NASCAR Whelen All-American Series: Emily Packard Canaan Fair Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., opens the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series with a 35-lap Late Model feature event at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, May 18. The 16-year-old Late Model driver won the track’s Rookie of the Year title in 2012, finishing fourth in the overall NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model standings to ACT Late Model Tour champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. Packard has said her goal this year is to win the track championship at the track she calls home.
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Winchester, NH: This past weekend, Monadnock Speedway was a victim of rain postponing the highly anticipated event of the Town Fair Tire Whitcomb 175 featuring the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. The decision was made my NASCAR officials and Monadnock Speedway management on Friday to postpone the Saturday show to July 27th due to the inclement weather forecasted.
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The Legion Speedway in Wentworth NH welcomed the Sprint Cars of New England, or SCoNE, to the quarter-mile dirt oval on Mother’s Day. They were joined by the Speedway’s four regular divisions. The title sponsor for the evening was Sabrena’s Creative Styles of Northfield, NH.
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A spinning car at the start of the Small Block Supermodified race at Lee USA Speedway causes a few more cars to pile in.
Subway Fresh Fit 150: Emily Packard
Canaan Fair Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., heads “home” for the annual season-opening Subway Fresh Fit 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, May 11. The 16-year-old Late Model driver won the track’s Rookie of the Year title in 2012, finishing second in the overall NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model standings to ACT Late Model Tour champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. Packard made her Late Model debut in the Subway Fresh Fit 150 a year ago by qualifying for the 28-car field, and she’s hoping to turn her home track experience into a strong showing this time around in Canaan’s annual marquee Late Model event.
THE FACTS
WHO: Emily Packard, East Montpelier, Vt.
CREW CHIEF: Neal Woodward, Georgia, Vt.
TEAM: No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Chevrolet
SPONSORS: Northstar Fireworks, Fecteau Homes, Berlin Optical Expressions, Yipes! of Barre, VT Shifter Karts, GossCars.com, Be The Match, Rutland Regional Medical Center, R.G. Paving
BEST CAREER SUBWAY FRESH FIT 150 FINISH: 17th (May 2012)
LAST YEAR’S SUBWAY FRESH FIT 150: 17th (May 2012)
WHAT: Subway Fresh Fit 150
WHERE: Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
WHEN: Friday, May 10 – 12 noon practice; Saturday, May 11 – 1:30 p.m., practice; 5 p.m., qualifying; 8 p.m., race
DID YOU KNOW?
- Emily Packard scored her first career Top-10 finish in an ACT Late Model Tour race when she finished 10th in the Spring Green 113 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 5.
- Emily Packard became the first woman in a decade to win a feature event at Thunder Road International Speedbowl when she won a Street Stock feature at the track last summer.
- Emily Packard was voted the 2012 Vermont Motorsports Magazine Rookie of the Year, and she was also named the Vermont Sportswriters & Sportscasters Association Athlete of the Month for August 2012.
- Emily Packard was one of 36 Late Model drivers from across the northeast and Canada invited to participate in the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 weekend last September.
- Emily Packard Motorsports crew chief Neal Woodward is a five-time ACT Late Model Tour champion crew chief whose cars set track qualifying records at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Read Full Article →
By Gary Dutton
WINCHESTER, NH – Ed Lofland became the first two-time winner of the young season Saturday, May 4, at Monadnock Speedway, topping the 30-lap Thunder Stock feature.
Defending division champ Kimmy Rivet led an all-female top three under the checkers in the Mini Stock main event, while Adam Norton won his first of the year in the Sportsman Modified main and John Lavoie parlayed his first victory of the summer to jump into the points lead in the Super Stock division.
Other winners on Eve of Cinca De Mayo Night included Cameron Sontag in the Young Guns, Eddie Gilman in the Classic Lites, and Duane Noll, who continued his dominance at the high banked speedplant in the visiting NE Truck Series feature race.
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Stebbins and Stebbins Visit Victory Lane at Monadnock Speedway
WINCHESTER, NH – Sophomore open-wheel pilot Dan Stebbins wired the Sportsman Modified main event Saturday, April 27, at Monadnock Speedway, scoring the second Modified win of his career at the high-banked speedplant.
Stebbins was one of five drivers winning their first feature race of the year Saturday at Monadnock. Former Super Stock champion Bill Johnston rocketed to victory in his main event, and Mini Stock strongman Mike Stebbins rebounded from a week one wreck to top his hotly contested feature.
In the Lightning Stock 30-lapper, former speedway Mini Stock champion Chris Davis roared to his first win of the young season, while Young Gun Chris Lawrence – who had trophied a week earlier, topped the youth division 15-lapper.
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Canaan Fair Speedway up next for the Granite State Pro Stock Series.
With the season opener for the 2013 season firmly behind, the Granite State Pro Stock Series heads north on Saturday, May 4th, back to the Granite State for their first appearance of the season at the Canaan Fair Speedway. This will be the second appearance at the Mid NH speed plant for the series
While 23 cars were on hand at Thompson, and many of them have noted their intention on being a part of this Canaan 100, there are still several drivers that will be making their season debut on May 4th. Fran “Jr” Colson will be making his seasonal debut, after waiting for his power plant to arrive, forcing him to miss the season opener.
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