Payea Pours it on Late for Showdown Win at New London-Waterford

American Canadian Tour

Payea Pours it on Late for Showdown Win at New London-Waterford

American-Canadian Tour (ACT) point leader and defending champion Scott Payea came on strong in the race’s second half to capture the New London-Waterford 150 on Saturday, June 16. The Colchester, VT veteran took the lead for good from Williamstown, VT’s Jimmy Hebert on a lap-105 restart, then withstood a test from Rowley, MA’s Eddie Macdonald to capture his second win of the season and the $5,000 winner’s prize in round 2 of the Summer Showdown Series. Hebert, Mike Ziter, and Bryan Mason rounded out the top-5.
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Shafer, Lee overcome adversity to post Wild and Wacky victories

Shafer, Lee overcome adversity to post Wild and Wacky victories
Emma Monahan grabs first-ever Bandolero win
Bennett holds off Blaskey to win Legends feature

WATERFORD — Marc Shafer was the winner of the Super X Car feature. Chris
Lee was the winner in the X-Cars. Peter Bennett won the Legends feature.
Emma Monahan was a first time winner in the Bandoleros.
Usually the only people working at 1 a.m. are late-night talk show
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Bennett off to a sizzling start in 2018

Bennett off to a sizzling start in 2018

WATERFORD — Peter Bennett ended the 2017 riding a wave.
This year it’s turned into a tsunami.

He already has two wins in the New London Waterford Speedbowl’s Legends
car competition — one on Saturday and one on Wednesday — and is leading
the Saturday point standings by six points over Scott Limkemann. He is
second in the point chase on Wednesdays, seven points behind leader
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Legend Cars, SK Modifieds ® to highlight June 30th Speedbowl Summer Showdown

Legend Cars, SK Modifieds ® to highlight June 30th Speedbowl Summer
Showdown

Waterford- The Summer Showdown Legends race is just over two weeks
away. The Legends division will compete in a 35 lap special event,
showcasing the division. As an added bonus, the SK Modifieds ® will run
their 80 Lap feature event that was rained out on Budweiser Blast-Off
weekend. This event is scheduled for Saturday, June 30th. The guaranteed
winning pay out in that race is $4150.00.
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ACT Loads Up for Second Round of Showdown Series

American Canadian Tour

ACT Loads Up for Second Round of Showdown Series

Waterbury, VT – The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) makes its way to Connecticut’s New London-Waterford Speedbowl this Saturday, June 16 for round two of the ACT Summer Showdown Series. The New London-Waterford 150 will award the second $5,000 winner’s check of the 2018 season, meaning someone’s racing bank account is about to get a lot bigger.
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