by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Full Card of Racing at Monadnock Speedway
Winchester, NH: Due to the weather reports of severe storms and tornados this past Saturday, the management of Monadnock Speedway was forced to cancel the race event for the safety of all.
The cancellation set a very busy race schedule for the next two weeks. This Saturday, June 12th, the speedway will host a full venue of racing. The night will be filled with action from the Modifieds, Sportsman Modifieds, Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Young Guns, 4-cylinder and Full Size Enduros along with visiting tours of the N.E. Truck Series and New England Antique Racers.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Thunder Road, Vermont, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Tom Therrien Wins Bond/WIX Tiger Tour at White Mountain
North Woodstock, NH – Hinesburg’s Tom Therrien earned the first win on the 2010 Bond/WIX Tiger Tour at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 5. Therrien started in 17th and didn’t take the lead until lap 83, when he got by the 2009 Thunder Road Champion Jimmy Hebert. Therrien would hold off Hebert in a three lap sprint setup by a caution on lap 97. Therrien took the checkers just infront of Hebert in second and his brother Bobby Therrien in third. Hebert had led the majority of the race after the early leader Tony Rossi spun on lap 33.
Thunder Road Late Model star Dave Pembroke finished fourth followed by Jason Bonnett rounding out the top five. ACT Late Model Tour regular Chip Genier took sixth, Joey Roberts seventh, Mike Ziter eighth, Derrick O’Donnell ninth and Eric Badore completed the top ten.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | New England, Seekonk Speedway
Modified Racing Series Heads to Seekonk Speedway Saturday Night
Seekonk, MA – After competing in New York and Vermont the last three weeks, the Modified Racing Series, sponsored by BobValenti AutoMall.Com, returns to familiar territory Saturday night, June 12, 2010, when the touring division featuring open-wheel modified race cars invades the famed Seekonk, Speedway, Rte 6, Seekonk, MA. for the first of three race dates at the popular oval.
The New England based series, now in its seventh season, has seen five different winners in five races to date.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
KEITH ROCCO SET TO DEFEND TITLE IN 37TH ANNUAL COORS LIGHT SK MODIFIED® 100 AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford’s SK Modified® division takes to the track
for the first of two extra distance events of the 2010 season with the 37th
Annual Coors Light SK Modified® 100 on June 11. Keith Rocco has been the
man to beat in the SK Modified® division thus far in 2010 at Stafford,
winning three of the first five races. Rocco outlasted Stafford’s all-time
winningest driver Ted Christopher in a duel for the ages in last year’s
Coors Light SK Modified® 100, swapping the lead no less than 5 times over
the final 35 laps of the race, and he looks to once again reign supreme in
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire
Patriots/Sox Tickets to Benefit Ricky’s Race for Kids at Canaan
Canaan, N.H. — With the 3rd annual Ricky’s Race for Kids to benefit David’s House happening next month, those responsible for the event, in honor of the late Ricky Miller,
are hard at work preparing for the annual fundraiser.
A racing accident left Miller with a severe concussion which ultimately led to his passing in 2004, at the age of 34.
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