by Jay | Apr 15, 2011 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Cody Hodgson: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
South Boston Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., seeks his second straight Top-10 finish to start his career when the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East stops at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Va., for the South Boston 150 on Saturday, April 16. Hodgson, who is running for the Sunoco Rookie of the Year award in the series, tested at South Boston last week and is looking to carry the momentum of a 10th-place run in the season opener at Greenville Pickens Speedway two weeks ago into the second event on the 2011 schedule.
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by Jay | Apr 15, 2011 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Lee USA Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., rolls on with the ACT Late Model Tour as it opens the 2011 season with the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Sunday afternoon, April 17. Dragon has competed on the Tour every year since its inception in 1992 and is fourth on the all-time series win list with nine career victories. Though he’s never won at Lee USA, he does consider it one of his favorite stops on the circuit – in part because it reminds him so much of Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where he won multiple Late Model track championships. Dragon will compete this weekend in a car fielded by Avery Motorsports, part of a joint effort with his own Dragon Motorsports team this season.
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by Jay | Apr 15, 2011 | NASCAR
TONY STEWART – So, You Think You Can Dance?
KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (April 12, 2011) – With the exception of Helio Castroneves, the IZOD IndyCar Series driver who won season five’s Dancing With The Stars competition, there’s not a racecar driver around who would consider themselves a good dancer, at least on the dance floor. But on the racetrack, that’s a much different story, especially for drivers in the elite NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and especially at the two restrictor-plate tracks they visit – Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
The two venues represent a very different style of racing – one that even Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli could appreciate, as both ballroom dancing and dancing in a restrictor-plate draft require proper footwork, excellent communication and, above all, trust.
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by Jay | Apr 14, 2011 | New England, New York
Airborne adds Big-Block Modifieds, boosts purse for Mohawk Casino 100
South Plattsburgh, NY – Airborne Speedway has upped the ante for the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino 100, the season’s longest-distance event for DIRTcar Modifieds, Sunday, September 12.
Big-Block Modifieds have been declared eligible to compete alongside the region’s top 358-Modified competitors in the $3,000-to-win event.
The Mohawk Casino 100 is the highlight of a two-day program which includes Airborne’s Sportsman, Renegade, Mini-Modified and Bomber divisions.
“This is our biggest Modified event of the year and we’re anticipating a large field that will make qualifying for the race a real accomplishment,” promoter Mike Perrotte said.
Airborne open its 58th season with the Della Auto Group Fast 50 Saturday, May 7 at 5 p.m. when Patrick Dupree of Saranac Lake will begin defense of his 2010 Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified title. All Airborne divisions be will in action.
Many of the opening day competitors will be in attendance at the Mike Watts Motorsports Show at the Crete Civic Center in Plattsburgh Friday, April 15 (6-10 pm) and Saturday, April 16 from 10 am – 6 pm. Admission is $7/adults. $2/kids 12 and under.
by Jay | Apr 14, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England
MOVING IN: Theriault Finds New Home For Sophomore Season
Second-Year ACT Driver Joins RPM Motorsports With High Hopes
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault has garnered so much attention and so many accolades on the ACT Late Model Tour, sometimes you have to remind yourself that he’s just a 17-year-old high school student with just one year of ACT experience.
Theriault, however, doesn’t need to be reminded.
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