by Jay | Aug 11, 2009 | ACT, New Hampshire
Waterford, CT – Five-time American Canadian Tour Champion Brian Hoar captured his second victory in a row in the Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday, August 8. The first 28 laps of the event were run on Saturday, June 13, but the remaining 72 laps were postponed due to rain. Brad Leighton led the way through the first half of the race after taking the lead from his outside pole starting position.
Hoar worked his way through the field from his eleventh starting position to take the lead on lap 55. Hoar and Leighton then swapped the lead, and lots of paint, several times throughout the remainder of the race. The battle between the two continued through the final laps until Leighton tangled with a lap car coming to the white flag. Hoar, who was running on the outside of Leighton, narrowly missed the incident and continued on to complete the race. Leighton ended up in the infield and did not complete the 100th lap.
Randy Potter, who was running fourth when the accident happened, took advantage of the incident and finished second. Potter was followed closely by point leader Scott Payea, John Donahue, and Waterford Speedbowl regular Tim Jordan. Brent Dragon, Joey Doiron, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Ron Yumas, Jr., and Tyler Cahoon all avoided the mayhem and came home in the top ten.
Hoar now has 25 career ACT Tour wins and two in the 2009 season. He has already qualified for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19, with his win at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
The ACT Tour now has a few weeks off before returning to Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH on Friday, September 4 for the rescheduled Twin State 100. Also coming up is the Chaudiere Showdown 200 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Junction, QC on Saturday, August 29. The Showdown is an all-star race between the top eleven drivers in the ACT Tour point standings and the top eleven drivers in the Série ACT Castrol point standings.
OFFICIAL ACT TOUR NUTMEG STATE 100 RESULTS
Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Pos Car # Driver Laps
1 37 Brian Hoar 100
2 02NH Randy Potter 100
3 89 Scott Payea 100
4 26VT John Donahue 100
5 47 Tim Jordan 100
6 55VT Brent Dragon 100
7 73ME Joey Doiron 100
8 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. 100
9 88 Ron Yumas Jr. 100
10 38VT Tyler Cahoon 100
11 9VT Chip Grenier 100
12 51ME Ricky Rolfe 100
13 41 Pete Potvin, III 100
14 02MA Dennis Stampfl 100
15 40VT Eric Chase 100
16 18 Jamie Fisher 100
17 7ME Glen Luce 99
18 38CT Joe Curioso 99
19 77NH Mark Hayward 99
20 28ME Rowland Robinson Jr. 99
21 77MA James Linardy 99
22 55NH Brad Leighton 99
23 16 Howard Payne 98
24 82 Mark Hudson 76
25 73NH Joe Tetreault 58
26 35 Bruce Thomas Jr. 42
27 71 Bobby Dragon 28
28 2 Allan Coates 28
29 42MA Jeff Zuidema 28
by Jay | Aug 11, 2009 | ACT, New Hampshire
Waterbury, VT – The scoring check for the Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT on Saturday, August 8, 2009 has been completed. The official results are shown below. Also below is a memo sent out today (Monday, August 10, 2009) explaining the American-Canadian Tour’s procedure on cautions and how the procedure affected the situation on the final lap of the Nutmeg State 100.
OFFICIAL ACT TOUR NUTMEG STATE 100 RESULTS
Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Pos Car # Driver Laps
1 37 Brian Hoar 100
2 02NH Randy Potter 100
3 89 Scott Payea 100
4 26VT John Donahue 100
5 47 Tim Jordan 100
6 55VT Brent Dragon 100
7 73ME Joey Doiron 100
8 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. 100
9 88 Ron Yumas Jr. 100
10 38VT Tyler Cahoon 100
11 9VT Chip Grenier 100
12 51ME Ricky Rolfe 100
13 41 Pete Potvin, III 100
14 02MA Dennis Stampfl 100
15 40VT Eric Chase 100
16 18 Jamie Fisher 100
17 7ME Glen Luce 99
18 38CT Joe Curioso 99
19 77NH Mark Hayward 99
20 28ME Rowland Robinson Jr. 99
21 77MA James Linardy 99
22 55NH Brad Leighton 99
23 16 Howard Payne 98
24 82 Mark Hudson 76
25 73NH Joe Tetreault 58
26 35 Bruce Thomas Jr. 42
27 71 Bobby Dragon 28
28 2 Allan Coates 28
29 42MA Jeff Zuidema 28
by Jay | Aug 10, 2009 | PASS
Corey Williams Sets Orange County Ablaze with
PASS Southern Sizzler Victory
Naples, ME 8/10/09- The weather may have been warm, but it was Corey Williams who was hot from the moment he unloaded his #47 machine as he claimed his fifth Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South super late model win in the Southern Sizzler 150 at Orange County Speedway Saturday night. Justin Wakefield muscled his way to second while Signal Mountain, Tennessee’s Heath Hindman notched his season best finish of third at the fast 3/8th mile facility. Veteran Jay Fogleman and Preston Peltier rounded out the top five.
