by Jay | Jun 27, 2014 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Scott Dragon Returns to Victory Lane on American Racer Night
Barre, VT – Scott Dragon of Colchester returned to Thunder Road victory lane during the American Racer event on Thursday, June 26. Dragon piloted his Richard Green ride to an uncontested win as the 50 lap Late Model event went wire-to-wire caution free. It was Dragon’s second career Thunder Road Late Model win with his last coming in May of 2003.
Dragon rocketed to the point from the outside pole and was followed by Jason Allen. The duo built a large lead over the remainder of the field as Ricky Roberts and rookie Josh Demers battled side-by-side for several laps. Roberts finally got the advantage late in the event and broke away for third. Joey Laquerre and Emily Packard followed to complete the top five. Demers slipped to sixth followed by Nick Sweet, Cody Blake, Derrick O’Donnell and John Donahue rounding out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2014 | Connecticut, Thompson
TSMP to Welcome Mike Joy as Honored Guest at Vintage Motorsports Festival
THOMPSON, CT – This weekend – June 27-29 – celebrates the grand re-opening of Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park’s (TSMP) road course, and the 74 year history of the track with the inaugural Vintage Motorsports Festival. This three-day event would not be complete without one of today’s top TV sports announcers, and Vintage automotive enthusiast, Mike Joy, who grew his career at Thompson Speedway 40 years ago.
Mike Joy, who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports’ NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage, began his public address work at New England racetracks including Riverside Park Speedway, Thompson Speedway and Stafford Motor Speedway in the early seventies. Announcing regularly five nights a week, he was eventually picked up by MRN (Motor Racing News). Other highlights in his career include being lead broadcaster for ESPN’s first live NASCAR telecast in the Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta International Raceway, and covering Fox’s Formula 1 broadcast in 1998. He was also voted the 2011 recipient of the Henry T McLemore Award, given annually to award career excellence in motorsports journalism.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2014 | PASS
Fast Action And Family Fun On Tap For PASS Return To Greenville-Pickens
CHARLOTTE, NC (June 25) – As temperatures continue to rise outside, so does the action for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models and Pro Late Models as they prepare to heat up the track once again with a special Thursday night show at the legendary Greenville-Pickens Speedway on July 3. The Firecracker 125 for the PASS South Super Late Models will pit man and machine against the elements as they both try to outlast the heat and conquer the flat, half-mile speedway in the Upstate of South Carolina. But, that’s not all fans will have to look forward to as they begin to celebrate the Independence Day holiday a day early at Greenville-Pickens. Fans will see more fireworks on the track when a group of the most talented cyclists in the country come together for a huge Freestyle Motorcycle Spectacular. And, the best part is, all the action will be on the frontstretch during intermission for the fans to see up close and enjoy.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
Waterford Speedbowl Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday 6/25 Results
Waterford, CT (June 25, 2014) – Waterford Speedbowl was back on track
Wednesday evening with another mid-week Wild ‘n Wacky racing program.
Mike Christopher Jr. of Wolcott continued his successful season with
another INEX Legend Cars victory. Jonathon Puleo of Branford won his
third INEX Bandolero feature and Ray Reed of Norwich won for the second
time in Super X-Car action. East Hartford’s Eric Finkbein Jr. was a
first-time winner in the X-Cars and Chris Lee of Uncasville was champion
of the night’s Wacky Race for the X-Cars.
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by Jay | Jun 25, 2014 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Packard Scores Top-5 in ACT at White Mountain Motorsports Park
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt – Two thirds of the way through the American Canadian Tour season and Packard is locked in the middle of the ACT championship points battle. Continuing her impressive season, Packard and her 9x Northstar Fireworks/Packard Fuels team set out this weekend to build on their success, including the ACT race at White Mountain Motorsports Park race. Packard finished the race in 5th place, moving her from 4th to 2nd in the championship point standings. “This was my first time at White Mountain in a late model, so I spent practice just learning the track, and where I needed to run,” said Packard.
In the heat race Packard started in the third position, fighting an ill-handling race car she was able to finish the heat in third place. This got her into the race without having to run in the consolation race, which gave Neal and the guys time to work on the car. “We fought a car that was loose in and pushy tight through the center in the heat race,” Packard said “But the guys went back and forth across the spectrum to fix the car for the feature event.”
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