by Jay | Jun 6, 2016 | Devils Bowl, New, Vermont
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard and her Northstar Fireworks/Packard Fuels team had high hopes as they unloaded her car Saturday afternoon at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, unfortunately, things wouldn’t go as hoped and she would end the night with a 15th place finish. “It was a long day,” said Packard, “I was hoping for a better finish. The car was ok, but it wasn’t really handling that great towards the end of the race; I was just trying to make the best of it that I could.”
Readying for practice, Emily and the team rolled the car out, while Scott Coburn, interim crew chief for the weekend, and Joe Polewarczyk Sr., talked over the car set up. After first practice, Packard found herself 20th fastest on the speed charts, but the team went to work making changes and when final practice was over she had moved to third fastest time on the chart. “Practice was pretty interesting,” Emily said, “everyone seemed to be all over the place out there, so it kind of set the tone for the rest of the day. That last practice the car was really good, and I was confident as we headed into the heat race.”
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2016 | Bear Ridge, New, Vermont
Bear Ridge Speedway
Five weeks five different winners in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes.
BRADFORD, VT – Overflowing pits provided plenty of great racing excitement for the fans from twenty eight fast paced green flag laps to flips and spills on Woodsville Guaranty Saving Bank night at the races.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2016 | Granite State Pro Stock, Lee USA, New, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Shaw out battles Griffith & Kruzcek for Seacoast 100 Victory
Lee, NH – The showers predicted by the weather forecast on Friday never came to Lee as drivers suited up for the Seacoast 100. DJ Shaw of Center Conway, NH started on the pole with Jeremy Davis of Tamworth, NH on the outside of the 21-car field. This week saw the addition of new competitors adding to the already tough competition in the Granite State Pro Stock Series.
Shaw took the lead early, however throughout the night he had competition from Hudson native Derek Griffith, Davis, and Bryan Kruczek of Newmarket, NH. The caution flag flew early in the evening on lap nine for Cory Casagrande of Stafford Springs, CT. Then shortly after, the pack checked up and Mike Parks of Walpole, NH ruined his newly replaced nose, creating an uphill battle for him the rest of the night.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2016 | Mass, New, Seekonk
Nocella Dominates Seekonk For Third VMRS Win
Seekonk, MA — Anthony Nocella passed early race leader Dan Meservey Jr. after a lap-38 caution flag, and went on to dominate the Valenti Modified Racing Series sanctioned 100-lap race at Seekonk Speedway, Saturday night, June 5.
The win was the third (VMRS) victory for the Woburn Massachusetts driver whose last win was August 15,2015. Nocella becomes the fourth different driver to win in four races this season.
By virtue of winning the first heat race, Meservey started on the pole and looked impressive early on until Nocella took command. The #92 Nocella Paving Chevrolet became the target with the series top guns giving chase.
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by Jay | May 30, 2016 | Lee USA, New, New Hampshire
photo by Rich Hayes
Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway opened up the 2016 weekly NASCAR Whelen All American Series season on Friday night, with 2014 Rookie of the Year Lance Barthelemy of Fremont taking down top honors in the 30-lap EKeys4cars Supermodified feature event.
Leslie Keyser of Northwood brought the field to green, and he quickly moved out to the lead as the field sorted out behind. 2014 champ Jake Stergios of Candia brought the race under caution after just two laps when he was sent into the backstretch wall, sliding to a stop in a shower of sparks in turn three.
While the Witkum Brothers team got Stergios back on track after a quick trip to the pits, Keyser once again took command when racing resumed, moving out to set to the pace with Barthelemy hot on his heels and 2015 Oktoberfest winner Mike Murphy of Groveland, MA right behind.
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