Mike Hopkins Scores First Career Coastal 200 Victory at Wiscasset Speedway
Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered
Thousands of fans rolled into Wiscasset Speedway on Sunday for the biggest Late Model race of the year, the Coastal 200. The $10,000 to win race, presented by Coldbrook Trailers and GT Overhead Doors, is one of the marquee events of the race season and always draws some of the biggest names in the Northeast. This year was no different as Eddie MacDonald, Mike Hopkins and 3-time Coastal 200 winner Ben Ashline were among those in the field.
The day also featured a partial Group 2 racing program, which kicked off with a 30-lap feature for the Portland Glass Strictly Streets. Ashton Reynolds took off with the early lead but trouble was brewing behind the leaders on lap 5 as Kurt Hewins went around in turn 4, collecting a handful of others. Reynolds maintained his advantage after multiple cautions halted the racing action but his cousin Josh St. Clair was on the move after starting at the tailend of the field, breaking the top 3 on lap 15. He made his way around Scott Eck for second two laps later and then set his sights on Reynolds, promptly taking over the top spot on lap 22. St. Clair took off from there, scoring the feature victory as Ashton Reynolds and Scott Eck rounded out the top 3.
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Brandon Barker Takes 1st ACT Win in 1st ACT Start at Lee USA Speedway
Lee, NH — In one of the most dramatic and exciting events so far in the young 2023 racing season, the American-Canadian Tour put on a barn-burning performance at New Hampshire’s Center of Speed, Lee USA Speedway on Sunday. With the return of the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at the 3/8-mile oval came an interesting group of touring regulars, old friends and young greenhorns. All of them fought each other and the worn-out track itself in an attempt to grasp ACT glory and join a wins list thirty-seven years in the making.
Twenty-four competitors would enter the expansive Lee USA Speedway pit area Sunday morning, many of them facing their third event in just fifteen short days in an extreme stretch of May. After a late driver change, Westbrook, Maine’s Brandon Barker took the wheel of the Sullivan Construction 0NH car to the pole position with current top ACT rookie Andrew Molleur to his outside after both earning +3 in heat race number one.
(more…)Matt Hirschman Domaintes To Win Second Annual Granite State Derby at Lee
Kuhn, Meservey, Battle, Harwood & Valeri Also Claim Derby Wins
By Jeff Brown, for JDV Productions
LEE, N.H. – In the inaugural Granite State Derby at Lee USA Speedway, Matt Hirschman dominated early but came up short in the stretch. This time around, Hirschman would not be denied.
“Big Money Matt” took charge on the third lap and never looked back en route to his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the year and his first at “New Hampshire’s Center of Speed.”
(more…)Doug Coby Rockets To Second-Place Finish at Thunder Road
Mayhew Tools Driver Also Finishes Sixth at Lee USA Speedway on Memorial Day Weekend
Race Recap by Souza Media
BARRE, Vt. – Doug Coby’s first trip to Thunder Road International Speedbowl ended with a finish on the podium on Sunday afternoon. Coby wheeled the Mayhew Tools No. 10 to a strong second-place run after leading laps in the season opener for the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series.
(more…)Kasey Beattie Earns Biggest Win to Date with Wall’s Ford Spring Board 100 Checkers
N. Woodstock, NH — The 2023 racing season at White Mountain Motorsports Park officially began on Saturday with the 5th annual Spring Board 100 for the Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model Series. Twenty-five Foley Oil & Propane Late Models from across the twin states of New Hampshire and Vermont converged to help get the 31st season of White Mountain started in style following last week’s unfortunate rainout. Along with the Late Models, the Flying Tigers, Strictly Stock Minis, Dwarf Cars and Kid’s Division also got their first taste of action for 2023.
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