by Jay | Aug 18, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
Nick Sweet: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Nick Sweet of Barre, Vt., makes his RPM Motorsports debut as the ACT Late Model Tour competes in the Q 97.9 ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, August 20. Sweet, the reigning Thunder Road International Speedbowl track champion and 2008 ACT Rookie of the Year, will be driving for his third team in 2011. He enters the week on a hot streak of sorts at Oxford after finishing second in this year’s TD Bank Oxford 250 as the runner-up to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch.
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by Jay | Aug 18, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
DILLON MOLTZ READY TO CHALLENGE FOR ANOTHER LATE MODEL 100 RACE VICTORY AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As Stafford’s Late Model division gets set to take
top billing with their 18th Annual Late Model 100 this Friday night, August
19, Late Model driver Dillon Moltz is ready to challenge for another extra
distance title. From 2008-2009, Moltz won the 100-lap event three
consecutive times and he followed up his three wins with finishes of second,
third, and an 18th place finish after making contact with the wall in the
extra distance event. Moltz likes the longer race and he is ready to
challenge for a fourth 100-lap victory at Stafford this Friday night.
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by Jay | Aug 18, 2011 | Maine, New England, Speedway 95
CHELSEA YOUNG AND JIM CARR WIN FEATURES AND SERIES AT 95
Chelsea Young of Winterport took the lead from Becky Elston of Carmel on the 18th lap of the 25 lap Ladies 3rd series race of the season feature Wednesday night at Speedway 95 and went on to win the event and the overall points title in the three race series. Elston finished second in the feature with Danielle Beal of Hampden in third. Fourth went to Nicole Smith of Bangor and Amy Houde of Howland finished fifth. Official series results are; 1. Chelsea Young, Winterport 2. Danielle Beal, Hampden 3. Becky Elston, Carmel, 4. Amy Houde, Howland 5. Nicole Smith, Bangor 6. Kayla Allen, Bucksport.
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by Jay | Aug 18, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., looks to make it two ACT Late Model Tour victories in a row when the Tour heads to the Q 97.9 ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, August 20. Hoar has five wins this season in his pursuit of his record eighth career ACT championship after winning the inaugural ACT All-Star Challenge at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last weekend. Hoar has never won at Oxford, though he he has not finished outside the Top-5 in two starts at the track this season in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge.
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by Jay | Aug 18, 2011 | NASCAR
RYAN NEWMAN – Time To Turn Up the ‘WIX’ at Michigan
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Aug. 17, 2011) – Ryan Newman and his No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) team are looking to turn up the “WIX” as the battle for a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship heats up and winds down.
With four races remaining until the Chase, Newman & Company are poised to be one of the 12 contenders fighting it out for the 2011 championship.
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