by Jay | Jul 17, 2009 | Canada
(Shediac, N.B.) — The Centre for Speed, Greater Moncton’s Playground of Power, will host its first of three Barely Used Auto Parts ‘Day of Destruction’ event this Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. featuring an ‘edge-of-your-seat’ Figure 8 race, an Endurance race as well as a giant Demolition Derby. This will be a ‘rain or shine’ event.
The ‘crash
and bang’ action will also include an always unpredictable ‘Full Contact’ race as well as a Burn Out competition. It promises to be an action-packed afternoon of ‘smash-em up’ action!
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 have the weekend off to enjoy with their families. However, a number of the regular drivers are expected to have a car prepared for the ‘Day of Destruction’ events.
A reminder that the first concert in the CFS / Pumphouse Brewery Classic Rock Series is set for Friday, July 24th at 7:00 p.m. with Canadian classic rock band “The Headpins” featuring 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”.
Sunday’s Barely Used Auto Parts ‘Day of Destruction’ gets underway at 2:00 p.m., rain or shine, with admission of $12 for adults, $5 for children 5 to 15 years of age, and FREE for children under 5. Front gates and grandstands open at 1:00 p.m. while pit gates open at 10:30 a.m.
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 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 16, 2009 | PASS
LEE NH (7/14/2009) Johnny Clark grabbed the race lead from Joey Pole on lap 123 of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Bastille 200 and held off a green-white-checker challenge from Louis Mechalides to earn his third PASS North super late model win of 2009 at Lee USA Speedway Tuesday night. Mechalides settled for runner-up and Cassius Clark scored his first podium appearance since April, finishing third. Matt Frahm earned a career best fourth, and Eddie MacDonald completed the top five.
Clark’s key to victory came when the front runners came down pit road for fuel and a two-tire change on lap 117. Mechalides won his heat race and started from the pole, and the infrequent PASS competitor was the class of the field In the Cat Scales 1C. Clark had worked his way to second from eleventh on the grid and his team got him out front of the pack that pitted, while Mechalides came out seventh. The quick stop resulted in Clark lining up fifth on the restart and Mechalides back in the pack, fifteenth.
Mechalides made a second stop during a quick caution and on the restart Clark quickly worked past Joey Pole to take over the top spot. Meanwhile Mechalides was weaving his way through the field, cracking the top five on lap 147 as the race stayed under green. It was Clark, Pole, Cassius Clark, Derek Ramstrom and Mechalides with fifty to go, and at lap 172 Mechalides took over second. Clark had built up a considerable lead but a skirmish that collected Travis Benjamin, Michael Pope and DJ Shaw on lap 198 gave Mechalides one last shot at the leader. Clark kept his cool and got a great restart, leaving Mechalides to settle for second.
While Clark was victorious, most of the PASS point title contenders didn’t fare as well. Ben Rowe was in contention until he knocked the right front corner off his race car after contact with a spinning Harry Olson. Rowe retired at lap 117 and finished 20th. Adam Bates pounded the wall Saturday at Thompson International Speedway but the PASS racing community came through for the team in a big way. With a borrowed race car from Distance Racing and one of Kelly Moore’s power plants under the hood, Bates kept his title hopes alive with a thirteenth place finish. Derek Ramstrom backed up his Thompson win with a ninth place run which will move him up the points ladder.
Andy Shaw continued his PASS Mod dominance at Lee, coming from twelfth on the grid to lead on lap 19 of their feature to capture his second straight Lee win and third Mod win of 2009. Sumner Sessions earned his best PASS Mod finish to date with a second and Gary Norris took the checkers in third.
PASS North teams take a week off before getting back on track at Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway on Saturday July 25. Both the super late models and mods are on the card, part of the speedways’ annual Summerfest that includes plenty of racing and monster trucks too. Post time is 5:00 PM. PASS South is off to the Volunteer State on Saturday July 18th for the Daniel Boone Classic at Newport (TN) Speedway.
All the latest PASS news is online now at www.racewithpass.com and www.proallstarsseries.com .
