by Jay | Aug 17, 2015 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
THIRD SUPER LATE MODEL WIN THIS SEASON FOR SHAWN KNIGHT AT OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY
South Paris racer establishes self as local favorite for August 30 AIM Oxford 250
Oxford, Maine – Shawn Knight of South Paris won his third Budweiser Oxford Championship Series Super Late Model race of the season Saturday night, with a dominant late-race performance at Oxford Plains Speedway.
It was Knight’s third victory in just seven attempts this season, clearly establishing the South Paris racer as the chief hope for victory in the August 30 AIM Recycling USA Oxford 250 among weekly Budweiser Championship Series racers.
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by Jay | Aug 17, 2015 | NE Street Stock Tour, New Hampshire, Speedway 51, Touring Series News
Making a Statement: Belfiore Stays Strong with Victory at Speedway 51
GROVETON, NH – Anthony Belfiore nabbed his first North East Street Stock Tour victory, after holding off Geoff Rollins for over thirty laps in the “51 for 500”, presented by Robertson’s Auto Sales, event at Speedway 51.
The drivers had special help during out-of-car introductions, bringing children from the crowd on to the track as honorary crew chiefs. The children helped strap drivers in their cars, and made sure their drivers were ready for the feature event.
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by Jay | Aug 17, 2015 | Maine, Speedway 95
TATRO AND SILVA TAKE SPEEDWAY 95 SERIES RACE WINS
Shane Tatro of Levant outduelled Steve Kimball of Holden in a 7 lap fight to the finish in the Darling’s Ford Sportsman series race Saturday night at Speedway 95. The pair had battled for the lead throughout the 35 lap event, with Kimball leading the most laps until the final shoot out came following a lap 28 caution flag. On the restart, Tatro and Kimball resumed their battle, with Tatro on the outside and Kimball on the inside. Tatro edged past Kimball in the final three laps, finishing less than a car length ahead at the checkers. Kimball finished second with Winterport’s Trey Brown finishing third. Dean Clements of Brooks came in fourth with Mike Overlock of Franklin finishing fifth. Tatro took the overall 4 race series win by 6 points over Trey Brown.
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by Jay | Aug 16, 2015 | Canada
SMITH JR. WINS SPORTSMAN 100 AT RIVERSIDE; NASCAR ON DECK SATURDAY
JAMES RIVER, NS (August 15, 2015) – Russell Smith Jr. picked up another Napa Sportsman Series victory at Riverside International Speedway on Friday night in the Highland Home Building Centres 100. Smith, from Halifax, led 61 laps en route to a convincing win with a 0.732-second margin of victory of second place Dale Richardson, from Stellarton. Phil Barkhouse, from Hammonds Plains, was third.
Corey Breen, from Antigonish, was fourth and Kyle Reid, from Sydney, rounded out the top five finishers.
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by Jay | Aug 16, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Williams, Fearn, Henry, Provost, Rufrano, & Hodgdon Score August 14th NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Feature Wins at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series 5-Star program that was also an Ingersoll Rand contingency night with bonuses going to the winners of the SK Modified®, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock features. Ronnie Williams took his fifth win of the year in the SK Modified® feature, Tom Fearn collected his seventh win in the Late Model feature, Payton Henry scored his second win in the SK Light feature, Duane Provost took down his second win of the season in the Limited Late Model feature, Marcello Rufrano won for the second time this year in the DARE Stock feature, and Teddy Hodgdon was a career first time winner at Stafford in the Legend Cars feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Todd Owen and Tyler Hines led the field to the green with Owen taking the lead. Ted Christopher briefly pulled alongside Hines before falling back to a duel with Michael Gervais, Jr. for fourth place as Eric Berndt and Hines were side by side for second behind Owen.
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