by Jay | Oct 13, 2010 | Canada
ATLANTIC MONSTER TRUCK NATIONALS SET TO THRILL FANS ON SATURDAY AT THE CENTRE FOR SPEED
(Shediac, N.B.) — The Centre for Speed (CFS) is pulling out all the stops for its ‘ground rumbling’ ATLANTIC MONSTER TRUCK NATIONALS 2010 event.
On Saturday, October 16th, RAIN OR SHINE, the ground will definitely be shaking as FIVE top-ranked Monster Trucks invade the CENTRE for an afternoon of ‘outdoors and unleashed’ competition featuring side-by-side racing, freestyle, and wheelie competition events. This final motorsports event of 2010 will also include a full program of additional Thrasher division ‘Crash and Bang’ action, with a GIANT Demolition Derby, Full Contact Racing and an always unpredictable ‘Racing Blind’ event, where drivers must trust their co-pilots to get around the racing surface while blindfolded, as well as a ‘Burnout’ competition, which adds up to a ‘crush and bang’ afternoon of non-stop action.
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by Jay | Oct 3, 2010 | Canada
Flemming, Rankin, Cashol, Landry and Weagle record big wins
during ‘Atlantic Stock Car Championship’ weekend
at Centre for Speed
October 3, 2010 – Shediac (N.B.) – A total of 140 drivers from throughout the four Atlantic provinces and the State of Maine took part in the year-end 10th annual Maple Leaf Foods Atlantic Stock Car Championships at the Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and Metro Moncton’s ‘Playground of Power’, this past weekend.
A total of over $37,000 in payouts was on the line during this two-day event for teams in the five stock car racing divisions of Pro Stock, Sportsman, Streetstock, 4-cylinder Mini Stock (over 100 hp.) and Four Fun (under 100 hp.) racing extravaganza. Rain and damp weather delayed the events on Saturday while bright sunshine was the order of the day on Sunday.
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by Jay | Sep 29, 2010 | Canada
Over 150 Drivers set to compete
in ‘Atlantic Stock Car Championships’ weekend at Centre for Speed
September 29, 2010 – Shediac (N.B.) – Over 150 drivers from throughout the four Atlantic provinces and the State of Maine will converge on the Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and Metro Moncton’s ‘Playground of Power’, for this weekend’s 10th Annual Maple Leaf Foods Atlantic Stock Car Championships, the final event of the 2010 stock car racing season in Atlantic Canada.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2010 | ACT, Canada, New England
Karl Allard Earns Wild St-Eustache 300 Win and 2010 Série ACT Castrol Edge Championship
St-Eustache, QC – St-Felicien’s Karl Allard claimed the win in the St-Eustache 300 and the 2010 Série ACT Castrol Edge Championship after a wild green-white-checkered finish at Autodrome St-Eustache on Sunday, September 26. Allard took the lead after leaders Patrick Laperle and Jonathan Urlin wrecked coming to the white flag. Laperle and Urlin ended up in the front stretch wall before the start-finish line as Allard snuck through on the low side. Allard took the white flag while the rest of the field took the yellow and white flags.
Daniel Descoste made it through the mayhem to earn second while Laperle and Urlin were unofficially scored in third and fourth respectively, as the final two cars on the lead lap. Stephane Descoste finished fifth, the first car down one lap. Alex Labbe earned the Rookie of the Year title with his sixth place finish. Claude Leclerc, David Michaud, Gaetan Lauzier and Donald Theetge completed the top ten.
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by Jay | Sep 14, 2010 | Canada, New England
‘Atlantic Speed Weeks’ set to kick off this Saturday at Centre for Speed
September 14, 2010 – Shediac (N.B.) – The Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and Metro Moncton’s ‘Playground of Power’, is set to host the 10th Annual ‘Atlantic Speed Weeks’ Motorsports extravaganza during three weekends between September 18 and October 16 to cap off the 2010 stock car and motorsports season in Atlantic Canada.
On Saturday, September 18 at 1:00 p.m., CFS will kick things off with the Atlantic Street Rod Drag Racing and Tuner Championships which are open to all street legal cars. Those interested in competing in the Slalom, Oval Time Trial, Street Drag, and Burnout events should visit the CENTRE’s website (www.centreforspeed.com) for all the details. Saturday’s ‘Atlantic Street War’ event will feature the hottest street-legal racing action you’ve ever seen in our region as the coolest and baddest rides and drivers come out to show exactly what they’ve got.
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by Jay | Sep 13, 2010 | ACT, Canada, New England
Patrick Laperle Steals Fall Foliage Win
Plattsburgh, NY – St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle earned his second
consecutive ACT Late Model Tour win and second consecutive Mohawk Casino
Fall Foliage 300 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY. Laperle led early
in the event after starting on the outside pole but faded during the
mid-portion of the event and went down a lap after spinning on lap 161.
After pitting for tires Laperle raced his way back onto the lead lap on lap
211.
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