by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | New Hampshire
Epping, NH – Joe Lemay returned to his winning ways in the All-Star Modifieds on Saturday night, holding off a tough challenge from Eric Hudson to collect his third checkered flag of the 2009 season.
Lemay quickly worked his way past polesitter Dana Smith to grab the lead, with Smith setting into the second spot in the early going. Kenny White and Eric Hudson both managed to get past Smith by halfway, but neither of them had anything for Lemay.
Hudson eventually worked past White for second, and he moved in to challenge Lemay at the five to go mark. Hudson looked high and low, but Lemay was up to the challenge, holding on for the win and a trip to victory lane at the end of the 40-lapper.
Hudson’s recent win streak in the Newmarket Sand and Gravel machine was stopped at three straight with his runner-up finish, and White collected third place honors ahead of Smith and Bobby MacArthur.
John Bourdelais made his 2009 debut in the Super Streets a memorable one; as he led the feature from flag-to-flag to pick up his first win of the season in his Lawrence Crankshaft-powered machine.
Bourdelais’ victory was made even sweeter when he was joined on the post-race podium by teammates Rob DeAlmeida and Tony Kawejsza, who finished second and third. Rosebud Shea and Steve “Pinball” Wilmot wrapped up the top five.
Mike Williams continued his hot streak in the Strictly Stock feature event, bringing the Mike White entry to victory lane after his third consecutive win.
Williams and Steve Dubois battled hard for a dozen laps before Williams settled into the lead, and it was all over from there. Williams pulled away to easily score the win, with runner-up Dubois and Johnny Gervais joining the victor for the post-race victory lane celebration.
Ken McIlvaine, a longtime competitor with many wins in Strictly Stock and Roadrunner competition at All-Star, added another trophy to his collection with his first win of the year in the Outlaw Mini Stocks over Bruce Knowles and Gary Stagliola.
Jason Hodgdon didn’t lead much of the Fast-4 feature, but he lead the lap that counted, grabbing his first career win in the feature event at the checkers. Ken Mailhot beat out nephew Tyler to finish in the second spot.
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- Chuck Colby is no stranger to victory lane at Wiscasset Raceway. Chuck has already visited Soule’s Auto Supply victory lane on more then one occasion this year and a countless number in years past. Saturday night however could have been one of the hardest battles Colby has had to fight to get there. Chuck held off Travis Benjamin over the closing laps to pick up the win. Benjamin would however finish second but he to had to work for the strong finish as he had Scott Chubbuck hot on his heels. 2008 division champion Randy Turner finished fourth and Jeff Burgess fifth.
The Aable Auto Parts Mini Stock’s put on a great show for the fans with two youngsters, Thomas True and Ryan Ripley leading the way. True would be able to hold Ripley off for the win. Ryan Ripley would finish second with Pete McCollett third. Fourth would go to Tim Collins and fifth to Doug Ripley.
The U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division saw Ryan Hayes put the #17 truck in victory lane again. Rick Sirios finished second after a post race inspection shake up. Third would go to Josh Harjula and fourth to Brandon Crandall. Rounding out the top five was Russ Anderson.
In the New England Transmission Strictly Street division Maurice Young of Windsor picked up his first win of the season. The 7 time track champion raced side by side with Mike Moody for 15 laps to get the win. Moody would finish second with Jamie Henderson third. Fourth and fifth would go to Alex Waltz and Dan Nezmith.
The Verizon Wireless Super Street’s saw a long red flag period and the race took about on hour to complete but it was worth the wait to see, Appleton’s Jeremy Glasier beat Bernie Dinsmore to the checkered flag. Ed Drake grabbed third with Bryan Robbins getting fourth and Allan Moeller Jr. fifth.
The Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s late model division had the crowd on their feet as well Saturday. Adam Chadbourne picked up his first career victory in a late model. He did so in front Steve Reno of West Bath and Seth Raven of Waldo. Fourth would go to Chris Thorne and fifth to Will Collins.
Sat. 15th 5 p.m.– Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Night
Sun. 16th 2 p.m.- Center of Speed 300 Weekend – Twin 150’s – 150 Lap Pro Stock Open Event plus 150 Lap Late Model Open Event/Qualifier for the
ACT Invitational to be held September 19th at NHIS
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | Maine, Speedway 95
Hermon’s Dale Swoboda recovered from a mechanical issue that took him out of the lead on the last lap of the qualifying heat, and returned to capture the caution free Late Model Feature victory at Speedway 95 Saturday night. The win wasn’t easy as it took Swoboda until the 17th lap to work his way past Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs and Don Alexander Jr. of Carmel, who had led the first 16 laps. Alexander chased Swoboda for the final 8 circuits, but was unable to retake the lead and settled for the runner up spot. Shane Clark of Winterport got past Seekins on the final lap to post a third place finish. Seekins finished fourth with Bar Harbor’s John Phippen Jr. in fifth. Swoboda was unable to make the initial line-up for the national anthem as, in addition to the distributor that went bad in the qualifier, his starter also quit and he had to be push started to leave the pits. Seekins won the qualifier for the Late Models.
