by Jay | Apr 5, 2011 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
MACDONALD FINISHES FOURTEENTH AT GREENVILLE
The much anticipated K&N Pro Series East season opener took the green flag in the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 at Greenville Pickens Speedway after a week’s rain delay yet the outcome was not the anticipated one for Eddie MacDonald and the Grimm Racing Team. The series veteran fought a loose handling racecar for much of the race hanging on for the 14th spot when the checker flag flew.
“The car was so loose at the end, I felt like I was dirt-tracking in the turns. The car was really good early in the race and we were moving forward for the first forty laps but then it just kept getting worse,” said MacDonald after the race.
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by Jay | Apr 5, 2011 | PASS
Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
North Wilkesboro Race Preview
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, joins drivers from two divisions for the PASS-sanctioned $75,000-to-win “The Race” at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, N.C., on Friday and Saturday, April 8-9. The reigning PASS North Series Rookie of the Year is guaranteed a starting spot in the lucrative event for both PASS North and PASS South Series teams. Doiron has never competed at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway, which has sat nearly dormant since the last NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event there in 1995, though he and his family-owned Super Late Model team tested there last month.
WHO: Joey Doiron, Berwick, Maine
TEAM: No. 73 JBJ Machine/Rescue Welding/Dale Shaw Race Cars Chevrolet
BEST CAREER NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY: N/A
WHAT: PASS-sanctioned “The Race” 300-lap Super Late Model event
WHERE: North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
WHEN: Qualifying – Friday, April 8, 5 p.m.; Race – Saturday, April 9, 6 p.m. (more…)
by Jay | Apr 5, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Waterford
Chris Pasteryak Scores Blastoff Win At Waterford
Waterford CT– Second-generation driver and former series champion
Chris Pasteryak, of Lisbon, (CT), roared to victory Sunday afternoon
winning the 100-lap Budweiser Blastoff at the Waterford, (CT)
Speedbowl. The race was the season opener for the Valenti Modified
Racing Series.
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by Jay | Apr 4, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
ICEBREAKER 2011 THIS WEEKEND AT THOMPSON
Thompson, CT. The much anticipated opening of the 2011 racing season at Thompson International Speedway is set for this weekend. The seven-division, two-day Icebreaker is a New England tradition and marks the beginning of another exciting racing season at the historic speedway.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour tops the bill on Icebreaker weekend. Defending Champion, Bobby Santos III will lead a star studded field of NASCAR Modified drivers when they line up for their 150-lap season opener at Thompson.
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by Jay | Apr 4, 2011 | Canada, New England
AOW Modifieds Release 2011 Schedule
The AOW Modified Tour is pleased to announce our 2011 schedule which features events in all three maritime provinces & the U.S. State of Maine.
Highlights of the season include events at the re-opened Petty International Raceway near Moncton NB, returning dates at the ½-mile Lake Doucette Motor Speedway near Yarmouth NS, the Centre for Speed near Shediac NB, & Spud Speedway in Caribou, Maine.
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