by Jay | Aug 29, 2011 | New England, New York
Big events remain on Airborne schedule
South Plattsburgh – Airborne Speedway remembers long-time track photographer Mike Watts this Saturday, September 3, in the first of three notable events still too come on the 2011 schedule.
The Della Auto Group Mike Watts Memorial 50 for DIRTCar Modifieds will decide the 2011 track championship in a season of unprecedented support from race teams. No fewer than 26 cars have started each Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified event and car counts of 30-plus have been the norm.
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by Jay | Aug 29, 2011 | New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 29, 2011) -During the SYLVANIA 300 weekend New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and Tommy Baldwin Racing are offering every modified fan’s dream, a Richie Evans ticket package to celebrate his induction into the Hall of Fame.
Evans is recognized as the “king” of modified racing. He captured nine NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships in a 13-year span, which included eight consecutive championships from 1978-85. “The Rapid Roman” collected multiple track championships across the Northeast and hundreds of victories, including a 37-win season during a stretch of 60 modified races in 1979. He was also named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.
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by Jay | Aug 29, 2011 | Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire
Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway hosted another round of NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series action on Friday night, with the Benson Lumber and
Hardware Small Block Supermodified, Prime Storage Late Model Sportsman,
David’s Race Cars and Components Hobby Stock, and RE/MAX Ironman feature
events all paying double points.
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by Jay | Aug 29, 2011 | New
Tony Stewart has been successful at NHMS across several series, including four wins spread across three of them. For more (more…)
by Jay | Aug 28, 2011 | Maine, New England, Unity
Dylan Turner claims Big John Phippen 59 victory at Unity Raceway
Unity, Maine — Dylan Turner of Freedom nailed down the biggest win of his short career with a victory in the Big John 59 Late Model race, held in the memory of multi-time, multi-track champion ‘Big John’ Phippen of Town Hill, who passed away last summer.
Turner, a third-generation racer and recent high school graduate, charged back into contention after an altercation while swapping the lead with Liberty’s Josh St.Clair went awry with just a handful of laps remaining in the event. That crash, which also eliminated Skowhegan’s David ‘Deuce’ Folsom II after he’d spent virtually the entire distance in second or third position, handed the lead to Cassius Clark of Farmington.
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