Unofficial Results – Pro All Stars Series super late model Bastille 200 – Lee USA Speedway – Lee NH 7/14/2009 –with finishing position, (starting position), driver, home town, (laps completed)
1 (11) 54 Johnny Clark Hallowell ME (200) 2 (1)1C Louis Mechalides, Montville MA (200) 3 (5) 8 Cassius Clark, Farmington ME (200) 4 (10) 14M Matt Frahm, N Salem NH (200) 5 (19) 71 Eddie MacDonald, Rowley MA (200) 6 (9) 97 Joey Pole, East Providence RI (200) 7 (21) 7 Donnie Whitten, Biddeford ME (200) 8 (15) 33 Richie Dearborn, Hollis ME (200) 9 (12) 35 Derek Ramstrom, Worcester MA (200) 10 (6) 85 Nick Ribbe Kingston MA (200) 11 (3) 77 Scott Chubbuck Dresden ME (199) 12 (2) 60 DJ Shaw Center Conway NH (199) 13 (14) Adam Bates Warner NH (198) 14 (4) 01 Wayne Helliwell Jr., Pelham NH (197) 15 (8) 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME (197) 16 (23) 51 Michael Pope, Concord NC (197) 17 (16) 17A Scott Alexander Orrington ME (197) 18 (24) 6 Steve Desmarais, Westport MA (191) 19 (28) 12 John Dabrowski West Bridgewater MA (188) 20 (13) 4 Ben Rowe Turner ME (117) 21 (27) 22 Harry Olson, Salisbury MA (111) 22 (25) 11 Steve Johnson Rochester NH (108) 23 (18) 20 Steve Legendre, St. Johnsbury VT (79) 24 (26) 23 Dave Farrington Jr. Jay ME (78) 25 (20) 10 Steve Knowlton, Ipswich MA (29) 26 (17) 14 Aric Almirola Tampa FL (22) 27 (7) 47 Kelly Moore, Scarborough ME (22) 28 (22) 73 Joey Doiron, Berwick ME 8
Unofficial Results – PASS Mod feature (Thirty Laps) Lee USA Speedway
1) 66 Andy Shaw, Center Conway NH 2) 50 Sumner Sessions, Norway ME 3) 03 Gary Norris Jr., West Gardiner ME 4) 56 Dan Somes, Belgrade ME 5) 85 Glen Bradbury, Hollis Center ME 6) 12 Steve Bennett Jr., Buckfield ME 7) 27 Scott Grant, Waterboro ME 8) 29 Greg Ellis, Hermon ME 9) 33 Bill Dixon, North Waterboro ME 10) 4 Wayne Whitten Jr., Arundel ME 11) 14 Scott McDaniel, Livermore ME 12) 31 Glen Boss , Danielson CT 13) 26 Bobby Studley Jr., Sidney ME 14) Sulo Burbank , Gorham ME
by Jay | Jul 16, 2009 | Maine, Speedway 95
Paul Higgins on Newburgh was declared the winner of the 29 car Wacky Wednesday Little Enduro feature race at Speedway 95 on July 15 when apparent winner Darrin Durrell, also of Newburgh, was disqualified following a post race inspection of his car. Higgins had chased Durrell for the final 10 laps of the race, but was unable to make the pass to take the win on the track. Old Town’s Jason Trundy then finished second after leading the event from a lap 6 restart until Durrell retook the lead on lap 12, following a red flag caused by Adam Russell’s rollover on the backstretch. Mike Ogden of Bucksport drove a hard race and finished third, followed by Mike Witham of Milo in fourth. Andrew Crosby of Hermon was fifth. The Little Enduro drivers also competed in a Double O race at the end of the night, with Mike Witham of Milo taking the win, followed by Steve Moulton of Holden, Robert Mushero of Scarborough, Danny Snyder of Charleston and Ricky Adams of Corinth. Qualifiers for the main feature were won by Darren Durrell of Newburgh and Chris Carrol of Greenbush.
Four cars showed up this week for the “Stars of Tomorrow”, a division for 11-14 year olds. 12 year old Matthew Kimball of Cornville took the win, with last week’s winner Ryan Modery of Hermon in second. Brett McCullough of Kenduskeag finished in third, driving the final five laps on a flat tire. DC Alexander of Carmel raced the qualifier, but was unable to make the feature due to an oil leak on his car. Matthew Kimball won the qualifier.
Nicole Smith of Clifton won for the first time in three years in the Ladies Division when she overtook early leader Shelby Kimball of Cornville on a lap 15 restart, caused when Danielle DeLuck detonated a motor going into turn one and covered the track with oil. Kimball had led the first 15 laps and appeared to have the car to beat, but the speedy dry from the oil spill caused her trouble, allowing Smith to take the lead and the win. Kimball finished in second, with Kayla Allen of Bucksport finishing third in a car borrowed from Michael Shaw of Troy. Becky Elston of Carmel finished in fourth with points leader Rhonda Lyford of Winterport limping home fifth with a flat right front tire on the final lap. Rhonda Lyford had won the qualifier for the Ladies earlier in the program.
Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton made it five in a row in the pick up trucks when he held off Bucksport’s Dana Harlow for the win. Harlow and Hermon’s Andrew Crosby led the early laps until Carr moved his truck past both of them to take the lead on lap 6. From that point on it was Carr all the way, with Harlow staying in front of Crosby to take the second place trophy. Crosby finished in third after posting a 5th place finish in the Little Enduros earlier in the evening. Mike Lynch of Winterport tried his luck in the 60 truck, and wound up finishing in fourth with Brett Crosby of Hermon recovering from a trip into an infield tire pile to finish fifth. Carr also won the heat race for the division.
by Jay | Jul 16, 2009 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
OXFORD, Maine – Three drivers claimed their first victories Wednesday night as Oxford Plains Speedway kicked off New England Dodge Dealers Speedweek with Acceleration Series action.
Ryan Hewins achieved the breakthrough win in the Macdonald Motors Runnin’ Rebel ‘B’ feature. Gerard Cote claimed his initial triumph of a 10-year career in Goulet Home Inspections Renegade. And Todd Hall topped the Chimney Tech Outlaw ‘C’ feature.
Other winners were Ryan’s uncle, Kyle Hewins (Runnin’ Rebel ‘A’), David Childs and Steve Brill (Outlaw), Kevin Oliver (Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Truck) and Cathy Manchester (Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies).
CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW ‘A’ (20 laps, unofficial pending technical inquiry): 1. David Childs, Oxford; 2. Addison Bowie, Auburn; 3. Chris Burgess, Sabattus; 4. Zach Bowie, Lisbon; 5. Jim Davis Jr., Sabattus; 6. Josh Childs, Oxford; 7. Michael Haynes, Livermore Falls; 8. Ryan Robbins, Dixfield; 9. Tyler Belanger, Sumner; 10. Bubba Collins, New Gloucester; 11. Chris Coolidge, Norway; 12. Shannon Judd, Jay; 13. Fred Clavet, Buckfield; 14. Jerry Goss, Mechanic Falls; 15. Steve Moon, Gray; 16. Jim Drake, Hebron.
CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW ‘B’ (20 laps): 1. Steve Brill, Bridgton; 2. John Patria, Turner; 3. John Spencer Jr., Farmington; 4. Josh Paradis, Sumner; 5. Dan Brown, Peru; 6. Jerry Freve, Buckfield; 7. Kyle Curtis, Oxford; 8. Clint Sherwood, Poland; 9. Doug Degroat, Oxford; 10. David Brown, Gray; 11. Bob Ferguson, New Gloucester; 12. Jay Wilkins, Gray; 13. Dennis Morang, South Paris; 14. Jonathan Baldwin, Auburn; 15. Kevin Lawrence, South Paris; 16. Guy Childs, Turner.
CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW ‘C’ (20 laps): 1. Todd Hall, Auburn; 2. Gerry Richard, Leeds; 3. Scott Veinott, Greene; 4. Kevin Leighton, Minot; 5. Todd Bisbee, South Paris; 6. Chad Truman, South Paris; 7. Scott Hethcoat, Danville Junction; 8. Matt Weeks, Greene; 9. Pat Maloy, Lisbon; 10. Justin Vining, Peru; 11. Don Veinott, Sabattus; 12. Jacob Hethcoat, Norway; 13. Phil Knowlton, Poland. DQ: Nic Stanley, Buckfield; Rob Lowe, Auburn.
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN’ REBEL ‘A’ (20 laps): 1. Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 2. Brady Romano, Livermore Falls; 3. Scott Farrington, Minot; 4. Dustin Salley, Auburn; 5. Jamie Leavitt, Minot; 6. Troy Jordan, Turner; 7. Corey Beaulieu, Oxford; 8. Gerard Cote, Oxford; 9. Jason Berry, Turner; 10. Mike Ward, Harrison; 11. Eric Rowles, Lewiston; 12. Zach Audet, Wilton; 13. Roger Bourgoin, Sabattus; 14. John Childs, Leeds; 15. Craig Farrington, Hebron; 16. Charlie Webster, Auburn; 17. Matt Dufault, Turner; 18. Jamie Heath, Waterford; 19. Michael Carver, Durham.
