by Jay | Aug 16, 2012 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Packard Set For Thunder Road Late Model Debut
With an eye on the future, Emily Packard will attempt to make her Late Model debut at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Thursday night.
The teenager from East Montpelier, Vt., has been a regular in both Thunder Road’s Street Stock division and Canaan Fair Speedway’s Late Model ranks in 2012. As she prepares for a season on the ACT Late Model Tour as early as next year, Packard sees this as the next step in her development.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, Thompson
The second annual UNOH Showdown at the Thompson International Speedway is the next major event on the 2012 Thompson schedule. This unique race event brought rave reviews from fans last year and this year’s running is expected to be even more exciting. Showdown weekend will be Saturday, September 8th and Sunday, September 9th.
The UNOH Showdown brings together the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour in a three-race program that spotlights each division and then combines the two for a thrilling 50-lap, non-points race that is made up of the best of both touring series.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Action-Packed August Events Coming to Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Fans will have several opportunities to experience on-track excitement
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is inviting its stock car racing fans to be a part of the excitement in an action-packed month of August. In addition to the high-drama racing of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, race fans can get in on the fun in a variety of ways.
Enduro racing returns to Devil’s Bowl on Friday, August 17, with novice racers running nearly street-legal 4- and 6-cylinder race cars in a survival-of-the-fittest event. Enduros do not have caution flags, with stoppages only for emergency situations. Hinesburg, VT’s Eric “Mongo” Messier won the season’s first Enduro on June 29 in a 1995 Ford Probe. The event begins at 7:30pm; general admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (62+), and free for children 12 and under.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Report
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, rallied late to finish fourth in the PASS North Series 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Sunday, August 12. Doiron was spun from behind early after a number of cars stacked up exiting Turn 4, only to drive all the way from 20 on the ensuing restart to fourth in less than 100 laps. The No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet battled an engine issue – including excessive heat inside the cockpit – to post his fifth Top-10 finish at the track in six career starts. The race was called complete after 123 laps due to rain.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Austin Theriault Sanair Speedway Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished third in the rain-delayed ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway in Saint Påie, Quebec, on Sunday, August 12. After completing the first seven laps Saturday night, the race was resumed on Sunday afternoon on the .875-mile triangle – with Theriault being sent to the rear of the field after ACT officials had questions about his right rear tire. With just one caution flag over the final 93 laps, Theriault rolled all the way from 37th to third and was within striking distance of the leaders for the win off the race’s final corner. It was the seventh Top-10 finish in as many starts this season for Theriault, who also has six Top-5 finishes in seven ACT races in 2012.
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