by Jay | Jul 26, 2012 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series, Touring Series News
Brett Moffitt, driver of the Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) #11 AISIN Toyota Camry, powered to a strong second place finish on Saturday evening, July 21st, leading the way to the most successful team finish in the company’s existence, with both HRE cars coming home in the top five in the Jegs 150 at Columbus Motor Speedway in Columbus, Ohio. At the end of the night, Moffitt had extended his 4 point lead in the championship standings to 22 points.
Crew Chief Dave McCarty and the team again brought a car with speed in it, and Moffitt clocked the fastest time in the first practice session at 14.441 seconds (83.014 mph) around the .333 mile semi-banked asphalt oval. The #11 team elected to work on race set up and did not make a mock pole run during the second practice session.
Going out fifteenth of the twenty-two entries in the qualifying order, Moffitt qualified the car in fifth position, starting from the inside of the third row, with a lap time of 14.335 seconds (83.627 mph).
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by Jay | Jul 26, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine
Brad Babb Takes Point Lead Into Homestretch
Third-Generation Beech Ridge Driver Named ‘Young Gun’ Finalist
Don’t expect Brad Babb to count his proverbial chickens before they are hatched, but don’t expect him to not to have the math all figured out ahead of time, either.
Babb, 19, of Windham, has a 21-point lead in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series standings at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway with just six races remaining. Babb has one win on the season and has finished outside the Top-10 only once in eight starts.
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by Jay | Jul 26, 2012 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – The stars of the American Canadian Tour will kick off the second half of their season this Saturday night, (July 28), at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, ME for the ACT 150. Dover NH’s Wayne Helliwell, Jr., leads Hudson, NH native Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., and Williston, VT’s Brian Hoar at the midway point as the title hunt remains far from settled.
Polewarczyk comes into the event as one of the hottest racers in the region after dominating the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway last Sunday (July 22). He already found victory lane at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway when he claimed the win in this event two years ago, and will look to add to his increasing momentum.
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Quenneville Jumps to Top of NASCAR National Rookie Standings
Brandon, VT driver leads tight battle with Devil’s Bowl Speedway performances
Devil’s Bowl Speedway stock car driver Vince Quenneville, Jr., has moved to the top of the national Division I Rookie of the Year standings in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS). Quenneville jumped ahead of Thayne Hallyburton and Austin Peters with a seventh-place finish in last Friday’s Carrara Masonry & Concrete C.J. Richards Memorial for the Bond Auto Parts Modifieds.
Quenneville, of Brandon, VT, started his driving career at Devil’s Bowl Speedway 25 years ago and won the 2003 Modified track championship, but is a first-time NASCAR license holder in 2012 and is considered a rookie in the Whelen All-American Series. The NWAAS program encompasses nearly 60 race tracks in the United States and Canada including Devil’s Bowl Speedway, an asphalt half-mile in West Haven, VT. Quenneville returned to weekly competition at Devil’s Bowl in 2012 two seasons away and opened the year with back-to-back victories. He picked up a third win on June 29.
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Cabral Leads Pro Stocks into JBH 100 after Recent Win
WINCHESTER, NH — The Granite State Pro Stock Series will make their second appearance at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, NH on Saturday, August 4 for the JBH 100. The race will be in memory of late series president John Hoyt, who unexpectedly passed away last year. Hoyt and Mike Parks founded the series in 2011.
“John (Hoyt) was a driving force in this series to help get it off the ground,” Granite State Pro Stock Series president Mike Parks said. “We decided to do a memorial race as our little tribute for him.”
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