by Jay | Jul 23, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, PASS, Thompson
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Thompson Int’l Speedway Race Report
THOMPSON, Conn. – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, finished 16th in the PASS North Series PASS 100 at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Conn., on Thursday, July 21. Sommerville was racing in third place in the early going when the two leaders got together in front of him, giving him nowhere to go. He retired after completing just 26 laps. The series gets a short turnaround when it heads to Oxford Plains Speedway for the Brackett Mechanical 150 on Saturday, July 23.
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by Jay | Jul 23, 2011 | Modified, New England, New Hampshire
Claremont, NH – The final tabulations are in, the numbers are staggering too most.
“Ricky’s Race For Kids” did what it was intended to do. Present a quality purse for
racers to compete for and raise as much money as possible for David’s House,
the Lebanon, NH., based facility that provides a home away from home for
needy families When the final figures were totaled this week, mission accomplished.
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by Jay | Jul 22, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
STAFFORD SPEEDWAY NOMINATES KEITH HERZIG OF WISHES ON WHEELS FOR BETTY JANE FRANCE HUMANITARIAN AWARD
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway has nominated Keith Herzig
for the NASCAR Foundation’s Inaugural Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award.
Herzig is the Founder and President of Wishes On Wheels, an annual
fund-raiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut. Each year since
2000, Herzig organizes the family friendly Wishes On Wheels Convoy on the
third Sunday in September. To date, Wishes On Wheels has raised in excess
of $670,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of CT. Most recently Herzig was
involved in the CARQUEST Champions For Charities Event held at Stafford
Speedway. He assisted Keith Rocco in raising funds for Make-A-Wish of CT
for the Charity event, and together they raised $4,230 for the Wishes on
Wheels program.
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by Jay | Jul 22, 2011 | Maine, New England, Speedway 95
HOPKINS TAKES PHIPPEN MEMORIAL RACE AT SPEEDWAY 95
Mike Hopkins of Hermon won his 7th feature of the season at Speedway 95 Thursday night and did it in style as he won the 100 lap John Phippin Memorial race for Late Models by half a lap over second place finisher Deane Smart of Bradley. Hopkins had a couple of spirited battles along the road to his win, the first for the beginning18 laps of the race with Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs, who eventually finished third. Then a short battle with Smart ensued from a restart on lap 35, until Hopkins took the lead for good on lap 39. The race then went from lap 40 to lap 100 without another pause in the action. Hopkins kept increasing his lead after picking up the $200 bonus money, posted by Larry and Deb Curtis of Buxton, Maine, for leading lap 59. 59 was Phippen’s number for all the years he raced from 1978 to 2010, in the Central Maine area. Dale Swoboda of Hermon placed fourth at the finish, followed by Winterport’s Shane Clark in fifth. The remaining finishing order was 6. Jesse Smith, Bangor, 7. George Dunn, Eastbrook, 8. Alex Waltz, Damariscotta, 9. Greg Ellis, Hermon, 10. Brenton Parritt, Steuben, 11. Phil Richardson, Hermon, 12. Ryan Deane, Winterport. Only the top three cars were on the lead lap when the checkered flag ended the event. (more…)
