DOUG COBY LEADS STAR STUDDED FIELD TO UNOH SHOWDOWN AT THOMPSON
Current NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour points leader and defending UNOH Showdown champion, Doug Coby, will lead an impressive field of open-wheel NASCAR Modifieds to Thompson September 8th & 9th. The second annual UNOH North/South Showdown at Thompson Speedway will feature both of NASCAR’S Modified Touring divisions in a weekend racing spectacular.
The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour will travel north to take on the northern Whelen Modified Tour in a race program like no other. Each Tour will conduct separate qualifying and each will compete in its own individual points race. The WMT will run their Town Fair Tire 75-lap main event and the SWMT will compete in its own Green Pointe Energy 75-lap feature. Once each of these races is complete, the best of each Tour will be combined into the non-points, 50-lap UNOH Showdown race with more than $50,000.00 on the line with the winner’s share amounting to more than $15,000.00.
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Brian Hoar Looks For Continued Success At Riverside Speedway
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
Brian Hoar Riverside Speedway Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., continues to chase an unprecedented ninth career ACT Late Model Tour title when the Tour heads to the Can-Am 200 at Riverside Speedway in Saint Croix, Quebec, on Saturday, August 25. Hoar is a four-time winner at Riverside Speedway, including last year’s event when he swept both ends of a weekend doubleheader at Quebec tracks. The race is a combination race with the Canada-based ACT Castrol Series. Off a second place finish last time out in the ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway, Hoar sits third in the ACT standings with three races remaining, just 44 points out of the lead. On Wednesday following the Can-Am 200, the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger team will travel to New Hampshire Motor Speedway to participate in a day-long test session for the ACT Late Model Tour in preparation for the fourth annual ACT Invitational at the track next month.
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Joey Doiron Heads To Inaugural PASS Race At Stafford
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
Stafford Motor Speedway Race Preview
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, joins the PASS North Series for its inaugural visit to Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford, Conn., for the PASS 125 on Sunday, August 26. Doiron has never competed on the historic half-mile track in the heart of NASCAR Modified country, but he enters the weekend off a Top-5 finish last time out at White Mountain Motorsports Park on August 12. Doiron currently sits seventh in the PASS North Series standings with four Top-5s and seven Top-10s in 11 starts this season.
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Derek Ramstrom Wins Super Late Model 50-Lapper; Ceravolo Ends Preece’s Win Streak at Thompson
Thompson, CT: Thursday Night Thompson Thunder hosted a special 50-lap Super Late Model race with Derek Ramstrom dominating the action by leading every lap on the way to the checkered flag. Todd Ceravolo proved his mastery of restarts when he edged out Ryan Preece for the win in the Sunoco Modified division. Other NASCAR Whelen All-American Series winners included Tommy O’Sullivan, Jesse Gleason, Brian Tagg, Cam McDermott, and Eric Bourgeois.
Todd Ceravolo used restarts to his advantage to take the win in the 30-lap Sunoco Modified feature, and ends a four-race win streak by Ryan Preece. Ceravolo held off a determined Preece on a lap 23 restart to take the lead for the third and final time of the night. Kerry Malone jumped to the early lead, but it was all Preece on the second circuit after he dropped to the bottom and drove to the front coming out of turn two. Ceravolo drove by for second before caution slowed the pace at lap four. In a surprise move, Ceravolo soared by Preece for the lead when the race resumed. Woody Pitkat followed his line for the second position with Preece all over his bumper in third. On lap six, Preece challenged Pitkat in a side-by-side battle. Pitkat had the advantage on the line, but the battle continued until Preece took over the spot in turns three and four of lap eight. Caution tightened the field back up again, and Ceravolo commanded the field once again when racing resumed. Preece rode Ceravolo’s bumper and the duo pulled away from the rest of the field by a full second. By lap 16, Ceravolo had put a little breathing room between himself and Preece, but on lap 19, he drove too high in turn two and allowed Preece to close the distance back up. Caution at lap 23 tightened the field up for a restart that saw Ceravolo choose the outside lane. Ceravolo held off Preece and resumed his position as leader. Preece, Pitkat, and Dennis Perry rounded out the top-four. Ceravolo was dominant out front, and took the checkers unchallenged.
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