by Jay | May 12, 2011 | Motorcycle, New England
East Coast Snocross to have strong presence on 2011 NEATV Tour
CHESHIRE, Conn. (May 12, 2011) – When snowmobile addicts finally have to put the sleds away and endure another long summer, there is one machine that provides the adrenaline rush and can deliver that racing fix necessary to get by. It’s known as the All Terrain Vehicle, or ATV, and they’ve come a long way since those first heavy, cumbersome units hit the trail.
Two forms of powersports racing will join forces this summer, as East Coast Snocross (ECS) will have a strong presence on the New England ATV (NEATV-MX) racing circuit. The ECS office trailer will be on-site at every race (housing the DRT Racing squad), with circuit information readily available. The 2011-12 snocross schedule will be available by late summer.
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by Jay | May 12, 2011 | All-Star Speedway, New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Star Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, looks for a second straight Top-5 finish to open the PASS North Series season in the Star 150 at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 14. Sommerville, who has joined Mulkern Racing to compete full-time in the series for the first time, comes off a strong fourth-place effort in his debut at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway two weeks ago. Sommerville has never competed at Star Speedway, though his home track of Speedway 660 in Geary, N.B., is very similar in size and layout.
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by Jay | May 12, 2011 | Video
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by Jay | May 12, 2011 | NASCAR
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY:
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET – 2ND IN STANDINGS: “Dover is a fun race track. I think it’s a track that really suits my style, and the stats show that. There’s a certain rhythm there. You have to be comfortable with typically the race car at least into the corner; then you have to figure out somehow to make it turn the center, fight forward grip up off the corner to run a good lap there. The rubber, I understand we’re going back to the same tire as we had there in the fall. That tire laid a lot of rubber down and caused a lot of handling issues for teams. We did a good job of working around that. So I’m excited going back. I think it will be a strong race for the Lowe’s team.”
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 AMP ENERGY SUGAR-FREE/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET – 4TH IN STANDINGS: “Concrete has joints in it like a wooden deck, and much like a wooden deck when you don’t treat it well the boards sort of flare up on the ends, and that’s what the joints on the concrete track do. The track gets bumps in those joints, and they’re consistent bumps like when you’re going down the interstate, and it makes the car sort of chatter around on top of those bumps and joints. And, concrete as you run on it gets chalky; it’s difficult to keep smooth or clean. Every time we go out there (Dover) for the first time, the first few minutes in practice everyone is throwing up a bunch of dirt and dust. There is a crossover on the back straightaway of Dover where they bring a lot of dirt in, driving across it into the racetrack. That sort of circulates around the racetrack until it sort of dissipates and goes wherever it goes. It’s harder than asphalt to drive on, for me.”
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by Jay | May 12, 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., heads in as the ACT Late Model Tour championship leader when the series runs The Big Jab 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, May 15. Hoar has a win and two Top-5 finishes to start the season as he searches for a third straight ACT title and record eighth championship overall. Despite a runner-up effort in last year’s non-point TD Bank Oxford 250, Hoar has yet to win at Oxford – where the series will run twice in just over a month’s time.
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