by Jay | Jun 8, 2012 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When it comes to extra distance feature racing at
Stafford Speedway, SK Modified® and Late Model driver Woody Pitkat has
enjoyed a fair amount of success. Pitkat has won 100 and 150 lap races in
both the SK Modified® and Late Model divisions at Stafford, and he hopes to
become the first repeat winner in the SK Modified® division during the 2012
season with another victory in the 39th Annual Coors Light SK Modified® 100.
With a win and a second place finish in the last 3 races at Stafford, Pitkat
and his #89 Jimmy Paige Plumbing & Heating team have some momentum on their
side.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
RPM MOTORSPORTS: Renewed Optimism For Hoar
Recent Devil’s Bowl Speedway Win Has Team Ready For 100-lap Event
Brian Hoar left Devil’s Bowl Speedway last weekend in a completely different frame of mind than he did when he last visited the half-mile Vermont oval in mid-May.
Hoar won the 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model feature event at Devil’s Bowl on Friday night, his final tuneup before the I Am Vermont Strong 100 at the track this weekend. It’s the second race in the four-race Vermont State Championship Series being contested this season between Devil’s Bowl and Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, White Mountain Motorsports Park
White Mountain Champion, Crazy Horse Continue Search For Speed
Despite winning a total of 17 races in 2010 and 2011, claiming consecutive Late Model championships and owning the all-time career win mark at White Mountain Motorsports Park, Quinny Welch isn’t one to sit around and admire his trophy case.
In fact, his No. 78 IBEW Local 104 Chevrolet spent the winter months of this past offseason in various stages of disarray at the Crazy Horse Racing building in South Paris, Maine – with Welch working side-by-side with Crazy Horse owner Mitch Green in search of improvement.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2012 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Racing historian Cho Lee of Barre, VT will be remembered at Thunder Road this Sunday, June 10 in the racetrack’s first seasonal weekly program presented by Sherwin-Williams. It will be the first of two twilight Sunday affairs for the high-banked oval before weekly Thursday night racing begins.
Lee, who co-authored “Fifty Years of Excitement” documenting Thunder Road’s history, will be remembered by the New England Antique Racers with the Cho Lee Memorial Race. More than thirty vintage racecars are expected to join Thunder Road’s three weekly racing divisions in Sunday’s event.
St. Johnsbury VT’s John Gammell will be in attendance to present the award for the historic racing cars. Gammell, who has been fighting cancer, is nostalgic for the opportunity.
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by Jay | Jun 6, 2012 | Massachusetts, Modified, New England, Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk Speedway, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Two-time series champion Jon McKennedy of East
Chelmsford, MA., takes a slim 10-point lead over Rowan Pennink,
of Huntingdon Valley, PA, to Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA,
Saturday night, June 9, when the Valenti Modified Racing Series returns
to action after a three-week layoff. The race is the first of three scheduled
at Seekonk this season for the VMRS.
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