by Jay | Jul 20, 2009 | Canada
(Shediac, N.B.) — The Arsenault demolition clan from PEI was out in full force Sunday afternoon at the Centre for Speed’s Barely Used Auto Parts ‘Day of Destruction’ event with three cars entered in the Demolition Derby. When all the dust and car parts had settled, Eric Arsenault (#86) of Wellington, PEI was the last car left running and claimed the win in the
exciting feature event of the afternoon.
A perennial front-runner in demolition events, cousin Billy Arsenault (#2) of Abram Village, PEI put the pedal to the floor right off the green flag on his 1982 Impala, and after a violent collision, saw his rear axle fly off relegating him to a front row seat for the rest of the event with a disabled vehicle.
Stéphane Poirier (#68) of St. Louis de Kent, another front-runner in such event, also saw his afternoon come to a sudden halt after a rear end collision which crushed the back end of his
1968 Pontiac Bonneville racecar right into the back seat and also disabled his rear wheels.
Meanwhile, André Tremblay (#29) of St. Louis de Kent almost flipped his 1992 Lumina after sideswiping another competitor. His car racecar tipped onto its two driver-side wheels for a few moments before crashing back down onto all four wheels. Moments later, Eric Arsenault put a final hit on André’s racecar to claim the win with Rémi Gallant (#11) of Haute Aboujagane claiming third.
It was a good afternoon
for Paul Costain (#12) of Moncton who claimed wins aboard his 1991 Plymouth Acclaim in both the 10-lap Full Contact race and the wild Figure 8 race. Meanwhile, Bruce Haché (#37) of Beresford piloted his 1991 Accord to first place in the 50-lap Endurance race ahead of Simon Dupuis (#26) of Cap-Pelé.
Finally, Rémi Gallant put on the best demonstration of tire-burning action in the Burnout Competition putting a final exclamation point by blowing both rear tires to the delight of the crowd.
Next weekend, the Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and “Metro Moncton’s Playground of Power”, will host two very different events.
On Friday, July 24th at 7:00 p.m., the CFS will host the concert in the 2009 Pumphouse Brewery Classic Rock Series . The evening will feature Canadian classic rock band “The Headpins” fronted by rock vocal legend Darby Mills best known for their hits “Don’t It Make Ya Feel (like dancin’)”, “Turn It
Loud”, “Just one more Time”, and others. The Headpins will be supported by Loaded Dice featuring Don Coleman with their tribute to AC/DC and ZZ Top along with multiple Blues award winners “Glamour Puss”.
The crews in the South East Challenge Series, a partnership between the CFS and Riverglade Speedway for drivers in all four regular divisions of Sportsman, Street Stock, Mini Stocks and Four Fun race cars, will be back at it on Sunday, July 26th at 2:00 p.m. with the Buyer Flyer twin 50-lap features for Sportsman and Four Fun divisions, as well as regular points racing for Mini and Street Stock competitors.
Full schedule details are available at www.centreforspeed.com
TRAVEL NOTE: Due to bridge construction on Route #133, all CFS traffic must use Exit #43 (Grand Barachois) off Highway #15 until further notice. From this exit, traffic must turn left onto Route #133, at Gaudet Supermarket, and travel 2 km to the CENTRE.
About CFS
The CENTRE for Speed, built in 1996, is home to the Atlantic region’s largest and fastest paved 3/8 of a mile stock car oval as
its centerpiece. The CENTRE overlooks the Northumberland Strait and is located 5 kilometers east of Shediac’s Parlee Beach on Route #133 in the village of Grand Barachois.
by Jay | Jul 19, 2009 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Unofficial finish of Sunday’s 36th annual TD Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, with starting position in parentheses, car number, driver name and hometown.
1. (3) 17 Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, Mass.
2. (10) 91 Patrick Laperle, St-Denis, Que.
3. (6) 26vt John Donahue, Graniteville, Vt.
4. (7) 37vt Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
5. (29) 94 Shawn Martin, Turner, Maine
6. (1) 55vt Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
7. (32) 10nh Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
8. (4) 6vt Cris Michaud, E. Montpelier, Vt.
9. (8) 55nh Brad Leighton, Center Conway, N.H.
10. (2) 85 Travis Stearns, Auburn, Maine
11. (5) 03 Travis Adams, Canton, Maine
12. (11) 25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, Maine
13. (15) 15vt Joey Laquerre, E. Montpelier, Vt.
14. (21) 71 Scott Dragon, Milton, Vt.
