by Jay | May 25, 2012 | Canada
Speedway 660’s season number 19 takes flight Saturday night at 7PM with the Riverview Ford Lincoln Season Opener. Race fans will see action in five divisions –Pro Stocks; Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman; Street Stocks; Four Cylinders and; Hanwell Village Mart Bandoleros.
“We expect between 80 and 100 race teams to invade the Geary Woods on Saturday to get the short-track stock car racing season off to a roaring start” said Chris Johnston, one of Speedway 660’s owners. “The Riverview Ford Lincoln Season Opener is always exciting and after a long off-season our fans, sponsors, race teams and staff are all ready to get going.”
It’s been over eight months since Shawn Tucker became the third two time AutoValue 250 winner at the 2011 SpeedWeekend. Between now and SpeedWeekend 2012, Speedway 660 will be busy providing fans with the best racing in Atlantic Canada.
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by Jay | May 25, 2012 | Maine, New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, will try and keep the momentum rolling in the White Mountains when the PASS North Series heads to the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, May 26. The 20-year-old Doiron leads the series point standings through two events with a win and a pair of Top-5 finishes on his resume in 2012. Though he doesn’t consider White Mountain Motorsports Park among his favorite annual stops on the circuit, the No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet has only finished outside the Top-10 on the high-banked quarter-mile once in four career PASS starts there.
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by Jay | May 25, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Modified, New England, Vermont
Summer schedule begins at People’s United Bank Memorial Day Special event
The summer stock car racing season starts with a bang – literally – at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday night, as People’s United Bank presents a full card of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing and a spectacular Memorial Day fireworks show, Friday, May 25 at 7:30pm. The People’s United Bank Memorial Day Special is the fourth event of 2012 at the West Haven, VT track, but will begin a new tradition as it kicks off the Friday-night summer schedule.
A full field of Bond Auto Parts Modifieds is expected for a special Twin 20-lap main event. The ground-pounding open-wheel cars will start the event lined up according to handicapped positions, with high-point drivers near the back of the field. After the initial 20-lap sprint, the winner will be given one point, the runner-up two points, etc., and the finish order will be inverted to start the final 20 laps. A second set of points will be awarded using the same format, and the driver with the lowest overall score will be declared the People’s United Bank Memorial Day Special winner.
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by Jay | May 24, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Doug Coby, who won the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
Sizzler last month at Stafford, will look to make it two-for-two when the
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford next Friday night for the
22nd Annual TSI Harley-Davidson 125. Of Coby’s 3 career Whelen Modified
Tour wins, 2 have come in the Spring Sizzler. That fact, combined with Coby
’s two Stafford track championships, has the Milford native excited about
the prospects of making it two in a row at Stafford.
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by Jay | May 24, 2012 | Maine, New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
FALMOUTH, Maine – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, tries to rebound from a rough night last time out when the PASS North Series holds the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, May 26. Sommerville salvaged an eighth-place finish two weeks ago at Star Speedway in an ill-handling No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet, but he believes he can get his season back on track at White Mountain. Last year, in his first two career visits to the track, Sommerville posted a pair of Top-5 finishes.
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