by Jay | Sep 8, 2009 | Canada
Fredericton, NB – The final checkered flag has fallen for the 2009-racing season. It was a beautiful day for the last race of the season, the Enduro 200. This was second race of the season for the Enduro drivers. There were a couple more races on the schedule but had to be cancelled due to rain. This weekend there was no rain in site. You could not ask for a better weather for the 2009 Speed Weekend. The weekend was absolutely perfect for today’s Enduro 200
There were 18 cars ready to take the green in the first 75 laps until the 21 of Kim and Courtney Barton had to be pushed to the pit because her car would not start. It was the # 10 of Carmen McKeen who started on the pole. He led for many laps until he was challenged by the # 8 of Dale Hathaway. The # 72 of Justin Kenny took the lead for while. There were a few lead changes. The dust was sure flying this afternoon as these cars for a little anxious and ended up in the beach a few times.
Everyone was waiting in anticipation to see if the #21 of Kim and Courtney Barton were going to put on a show like they did in the first Enduro 200. The two changed drivers back and forth a few times. The #21 had its share of problems as it was in a few on track mishaps. The #21 was in the infield late in the race and the # 15 of Jimmy Robinson came in to help push the car back on track. Unfortunately the # 21 was going the wrong way and got clipped by another car. This was the end of the day for the # 21 of Courtney and Kim Barton.
The #86 of Andrew Betts gave the fans a little excitement with his signature move of the day. Andrew liked driving his car in reverse a few times. He had a little trouble with his hood coming up on one side. This was something you don’t usually see on the track.
It was all Pat Sharpe for most of the race. No one seemed be able to touch him. He had some great momentum going and it got him to the Auto Pride victory lane for the second and final time this season. Finishing in second was the # 70 of Tyler Seveck. Rounding out the top three was last year’s champion the # 38c of Ed Vallis.
This is the end of the 2009-racing season at Speedway 660 and was it ever a good one. Last weekend we crowned two new champions Brain Fox in the Coast Tire Street Stock, John Rankin in the Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman and we had a repeat champion in the Irving Lubricant’s Pro Stocks. If that wasn’t exciting enough, Speed Weekend sure was. 670 campers, Sterling Marlin, Travis Kittleson, a huge car count, Dan McNeil winning the O’Leary Pontiac 150 and Lonnie Sommerville being the only 2 time Peterbilt 250 champ. The list could go on and on. There was a record amount of fans in the stands. It was an absolutely spectacular 2009 Speed Weekend. Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming season.
by Jay | Sep 7, 2009 | NASCAR
HAMPTON, GA — Kasey Kahne saved his best for last Sunday night and won the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
A huge crowd, well over 100,000 and what most were calling the biggest crowd in many years at this track, was treated to great racing on a Labor Day Weekend.
In the last 50 laps alone, Juan Pablo Montoya led as did Kevin Harvick. A caution with less than 20 laps remaining set the stage for a final shootout.
Kahne, who figured he had a faster car on short runs, took the lead when the race was restarted with 11 laps to go and ran away from Harvick, who was second, and Montoya, who finished third. It was Kahne’s second win this season. He put the Petty Enterprises/Gillette Budweiser Dodge in Victory Lane this summer at Infineon Raceway.
Rounding out the top 15 spots were David Reutimann, Mark Martin, Denny Hamlin, Brian Vickers, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, David Stremme, Paul Menard and Robbie Gordon. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., was 17th.
This race started with some of the drivers a little more nervous than normal for the start of the race. Just two races stood between them and the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup,auto racing’s 10-race playoff for the championship.
The top 12 drivers qualify for The Chase after 26 races, and points are recalibrated amongst the qualifiers to separate them from the rest of the starting fields.
Martin, Vickers, Montoya, Kahne, Kenseth and Biffle were a few of the drivers who had to finish well to stay in the running for one of the 12 spots.
Pole-sitter Martin Truex Jr., streaked ahead throwing caution to the wind as he was not a contender for The Chase. Truex just wanted a win.
While Truex had a comfortable lead, others were racing hard, side-by-side and bumper-to-bumper back in the field. Waltrip slid against the third turn wall racing for position and Montoya was squeezing in and out of traffic like he was late for work.
At 20 laps, Truex held a one-and-a-half-second lead over Kahne. Gordon was third, Johnson fourth and Kyle Busch fifth.
They were followed by Hamlin, Vickers, Kurt Busch, Martin and Montoya in 10th, after starting back in 22nd spot.
