by | Aug 19, 2013 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine
Scarborough, ME – Eddie “The Outlaw” MacDonald of Rowley, MA came from 11th on the field to take the win in the American Canadian Tour 150-lap event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday, August 17. MacDonald held off fierce competition over the final 13 lap sprint to take the victory.
MacDonald took over the lead from Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. after starting in the outside lane on a lap 131 restart. It looked like MacDonald would win easily until the fourth and final caution of the event flew on lap 137. This setup up the final battle with MacDonald and Polewarczyk on the front row followed by rookies Bobby Therrien and Travis Stearns.
Therrien made a veteran move to the inside of MacDonald following the restart, kicking Polewarczyk back to third. The Rookie and the Outlaw battled with Therrien on the inside and MacDonald trying to keep him pinched down. The pair raced door-to-door with Therrien gaining the edge at the line for the lead on two laps. MacDonald kept the momentum on the outside and dispatched Therrien with two to go. It then turned into a three-way fight for the runner-up spot as Polewarczyk, Therrien and Stearns took the checkered flag three-wide.
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by | Aug 19, 2013 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
WISCASSET SPEEDWAY TOP FIVE OFFICIAL FINISH AUGUST 17, 2013
THUNDER 4’S (15 LAPS)
1. #20 Pete McCollett, Readfield
2. #13 Cody Tribbett, Richmond
3. #5 Ryan Chadwick, Wiscasset
4. #11 Kevin Sherman, Wiscasset
5. #31X Adam Armstrong, Bath
SUPER STOCK (25 LAPS)
1. #05 James Osmond, Wiscasset
2. #2 Josh Bailey, Wiscasset
3. #1 Adam Chadbourne, Woolwich
4. #3 Bobby Mesimer, Woolwich
5. #48 Dan Nessmith, Wiscasset
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by | Aug 19, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
CALVIN ROSE JR. AND KEVIN HARTLEY SHARE SPORT-FOUR SPOTLIGHT AT 95
Calvin Rose Jr. of Turner made his first appearance of the season at Speedway 95 Saturday night and came away with the win in the 35 lap Coca-Cola Sport-Four series race #3. Rose led the pack from lap 8 after battling with Hudson’s Donny Silva for the first seven laps of the event and went on to victory. Carmel’s Ted Ryder battled with Rose for the lead following a lap 9 caution that eliminated Silva from the race, but Rose proved too strong for the season points leader and Ryder finished the race in second. Meanwhile Kevin Hartley of Hermon survived a spin that brought out the lap 9 caution, and finished seventh in the race, securing his first place finish in the series points. Third in the night’s race went to Milo’s Steve Heath, with Chris Blanchard of Clinton and Matt Moore of Mechanic Falls rounding out the top five in that order. Ryder was credited with a second place finish in the series points, with Andrew Crosby of Hermon third in the series competition.
John Kalel II of Orrington took the lead from Bradley’s Deane Smart on the 29th lap of the 40 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature and went on to post his third win of the season. Smart finished second, with Brenton Parritt of Steuben in third. Early leader Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington finished fourth while season points leader Andy Saunders of Ellsworth, who was sent to the rear of the pack on lap 21 for his involvement in an incident that brought out the race’s final caution, made a charge from the rear of the pack to place fifth.
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by | Aug 15, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
Amy Houde of Howland started the Ladies 25 lap series race #3 on the pole at Speedway 95 Wednesday night and led all the way to the checkers, winning her second feature in a row and capturing the overall win in the three race series. Danielle Beal of Hampden finished the race in second, but had just recently returned to racing so was not in the race for a series position. Rhonda Wilbur of Hermon was third in the night’s feature and finished second overall in the series. Third in the series but not racing in the feature was Erin Evans of Milo.
Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton was the winner of the Sinclair Towing Service pick- up truck feature, but it was only due to bad luck on the part of Levant’s Jason Haskell. Haskell had fought side by side with Carr for 15 laps, until taking the lead for good on lap 15. On lap 20, as Haskell was rounding turns 3 and 4 heading for his first win of the season, a wheel came loose on his truck, spinning him off the raceway and allowing Carr to pass for the win. Doug Sinclair of Hermon finished in second, followed by Jeff Overlock Jr. of Hermon in third, Dana Harlow of Bucksport in fourth and Haskell finishing in fifth.
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by | Aug 14, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine
Welch, Stearns Heat Up Heading To Beech Ridge
Both Banking On Crazy Horse’s Flat-Track Success This Week
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – When Quinny Welch ran headlong into misfortune last weekend, it may have served to fuel an old adage: “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.”
Welch, who had reeled off two straight wins at White Mountain Motorsports Park, was collected when the leaders wrecked on the final lap while running in the Top-5 at the track last Saturday night. He never saw the checkered flag. But with the help of his own crew and some others, Welch pulled an all-nighter and made repairs to his No. 78 IBEW Local 104 Chevrolet – then hauled over to Canaan Fair Speedway to finish sixth in the Subway Fresh Fit 150 on Sunday.
Now, Welch will have Crazy Horse Racing give the car a good once-over this week before entering the ACT Late Model Tour Beech Ridge 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, this Saturday night.
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by | Aug 14, 2013 | Maine
Southern Super Series: Austin Theriault
World Crown 300 Race Report
JEFFERSON, Ga. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fifth in the Southern Super Series World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga., on Saturday, August 10. It was Theriault’s second straight Top-5 in one of Super Late Model racing’s most prestigious events. Theriault qualified sixth in the Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion and tried to play the tire strategy game in the second half of the event, but a long green-flag run to close out the race thwarted that plan and left Theriault running fifth at the checkered flag.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion
CREW CHIEF: Gary Crooks, Mooresville, N.C.
WHAT: World Crown 300
WHERE: Gresham Motorsports Park, Jefferson, Ga. (.500-mile banked oval)
STARTED: 6th
FINISHED: 5th
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AUSTIN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS WERE GOOD BUT NOT GREAT IN THE WORLD CROWN 300.
Yeah, you kind of hit it right there. It’s a little bit of a disappointment. At the level we’re racing, a Top-5 isn’t bad, but I think we’re plenty capable of more.
We pitted on Lap 100 for tires, and when the caution came out again on Lap 180, we just made some adjustments while everyone else took tires, hoping we’d have another caution later on – but it went green right to the end. We had almost 200 laps on our tires. That’s quite a lot of laps on them. It wasn’t a horrible finish taking all that into account, but it could have been better.
WHAT WERE YOU FIGHTING?
It rained before qualifying, and I don’t know if that had something to do with it. The way we ended practice, we were actually a little free. But when we went out to qualify, the whole balance of the car went the complete opposite direction. I think some of the guys that were too free, it probably benefited them.
I felt like we had a car that was capable of running in the Top-5, but if most everything fell in our favor, that would have helped us out. The car wasn’t perfect in practice, but those weekends are hard to get where you just put it on jackstands and wait for qualifying. You don’t really find those weekends. We were still trying to make the car better, and I think we made some gains. I really appreciate Clay Rogers taking some time on Friday when I was in New Hampshire to work with Gary (Crooks) and get the car tuned in. They found something that helped when I showed up on Saturday.
HOW DID THE IMPOUND AFTER QUALIFYING EFFECT YOUR RACE?
We kind of chased the track for a little while. It was really slick, and a little free (in practice). We tightened it up a little and worked on trying to get some grip in the car. Maybe we went a little too far in qualifying, because we were a little snug then.
With the impound, we couldn’t make any adjustments after qualifying. The track cooled down and gained a little more grip than we expected. We struggled a little bit throughout the race trying to get the car to turn a little better in the center of the corner. I’d say we made it a little bit better, and we were faster at the end of the race, but we didn’t have the tires we needed to run up front. We were one of two or three cars that had tires left in the pits, because we had that long green flag run at the end.
