by Jay | Jun 6, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Trevor Sanborn: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Sanborn Wins 2nd Straight Outing At The Ridge
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Trevor Sanborn continued his dominance of the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday night, winning the track’s 40-lap Pro Series feature. It was Sanborn’s second straight victory to open the season at Beech Ridge, and his 10th career Pro Series win. The race was shortened by rain to 39 laps, and it was unfortunately marked by the untimely passing of multi-time track champion Bub Bilodeau. Bilodeau, an early mentor of Sanborn’s racing career, suffered a heart attack following the event while still in his race car.
WHO: Trevor Sanborn, Parsonsfield, Maine
TEAM: Cushman Competition/Pleasant Hill Auto Sales/Knight’s Flooring No. 29 Ford
WHAT: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, Pro Series division
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 20th
FINISHED: 1st
LED: 1 time for 34 laps
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by Jay | Jun 6, 2010 | PASS
Naples, ME 6/5/10- Andy Loden’s high, wide, and handsome move to the outside of Jay Fogleman on lap ninety-one of Friday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Piedmont Pride 150 at Ace Speedway sealed his second career PASS South series super late model victory in less than a week. Point leader Preston Peltier continued his consistent streak with a second place finish followed by Jimmy Weller with a career best third. Two young guns in Devin Jones and Stephen Nasse rounded out the top five.
The Piedmont Pride 150 marked the series’ first trip to the pristine 4/10th mile facility and it showed early and often in the first twenty five laps. The yellow flag was displayed four times in the first fourteen laps including a red flag situation coming out for the night’s first incident on lap four. Several drivers had their race cut short including third place points man Heath Hindman who had the hardest hit of the night when his #91 RTV Chevy Impala pounded the turn one wall mid air.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
TOMMY BARRETT, JR. BECOMES YOUNGEST WINNER IN STAFFORD HISTORY; GALLO,
PITKAT, GAMBACORTA, AND WOOD ALSO SCORE USG EVENT NIGHT FEATURE VICTORIES
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Friday, June 4th was USG Event night at Stafford
Motor Speedway and it was a history making night. Three weeks after Joey
Cipriano became the youngest driver to ever win a feature race at Stafford,
Tommy Barrett, Jr. lowered that record by winning the 20-lap SK Light
Modified feature for his first career win. There were two other first time
winners at Stafford as Matt Gallo scored his first career SK Modified®
victory in the 40-lap feature, and Josh Wood was a first time career winner
in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature. Woody Pitkat continued his white hot
start to the 2010 season with his second consecutive and third overall win
of the year in the 30-lap Late Model feature, and Kevin Gambacorta nailed
down his second win of the year in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature. (more…)
by Jay | Jun 5, 2010 | Video
Friday, June 4th was USG Event night at Stafford Motor Speedway and it was a history making night. Three weeks (more…)
by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | ACT, New England, Vermont
BOND/WIX TIGER TOUR HEADS TO WHITE MOUNTAIN SATURDAY
Waterbury, VT – White Mountain Motorsport Park (WMMP) will open the Bond/Wix Tiger Tour this Saturday, June 05, 2010. The popular Bond Tiger Sportsman cars from throughout the region will begin their championship run in the first of four events for the 2010 race season.
“White Mountain was a natural for us to begin the 2010 campaign,” said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour, (ACT), which sanctions the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman Division. “WMMP took a major step to bring the ACT rules for the Tiger Sportsman division to the track this season, and we want to do whatever we can to try and help get this division in a growth trend at WMMP. We have encouraged the Thunder Road Tiger teams to visit WMMP whenever they can in 2010.”
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