by Jay | Jun 11, 2012 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald started deep in the field in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Slack Auto Parts 150 At Gresham Motorsports Park then rallied to an eighth place finish on the half-mile oval.
The Grimm Construction Chevy struggled in practice and qualifying starting 27th in the field. “We had a number of issues the team had to deal with, one of them a tight condition,” said MacDonald. “We just couldn’t get the car to go early, but Rollie and the crew made the right adjustments and the car was really fast right from the start of the race.”
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by Jay | Jun 11, 2012 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Barre’s own Jay Laquerre took the outside lane to victory in the headline Late Model division on Sunday evening (June 10) on Sherwin-Williams night at Thunder Road. Laquerre’s victory was his first since 2001 when he scored his two career victories at the Barre high banks. Jamie “The Hurricane” Fisher made Laquerre work for the win on a late race charge, but settled for second. Cody Blake, former Thunder Road Champion Nick Sweet, and multi-time champion Phil Scott rounded out the top five.
Laquerre took the lead and ran away in the first half of the race after a lap three caution for debris before Fisher caught him using the outside lane in lapped traffic over the final 47 green flag laps. Fisher mounted multiple attacks, cruising to Laquerre’s bumper and pulling down on the inside, only to find himself back in second. Laquerre is thankful Fisher had the same handling condition as they battled for the lead.
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by Jay | Jun 10, 2012 | Canada, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Speedway 660 has become Johnny Clark’s home away from home. The Hallowell, Maine driver led the field to the checkered flag, winning his 3rd straight Pro All Star Series 200 in the Geary Woods. The 2010 and 2011 race winner dominated the second half of Sunday’s race to take the victory in car 54.
“I love this place and we took a big swing at the car at the mid-race break and the boys in the crew did an awesome job” said Clark. “We’ll definitely be back here for SpeedWeekend and try to become the first driver to win three Auto Value 250 races.”
Travis Benjamin, from Morrill, Maine, stayed with Clark for much of the final 100 laps, but was just not able to get around the race winner. Cassius Clark, from Skowhegan, Maine beat Johnny Clark on an exciting last lap pass in their heat race, but settled for third in the feature. D.J. Shaw, from Center Conway, New Hampshire won the other qualifying heat.
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by Jay | Jun 10, 2012 | Massachusetts, Modified, New England, Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk Speedway, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Seekonk, MA, — He is known as ‘Lightnin’ Louie Mechalides for
good reason. ‘Lightnin’ quick when he has too. The Tyngsboro,
MA., veteran driver was pressured right to the finish Saturday night,
holding on to win the 100-lap Valenti Modified Racing Series
event at Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA.
The win was Mechalides’ sixth career VMRS victory. He first and
last win at Seekonk was six years ago.
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by Jay | Jun 10, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Donald Theetge of Boischatel, QC scored a win in the Série ACT Castrol 150 lap event at Autodrome Chaudiere on Saturday, June 9. Theetge led the final six laps of the event after dominant leader Patrick Laperle suffered heartbreak when he broke a driveshaft joint on lap 144. Dany Trepanier followed Theetge to the line for second followed by Jean-François Déry.
Theetge and Laperle worked their way through the 26 car field from the twelfth and eleventh starting positions respectively. Theetge got around early leader Patrick Hamel on lap 37 and began making his way through heavy lap traffic over a long green flag run. Laperle took the lead in the outside lane following a lap 70 restart and appeared to have the car to beat as he dominated for the next 70 laps. He appeared to have the race in hand as he built a lead working his way through lap traffic, but he unexpectedly slowed coming down the front stretch on lap 144 and coasted to a stop at the top of turn 2 after his driveshaft failure.
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