by Jay | Aug 5, 2014 | New England, Schedules
LOU MODESTINO’S NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SCHEDULE FOR 8/4-8/10/14
Monday, 8/4/14
Abington House(Rt.18, Abington, MA)-So.Shore Corvette Club Cruise, all vehicles welcome, food, beverages, music, 5 p.m.
Cardi’s furniture(W. Warwick, RI)-Cruise night, DJ, 5 p.m.
Haywagon Restaurant(Uxbridge, MA)-Cruise night, food, beverages, DJ, 5 p.m.
Mark’sAuto Parts(E. Granby, CT)-Cruise night, music, food, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, 8/5/14
A&W restaurant(Greenville, RI)-Cruise night, food, music, 5 p.m.
Auto Zone(Weymouth, MA)-All vehicle cruise night, food, prizes, raffles, give-a-ways, 3:30 p.m.
Lime Rock Park(CT)-Open Autocross Coaching Day, 12 -6 p.m.
Rite Aid Plaza(Cobb’s Corner, Canton,MA)-Cruise Night, DJ, food, 5 p.m.
Thompson Motorsports Park(CT)Test and Tune, 9 a.m.
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by Jay | Aug 5, 2014 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, Touring Series News
photo by RPM
By Dick Casey
In the same car nearly destroyed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series race at Iowa Speedway in May, Eddie MacDonald powered the Grimm Construction/Multiple Sclerosis Chevy to a hard earned sixth place finish in the Autolite Iridium XP 150 in the second combination race pitting the East vs. the West on the Newton, Iowa track.
“We brought the car home today without a scratch on it,” laughed Eddie Mac after his ninth race this year in the K&N Pro Series. “The first time here with the new car in May ended in disaster when a tire blew out on lap 57 and destroyed the front clip. After fixing the car, we raced it to a second place finish at New Hampshire a few weeks ago and had hopes of running in the top three and compete for the win here but we struggled in practice and qualifying with it being too tight. We weren’t that great in practice (22nd and 27th) or qualifying (19th) but we thought we would be good for the race. Unfortunately, we just had to wait until after the break for that to happen.”
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by Jay | Aug 5, 2014 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Patnode Takes the Checkers at Monadnock Speedway
By Gary Dutton
WINCHESTER, NH – Todd Patnode answered the door when opportunity came knocking Saturday, August 2, at Monadnock Speedway.
Patnode’s good fortune arrived in the same package as Scott MacMichael’s heartbreak, as the race-leading MacMichael skidded through a pool of fluid into the frontstretch wall with three laps to go in the Sportsman Modified main event; with Patnode then rocketing to his sixth victory of the summer as MacMichael watched from the pits.
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by Jay | Aug 5, 2014 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
DJ Robinson falls two laps short from claiming the checkers in the DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds.
Billy Simmons grabs 2nd Brass Ring Challenge in the DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes.
BRADFORD, VT – Over 50 kids from ages 2 to 14 signed up for the always anticipated and exciting kids’ bike races for the Interstate Battery of Newmont sponsored event Saturday August 2, 2014. The drivers were divided into four groups and depending on their age bracket went for a quarter lap to two complete laps for the checkers. Every kid there was of course a winner and who knows which one will be the future Chris Donnelly or Kevin Chaffee of the Ridge.
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by Jay | Aug 5, 2014 | Lee USA, New Hampshire
photo by Rich Hayes
Lee, NH – The battles for the 2014 season championships rolled on at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, with the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Supermodifieds taking center stage with the running of the Supermodified Shootout, a three-segment race with best combined finished determining the winner.
Rookie Lance Barthelemy of nearby Fremont was first to step up, dominating the action in the first EKeys 4cars-sponsored 25-lap segment and holding off a late-race challenge from Jake Stergios of Candia to grab the victory, making him the first two-time winner of the 2014 campaign.
Stergios inched ahead of Barthelemy in the high groove to lead lap 19, but he couldn’t complete the pass and fell back in line behind the freshman sensation, settling for runner-up honors at the finish. Defending champ Tommy Tombarello, Jr. of Haverhill, MA rounded out the podium with a third place run.
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