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN’ REBEL ‘B’ (20 laps): 1. Ryan Hewins, Leeds; 2. Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester; 3. Jeff Hebert, Auburn; 4. Bill Sprague, Minot; 5. Derek Cairns, Waterford; 6. Nate Dubuc, Auburn; 7. Brian Nason, Lewiston; 8. Carl Conant, Lewiston; 9. Randy Desmarais, Auburn; 10. Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls; 11. Martin Krauter, Raymond; 12. Charlie Hall, Oxford; 13. Cody Smith, Oxford; 14. Scott Osgood, Freeport; 15. Don Smith, Oxford; 16. Troy Gamrat, Lisbon Falls; 17. Kyle Treadwell, Auburn; 18. Chad Wills, Mechanic Falls; 19. Ellery Phillips Jr., Turner; 20. Mike Blue, Leeds; 21. Derek Cook, Livermore Falls.
CALL OF THE WILD RV CENTER SPORT TRUCK (20 laps): 1. Kevin Oliver, Gray; 2. Ryan Farrar, Oxford; 3. John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls; 4. Roger Allard, Harpswell; 5. Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls; 6. Laurette Theriault, Casco; 7. Corey Williams, Sumner; 8. Jerry Stevens, Searsport; 9. Opie Allard, Harpswell; 10. Ryan Varney, South Paris; 11. Ross Spurling, New Gloucester; 12. Brent Westberry, Buckfield; 13. Jeremy Wagner, Bryant Pond.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY LADIES (20 laps): 1. Cathy Manchester, Gray; 2. Vanna Brackett, Buckfield; 3. Missy Morgan, Lewiston; 4. Christina Spaulding, Lewiston; 5. Missy Blash, Oxford; 6. Sue Veinott, Sabattus; 7. David Brown, Gray; 8. Tricia Thomas, Farmington; 9. Tori Burgess, Sabattus; 10. Lisa Brooks, Auburn; 11. Dottie Patria, Turner; 12. Kimberly Sessions, Auburn.
by Jay | Jul 14, 2009 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) will return to the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway (BRMS) on Saturday, July 25, 2009. The “Ridge” was a mainstay for ACT back in the days of veteran racers Rowe, McCabe, Dragon, Crouch, Dion, Cabana and a host of other Pro Stock competitors.
A new crop of Late Model competitors will return to the Beech Ridge event from throughout New England and Canada. They are a diverse group comprising both veteran and new teams. The ACT 150 lap championship event will see a whole new generation of stars, along with some of those familiar names from 16 years ago. Second generation drivers Brent and Scott Dragon, rising stars Joey Polewarczyk from Hudson, NH and current point leader Scott Payea from Milton, VT will be joined by Maine ACT Late Model standouts Glen Luce of Turner and Ricky Rolfe from Albany Township. The Oxford Plains Speedway will also send a large contingent of their weekly stars to the inaugural ACT Late Model event. Oxford champions Travis Adams, Tim Brackett and Shawn Martin are expected to take on the Tour regulars.
“Returning to Beech Ridge has been one of the goals of the American Canadian Tour since we started touring with these Late Model teams about ten years ago”, said ACT President Tom Curley. “There is real excitement for the competitors to be able to compete at one of the premiere short tracks in America. I think BRMS is perfectly suited to our kind of racing. The fans should be in for a great treat, as there should be plenty of cars to make the qualifying intense, and traditionally our 150 lap races have fans on the edge of their seats”, continued Curley.
The American Canadian Tour was designed to give local racers an opportunity to compete on a level playing field with the outside touring teams. The basic concept was to have a series where it was more about driving the cars and setting them up than just buying raw horsepower. The popularity of the American Canadian Tour among teams and fans has proven this to be a good formula for the current times.
The added incentive of winning at Beech Ridge is that the winner will be given an invitation to participate in the New Hampshire Motor Speedway ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 19. This triple-header of racing will feature the NASCAR Whelen Modifieds, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ACT Invitational. ACT teams have been qualifying throughout the 2009 race season. Each touring event in both the US and its Canadian counterpart, the Série ACT Castrol, has brought record fields of cars to this year’s events. The winners all get invited to NHMS for the opening weekend of the Cup Chase. The winner of the Beech Ridge event will earn an invitation, along with 35 other competitors from throughout New England and the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
Post time for the Saturday, July 25th event is 6:00.
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