by Jay | Apr 19, 2011 | Maine, Speedway 95
Speedway 95 get drivers and fans ready for opening day
With just 3 weeks to go before opening day for the 2011 racing season, Speedway 95 officials have filled the week-ends with activities to get drivers and fans ready for opening day. On Saturday, April 23, the pit area will open at 10:00 a.m. for the annual Car Show and Flea Market. Running until 5:00 p.m. that day, the event will have cars ready for the season on display as well as vendors selling racing parts and products. On Saturday, April 30, the track will open at 10:00 a.m. for practice in all divisions. Practice times will run by divisions throughout the day, and will end promptly at 5:00 p.m.
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by Jay | Apr 17, 2011 | ACT, Lee USA, Maine, New England, New Hampshire
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Lee USA Speedway Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished eighth in the ACT Late Model Tour season-opening NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 17. It was Theriault’s best career finish at Lee USA and it came in his Tour debut with RPM Motorsports. Theriault started 23rd after qualifying for the 30-car field through the consolation round and moved into the Top-10 just after the 100-lap mark. Theriault’s RPM teammate Brian Hoar won the event.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour NH Governor’s Cup 150
WHERE: Lee USA Speedway, Lee, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 23rd
FINISHED: 8th
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by Jay | Apr 14, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England
MOVING IN: Theriault Finds New Home For Sophomore Season
Second-Year ACT Driver Joins RPM Motorsports With High Hopes
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault has garnered so much attention and so many accolades on the ACT Late Model Tour, sometimes you have to remind yourself that he’s just a 17-year-old high school student with just one year of ACT experience.
Theriault, however, doesn’t need to be reminded.
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by Jay | Apr 9, 2011 | Maine, PASS
FULL FIELD: Mulkern Racing Taking 3 Cars To “The Race”
Sommerville, Rowe join owner Scott Mulkern at North Wilkesboro
FALMOUTH, Maine – There’s really only one reason that Mulkern Racing will field three cars in this week’s inaugural PASS-sanctioned “The Race” at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
The team wants a win.
“I don’t really look at it any different from any other race,” said team owner and driver of the No. 84 Community Pharmacies Dodge, Scott Mulkern. “Once you’re in the car, I’m in there to win whether it’s for a million dollars or one dollar. Don’t get me wrong, I certainly appreciate the purse, but we’re going to try to win.”
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by Jay | Apr 3, 2011 | Maine
RELAY RACE: Cars on Display in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – Several area stock car drivers and their race cars will join “Betty’s Keepers” in support of the American Cancer Society at the South Portland Friendly’s Restaurant on Monday, April 4, from 5-8 p.m.
Race fans are invited to join the team at Friendly’s for a night of motorsports, food and ice cream. A portion of the night’s proceeds from the restaurant on 210 Maine Mall Road will be donated to the “Relay For Life” event at South Portland High School June 17-18.
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by Jay | Mar 17, 2011 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
”Oxford Plains Speedway to host “Awesome Auto and Bike Show”
OXFORD, Maine – It has been more than three years since Oxford Plains Speedway has been the site of a car/bike show but, that all ends on May 29, 2011 as the “Awesome Auto and BikeFest” makes it’s debut at the historic Oxford oval on Memorial Day weekend.
“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to once again play host to hundreds of classic car and bike enthusiasts from across northern New England” Speedway owner Bill Ryan said. “We’re working with Spencer Richie Owner and publisher of CruiseMaine and RideMaine magazines to bring a high caliber car and bike show back to the speedway.”
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