by Jay | Feb 20, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Touring Series News
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson Win Budweiser Duel At Daytona Races; Field Set for DAYTONA 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Budweiser Duel At Daytona races Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway were separate events won in equally dominating fashion by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson.
The Budweiser Duel, consisting of two 150-mile (60 laps) qualifying races, established positions 3-32 for the 57th annual DAYTONA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, with the top two qualifiers from last Sunday’s DAYTONA 500 Qualifying Presented by Kroger – three-time champion Jeff Gordon and two-time champion Johnson – already locked into the front row. Gordon and Johnson started from the pole in the respective Duel events.
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by Jay | Feb 20, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports North
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH For Feb 19, 2015
By Lou Modestino
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is on the rise as one of Vermont’s top family entertainment hot spots, and businesses in and around Rutland County are taking notice. The region’s only dual-surface stock car racing facility welcomes several new and returning sponsorship partners in 2015 and is poised for continued growth with both its NASCAR-sanctioned 1/2-mile asphalt oval and its new 1/3-mile dirt track.
Bond Auto Parts has extended its sponsorship of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Modified division to a fourth consecutive year and will again present “Hard Charger” awards in the Renegade and Mini Stock classes. Family owned and based in Barre, VT, Bond Auto Parts is among the country’s leading auto parts retailers and has partnerships with the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Bruins, and New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Bond Auto Parts supports Devil’s Bowl Speedway through its store on Strongs Avenue in Rutland.
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by Jay | Feb 16, 2015 | ACT, Touring Series News
Photo by Eric LaFleche
New Smyrna Beach, FL – “Outlaw” Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA led flag-to-flag in the caution free American Canadian Tour 100 at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, FL on Sunday, February 15. MacDonald earned the pole position after racing from 9th to 2nd in his heat race to give him a +7 in ACT’s unique plus/minus handicap system.
MacDonald led the 26 car field to the green and held off defending Série ACT Champion Alex Labbe through the early stages of the event. He set a blistering pace, but couldn’t shake Labbe, Travis Stearns and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. during the first half of the race.
Another Quebecer in Patrick Laperle challenged MacDonald through the second half of the race. Laperle marched from his 14th starting postion to take over the second spot just past the halfway mark. He made it to MacDonald’s back bumper, but couldn’t make a move for the lead. He chased MacDonald through heavy lapped traffic and appeared to be in position to make a challenge on several occasions, but couldn’t get it done. (more…)
by Jay | Jan 25, 2015 | Media, Video
Andy Seuss in a World Formula Kart
by Jay | Jan 11, 2015 | Touring Series News
NETS Celebrates Champions, Announces New Series Sponsor
Andy Lindeman celebrated his sixth Truck Series championship at the New England Truck Series awards banquet Saturday night at the Imperial Room in Danielson, CT. Lindeman won the title by two points over Corey Coates in an exciting season-long battle that came down to the final laps at the final race of the season.
Coates was honored for his second place finish in the season standings. Bert Ouellette, who finished the season upside down in dramatic fashion at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, was third.
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