Not Cup but… Peter Daniels, of Lebanon, N.H., has won the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge New England Region and national championship. Daniels recorded 14 wins and 18 top-five finishes in 18 starts in Claremont (N.H.) Speedway’s NASCAR Modified division. He will collect $166,000, a record point fund award for the series’ national champion. Daniels, 44, becomes the 17th driver to win the national championship in the 21-year history of the series. He is the second consecutive New England Region driver to win the national title, following in the tire tracks of 2001 national titlist Ted Christopher, of Plainville, CT.(51racing.com)(9-19-2002)
