by Jay | Jun 7, 2011 | Canada, Modified
The AOW Modified Tour started their 2011 season at Petty International Raceway in River Glade, NB on Saturday June 4 as a support class for the Lucas Oil 100 Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour event.
A huge crowd was on hand, and the 20-lap AOW Modified feature didn’t lack in excitement, as #64 Paul Costain (Moncton, NB) picked up his first ever AOW Modified feature win. 2009 & 2010 AOW Modified points champion #98 Mike “Sparky” Raeburn (Hampton, NB) finished a strong 2nd, while #48 Jamie Brown (St. Martin’s NB) had another of his many strong finishes coming 3rd.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2011 | ACT, Canada
St-Eustache, QC – Veteran Série ACT Castrol competitor Daniel Descoste of St-Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec earned his first career win on the series in the St-Eustache 100 at Autodrome St-Eustache in St-Eustache, Quebec. Descoste worked his way by 2010 Série ACT Castrol Champion Karl Allard on lap 66 and was never seriously contested in the remainder of the 100 lap event.
Allard fell back to third behind runner-up Patrick Hamel on the final restart. Jonathan Bouvrette and Patrick Laperle, who recovered from a spin, completed the top five. Donald Theetge, Dany Trepanier, Alex Labbe, Claude Leclerc and Marc-Andre Cliche rounded out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jun 4, 2011 | Canada
Fredericton N.B. June 4, 2011 – Saturday night at the Geary oval was the start of the 2011 season. Dairy Queen, a long time sponsor at the Speedway, held their annual kids day event.
All divisions were active on this night with the Hanwell Village Mart Bandeleros starting things off with some great action. Ryan Messer in his #1 ride made the move of the night with an inside pass of a lapped car midway through the 15 lap feature to beat the #3 of Alicia Mowat to the line. From there it was all Messer, taking home the first checkered flag of the 2011 season. Rounding out the top three were the 3 of Mowat in second place while Dana Hamm-Cameron took home third place.
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by Jay | Jun 3, 2011 | Canada
Riverview Ford Lincoln Season Opener & DQ Kid’s Day
June 1, 2011
Fredericton N.B. – This Saturday June 4, 2011, Speedway 660 will host a full day of excitement. Fans won’t just see excitement on the track, but the young races fans will have double the excitement with the Kids Day festivities. DQ has hopped on board for another year with Speedway 660 to sponsor the kid’s day festivities.
The evening’s events will begin with an “In-the-Pits” pre-race autograph session from 5:30-6:15 pm, where kids get to meet, have pictures taken and get autographs from their favourite drivers. This is a chance for the young race fans to talk to the drivers as they are not permitted to go in the pit area under the age of 16 during the races. The drivers especially look forward to the opportunity of meeting their race fans and sign autographs for the kids. This is a chance for the drivers to interact with their youngest fans for an extended period prior to the race. The drivers rarely get to leave the pit area as they are usually busy with pre-race meetings and the preparing their cars for the night’s events.
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by Jay | Jun 2, 2011 | Canada
(Shediac, N.B.) — The Centre for Speed, Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and “Metro Moncton’s Playground of Power”, is set to kick off its 16th stock car racing and motorsports season with a reconfigured, longer and tighter racing surface as well as other significant upgrades, including a newly paved entrance road to the speedway, all designed to provide spectators with enhanced
entertainment value,
This Sunday’s season opening event will feature drivers from throughout New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island battling it out in the first of three Maritime Super Series for Sportsman 100 races to be held at CFS during the summer, as well as weekly points championship racing in Shediac Sportsman, Mini Stock and Four Fun divisions., Sunday’s program will be the first of 20 motorsports and musical events to be presented at the CFS during 2011.
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by Jay | May 28, 2011 | ACT, Canada
Série ACT Castrol Event at Autodrome Montmagny Postponed
The Série ACT Castrol event at Autodrome Montmagny has been postponed due to rain. A make-up date of Saturday, June 11 has been scheduled.
