by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Joey Polewarczyk Gives Ford Racing 1st ACT Victory
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — It feels like the first time.
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. handed Ford Racing its first ACT Late Model Tour victory on Saturday night, winning the ACT 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The victory was Polewarczyks first of the season and the fifth of his ACT career.
“It feels awesome to give Ford its first win,” said Polewarczyk, who led the final 53 laps of the event. “They’ve stuck with us from the beginning. Whenever we had problems, they were right there to support us. I’m so happy to do this for them.”
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine
Steve Carrier and Corey Bubar headline Beech Ridge winners.
Scarborough,Maine-Steve Carrier notched his second NASCAR Pro Series feature win on Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Corey Bubar was the winner of the Sport Series main event with Matt Gain taking the Wildcat win. Shawn Brackett rounded out the night of winners with the Road Runner checkered flag. The NASCAR Pro Series 40 lap race was led to the green flag by Jay Sands who led the opening 11 laps. Steve Carrier moved into contention and found racing room to the inside of Sands on the 12th circuit to move to the front. Back in the fourth position behind third place running Chuck Colby, 6 cars were in a 3-row side by side race for position. While the racing back in the field was tight, Carrier was pulling away and took the race win in a caution free 40 lap dash. Jay Sands was second with Chuck Colby third. Bill Rodgers won the battle for fourth place with Dan McKeage fifth.
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by Jay | Jul 24, 2010 | Video
At the Speedbowl during the July 17 event to watch the Street Stock race (won by Ed Puleo) and the (more…)
by Jay | Jul 24, 2010 | Maine, Unity
Burgess, Bellows make it two straight wins at Unity Raceway
Unity, ME – Jeff Burgess of Fairfield won his second straight Late Model feature race Friday night, topping the card at Unity Raceway. Other feature winners on the program included Brad Bellows of China, Andy Turbovsky of Winslow, Cary Davis of Solon, Gregg Cummings of Augusta, Justin Moore of Madison, Mika Wilson of Chelsea, Jayson Bosworth of Cornville and Alex Fernald of Benton.
Burgess had turned around a dismal season the previous week with a triumphant run in his Late Model, and Friday night the veteran car builder made it back-to-back feature victories in the top class at Unity Raceway.
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by Jay | Jul 24, 2010 | ACT, New England, NHMS
Brent Dragon Heading Back To
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
MILTON, Vt. — ACT Late Model Tour veteran Brent Dragon was one of 40 Late Model drivers invited by the American-Canadian Tour to test at New Hampshire Motor Speedway next month, the sanctioning body announced today. Each driver will participate in one full day of testing during the session on Aug. 17-18 in advance of the second annual ACT Invitational at the track on Sept. 18.
The test session also serves as an approval process for being invited to join the 43-car starting field in the 60-lap event. Dragon finished 19th in the inaugural ACT Invitational last September.
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