Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre will be in an interesting situation at one of his favorite tracks on the Busch Grand National series this weekend: Pikes Peak International Raceway in Colorado.

Santerre will be driving his Santerre-Reece Motorsports Team Chevy Monte Carlo but it won’t have his number O1 on it.

Santerre is finishing up a two-race arrangement with Channellock, a well-respected Busch Grand National team, so he will put the number 11 on it.

The number 11 Chevy Monte Carlo had been driven by Marty Houston but Houston has reportedly been released by the Highline Motorsports Team. Santerre drove for Channellock last weekend at the Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Ill.).

He qualified 35th but finished 16th.

The reason he will drive his own Reece-Motorsports Monte Carlo is because this is the Fan Car.

Fans e-mailed the team after learning Santerre would not be racing at Richmond International Raceway on May 4 because he didn’t have a primary sponsor and didn’t want to chance wrecking his car.

Rockland’s Chris Smith e-mailed that he would like to take up a collection so Santerre could race.

Sue Santerre, Andy’s wife and publicist, posed the idea of having fans sponsor a race to some friends in the public relations and marketing field and they liked it.

So the car he will run on Saturday will have the names of the donors on the deck lid (trunk).

He won the Busch Grand National race at Pikes Peak two years ago and was third last year.

“The track fits my style,” said Santerre. “It’s a pretty flat track. One end of the track is a lot like Loudon [New Hampshire International Speedway].

“I don’t know why I run so well there. Like any driver, I think if you run well at a track, it boosts your confidence [when you return there],” said Santerre. “I enjoy it. I’m really looking forward to the race.”

He had hoped to obtain a primary sponsor for his Santerre-Reece Motorsports team but it hasn’t happened.

“It has been tough to find any money. Even [Winston Cup and Busch owner] Joe Gibbs had to shut down one of his Busch teams. Meanwhile, we still have to pay our employees and our bills,” said Santerre, who has run just six of the 20 races.

Tom Carey has run some Busch North events for his team and will run Santerre’s backup car at Pikes Peak Saturday.

So Santerre is looking for a ride and Channellock may be one option on a permanent basis.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t know anything beyond this point. There has been other teams that have shown interest in me,” said Santerre. “I don’t know my future. Hopefully, we’ll get through this race and they’ll invite me back. I’ll look at any deals that come about whether it’s on a part-time per-race basis or full-time. ”

Santerre said he likes Channellock crew chief Bob Temple and his crew and things have gone well even though he had only 10 days to get to know them before last weekend’s race.

“They’re a good bunch of guys. There are no egos there. They’re a great pit crew. They beat every team in the pits,” said the 32-year-old Santerre.

Santerre’s Reece-Santerre Motorsports crew chief Stan Meserve will be the crew chief for Carey but will also offer assistance to the Channellock crew as will other Reece-Santerre crew members.

He said the Fan Car received approximately $3,500 in donations.

In his six Busch Grand National races, Santerre has two consecutive top 20 finishes. His average starting spot has been 22nd and his finish has been 25th.

Coastal 200 finishes Sunday

There will be no shortage of pro stock racing this weekend.

There will be a Northeast Pro Stock Association race, the third in the five-race series, on Saturday night at Unity Raceway.

Time trials begin at 5:30.

The winner will pocket $3,000; second place will be worth $1,500 and third place $1,000.

On Sunday, there will be the completion of the Coastal 200 at Wiscasset Raceway beginning at 3:30 p.m. plus a 50-lap pro stock feature later that night which will pay the winner $1,500.

The Coastal 200 winner will pocket $10,000.

The Coastal 200 was suspended on July 8 due to rain. The cars completed 57 of the 200 laps and will resume from that spot on Sunday with 143 laps remaining.

Unity’s Ralph Nason and Wiscasset’s Scott Chubbuck will start one-two.

“Having the Coastal 200 on Sunday could help our NEPSA race,” said NEPSA president and racer Gary Smith. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to pick up the guys who are coming in from out of town for the Coastal 200. There will be two big paychecks this weekend.”

He also said the NEPSA drivers not involved in the Coastal 200 may decide to run for the purse in the 50-lapper.

He said the drivers running the NEPSA and Coastal 200 races will have to make alterations to their cars although both series use the same American Racer tires.

“They will have to add some weight to their cars, probably around 100 pounds, for the Coastal 200. And they can run a two-barrel carburetor at the Coastal 200 instead of the four-barrel we’ll use at Unity,” said Smith.

Smith said it wouldn’t surprise him if the drivers run “more conservatively” at the NEPSA race in order to save their cars for the Coastal 200.

Woolwich’s Kenny Wright leads the NEPSA points followed by Smith and Albion’s Steve Nelson.