by Jay | Jun 26, 2012 | ACT, Maine, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fourth in the ACT Late Model Tour White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, June 23. It marked the best career finish for Theriault at the banked quarter-mile track and his fourth Top-5 finish in five races this season. Theriault started ninth and rode inside the Top-10 throughout the event, making a late move for fourth-place while racing in traffic with several cars vying for second place.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2012 | Connecticut, Thompson
Rusty Wallace, the 1989 Sprint Cup Champion and member of the 2013 class of NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees, will be on hand to meet and greet Thompson fans on Thursday, July 12th. Wallace, the spokesman for California Paint’s Storm System, will be a great addition to that evening which will also feature the Pro All-Star Series (PASS) tour in a 75-lap main event.
Wallace, the winner of 55 Sprint Cup races, retired from the driver’s seat in 2005 and is the only driver to become a first-ballot selection to the NASCAR Hall of Fame since the inaugural class was inducted. He has been very involved in the promotion of the Hall of Fame and has continued his involvement in the sport as a car owner in the Nationwide series, an analyst for ESPN, a race track designer, philanthropist for the NASCAR Foundation and spokesperson for some very select products. His appearance for California Paint’s Storm System is a perfect match since California Paints has been a long-time sponsor and promoter of the Thompson International Speedway.
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by Jay | Jun 25, 2012 | Canada, Maine, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Valle Jonction QC (6/23) Travis Benjamin put his mount out front on a lap 85 restart in Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at Quebecs L’Autodrome Chaudiere and dominated the final 65 circuits to capture his first PASS North super late model win of 2012. Derek Ramstrom came back from an early race flat to claim the runner up spot and Joey Doiron grabbed third from Kevin Roberge with two laps remaining. Defending series champion and 2011 Chaudiere race winner Johnny Clark finished fifth.
Benjamin led the PASS North point standings as the series made their second 2012 appearance north of the border, and he had been close to claiming the checkers on several occasions. This night he had the fastest race car and the kind of racing luck that’s required to seal the deal.
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by Jay | Jun 25, 2012 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald finished in the ninth position in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at Langley Speedway in the Visit Hampton Va. 175. The Grimm Construction Chevy started 17th on the grid for the seventh race of the season.
In the first practice session, the #71 was 13th fastest but fell off during the second session and into qualifying with the veteran driver saying, “We just couldn’t get the speed out of it that we needed. The car was dragging some in the turns that really killed or lap times. We made adjustments but it still continued during the race.”
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by Jay | Jun 25, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
Harrington grabs Coupe checkers
Chris Donnelly returned to victory lane in a big way at Bear Ridge Speedway on Wells River Savings Bank Night on Saturday, driving from last place on the 21-car starting grid to win the 35-lap Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature. The Piermont, NH veteran put on a show, passing cars in both low and high grooves for his first 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series win of the year.
Donnelly piloted the No. 91 Tuck’s Repair-sponsored Bicknell chassis owned by Tim Tucker to the win after avoiding a six-car wreck on the opening lap, then slicing through the pack as the laps clicked away.
“It doesn’t get any better than that, 21st to the win,” Donnelly said after catching his breath in victory lane. “It’s been a long time since I had a car that good. Thanks to Tim Tucker for letting me drive it tonight.”
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