Drive For Canaan Championship Begins Saturday

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NASCAR Whelen All-American Series: Emily Packard Canaan Fair Speedway Race Preview

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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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EMILY PACKARD: Packard Set To Defend Home Turf In Subway 150 This Weekend

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Subway Fresh Fit 150: Emily Packard
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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 →

Granite State Pro Stock Series heads to Canaan Fair Speedway May 4th

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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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Lashua Defends Turf, Wins Granite State Pro Stock Series Canaan 100

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Hometown racing veteran takes win at Canaan Fair Speedway

CANAAN, NH — Hometown stock car racer Donnie Lashua took the lead from polesitter Cory Roberts on lap 39 to score his first career Granite State Pro Stock Series win Sunday in the 100-lap event at Canaan Fair Speedway.

Lashua started third in the 18-car field and patiently rode behind Roberts for the first third of the race. The veteran Lashua was able to work inside of Roberts and snag the lead for the remainder of the race, but had to hold him off on three late race restarts.
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Canaan Fair Speedway to Host Granite State Pro Stock Series Season Finale

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Canaan Fair Speedway to Host Granite State Pro Stock Series Season Finale
Championship race moved from Lee USA Speedway; Championship to be decided Sept. 16

CANAAN, N.H. — Canaan Fair Speedway will host the Granite State Pro Stock Series season finale on Sunday, September 16. The previously scheduled championship event at Lee USA Speedway has been canceled.

“We made this decision based on the best interest of our competitors,” Granite State Pro Stock Series President Mike Parks said. “Lee USA Speedway wanted to make this an open competition event, as they have had in years past for Oktoberfest. We have canceled our sanction of the event to honor their wishes, but we definitely look forward to working with Lee USA Speedway in the future.”
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Emily Packard Earns Rookie of the Year At Canaan

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Late Model 100 Run, ROY Title Highlight Busy Week For 15-Year-Old

In five days, Emily Packard logged nearly 200 laps of racing, countless hours of practice and testing and tackled some of the most challenging tracks in the northeast.
From a test on the one-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series competition at Canaan Fair Speedway to another Top-5 finish at Thunder Road International Speedbowl, the 15-year-old high school sophomore experienced virtually every type of track and every kind of emotion associated with racing in New England.

“We had a great week. With all the ups and downs, it definitely equaled out,” Packard said. “We definitely had a good week and a great end to the season. I’m already excited for next weekend.”
Packard started with a day-long test session at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Wednesday as teams prepared for the fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational on September 22. Though Packard has not been formally afforded an official invite yet, she posted the sixth-fastest practice speed of the afternoon session at NHMS in just her first trip to the track.
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Emily Packard Records Best Career Late Model Finish At Canaan

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NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Race Report

CANAAN, N.H. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., finished second in the 50-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model feature at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, August 25. It marked the best career Late Model finish for the 15-year-old rookie. Packard started the night with a win in her heat race, followed with a second-place finish in the semi-feature and the runner-up effort in the 50-lap main event on the .333-mile oval.
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UP TO SPEED: Emily Packard Hitting Her Stride

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Late Model ROY Leader At Canaan Ready For Busy Second Half

Once the helmet is on and the seat belts are buckled up, nobody notices that the driver of the No. 9x Chevrolet is a teenaged girl. What they do notice is that this rising star on the New England Late Model scene can wheel a race car.

Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., is just 15 years old – but already she’s been waiting for years for her chance to prove she belongs.
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Cassius Clark PASS North King at Canaan

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Second PASS North win of 2012 for Hight team – Wilson PASS Mod winner

Cassius Clark drove around Ben Rowe with twelve to go in Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway to earn his second PASS super late model win of the season. Clark took advantage of the night’s second restart to claim the position and the win by a .812 second margin. Rowe was out front for the majority of the night but the defending Canaan race winner had to settle for second. Travis Benjamin kept his streak of top three finishes alive, finishing third and padding his lead in the series point standings.

It was Rowe and Lonnie Sommerville on the front row and Rowe took the lead when the green flew .That pair took off , racing nose to tail lap after lap. The race went caution free until lap 72, taking less than 18 minutes to complete that distance. Lonnie Sommerville put his ride out front on the restart and led the way at the half way mark with Rowe, Benjamin,Cassius Clark, Matt Frahm, Derek Ramstrom, and Johnny Clark trying to chase down the leader. Rowe was quick to reclaim the lead on lap 77 as another long stretch of green flag racing ensued. Sommerville slipped high on lap 101 and Benjamin took advantage to move up to second and the top two battled nose to tail for the next 30 laps.
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Brian Hoar Heads To Subway Fresh Fit 150 At Canaan

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Canaan Fair Speedway Race Preview

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GEORGIA, Vt. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., and RPM Motorsports take a break from ACT Late Model Tour racing this week to compete in the $5,000-to-win Subway Fresh Fit 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, May 12. Hoar finished second last year in the open competition for ACT-legal Late Models, and he’s looking to use the event to get the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger back on track following a disappointing 11th-place finish last weekend in the ACT Spring Green 112 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.
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