Sam Hornish brought out the night’s first caution when he spun off turn four on the 37th lap. He did not make contact with anybody or anything and was able to continue.
On the double-file shootout-style restart at lap 41, Kahne was out front in lieu of his pit crew’s stellar work. Truex was second, followed by Gordon, Johnson, Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Vickers, Martin, Kurt Busch and Montoya in 10th. Truex quickly regained the lead, and Gordon moved into second. Kahne, however, dusted Gordon for second one lap later.
Hornish went two for two in the caution category when a tire flew off his car on lap 61 in the tri-oval bringing out another caution.
Gordon probably welcomed this caution as his Chevy had dropped from third to 22nd during this run.
Kyle Busch took the lead on the restart this time with Truex and Johnson in tow.
Max Pappis punched the wall on lap 105 bringing out the caution again. After the restart on lap
Kyle Busch still had the lead on the restart at lap 108. Another caution on lap 131 for debris slowed the field once again.
Gordon took the lead on the 135th lap restart, trailed by Hamlin, Johnson, Kyle Busch, Montoya, Stewart, Logano, Kurt Busch, Martin and Vickers.
At the halfway point, Gordon was leading. Hamlin was second, followed by Harvick, Vickers, Earnhardt, Johnson, Martin, Montoya, Kahne and Reutimann. Stremme was was 11th and Kyle Busch 12th.
by Jay | Sep 7, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Dylan Bilodeau, Louie Maher, John Morin Jr., Sandy Lee, and Dick Dubois all drove to victory lane in their respective divisions this past Sunday afternoon at Hudson Speedway.
Jean Desilets led the opening laps of the Rookie Stock main before Andy Nichols took over to lead the middle portion of the race. Scotty Duval took over with 8 laps to go and John Morin Jr. slipped past Nichols a few laps later. Duval had the race in hand until a caution with two to go bunched the field for a single file restart. Morin Jr. restarted on Duvals bumper and stayed with him until making his move in the final corner getting inside of Duval to set up a drag race to the finish line and beat Duval by inches. Third through tenth were Nichols, Brian Harron, Dean Wendell, Dan Murphy, Jerry Lepage, Desilets, Larry Fortin and Mark Nevers.
Sandy Lee won his first feature of the 2009 season in the Outlaw sportsman. Lee took the lead on lap 3 from polesitter Rick Woodside and never looked back. John Meany had his best finish of the season by taking second. Lee’s teammate, Lee Weldy finished third. Fourth through tenth were Bobby Allen, Tim Casey, Chris Lee, Mitch Wendell, Peter Fiandaca, Woodside and Shawn Waites.
It was all Wayne Brooks front row in the V-6 Modified feature with Wayne Brooks Jr. and Sr. starting first and second. Brooks Jr. got a better start and led the opening laps before Dick Dubois took over the top spot. Keith Caruso took over second and chased Dubois but couldn’t get close enough to make a run and had to settle for second behind Dubois. Third through fifth were Allen Reiser Jr., Chris Kuebler and Brooks Jr.
Louie Maher won his tenth Roadrunner main of the year followed by Jef James, Jesse Tellier, Eric Miller and Patrick D’Alba in the top five.
Points leader Dylan Bilodeau won the Thunder Lite feature followed by Derek Griffith, Sammy Gilman, Bobby Stirk lll and Dan Fortin in the top five.
Chris Igo won the Mini-cup main. Ron Lord Jr. won the Flagpole Race. Ricky Morrocco won the Spectator Race and Darren Poutre won the Spectator Drags.
Next Sunday, September 13th at Hudson Speedway it’s the return of the Classic Lites plus the V-6 Modifieds, Mini-cup cars, Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 11am and the first race at 1pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Sep 6, 2009 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Dave Pembroke of Montpelier led all 200 laps of the American Canadian Tour Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT. Pembroke started on the pole after earning a +8 handicap by moving from 11th to 3rd in his heat race. John Donahue and Patrick Laperle battled hard for the final 19 laps with Donahue getting the edge by a bumper at the line. Brian Hoar and Eric Williams were the final two cars on the lead lap and rounded out the top five.
The thirty car field made it through the first 181 laps caution free while Pembroke put all but the top five cars down a lap. Pembroke felt no competition as the closest car on the lead lap was nearly a half a track behind as they both worked their way through lap traffic. All thirty cars were still on the track when the checkered flag flew.