Williams showed his strength early and often as he set fast time during qualifying by almost two tenths over the second place driver. Early green flag racing saw Ryan Blaney open up a half track lead over the rest of the top five competitors. A lap sixty-one caution brought the field back together and also brought Williams’ car within striking distance of the top spot. After making his way to the front, a spin by series points leader Ben Rowe on lap 145 set the stage for a five lap shootout.
Williams got the jump over Justin Wakefield on the final restart cruising away with the win and the trophy. Even though it was Williams who stole the show, the story of the night was veteran Jay Fogleman’s comeback from two laps down to finish fourth in a backup car. Fogleman fought an ill handling car after getting limited practice in a backup car after his primary car suffered mechanical problems earlier in the day.
In PASS truck series action, Grant Davidson extended his points lead with his fourth win in seven races in 2009. Michael Cooper, behind the wheel of his new #18 truck ride, finish second and fourteen year old Clint King, who won earlier in the year at Coastal Plains Raceway, rounded out the top three.
Next up for the premier super late model series of the south will be the Over the Mountain 150 at the Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina on Saturday August 29th. The event will mark the third and final trip to the historic track for the series in 2009.
For more information including schedules, standings, and results for all PASS sanctioned touring series visit their home on the web at www.racewithpass.com or www.proallstarsseries.com . For marketing or media questions contact Norm Desjardins at 603-539-3368 or for technical information contact Scott Reed at 207-625-3230.
Unofficial Results – Pro All Stars Series South Super Late Model Southern Sizzler 150 Orange County Speedway – Rougemont NC – 8 /8/2009
1) 47 Corey Williams 2) 98 Justin Wakefield 3) 91 Heath Hindman 4) 4s Jay Fogleman 5) 26 Preston Peltier 6) 8 Cassius Clark 7) 05 Alex Fleming 8) 5 Spencer Wauters 9) 10 Ryan Blaney10) 4n Ben Rowe 11) 18 Bradley McCaskill 12) 48 John Batten 13) 35 Devin Jones 14) 55 Alex Yontz 15) 25 Jeff Bolen 16) 14 Clete Caywood 17) 02 Tim Nooner 18) 23 Jimmy Weller 19) 16 Joey Coulter 20) 93 Tayla Orleans 21) 79 Chris Bowers 22) CJ Faison DNS 43 Tim Pinion
by Jay | Aug 10, 2009 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Ron Normandin Scores First Win of 2009
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, Monadnock Speedway was filled with heroes of the past and present as they held the first annual Heroes of Yester-Year Celebration. The fans were able to mix and mingle with the former and present competitors during the very popular Open Track Party presented by Ford Brattleboro. Ron Normandin celebrated his first 2009 victory for Mini Stocks where he is now guaranteed a starting spot for the Stafford Motor Speedway Fall Finale. Kirk Alexander took the checkers in the Modified division after suffering several weeks of mechanical problems. Super Stock Bill Johnston topped the feature event as Mike Parks took back to back Outlaw Pro wins. Dick Houle and Rob Morton won the Enduro events.
Grand Marshall, Bob Whitcomb, waved the green where Beth Adams led the Mini Stock field early in their feature event. Ron Normandin, Jamey King, Chris McTaggart and Joey Kendall followed close behind battling for position. On lap seven, a caution came out as James Hancock and Derek Bergquist made contact. On the restart, Adams had a great start securing the top spot. On lap eleven, Normandin began to pressure Adams as the ran wheel to wheel. One lap later, Normandin took the lead as King went to the inside of Kendall for third. On alp thirteen, the caution flew again. On the restart, Normandin continued to lead as Adams felt Kendall and Jackson on her back bumper. Ten laps to go, Kendall tries the high side as Jackson attempted the low groove. Both were denied as Adams held strong in second. Five laps to go, Normandin showed the way as Kendall attempted the inside of Adams in turn one. Once again, Kendall could not make it and began to battle wheel to wheel with Jackson for third. One lap to go, Kendall gave one last attempt as Adams went high coming out of turn two. Adams scraped the back wall dropping out of the top five leaving Jackson to battle with Kendall for second. King moved into fourth. At the checkers, it was Normandin followed by Kendall, Jackson, King and McTaggart.
