by Jay | May 1, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Pittsford, VT driver chasing Renegade championship
Former stock car racing champion Ryan Keith of Pittsford, VT will make his return to Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2012 with one goal in mind: Another championship. Keith has purchased a car for weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series competition in the Renegade class at the West Haven, VT half-mile.
Keith had a major impact in his previous tenure at Devil’s Bowl, winning the 1994 championship in the former GT four-cylinder division. Keith won the Albany-Saratoga (NY) Speedway title that same year, scoring an incredible 17 total feature victories. A three-year stint in the top-level Pro Stock division at Monadnock (NH) Speedway saw Keith emerge as a title contender and take multiple wins while racing against short track standouts including Kirk Alexander and Pete Fiandaca.
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by Jay | May 1, 2012 | ACT, Maine, New England, Touring Series News
BKR Development Driver 5th At Pensacola; Posts Top-10 In ACT Race
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Planes, trains and automobiles. That’s what it felt like for Austin Theriault this weekend.
The 18-year-old Brad Keselowski Racing development driver hit opposite ends of the East Coast in a three-day span, posting a career-best Super Late Model finish of 5th in Florida less than 48 hours before returning to New England to post a Top-10 run in ACT Late Model Tour action at Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
“It was a long weekend, a lot of miles and a lot of racing, but I had a lot of fun, too,” Theriault said after finishing ninth Sunday in the Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road. “The Late Model, the Super Late Model – they both have four tires, but they really drive a lot different. At first, honestly, I don’t think I even realized how different they can be. But getting out here (at Thunder Road) and jumping into the Late Model and launching off into that first turn this weekend, it was like, ‘Whoa.’”
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by Jay | May 1, 2012 | Airborne, New England, New York
Patrick Dupree saved the best for last, passing Todd Stone for the lead on lap 48 of the 50-lap Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified feature and holding on for a one car-length victory at Airborne Speedway Sunday.
Stone, who had led from the outset through three restarts, was sizing up a backmarker that was racing at speed entering the third turn, when Dupree dove underneath both cars and took over first place.
“That was a workout,” Dupree said. “I was sitting outside the top ten for over half the race. I was trying to save my tires, but then I was wondering if I could ever get close to the front.”
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by Jay | May 1, 2012 | Legends, Maine, NELCAR, New England, Touring Series News
It is still very early in the season but 13 year old Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine has picked up right where he finished his rookie season in NELCAR… up front.
Starting on the outside pole in his heat race at the season opening race at Unity Raceway, Lanpher led every lap and was a half a straightaway ahead when the checkers fell. Starting outside of Matthew Bourgoine for the feature, Lanpher made several runs and Bourgoine and was on his bumper several times but was not able to pass his friend from karting days and settled for a 2nd place finish.
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by Jay | May 1, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) will kick off it’s twelfth northeast racing season on Saturday May 5 at Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, and its an event that racers and race fans alike have looked forward to since the final checker of 2011. Southern Maine Motors.com has returned as presenting sponsors for all three PASS appearances at the Cusack’s immaculate speed plant
PASS North’s three touring series are slated for competition, and all three series defending champions will be back to try and duplicate their 2011 titles.
Johnny Clark captured the super late model segment of this event in 2011 on his way to an unprecedented sixth PASS super late model title. The Farmingdale Maine speedster won seven of the series’s fourteen 2011 events and only landed outside the top five on one occasion. He’ll be looking for a fifth straight championship when the season wraps up in October, but on opening day every team is tied in the point standings and there are plenty of drivers who’d like nothing better than to break Clark’s streak.
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