Pembroke has already qualified for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19 with his win earlier this year at the Memorial Day Classic at Thunder Road.
Scott Coburn of Barre took home his 6th career NAPA Tiger Sportsmen feature win. Coburn came from the fifth starting spot and held the lead through the majority of the race while surviving a late race restart. Ricky Roberts, Pete Ainsworth, Joey Laquerre and Tom Therrien all finished in the top five. Lance Allen, Bobby Therrien, Shawn Fleury, Brendan Moodie and Matt Potter finished in the sixth through tenth positions.
Hyde Park’s Tucker Williams captured the fourth feature win of his rookie season. Williams was chased to the line by Tommy Smith, David Whitcomb, Kevin Streeter, and Lloyd Blakely rounding out the top five. Martin Ingram, Greg Adams, point leader Gary Mullen, Mike Martin and Bunker Hodgdon all came home with top ten finishes.
Donnie Yates of Montpelier was the top finishing leader and remains on top of the point standings. Kevin Streeter finished second followed by Ken Christman, Keith Fortier, and Kevin Dodge.
The 50th Anniversary Season at Thunder Road International Speedbowl will come to a conclusion with the Booth Bros./H.P. Hood Qualifying Day on Saturday, September 26 and the 47th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl on Sunday, September 27th. The Milk Bowl will be the final point counting event for the NAPA Tiger Sportsmen, Allen Lumber Street Stocks, and Power Shift Junkyard Warriors. The 47th Annual Milk Bowl will award a purse of over $70,000.
The American Canadian Tour will be back in action next weekend on Sunday, September 13 for the Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300 at Airborne Speedway. It will be the 12th race on the ACT Tour schedule and the final qualifying race for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19. Post time next Sunday is set for 1 pm.
ACT Tour Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 Results – 1. Dave Pembroke (44) Montpelier, VT, 2. John Donahue (26VT) Graniteville, VT, 3. Patrick Laperle (91) St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC, 4. Brian Hoar (37) Williston, VT, 5. Eric Williams (7VT) Hyde Park, VT, 6. Cris Michaud (6) Northfield, VT, 7. Brent Dragon (55vt) Milton, VT, 8. Chip Grenier (9vt) Graniteville, VT, 9. Craig Bushey (05) Cambridge, VT, 10. Nicholas Sweet (88) Barre, VT, 11. Scott Payea (89) Milton, VT, 12. Jean-Paul Cyr (11vt) Milton, VT, 13. Phil Scott (14) Montpelier, VT, 14. Pete Potvin, III (41) Graniteville, VT, 15. Jamie Fisher (18) Shelburne, VT, 16. Travis Stearns (5) Auburn, ME, 17. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (97nh) Hudson, NH, 18. Brad Leighton (55nh) Center Harbor, NH, 19. Quinten Welch (78nh) Lancaster, NH, 20. Randy Potter (02nh) Groveton, NH, 21. Tony Andrews (1) Northfield, VT, 22. Trampas Demers (85) South Burlington, VT, 23. Tyler Cahoon (38vt) St.Johnsbury, VT, 24. Joe Becker (16) Jeffersonville, VT, 25. Eric Chase (40vt) Milton, VT, 26. Dave Paya (72vt) N. Clarendon, VT, 27. Gary Caron (22vt) Colchester, VT, 28. David Whitcomb (25) Essex Jct., VT, 29. Jerry Lesage (74) Winooski, VT, 30. Glen Luce (7me) Turner, ME.
NAPA Tiger Sportsmen Unofficial Feature Results – 1. Scott Coburn (1) Barre, VT, 2. Ricky Roberts (9) Washington, VT, 3. Pete Ainsworth Jr. (80) Middlesex, VT, 4. Joey Laquerre (15) E. Montpelier, VT, 5. Tom Therrien (48) Hinesburg, VT, 6. Lance Allen (18) Barre, VT, 7. Bobby Therrien (4) Hinesburg, VT, 8. Shawn Fleury (31) Middlesex, VT, 9. Brendan Moodie (94) Wolcott, VT, 10. Matt Potter (23) Marshfield, VT, 11. Brian Delphia (55) Waterbury, VT, 12. Jason Bonnett (79) St. Albans, VT, 13. James Hebert (58) Williamstown, VT, 14. David Finck (37) Barre, VT, 15. Derrick O’Donnell (68) Bradford, VT, 16. Joel Hodgdon (36) Craftsbury, VT, 17. Christopher Lacey (35) Burlington, VT, 18. Jason Corliss (61) Danville, VT, 19. #Neal Foster (19) Waterbury, VT, 20. Tony Rossi (90) Barre, VT, 21. Eric Badore (04) Milton, VT, 22. John Drinkwine (98) Barre, VT, 23. Steven Quenneville (88) Barre, VT, 24. Mark Barnier (0) Essex Jct., VT, 25. Jeff Bousquet (60) Montpelier, VT, 26. Josh Demers (10) Middlesex, VT, 27. Ray Stearns (89) E. Corinth, VT, 28. Jason Allen (33) Northfield, VT.
