by Jay | Sep 17, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
St-Eustache, QC – St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle claimed his second straight Série ACT Castrol Championship with his fourth win of the season in the St-Eustache 300 at Autodrome St-Eustache on Sunday, September 16. Laperle cruised to the win leading the final 50 laps of the event after getting by Jonathan Bouvrette who held on for second. Karl Allard climbed his way back to third after bringing out a caution on lap 277 and restarting at the rear. Dany Trepanier and Patrick Hamel completed the top five.
Rookie Etienne Cliche finished sixth as the final car on the lead lap. Martin Goulet, Jr., Simon Roussin, David Michaud and Jacques Poulin completed the top ten. Second place point man Jean-Franoiçois Déry was involved in an early caution and spent an extended period of time on pit road changing a radiator and making front end repairs, which ended his title hopes. He finished fourteenth, thirty laps down.
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by Jay | Sep 17, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Media, New England, Photos, Vermont
Stone, Dragon Thrill in Vermont 200 Wins at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Pembroke wins Vermont State Championship by single point
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Todd Stone and Brent Dragon left stock car racing fans cheering at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, picking up wins in the twin 100-lap events during the second day of the Vermont 200 Weekend. The event was the final race on the regular stock car racing schedule for 2012.
Stone, a Middlebury, VT native who won the 2008 Devil’s Bowl Speedway championship when the track had a clay surface, made a triumphant return to his home track in winning the 100-lap Bond Auto Parts Modified race. Stone overcame a mechanical failure on lap 11 that left his car stopped on the track and caused a caution period, but after pitting for repairs, the No. 1x G. Stone Motors car tore its way through heavy traffic to catch leaders Jessey Mueller and Roger Labreche late in the race.
Seventeen year-old Mueller, of Olmstedville, NY, expertly navigated lapped traffic, but the right-front tire on his No. 19 Mueller & Sons Heavy Duty Towing car gave up with ten laps remaining. Stone snuck underneath Mueller exiting Turn 4 on lap 92 to take the lead and never looked back. Mueller took the runner-up spot, with St-Remis, QC racer Labreche third in his first-ever Devil’s Bowl appearance. Vince Quenneville, Jr., of Brandon, VT was fourth with Leon Gonyo of Chazy, NY fifth. Alex Bell, Kenny Tremont, Jr., Hunter Bates, Joey Roberts, and Nick Heywood completed the unofficial top ten.
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by Jay | Sep 17, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, finished second in the PASS North Series SouthernMaineMotors.com 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Sunday, September 16. After a crash in qualifying on Saturday, Doiron started 26th in the 32-car field and drove all the way to the Top-10 by the midway point of the season’s longest race. The No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet led for more than 20 laps in the late stages of the event, but he was overtaken on a restart with just 19 laps remaining and couldn’t regain track position lost following contact with a lapped car. It was Doiron’s second Top-2 finish in three starts at Beech Ridge this season.
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by Jay | Sep 16, 2012 | Connecticut, Thompson
Pitkat Wraps Up Thompson Regular Season with Exciting Sunoco Mod Victory
Gelinas, Tinio, Gleason, McDermott, J. Sundeen & J. Baxter Also Winners
Ramstrom, S. Sundeen & C. Baxter Crowned Champs
Thompson, CT (September 16, 2012): Thompson International Speedway concluded the 2012 regular season with a Twi-Nite Special featuring seven divisions of NASCAR All-American Series action. Woody Pitkat of Stafford Springs, CT, sent the season out in style winning a thriller in the Sunoco Modified regular season finale at Thompson. Larry Gelinas of Buxton, ME, was opportunistic in his Super Late Model feature event win.
It was a commanding victory for Cam McDermott of Scituate, RI, in the Sunoco Lite Modifieds on Sunday night. After tasting a first-career victory a week ago, Damon Tinio added to his tally with his second straight Late Model win.
Jesse Gleason of Lisbon, CT, scored top honors in the Limited Sportsman division.
A top-five finish in the Limited Sportsman division netted Scott Sundeen of Douglas, MA, not only the divisional champions but also a (unofficially) NASCAR National championship. Jay Sundeen capped off a strong night for his racing family with a victory in the TIS Modifieds.
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