the green flag from the 15th starting position and drove the #63 Pontiac to a 17th place finish. more...
DOVER, Del. — The first trip to the Monster Mile did not start off the way that BNS rookie John Salemi would have liked, but the finish turned out to be a well fought 15th for the #63 Pontiac. After battling early handling problems with the car, Salemi found himself 3 laps behind the leader at the midpoint of the race. John and the team made up two of the laps to finish in 15th position. more...
Fucillo Auto Park Huge 150
Holland International Speedway
June 25th, 2005
After starting 25th and getting caught up in an early-race incident, the #63 car stayed competitive and finished the race 18th. Check www.eastseries.com for information and pictures from the race weekend.
Loudon, NH
July 16th, 2005
NASCAR Busch North Series Rookie of the Year Contender John Salemi drove an ill-handling #63 Delcorp Grand Prix to a 22nd place finish in the New England 125 at the New Hampshire International Speedway on Friday afternoon. After starting the race mid-pack, Salemi fought a tight race car for most of the day and brought home the car in a respectable 22nd position. more...
WATERFORD, Conn. - BNS rookie of the year contender John Salemi survived a wild race on Saturday night to come home a career best 11th in the Town Fair Tire 150 at the Waterford Speedbowl. After starting the race in 24th position on a provisional, Salemi managed to stay out of serious trouble, keep the car on the track, and bring the #63 DelCorp Pontiac home with a serious bid at a top 10 finish. more
Beaver Falls, NY (July 31,2005) The Edge Hotel 150, held at the Adirondack International Speedway, proved to be a very frustrating night for Busch North Series
rookie of the year contender John Salemi. After starting the race from 18th position, and making multiple pit stops throughout the event, Salemi was able to bring the #63 DelCorp Pontiac home in 15th position. John's second top 15 run in the last two races moved him up another spot in the points standings to 15th overall. more...
RADFORD, VA. (August 21, 2005)— The long haul to western Virginia was well worth the trip for BNS rookie John Salemi, as he finished a career best 10th place in the Star Country 150 at Motor Mile Speedway. John’s first top ten was a well-fought finish for the entire team after overcoming a 20th place starting position, brake issues, and a flat tire at the midway point of the event. more...
OXFORD, Me. — John Salemi posted another strong finish in the #63 Pontiac Saturday night at Oxford, ME with a well-fought 11th. The race was a wild one for the Busch North Series, in their return to the Maine short track, with 5 yellow flags and 1 red. Salemi and the team were able to stay on their hot streak and have another great run to help close up the gap in the Rookie of the Year standings. more...
Irwindale, CA (11/12/05) Although, the Toyota All-Star Showdown weekend began on a high note, it was a long flight home for NASCAR Busch North Series driver John Salemi. John and team were excited to be in Southern California and had high hopes for the race. The weekend got off to a great start on Thursday afternoon and ended with a crash in the last 50-lap segment on Saturday night, handing Salemi a 24th place finish. more...
