CONCORD , N.C. -- Four-time defending NASCAR Busch East Series (formerly Busch North Series) Champion Andy Santerre knows a bit about winning season-opening races. For three straight seasons, Santerre won the first race of the then-BNS campaign at Lee USA Speedway (NH). That kicked off a season that led to a championship in all three of those years.

This year, though as the series is open for business, there are a lot of differences. Santerre has moved into an ownership and crew chief role of Andy Santerre Motorsports with new driver Sean Caisse. The series won't be opening the schedule at Lee, but hundreds of miles away at Greenville Pickens Speedway in South Carolina for June 10th's An American Revolution 150.

About the only thing that's the same from all those years of success with Santerre behind the wheel are the winning attitude of