Super Stocks rolled onto the track with David Streibel setting the pace. Streibel was scored as the early leader but felt the presence of Bill Johnston on the high side. On lap three, the side by side battle was won by Johnston as he took over the lead. Johnston began to pull away as Streibel held off the challenges from Nancy Muni and Jeremy Sorel. On lap ten, Streibel pulled away in second as Muni held of the challenges from Jeff Wright for third. In the next lap, Sorel and Wright battled for the fourth spot. Ten laps to go, Johnston and Streibel distanced themselves away from the field as Muni, Wright and Sorel continued to run nose to tail for third. Five laps to go, as they entered turn one, Wright made contact with Muni resulting in both Muni and Wright dropping out of the top five. Muni got back on the gas and joined the back of the field with no caution. Sorel, Andy Brook and Nick Gravel took over in the top five. As laps winded down, Johnston remained to lead as Sorel began to gain ground on Streibel for second. On the final lap it was Joshnton followed by Streibel, Sorel, Brooks and Gravel.
Aric Blanchette and Steve Gauthier side by side brought the field to the green. On the start, Gauthier on the outside got the jump as the starter of the race brought the caution out. As the caution was displayed both Blanchette and Gauthier made heavy contact resulting in extensive damage to the Gauthier machine. On the restart of the start of the race, Barry Gray found himself in the number one spot. Bryon Baker, starting on the outside wasted no time to take the lead over as Mike Parks followed and moved into second. By lap two, Hersey went to the outside of Gray and settled in third. Baker continued to lead attempting to hold off both Parks and Hersey. Parks tried the high side but was denied as Parks and Hersey ran wheel to wheel for second. Lap seventeen, Parks had a good run of turn four and challenged Baker again on the outside. As they both came out of turn two, Parks took the lead as Hersey followed for second. The top three ran bumper to bumper as Gray and Brandon Ovitt battled for fourth. Ten laps to go, the top three began to approach lap traffic. Both Parks and Hersey maneuvered through the lap cars as Baker was held up. Five to go, Parks and Hersey continued to battle as Ovitt began to catch Baker for third. At the wave of the checkers, it was Parks for back to back victories followed by Hersey, Baker, Ovitt and Gray.
Rob Williams led the Modified field to the green for their 50 lap feature event. Williams quickly secured the lead as Eric LeClair and Marty Radewick ran close behind. On lap two, the field was slowed by a caution. On the restart, Williams again controlled the top spot as Radewick moved into second. Kirk Alexander sat in third followed by LeClair and Frank L’Etoile. The top three ran bumper to bumper as Alexander went to the outside of Radewick for second. By lap ten, the top three broke away as a huge battle for fourth and fifth developed between LeClair, L’Etoile, Dale Evonsion, Ed Reed and Dave Berube. Few laps later, Evonsion broke from the battle on made the pass on the outside of L’Etoile for fifth and worked on LeClair for fourth. Twenty laps in the book, the top three continued to stand on their own as the field maneuvered around heavy lap traffic battling for the top five. On lap twenty five, the caution was shown collecting Evonsion, Rusty Ball, Jim Boniface and Kevin Bolduc. On the restart, Alexander took the lead as Williams fought back. Radewick continued to run third followed by Todd Patnode and Berube. Ten laps to go, the top three again approached heavy lap traffic as L’Etoile and Ed Reed challenged each other for the sixth spot. Five lap to go, Williams again attempted to get back the top spot as fifth place Berube pulled off with a mechanical problem. At the wave of the checkers, it was Alexander with the victory followed by Williams, Radewick, Patnode and Bryan Shumway.
This Saturday, Monadnock Speedway will welcome back the Pro 4 Modified to the high bank ¼ mile oval along with Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks and 4-cylinder Enduros. Race Time is at 6pm.
