by Jay | May 22, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For Ryan Preece and the #16 Diversified Metals
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour team, the 2012 season couldn’t have gotten off
to a much better start than it has. In the first three races of the 2012
season, Preece and his team have won the pole position for all three events,
giving them four consecutive pole positions dating back to the final race of
2011, and they have led 361 of the 534 laps that have been completed thus
far. With Preece securing his first victory since joining the #16 team for
the last race of the 2011 season last week at Monadnock, he is looking to
continue his hot streak when the Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford
next Friday night for the 22nd Annual TSI Harley-Davidson 125.
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by Jay | May 21, 2012 | Connecticut, Thompson, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
THOMPSON, CT. – Even though he had what he described as an, “ill-handling car,” Rowan Pennick of Huntington Valley, Pa., was able to withstand several challenges from Richard Savary to go on and win the 75-lap Valenti Modified Racing Series on Sunday night at Thompson International Speedway.
It was the fifth win over-all and second on the series at Thompson for Pennick who became the race’s third and final leader when he passed Ted Christopher in turns three and four on the 30th lap.
Christopher, who led from lap 16 when he passed Todd Owen, driving for series organizer Jack Bateman, dropped out shortly thereafter.
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by Jay | May 21, 2012 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald scored a tenth place finish in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East/West combination race in the Graham Tire 150 at Iowa Speedway. Two West cars finished ahead of the Grimm Construction Chevy giving MacDonald eighth place East Series points. He currently sits in eighth place in the point’s race after four events.
“The car was really fast in the first practice running sixth and we were very happy with it,” said MacDonald. “We went out on old tires so we expected to be faster with new tires, but we were not. The car was very loose in qualifying and I didn’t know what happened. All of a sudden it didn’t handle anything like it did in practice. We lost some positions in the second practice but that was because all the other teams ran stickers. So qualifying the way we did was a real surprise.”
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by Jay | May 21, 2012 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fifth in the ACT Late Model Tour Armed Forces Day 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, May 20. Theriault started third in the 33-car field, but a tire issue that plagued many of the ACT teams in qualifying threw a curveball at the No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion team. Teams were allowed to use new tires for the Armed Forces Day 150, but with the change in rubber, the car never handled as well as it had earlier in the day. Still, Theriault posted his third Top-5 finish in four starts this season and closed on the ACT Late Model Tour points leaders.
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by Jay | May 21, 2012 | Maine, New England, Unity
Jeff Burgess of Fairfield nailed down his second feature race victory this season in the 35-lap Late Model main event at Unity Raceway Saturday night.
Burgess, who held a narrow, one-point win in his defense of the Unity Raceway track championship over Burnham’s Brian Whitney entering the night’s action, stalked Whitney throughout the race, finally making his move to the point with only three laps remaining.
Whitney, already a two-time winner in early-season action, had to settle for second after setting the pace for 30 laps. Three-time track champion Frank Moulton of Burnham crossed the finish line in third position, followed by Ajay Picard of Palmyra. Mark Dodge of Unity, who led the first two circuits, rounded out the top five. Whitney won the heat race.
Full Story – Jeff Burgess claims second Late Model victory this season at Unity Raceway
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