Super Street action saw a replay of last week’s 50 lapper as Steve Moulton of Holden won again with Josh St. Clair chasing him under the checkered flag. The difference this week was that instead of both drivers shaking hands and congratulating each other on a good race as they did last week, both kept their distance from each other and traded barbs about the other’s driving abilities during their post race interviews. St. Clair took exception to Moulton’s driving tactics as a result of what he felt was a deliberate move on Moulton’s part to force him high in turn 2 as Moulton was working his way by St.Clair on the inside on lap 9. St. Clair had been running in the lead, but slipped high in turn four on lap 8, allowing Moulton to get close enough to strike. Moulton retorted that he was merely driving the way he saw St.Clair drive in the Late Models. Could there be a late season feud brewing between these two highly competitive drivers? Hermon’s Kris Watson finished third after a race long battle with Lindsey Young for the position. Young finished fourth with Doug Sinclair, also of Hermon finishing in fifth. Moulton also won the 10 lap qualifier earlier in the program.
Doug Day took the lead from Ellsworth’s Bradley Norris on a lap 18 restart, lost it to Norris on a lap 19 restart, then retook it on lap 21 and cruised on to the victory, his second since taking the wheel of the 37 at mid-season. The lap 18 caution was caused by a solo spin by Dustin Hubbard of Unity as he was running alone in third place at the time. On the 19th lap, Nick Huff spun on the back stretch when he pulled up too early while passing Travis Poulin on the inside. In his post race interview, Poulin stated that Huff had pulled the same stunt last week and he let off and let it go as a rookie mistake. This week, Poulin stated , he stayed in it and Huff learned a lesson. Current points leader Bradley Norris finished second in the event, followed by Poulin in third, Shawn Hamel II of Bangor in fourth and Hubbard recovering from his spin out to finish in fifth. Day also won the qualifier.
Gary Richards of Stetson won his first Sport-Four feature of the season Saturday night as he led the caution free 20 lap event from pole to checkers. Rick Grant of LaGrange and David Green of Hampden waged a race long battle for second and third, with Grant coming out ahead at the end. Grant congratulated both Richards on his win and Green on the good battle for the runner up spot. Green, the division’s current points leader, finished in third, with Veazie’s Kyle Gallant and Plymouth’s Derick Terrell finishing in fourth and fifth respectively. Ralph Allen of Hermon easily outdistanced the field in the 10 lap qualifier.
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | ACT, Canada, New England
Vallee-Jonction, QC – Patrick Laperle of St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC makes is two Serie ACT Castrol wins in a row with his win in the Luminare Napert 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere. Laperle started from the 15th position and took the lead on lap number 44. He led the rest of the way and was not contested. Sylvain Lacombe came home second, followed closely by Donald Theetge, Karl Allard and Jean-François Déry rounding out the top five. Jonathan Desbiens, Alexandre Gingras, Patrick Cliche and Patrick Hamel finished 6th through 9th.
The 150 lap event was slowed by 14 cautions and 1 red flag period. The red flag came on lap 115 when Justin Holtom was struck by Dany Ouellet after stopping on the back stretch. Twenty-four cars started the race and fifteen were on the track for the checkered flag.
Laperle has now won three races in the 2009 Serie ACT Castrol and is already qualified for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19.
The next Serie ACT Castrol event is Saturday, August 22 at Riverside Speedway in St-Croix Quebec. It will be a 150 lap event and the final event before the Showdown at Chaudiere All-Star race featuring the top 11 Serie ACT Castrol drivers versus the top 11 ACT Tour drivers on Saturday, August 29 at Autodrome Chaudiere.
Luminare Napert 150 Unofficial Results
Pos. Car # Driver
1 91 Patrick Laperle
2 3 Sylvain Lacombe
3 80 Donald Theetge
4 48qc Karl Allard
5 21qc Jean-François Déry
6 92 Jonathan Desbiens
7 27 Alexandre Gingras
8 5qc Patrick Cliché
9 51pq Patrick Hamel
The rest of the finish still needs to be checked.
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | Beech Ridge, Maine
Scarborough,Maine-Mike Rowe and Russ Morse were on the same agenda Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, to add to their season long championship points lead and both were successful. Joining them as winners on Saturday were Alby Ovitt and Brian Graffam.
Keith McKinnon led the opening laps of the Pro Series 40 lap main event as Bub Bilodeau moved to the lead on lap 6. D.J. Shaw moved in to contend for the lead with Bilodeau on lap 11 and for the next 4 laps looked to make a move for the lead.
Shaw would go to the front on lap 15 as Mike Rowe moved to third position. The caution flag waved on lap 16 and on the restart Bilodeau went back into the lead with Rowe taking second place. Rowe made his bid for the lead at lap 24 and once in front he hit the check out line driving away. Bilodeau and Shaw had a side by side battle for second position that went to the final lap before being secured by Bilodeau with Shaw third. Aaron Ricker and Keith McKinnon were fourth and fifth.
Russ Morse entered the night with a 39 point lead in the Sport Series division and when he went home he expanded that lead significantly with a win. J.T. Thurlow led the first 2 laps until Kelsey Babb went to the front for the next 4 laps. Doug Wolf passed for the lead on lap 6 and stayed there to the caution flag on lap 13. Scott Dorr took over the lead when the green flag waved but Wolf went back out front at lap 20.
Russ Morse made his winning move on lap 28 following another caution period and was never headed once in the lead position. Wolf would finish second with Don Morse third. Scott Dorr and Corey Bubar finished fourth and fifth.
Alby Ovitt moved around Brian Caswell for the lead on lap 26 on his way to his third win of the season in the Wildcat division. Caswell led from lap 2 but could not hold off Ovitt late in the race and settled for second place. Matt Hodgdon was third followed by Matt Gain and Andy Ayers.
Brian Graffam led all 20 laps and held off a last lap challenge from Shawn Brackett to win the Road Runner feature event. Brackett was second followed by Ray Letellier and Matt Dow. Mike Knox rounded out the top five finishers.