Allen Lumber Street Stocks and Power Shift Junkyard Warriors Unofficial Feature Results – 1. #Tucker Williams (99ss) Hyde Park, VT, 2. Tommy Smith (50ss) Williamstown, VT, 3. Dave Whitcomb (77ss) Elmore, VT, 4. Jason Corliss (61ss) Danville, VT, 5. Lloyd Blakely (30ss) Graniteville, VT, 6. Martin Ingram (7ss)Essex Jct., VT, 7. Greg Adams Jr. (38ss) Hardwick, VT, 8. Gary Mullen (29ss) Tunbridge, VT, 9. Mike Martin (01ss) Craftbury Comn,VT, 10. Bunker Hodgdon (83ss) Hardwick, VT, 11. David Allen (11ss) North Troy, VT, 12. Marvin Johnson (24ss) Essex Jct., VT, 13. #Jamie Davis (43ss) Wolcott, VT, 14. Ron Gabaree (9ss) Barre, VT, 15. Garry Bashaw (92ss) Lincoln, VT, 16. Michael MacAskill (3ss) Williamstown, VT, 17. David LaFleche (2ss) Graniteville, VT, 18. Bruce Melendy (68ss) Danville, VT, 19. #Danny Doyle (51ss) Hancock, VT, 20. Markus Farnham (13ss) Randolph Ctr, VT, 21. Donny Yates (05jyw) N. Montpelier, VT, 22. Kevin Streeter (61jyw) Waitsfield, VT, 23. Ken Christman (4jyw) Cabot, VT, 24. Keith Fortier (35jyw) Hinesburg, VT, 25. Buddy Chapman (8jyw) Barre, VT, 26. Lance Donald (52jyw) Williamstown, VT, 27. Joe Fecteau (75ss) Hardwick, VT, 28. Timmy Campbell (34ss) W. Topsham, VT, 29. Michael Moore (06ss) East Haven, VT, 30. William Hennequin (47ss) Morrisville, VT.
by Jay | Sep 6, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- The final point’s night at Wiscasset Raceway was a great one. There was a great sponsor, Team Woody’s. Great Fan’s, hundreds of them and above all, great racing action. The Clark’s Car Crushing Pro-Stock title was won by Scott King who finished fifth in the race. The title was King’s first in his 13 year racing career. Chuck Colby won the feature event with Scott Moore hot on his heels and Randy Turner not far behind in third. Fourth went to Gary Smith.
The Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s Late Model’s put on a heck of a show. The thirteen car field saw Seth Raven pick up his second win of the season. A straight away behind him Tyler Robbins caped off a birthday celebration with a second place run while Will Collins finished third. Fourth would go to Adam Chabourne and fifth to Allan Moeller Sr. Chris Thorne won his third straight and fourth overall Late Model championship.
In the Verizon Wireless Super Street division Bernie Dinsmore made it two in a row holding off Bryan Robbins over the last three laps. Third place would go to Allan Moeller Jr. Crossing the line in fourth and fifth were Matt Stuart and 2009 champion Jeremy Glasier.
The New England Transmission’s Strictly Street’s saw Mike Moody pick up the feature victory and his second championship. Jamie Henderson crossed the line in second and Ian Bresnehan third. Fourth went to Maurice Young and fifth to Wally Henderson.
The Aable Auto Parts Mini Stocks had Pete McCollett picking up the feature win. Thomas True finishing second and Ryan Ripley third also had Ripley winning the championship. It was his first at Wiscasset. Chelsea Young did a great job avoiding a wreck early on to finish fourth and Bob Grady turned in a good run in fifth.
U.S. Cellular Mini Truck’s put a great show as well. Ryan Hayes picked up his first championship at 17 years old. He also picked up the win. Second went to Opie Allard and third to Josh Harjula. Fourth would go to Kevin Oliver.
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