Wrapping up the day in racing...

Does Kenny Wallace really need an energy drink? I mean, if anything, this is the guy who should take whatever is running through his veins, bottle that and sell it to guys like me who are up all night in front of a computer.

Despite that, Wallace has signed with Armando Fitz to run the full NASCAR Nationwide Series this season with sponsorship from Shark Energy Drink, the second-largest energy drink in the world behind only Red Bull.

Getting Shark into stock car racing has a New England connection. RT Raceparts of Hudson, N.H., will use its RT Beverage division to distribute Shark across the region. It's also likely that considering Rob Towers' involvement in racing, Shark will show up on cars locally.

I'm already hearing that up-and-comer ACT racer Joey Polewarczyk and the PASS North Series team of Ben Rowe could soon be among the first with Shark logos slapped on their cars.

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Vermonter and ACT regular Eric Chase led all 25 laps to win the Crate Late Model feature Friday night at the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway. It was the first career Late Model win for Chase, who finished 11th in the ACT standings in 2007.

"Man, that was a wreckfest, but we made it through,” Chase said in a release issued by ACT. “It was nervewracking trying to get the first lap in; we had 3 yellow flags and a red flag before one lap was complete. I almost crashed the car on one of the restarts, but we held on and got the job done.”

In another feature, Louie Mechalides, led by crew chief Johnny Clark, rallied to finish 10th in the 35-lap Super Late Model feature after being involved in an early multi-car wreck. Driving for Jay Cushman, Trevor Sanborn ran in the top-6 for most of that race before pulling off in the closing laps.

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NASCAR Camping World East Series driver Max Dumarey, a native of Belgium, qualified 5th for Saturday's ARCA 200 at Daytona.

Dumarey was a rookie in the East Series last season while driving for owner Mike Olsen. Dumarey's spotter is Steve Tapley, who also spots for Mike Rowe in Super Late Model competition.