CFS KICKS OFF STOCK CAR RACING SEASON WITH ‘SHEDIAC SHAKEDOWN INVITATIONALS’

by | May 21, 2010 | Canada

CFS KICKS OFF STOCK CAR RACING SEASON

WITH ‘SHEDIAC SHAKEDOWN INVITATIONALS’

(Shediac, N.B.) — The Centre for Speed, Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and “Metro Moncton’s Playground of Power”, will kick off its 2010 stock car racing season
with the ‘Shediac Shakedown Invitational 50’s on Sunday, May 23 at 2:00 p.m., the first of 18 stock car racing events to be presented at the CFS during 2010.

Sunday’s event will feature CFS championship points racing, including bonus points for all competitors and free admission for all drivers, in the four regular divisions of Super Sportsman, Shediac Sportsman (formerly Street Stock class), as well as the 4-cylinder Mini Stocks and Four Fun divisions.
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Christopher Wins Sunoco Modified Thriller – Ramstrom Streaks in Super Late Models – O’Sullivan, Douton, Marcotte & Anderson Score Victories

by | May 21, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson

Christopher Wins Sunoco Modified Thriller

Ramstrom Streaks in Super Late Models

O’Sullivan, Douton, Marcotte & Anderson Score Victories

Thompson, CT (May 20, 2010): Thompson International Speedway hosted an exciting night of racing to kick-off the first Thursday Night Thompson Thunder event of the 2010 season. Fans were treated to an incredible night of racing highlighted by the Sunoco Modified main event. Ted Christopher of Plainville, CT, made a thrilling last lap pass to score the victory.

Derek Ramstrom of Worcester, MA, made it three straight in Super Late Model competition. Tommy O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, was victorious in Late Models while an ailing Chris “Moose” Douton of Waterford, CT, was tops in the Limited Sportsman division. R.J. Marcotte of Millville, MA, scored the TIS Modified feature win while it was a career first for Lloyd Anderson of Wauregan, CT, in the Mini Stocks.

The cagey veteran, Ted Christopher of Plainville, CT, used years of experience to set-up Keith Rocco for a last lap winning pass in a gripping Sunoco Modified feature event. Woody Pitkat set sail to lead the opening laps of the event with Bert Marvin taking chase in the runner-up spot followed by Danny Cates, Keith Rocco, and Rowan Pennink. Pitkat managed to get some breathing room as Marvin, Cates, Rocco, and Pennink battled.
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