15. (12) 97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
16. (9) 88 Nick Sweet, Barre, Vt.
17. (37) 48qc Karl Allard, St. Felicien, Que.
18. (31) 7me Glen Luce, Turner, Maine
19. (24) 51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, Maine
20. (39) 7vt Eric Williams, Hyde Park, Vt.
21. (42) 66 Steve Wallace, Charlotte, N.C.
22. (30) 02 Randy Potter, Groveton, N.H.
23. (41) 72 Scott Robbins, Dixfield, Maine
24. (38) 57 Doug Coombs, Livermore Falls, Maine
25. (40) 15me Ben Ashline, Pittston, Maine
26. (26) 26me Corey Morgan, Lewiston, Maine
27. (34) 16 Joey Becker, Jeffersonville, Vt.
28. (36) 63 Donnie Wentworth, Otisfield, Maine
29. (33) 10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, Maine
30. (23) 41 Pete Potvin III, Graniteville, Vt.
31. (13) 50 Jeff White, Winthrop, Maine
32. (19) 48me Kenny Harrison, Pownal, Maine
33. (43) 51mo Kenny Wallace, St. Louis, Mo.
34. (35) 18 Carey Martin, Denmark, Maine
35. (28) 36 Brad Hammond, Turner, Maine
36. (27) 17on Pete Shepherd, Brampton, Ont.
37. (16) 80 Donald Theetge, Charlesbourg, Que.
38. (22) 6me Tommy Ricker, Poland, Maine
39. (25) 37me Larry Gelinas, Scarborough, Maine
40. (17) 1c Billy Childs Jr., Leeds, Maine
41. (20) 1 Al Hammond, Paris, Maine
42. (18) 78 Quinny Welch, Lancaster, N.H.
43. (14) 60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield, Maine
Time of race: 2 hours, 10 minutes. Margin of victory: 0.969 seconds. Winners avg. speed: 56.074 mph. Cautions: 10 for 76 laps. Heat winners: Dragon, Stearns, MacDonald, Michaud, Adams, Donahue. Consi winners: Gelinas, Morgan, Shepherd. Last-chance winners: Allard, Coombs, Williams.
by Jay | Jul 19, 2009 | Speedway 95
In a special 75 Lap Little Enduro feature scheduled on a Saturday night, and sponsored by Cap’s Tavern of Brewer and Judy’s Restaurant on State St. in Bangor, Darren Durrell of Newburgh came back from a Wednesday night disqualification that took a win away from him to take the win in a race that went the full 75 laps, from green to checkers, without a stop. Durrell wrestled the lead from Donny Blanchard of Orrington on the 11th lap and held Blanchard at bay for the remainder of the race. Blanchard finished in second with Kyle Gallant of Veazie, who had posted a win in the Sport-Four Division earlier in the evening, finishing in third. Newburgh’s Ken Getchell finished the race in fourth, the first car a lap down to the leaders, and Frankfort’s Chris Burbelo was fifth. Durrell and Blanchard each won a qualifying heat, and started the race on the front row. The Little Enduro feature replaced the usual Late Model Feature as the Late Model drivers requested the night off to attend Oxford 250 week-end at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Strictly Street action saw a new winner in victory lane as Orrington’s Nick Huff, in his first ever appearance at Speedway 95 as a driver, came from a 6th place starting position and passed from veteran driver Doug Day of Kenduskeag on lap 9 to take the lead, and later, his first checkered flag. Points leader Bradley Norris of Ellsworth, who got tangled up in a chain reaction collision at the start when Travis Poulin’s Monte Carlo failed to gain speed when the green flag flew, chased Huff for the second half of the race, but was unable to catch the youngster and settled for a runner up finish. Doug Day finished in third, followed by Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton in his first Strictly Street appearance of the year in fourth and Shawn Hamel of Bangor in fifth. Huff is the son for former Speedway 95 and Unity Raceway Pro Stock driver Kris Huff, and grandson of Hermon’s Doug Sinclair, a Super Street driver at the speedway. Bradley Norris was the qualifying race winner.
The Super Street race was a fender rubbing and bumper banging affair which led to another first time winner in the division. Ed Drake of Vasselboro took advantage of a restart on lap 21 to pass points leader Kris Watson of Hermon and lead the final four laps to the win. Watson and Hermon’s Doug Sinclair had been locked in a fierce battle for the top spot until Sinclair went into turn three a little too high and a little too hard, and ended up against the turn three tire wall. Sinclair had been leading and was attempting to overlap a slower car when his misfortune struck. On the restart it was Watson on the outside by choice, and Drake on the inside, with Drake powering by Watson to take the lead when the green flag flew. Watson finished second with Holden’s Steve Moulton recovering from an early race skirmish with Franklin’s Mike Overlock to finish third. Artie Mcguire of Bucksport finished fourth in his first appearance of the season, and Danforth’s Nick Kinney finished in fifth.
