July 6, 2011
Fredericton N.B. – This weekend Speedway 660 will welcome the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour’s annual visit to the Geary Woods.
Upwards of 28 cars are expected to make the trip to Speedway 660 this weekend including some of our own weekly O’Leary Auto Group Pro Stock regular drivers. Locals expected include multi time champions Greg Fahey and Dave O’Blenis, as well as Kevin Moore and rookie Steve Halpin.
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“Racin” Calvin Rankin Takes $1500 Top Prize
Shediac – July 3rd, 2011 – It was a great day of racing at the CENTRE for Speed Entertainment Park in Grand Barachois as car counts continued to grow week over week in all divisions and new drivers continued to get their shot to stand on the podium. Race II of the Maritime Super Series once again saw the hot foot go to Calvin Rankin (#45) of Quispamsis who managed a pass on lap 97 of the 100 lap feature event to overtake a hard running Robert Raynes (#41) of Summerville, NB. Raynes lead most of the final 50 laps and held off Luc Bourgouis (#88) of Memramcook as they raced side by side for more than 30 laps and several restarts until Bourgeois got the jump on Raynes on a restart at lap 87 and lead the second segment to the end. Rankin had won the first 50 lap segment and needed to finish 2nd to win the overall 1st place trophy and prize money of $1500. On lap 97 he was able to get by Raynes (#41)for the win. Bourgeois who won the segment segment finished second overall and Cal Hatfield (#11) of Rothesay was third. Bourgoius and Dan “Buzzsaw” Bourque (#15) of Grand Digue were heat winners. (more…)
Alex Labbé Outruns Three Champions For First Série ACT Castrol Win
Montmagny, QC – Sophomore driver Alex Labbé of St-Albert, QC earned his first career Série ACT Castrol win in a 250 lap event at Autodrome Montmagny in Montmagny, QC on Saturday, July 2. Labbé started ninth in the 22 car field and outran three Série ACT Castrol Champions (Donald Theetge, Karl Allard and Patrick Laperle) for the win. The 2010 Rookie of the Year took the lead with 16 laps to go after contact between leader Karl Allard and a lapped car.
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Fredericton N.B. July 2, 2011
On the eve of the third annual FanFest 2011 where upwards of 4,000 fans filled the bleachers at Speedway 660, St. Martins John Rankin made the podium for the first time this season winning the Martins Home Heating Sportsman feature.
The feature was dominated early on by Steve Seveck of Temperance Vale and Danny McNeill of Douglas, with Seveck holding onto first spot through the first ten laps before Seveck’s No. 44S and McNeill’s No. 80 got together in turn two giving Saint John’s Randy Moore the lead with Rankin moving up to second.
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Johnny Clark rolls on, claims third PASS North win of 2011 at L’Autodrome Chaudiere
Mother Nature loses one to the racers in the PASS North Habitations Dany Lagace 150
Naples ME (6/27) Defending Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Champion Johnny Clark earned his third super late model win of the young PASS North season Sunday in the PASS Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at L’Autodrome Chaudiere . Ben Rowe and Patrick Laperle chased Clark to the stripe.
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(Shediac, N.B.) — While hundreds of young race fans got the thrill of a lifetime with a ride in their favorite drivers’ stock car machine, veterans and rookies shared the spotlight during the Rock Auto / Covered Bridge Potato Chips stock car racing action Sunday afternoon at the Centre for Speed’s (CFS) in Grand Barachois, N.B.
Veteran Dan Bourque (#15) of Grande Digue, who is competing in his 20th season, recorded a grand slam in the Super Sportsman division with wins in the heat, semi-final and 35-lap feature. It was the same for Don Marcoux (#27) of St. Louis de Kent as he continued his early season dominance as the defending champ in the Shediac Sportsman division with his third feature win of the season. Not to be outdone, rookie Scott Hall (#98) of Sackville also picked up another big win in the 50-lap 4-cylinder Four Fun feature.
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