BORENSTEIN RACING GETS FIRST WIN

Nick Joanides has one heck of a road trip this weekend.

Joanides, a NASCAR driver from Woodland Hills, will be entered in Friday night's Grand National Division, East Series, race at New Hampshire International Speedway. Then he will fly back to Los Angeles to compete at Irwindale Speedway in the Super Late Model division race Saturday night.

This will be the first East Series race for Joanides and his Borenstein Racing team. New Hampshire International Speedway is also hosting the NASCAR Busch Series and Nextel Cup Series this weekend.

"We are building toward next year and this will be a great opportunity for us to judge where we are and will allow us to better determine which direction we need to go with equipment for next year," Joanides said.

Borenstein Racing is preparing to enter the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series, on a regular basis next year and is looking for a testing ground for some of its new cars and equipment. MacDonald/Barrett Motorsports, which has experience in the Craftsman Truck, Busch and Cup series, has provided Borenstein Racing will technical assistance for the New Hampshire race.

"We are looking to get the best equipment we can and this race allows us to get our feet wet and see how we stack up against the competition at the next level in building toward our goals for 2007," said Loren Borenstein, owner of Joanides' team.

With the goal of moving up to the Grand National West Series full time in 2007, Borenstein Racing, with driver Nick Joanides is taking the first step toward building a competitive program. They will compete in the Nascar Grand National Busch East Series event at New Hampshire this weekend to see how they stack up against the competition.

Loren Borenstein started Borenstein Racing with the intentions of moving up the Nascar ladder. Loren at a very young age has already achieved success through multiple business ventures that most people can only dream of. He is applying the same strategy to racing, that has rewarded him with success in business. While most new owners and teams take years to build a competitive program, Loren has proven that when you do things right and put the right people in place, you can defy the odds. In just seven races this season, his team has already shown championship potential earning more points than any other team in the past four events in the Nascar Dodge Weekly Series with veteran driver Nick Joanides.

The goal for Borenstein Racing is to compete in the Grand National West Series full time in 2007. The team has been in search of obtaining equipment and cars for the future and this season was laid out to be a building year toward putting together a program that will allow them to achieve the same early season success they have experienced this year. This weekend, Borenstein Racing will take their second step toward achieving those goals.

Looking to obtain cars and equipment, Borenstein Racing with technical help from established Cup/Busch/Craftsman Truck Series team MacDonald/Barrett Motorsports will enter their first race in the Busch East Grand National Division at New Hampshire International Speedway this weekend. “We are looking to get the best equipment we can and this race allows us to get our feet wet and see how we stack up against the competition at the next level in building toward our goals for 2007” said Loren Borenstein.

While driver Nick Joanides has not competed at New Hampshire, he has experienced success at tracks with similar layouts in the Grand National and Elite Divisions and looks forward to the opportunity to compete in this prestigious event. “We are building toward next year and this will be a great opportunity for us to judge where we are and will allow us to better determine which direction we need to go with equipment for next year” said Joanides.

New Hampshire is a 1.058 mile paved oval and this event will be held in conjunction with the Nascar Nextel Cup and Busch Series races. The 125 lap race will be televised live on HDNET, Friday at 5:00 EST/2:00 PST. Immediately following the event, Nick Joanides will fly back to California to compete in his regularly scheduled event on Saturday at Irwindale Speedway.

Joanides is no stranger to traveling long distances for racing and running multiple races on the same weekend. In 2005, he traveled more than 40,000 miles from his California home to run the full season in the Nascar Autozone Elite Midwest Series. His efforts paid off as he qualified for the All-Star Showdown which was held at his home track in Irwindale, California. In the last month of the season in 2004, he competed in 9 races in 4 weeks between the Nascar Grand National West Series and the Autozone Elite Southwest Series.

Veteran Driver Makes Grand National Division Debut at New Hampshire

Nascar Southwest Series veteran, Nick Joanides is poised to make an impressive debut in the NASCAR Grand National Busch East Series tonight at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon for the New England 125. Combining the resources of his weekly team, Borenstein Racing, and the expertise of NASCAR Busch Series team MacDonald Motorsports, the fifteen year racing veteran's weekend is looking promising.

Juggling numerous logistical delays due to weather in the northeast, the 35-year-old native of Woodland Hills, CA posted 25th in the first practice. Having just enough time for just twelve practice laps, Joanides flew around the track at 120.019 mph with a time of 31.735. His qualifying effort proved even more promising. The 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was able to knock more than two-tenths of a second off the practice time, qualifying 19 th for the Friday evening race.

Joanides, who has raced against Nextel Cup and Busch Series drivers Kevin Harvick and Burney Lamar throughout his driving career in Calfornia, is hopeful for his chances this eveing. "We're making pretty radical changes to the car to improve it for the race," says Joanides. "Qualifying where we did with as little time in the car as we had is pretty decent."

Joanides is going for a top ten finish this evening. "I'm really appreciative of the effort the MacDonald [Motorsports] team is putting into this weekend. I really think we can get a good run out of this car."

Loren Borenstein, owner of Joanides' weekly team in California, sees this weekend as a building block for their future. "This race is about getting our feet wet," he says. "We're using this opportunity to help us focus on the bigger picture we have for our team and getting ready for next year. We'll use this race to help us build up to full [Grand National West Series] schedule next year. The most important thing we'll take away is the experience. But, we are here to race. We're going to give it everything we can tonight."

Borenstein, a successful 24-year old entrepreneur, has already exceeded the expectations given to most young, start-up team. Determined to bring together the right elements for a competitive race team, in just seven races this season, his team has already shown championship potential. With Joanides behind the wheel, Borenstein Racing has earned more points in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series than any other team in the past four events at Irwindale.