Kyle Gallant of Veazie returned to victory lane in the Sport-Four division following a couple of poor finishes due to mechanical issues with his car, and did it in fine fashion, racing points leader David Green side by side over the last 6 laps of the race. The lap 14 caution, which set up the race to the finish, was caused when Hermon’s Ralph Allen and LaGrange driver Rick Grant came together in turn four, causing Grant to spin and stall. Prior to the restart, Grant decided to show his displeasure with Allen and ran into him on the pace lap. Grant was black flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct, and Allen continued in the race to finish fourth, behind Green, who finished second, and third place finisher Brent Fletcher of Milford. The fifth spot went to Ellsworth’s Bradley Norris, who did double duty, racing in two divisions during the evening’s activity.
Saturday night racing continues at Speedway 95 on July 25, when Budweiser, King of Beers sponsors the show that includes a 50 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature, the Super Streets, Strictly Streets, Allenfarm Fence Co Sport-Fours and the Wicked Good Vintage Racing League.
by Jay | Jul 19, 2009 | Beech Ridge
Scarborough,Maine- With approximately 200 career victories to his credit, Mike Rowe used his experience to foil the youth movement on Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Rowe won the Pro Series 40 lap main event as the NASCAR Whelan All American Series was in action at the Maine oval.
Keith McKinnon led the field to green and jumped out front at the start. Bub Bilodeau moved to second place on lap 5 and quickly set out to take the lead position. Bilodeau took the lead on lap 9 with rookie Bradley Babb moving to second. Aaron Ricker and Mike Rowe moved to third and fourth at this point in the race also becoming factors.
The caution flag waved on lap 15 and a very interesting running order was in place for the restart. Veteran and multi time track champion Bilodeau was leading with rookie Babb second and young Ricker third followed by Rowe. On the restart, Bilodeau went to the front but Babb was hanging to his outside.
Babb would pass Bilodeau on the outside for the lead on lap 28 and Rowe moved from fourth to second 2 laps later. Babb and Rowe were just beginning a battle for the lead on lap 33 when the caution flag flew again. On the restart Babb and Rowe went side by side for 2 laps before Rowe was able to go in front and secure the win. Babb finished second with Bilodeau third, David Oliver and Jay Sands fourth and fifth.
Justin Cusack won the 35 lap Sport Series feature race which was his second win in the last 3 starts for the rookie driver. Cusack bolted from the pole position with former champion Don Morse running second. The only caution flag of the race waved on lap 9 but was not enough to slow Cusack as he maintained his lead to the finish. Morse finished second with Doug Wolf third. Craig Smith and Nate Leavitt were fourth and fifth.
Brian Caswell shook off the demons that have plagued his season and won the 30 lap Wildcat race. Matt Gain led the first lap and then Caswell put the power down and took over command of the race on lap 2. The caution free race worked to Caswells advantage despite the efforts of Gain late in the race to take the win. Gain settled for second with Bill Morris third. Matt Hodgdon and Lyman McKeage were fourth and fifth.
Shawn Brackett continued his hot streak with another Road Runner feature race win. Kari Thibodeau led the first 2 laps until Clayton Loubier took his turn at the front. Brackett blasted into the lead on lap 13 and cruised home for the win. Ray Letellier was second with David Turner third. Matt Dow and Taylor Lampron were fourth and fifth.
by Jay | Jul 19, 2009 | PASS
Unofficial Finish – PASS South super late model Daniel Boone Classic 125 – Newport Speedway, Newport TN – 7/18/2009
1. 45 – Jay Fogleman
2. 99 – Jake Crum
3. 4n – Ben Rowe
4. 26 – Preston Peltier
5. 91 – Heath Hindman
6. 98 – Justin Wakefield
7. 10 – Ryan Blaney
8. 9 – David Flynn |
9. 35 – Devin Jones
10. 23 – Jimmy Weller
11. 1 – Jimmy Garmon
12. 92 – Mart Nesbitt
13. 48 – John Batten
14. 02 – Scott Patton
15. 8 – Ed Surrett
16. 88 – Lee Tissot |