Top Ten Modifieds: Kirk Alexander, Rob Williams, Marty Radewick, Todd Panote, Bryan Shumway, Frank L’Etoile, Dale Evonsion, Ed Reed Jr, Eric LeClair
Top Ten Outlaw Pros: Mike Parks, Russ Hersey, Bryon Baker, Brandon Ovitt, Barry Gray, Aric Blanchette, Eric Poulin, Adam Brooks, Steve Gauthier
Top Ten Super Stocks: Bill Johnston, David Streibel, Jeremy Sorel, Andy Brooks, Nick Gravel, Matt Mead, Bob Bedaw, Ed Brehio Jr, Kevin Ouellette, Jeff Wright
Top Ten Mini Stocks: Ron Normandin, Joey Kendall, Tim Jackson, Jamey King, Chris McTaggart, Chris Davis, Dennis Wallace, Beth Adams, James Hancock
Top Ten 4-cylinder Enduros: Dick Houle, Jonah Delgenio, Heath Reanud, Eric Pomasko, |CJ Johnson, Matt Gauffin, Scott Hatt, Fred Rogers, John Walker, Julia |Raymond
Top Ten Full Size Enduros: Rob Morton, Jared Edson, Dan Yagmin, Ryan Rivet, Barry Schonborg, Ed Lofland, Mike Petalas, Adam Gray, Randy Rameau, Trevor Dyer
by Jay | Aug 10, 2009 | NASCAR, New England, Thompson
Preece On A Roll Heading To Thompson
The 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season has reached its halfway point, and as the Tour heads to Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway this week, Ryan Preece is perhaps the hottest driver on the circuit.
Preece, from Berlin, Conn., has won the last two NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races and is now just 27 points out of the championship lead thanks to top-10 efforts in six of the season’s seven events.
The last two weeks have been a constant emotional high for Preece, who recorded his first career win last year at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, but never got to celebrate in Victory Lane as Burt Myers was there originally, before being disqualified. His triumph at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway on Aug. 1 was the first time he got to pull into Victory Lane, and symbolically, it felt like his first win.
Last Friday at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway, Preece then got the first win of his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career at his home track.
Preece had a stout car the last handful of races at Stafford, but the cards didn’t line up for a victory. The long wait ended in the Town Fair Tire 150 when he led the final 47 laps to take the checkered flag.
“I’ve always wanted to win here, and I finally got it,” said an elated Preece following the win.
Both wins have been hard-earned for Preece. In the previous week’s win, he had to fend off a host of Riverhead regulars to get to the finish line first, and Friday’s win at Stafford featured a similar storyline as he had to outlast the winningest driver in the track’s storied history: Ted Christopher.
Christopher had led the first two-thirds of the race after starting first on the redraw, but after a restart, Preece was able to get past the defending NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion on Lap 104 and hold off some hard charges from Christopher for the win.
As the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour now heads to Thompson for the Budweiser 150 presented by New England Dodge Dealers on Thursday, Aug. 13, Preece will have to turn the page quickly. The Tour is currently halfway through its busiest part of the 2009 schedule with four events in the span of 19 days. Fortunately for Preece and the No. 3 team, momentum is clearly on their side, for the time being.
“The month of August seems to be a real good month for me, and hopefully my luck will stay like this,” Preece said.
The 18-year-old driver knows that things can turn around quickly in auto racing, so he’s not going to get too caught up in the team’s current run.
“Who knows, I could be wrecking next week, so I’m living in the moment, and things are real great right now,” Preece said.
While he has traditionally been a front-runner at Stafford, Preece has yet to find much success at Connecticut’s biggest oval. In 10 career starts at Thompson, the third-year driver has an average finish of 15 with four top 10s. A fourth- place finish there in the season opener – the best of his career – should be encouraging.
While the season is only halfway over, it may be too early to hedge bets on the championship, but the consistency that Preece’s team has exhibited to this point indicates that they could be a legitimate title contender.
Preece and the rest of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour competitors will get the action going on race day at Thompson with practice at 2 p.m. Time trials are set for 5:30 p.m. and the 150-lap race is scheduled to go green at approximately 8:45 p.m.
Fast Facts
The Race: Budweiser 150 presented by New England Dodge Dealers
The Place: Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway
The Date: Thursday, August 13
The Time: 8:45 p.m. ET
The Distance: 150 laps / 93.75 miles
Race Purse: $84,168
2008 Winner: Ron Silk
2008 Polesitter: None-rain
Event Schedule: Practice 2 – 3 p.m.; Tire Scuff 5:15 p.m.; Qualifying 5:30 p.m.
