by | Apr 10, 2013 | ACT, Maine, PASS
Fort Kent Teen Named Maine Driver Of The Year For 2012
AUGUSTA, Maine – Austin Theriault added another laurel to his already impressive resume, as the Fort Kent, Maine, native was named the 2012 Driver Of The Year during the Maine Vintage Race Car Association (MVRCA) annual Hall Of Fame induction ceremony and banquet on Saturday, April 6, at the Augusta Civic Center.
Theriault, 19, competed full-time on the ACT Late Model Tour last season while also running several races for Brad Keselowski Racing and making two PASS North Series starts.
“It’s a tremendous honor to be named the MVRCA ‘Driver of the Year,’” Theriault said after competing in a Southern Super Series for Super Late Models at the historic Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday night. “It’s humbling to have your name up there with so many of the great names that are part of this sport. I want to thank everyone who was involved in the selection process.” (more…)
by Jay | Apr 8, 2013 | Maine, PASS, Touring Series News
Story by Chris Roy
The Pro All Stars Series tour kicks off their 2013 season at Oxford Plains Speedway on April 21st. Defending champion Travis Benjamin, is looking forward to the green flag. “Being a PASS champion is a great accomplishment!! There has only been 3 other drivers that can say that. I’ve worked my whole life to win the championship in some kind of sport and now I can say that I’m a champion!!”
Though the off season hasn’t been all fun and games… actually it has been as Travis has hit the hoops in his spare time. “This off season I’ve just been working a lot at Belfast Variety and during the off season I play a lot of basketball. There’s been two leagues in Belfast, one league in Ellsworth and another in Waterville. So that keeps me in shape.”
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by | Apr 8, 2013 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
A hearty crowd of racing-starved fans huddled into a blustery Wiscasset Speedway Saturday afternoon for the start of the 2013 Maine racing season. This is a new chapter in the history of the state’s fastest track. The coastal speed plant has been relatively silent for nearly three years. Saturday it roared to life as new track owners Richard and Vanessa Jordan of Kingfield unveiled the results of their off-season work, and kick started the revival of racing action.
East Madison’s Jeff Burgess didn’t have a very large group of cars chasing him in the 30 lap Prostock feature. It probably did not matter to the veteran racer. This was one win that he wasn’t about to let slip through his hands. On this day his late father, Butch Burgess, who built his legendary resume with wins from Wiscasset, was to be inducted into the Maine Motorsports Hall of Fame. Jeff honored him in perhaps the best way he could- by winning at the same track his father had won at so many times before. Burgess used the first half of the race to gradually pull away from Bill Penfold of Yarmouth, and cruised from there to the win. It wasn’t his first Wiscasset win, his most difficult win, or the biggest win of his long career. However, there was no doubt it was one of the most important. Penfold finished second by nearly a full straightaway and John Rideout of Washington finished third. (more…)
by | Apr 8, 2013 | Maine
Southern Super Series: Austin Theriault
Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville Race Report
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Brad Keselowski Racing development driver Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, fought an ill-handling racecar all weekend long but rallied to finish ninth in the Southern Super Series 125 at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, April 6. Theriault qualified the BKR No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion eighth for the series’ inaugural race, and he fought to maintain track position on the historic high-banked .596-mile oval. Despite a number of changes and a tire change at the Lap 75 break, the car never fared much better in Theriault’s first career trip to Nashville. It marked Theriault’s fourth consecutive Top-10 finish behind the wheel for BKR’s development program. (more…)
by | Apr 4, 2013 | Maine
Southern Super Series: Austin Theriault
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, and Brad Keselowski Racing head to the historic Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tenn., for the inaugural race of the Southern Super Series on Saturday, April 6. Theriault, who hasn’t finished worse than sixth in any of his last three Super Late Model races this spring, will pilot the BKR No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion in the 125-lap event on the banked .596-mile oval. After winning at Dillon Motor Speedway in Dillon, S.C., Theriault finished second the next week at Myrtle Beach Speedway to take over the PASS South Series points lead. This will mark Theriault’s first career appearance at Fairgrounds Speedway, where he will return in November for the All-American 400. (more…)
by | Apr 4, 2013 | Maine
Dirty Dozen Cup: Reid Lanpher
Southern Nat’l Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
MANCHESTER, Maine – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, makes his third consecutive Dirty Dozen Cup start in a JR Motorsports Late Model this Saturday, April 6, in the Southern National Twin 100s at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, N.C. The 14-year-old Lanpher posted his first career Top-5 last time out in the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet for the team owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. In four total starts for JR Motorsports, Lanpher hasn’t finished worse than 12th in the 26-car fields, with finishes of sixth and fifth, respectively, in his last two outings. The Dirty Dozen Cup consists of 12 races – six each at Southern National and Motor Mile Speedway in Virginia.
THE FACTS
WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine
TEAM: No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Seth Kooika, Mooresville, N.C.
BEST CAREER SOUTHERN NATIONAL FINISH: 5th (more…)
