by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | Maine, New England, PASS
PUTTING THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER
Circumstances allow Austin Theriault to seize opportunities in racing
FORT KENT, Maine — Austin Theriault remembers with a laugh his first spin behind the wheel of a stock car.
“It was the ‘Young Guns’ class,” the 16-year-old high school sophomore recalls. “What I remember was how those guys took racing so seriously. They were going circles around me. My left front tire was 4 inches up off the ground.”
What Theriault has learned since that firsthand introduction to the sport was that soon he would take a racing career just as seriously. Just 12 months ago, Theriault never imagined anything more than running in the weekly 4-cylinder division at Spud Speedway in Caribou. Fast-forward to 2010, though, and Theriault plans to run the complete ACT Late Model Tour slate and select PASS North Series events.
“Looking back just a year ago, it all happened pretty quick,” Theriault said. “The biggest thing is just the good people I’ve been meeting along the way… I’ve gone from a little 4-cylinder car a couple years ago to Super Late Models, and it’s just the right people we’ve been lucky enough to have met, I guess.
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by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | New England, Vermont
Brent Dragon: Bear Ridge Speedway
Sportsman Modified Race Preview
Coming off a 10th-place finish in the Memorial Day Classic 100 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl last weekend, Brent Dragon takes a break from Late Model racing this weekend. The Milton, Vt., driver plans to compete for the second year in a row in an exhibition race at Bear Ridge Speedway, a quarter-mile dirt track in Bradford, Vt. On Saturday night, Dragon will join his father, Beaver Dragon, his uncle Bobby Dragon and his cousin Scott Dragon in a pair of 10-lap Sportsman Modified races. Brent raced in the event last year, winning one of the two races and then finishing 10th in the track’s regularly-scheduled 30-lap Sportsman Modified feature at Bear Ridge. Dragon is expected to compete in a car owned by track owner Butch Elms.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
WHAT: Dirt Sportsman Modified Exhibition Event
WHERE: Bear Ridge Speedway, Bradford, Vt. (.25-mile dirt oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday, June 5
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by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine
Trevor Sanborn: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Sanborn returns to victory lane in return to weekly racing at home track
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Trevor Sanborn opened the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway by winning last Saturday night’s 40-lap Pro Series feature. It was the ninth career victory at the track for Sanborn, who returns to weekly competition on a full-time basis for the first time since 2006. Sanborn led every lap of the event, surviving one restart after starting on the outside pole in the 22-car field.
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)
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by Jay | Jun 2, 2010 | PASS
PASS South races at Ace Friday
The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South super late models make a Friday June 4 appearance at Altahmahaw North Carolina’s Ace Speedway, a fast 4/10 mile speed plant that will be hosting the stars and cars of PASS for the first time.
Ace should be considered a wild card in the race for the 2010 PASS South championship, joining North Wilkesboro Speedway as one of two tracks on the schedule where the series has yet to make an appearance.
With five of the scheduled thirteen championship events in the books, Concord North Carolina’s Preston Peltier is atop the standings by virtue of his two wins and five top five finishes to date. High Point’s Ryan Blaney won the season opener at Dillon (NC) Motor Speedway and trails Peltier by 20 markers, 1086-1066. Consistency has Tennessean Heath Hindman in third, 46 points back from Blaney at 1,020. Jay Fogleman has yet to visit victory lane in 2010 but he’s only six points behind Hindman, deadlocked with Concord Speedway race winner Andy Loden at 1014.
Ace will serve up a heaping helping of action Friday night with King Extremes, Chick-fil-a Modifieds, Legends, Bandoleros and 150 green flag laps for the short track stars of the Pro All Stars Series.
Pit gates open on Friday June 4 at 1:00 PM and PASS practice gets the green at 2:30 PM. The grandstands open at 5:00 PM and the first race will take to the track at 8:00 PM. The PASS super late models, Legends and Bandoleros will time trial at 6:15 PM.
For more information on Ace Speedway check out www.acespeedway.com on line. A complete schedule for Friday night’s event can be found at www.proallstarsseries.com
by Jay | Jun 2, 2010 | Video
It was another classic battle among the competitors at Thompson Speedway. What a way to open the 2010 Summmer season (more…)
