Champions Crowned as Whip City Season Ends

Champions Crowned as Whip City Season Ends
BY MARK McKEON

WESTFIELD, MA – The last night of racing under the current management had the highest car count of the year as several competitors stopped by to say both hello and farewell.
The 750cc Mini Sprint points battle went down to the wire at the Whip and Flyin’ Phil Bessette’s heat race victory made all the difference in his winning the championship. Bessette won the championship with 1332 points to John Casazza’s 1312. Tyler Jackson won the feature. (more…)

Flemming, Rankin, Cashol, Landry and Weagle record big wins during ‘Atlantic Stock Car Championship’ weekend at Centre for Speed

Flemming, Rankin, Cashol, Landry and Weagle record big wins

during ‘Atlantic Stock Car Championship’ weekend

at Centre for Speed

October 3, 2010 – Shediac (N.B.) – A total of 140 drivers from throughout the four Atlantic provinces and the State of Maine took part in the year-end 10th annual Maple Leaf Foods Atlantic Stock Car Championships at the Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and Metro Moncton’s ‘Playground of Power’, this past weekend.

A total of over $37,000 in payouts was on the line during this two-day event for teams in the five stock car racing divisions of Pro Stock, Sportsman, Streetstock, 4-cylinder Mini Stock (over 100 hp.) and Four Fun (under 100 hp.) racing extravaganza. Rain and damp weather delayed the events on Saturday while bright sunshine was the order of the day on Sunday.
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Joey Polewarczyk Wins 48th Annual Milk Bowl At Thunder Road

Joey Polewarczyk Wins 48th Annual Milk Bowl At Thunder Road

BARRE, Vt. — Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., won the 48th annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, October 3. Polewarczyk won the first of three segments en route to a low score of 12 points in the monza-style scored event. It was Polewarczyk’s fifth win of the season in Late Model competitition, including the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last month and two ACT Late Model Tour events this season. Polewarczyk, who holds the track record at Thunder Road, qualified second on Saturday, won the first 50-lap segment Sunday and then finished seventh and fourth, respectively, in the final two 75-lap segments en route to the win. Polewarczyk now has two career wins at the track, including the 2009 VT Governor’s Cup 150.

WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford
WHAT: 48th annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl
WHERE: Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)

STARTED: 2nd
FINISHED: 1st
SEGMENT FINISHES: 1st, 7th, 4th (12 points)
NEXT: Sunday, October 10, ACT 150, Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, Conn. (.333-mile oval)
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