by Jay | Apr 1, 2010 | New
Hulten Speed Sports nets 10 class titles in 2009-10 RMR snocross season
ST. JOHNSVILLE, N.Y. (Mar. 31, 2010) – Even at the regional level of snowmobile racing, earning back-to-back championships is no easy task.
Just don’t tell that to the folks at Hulten Speed Sports. After Danny Poirier dominated the Rock Maple Racing (RMR) circuit in 2008-09, many wondered how the team would top that feat in 2010.
Enter one Bobby ‘The Rage’ LePage, of Duluth, Minnesota. LePage brought national experience to HSS, and it showed all season long. LePage fought ski-to-ski all winter with chief rival Mathieu Morin, and when it came down to the wire — he had what it took to succeed.
LePage entered last weekend’s season finale trailing by just one point in Pro Open and two in Pro Stock. To earn the titles, he would have to win his heats and capture both finals. In one of the most focused efforts ever witnessed in RMR, he pulled it off. Bobby earned both class titles, giving Hulten Speed Sports and Polaris their second straight RMR Pro championship.
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2010 | ACT, New England
YEAR OF THE DRAGON: Brent Dragon Sets Sights on 1st ACT Championship
MILTON, Vt. — The goal is simple for a driver who carries a surname synonymous with stock car racing in the region. Brent Dragon wants to win the ACT Late Model Tour championship in 2010.
“It’s been that way for the last 25 years it seems,” Dragon said recently.
This year, though, there is even more optimism coming from the Dragon race shop than in offseasons past. For starters, Dragon finished the 2009 season as one of the hottest Late Model drivers in New England, winning three times after June 1 and finishing fifth in the final ACT standings.
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2010 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series
JOEY POLEWARCZYK JR.: K&N PRO SERIES EAST
South Boston Speedway Race Preview
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East rookie Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., will compete in the series’ South Boston 150 at South Boston Speedway on Saturday, April 3. Polewarczyk, who posted an 11th-place finish last week in the season opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway has remained in North Carolina this week to help his Fadden Racing team prepare the No. 16 for South Boston.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 16 Fadden Racing Chevrolet
CAREER STARTS AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 0
BEST CAREER K&N PRO SERIES EAST FINISH: 6th (Sept. 2008, NH Motor Speedway)
WHAT: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East South Boston 150
WHERE: South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Va. (.400-mile oval)
WHEN: 3 p.m., Saturday, April 3
NASCAR K&N PRO SERIES EAST
LAST RACE (March 27): Finished 10th (Greenville Pickens Speedway, Greenville, S.C.)
POINTS POSITION: 12th (after one of 10 races)
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2010 | PASS
BEN ROWE: PASS NATIONAL SERIES Hickory Motor Speedway Race Preview
Four-time PASS North Series champion Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, will compete in the PASS Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C., on Saturday, April 3. Rowe is the defending champion of the event.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: Mulkern Racing/No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
BEST CAREER FINISH AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 1st (2009)
WHAT: PASS Easter Bunny 150
WHERE: Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, N.C. (.363-mile oval)
WHEN: 8 p.m., Saturday, April 3
PASS NATIONAL SERIES
LAST RACE (Jan. 31): Finished 14th (New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.)
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by Jay | Mar 30, 2010 | New England
LePage sweeps Pro finals at Rock Maple Racing snocross finale
Todd, Woskob split Semi-Pro finals
FINDLEY LAKE, N.Y. (Mar. 29, 2010) – Veteran snowmobile racer Bobby LePage had only one option heading into last weekend’s season finale. Trailing his weekly rival Mathieu Morin by just one point in Pro Open and two in Pro Stock, his goal was to win both finals.
With determination in his eyes and well-prepared sleds in his grasp, LePage went out and swept the Pro finals as Rock Maple Racing (RMR) completed the ninth and final round on the 2009-10 snocross series Sunday afternoon at the beautiful Peek’n Peak Resort & Spa. Unofficially, LePage locked up the 2010 RMR Pro championships.
In Saturday’s grueling 20-lap Pro Open final, LePage (Hulten Speed Sports/Polaris), of Hermantown, MN, grabbed the holeshot and led all the way. Poirier slotted into second at the start and stayed there until Morin (Ingles Performance/Ski-doo) powered by at the end of lap five. Morin, of Val D’Or, QC, tried to reel in LePage but settled for second (by an 18-second margin), while Poirier filled out the podium. The final point tally and class champions within all five divisions will be official later this week.
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