Pramac Racing Welcomes LAPIZTA as its Official Timekeeper

image002Miami, FL – Lapizta, the watch company founded on a passion for racing and extreme sports joins forces with the Pramac Racing Team for the 2015 MotoGP season. Pramac Racing has been on the MotoGP scene since 2002 and will be hitting the tracks for 2015 with Italian rider, Danilo Petrucci, and the first ever-­‐Colombian rider, Yonny Hernandez. LAPIZTA first caught the eye of Pramac while on display at Colombia’s international watch exhibition, WatchBO.

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NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH FOR DEC 19, 2014

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino

The entry list for the American Racer Challenge event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway (NSS) during the 2015 World Series of Asphalt Racing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Monday and Tuesday, February 16 and 17, is filled with ACT Champions from both the ACT US and Quebec tours.

Defending New Smyrna Challenge Champion, and 2014 American Canadian Tour (ACT) Champion, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (Pole) from Hudson, New Hampshire won the first event held at New Smyrna in 2011. “I can’t think of a better way to start the new season off than to win again at New Smyrna. I really like the race track, and we had a blast there a few years ago. Our goal is to use this as a springboard for defending our Championship on the Tour (ACT) this year,” said Pole.

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NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH FOR 12-11-2014

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino

Drag racing, jet dragsters and the name Al Hanna all seem to go together so well. Hanna and his “Queen of Diamonds II” 300 MPH Jet Dragster will prove to be a popular attraction at the three day Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2015 Presented by Sunoco Race Fuels Distributed by Insinger Performance Race Car and Trade Show set to take place at the huge Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA, January 23-25, 2015.

“We are working to make drag racing a bigger part of PPB Motorsports 2015,” said show promoter Len Sammons. “There are a lot of drag racing fans and competitors in the market area of our show and there are some great drag racing facilities such as Atco, NJ Raceway, Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pa, Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ and others. “
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NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH For Dec 4th 2014

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH For Dec 4th 2014
By Lou Modestino

Airborne Park Speedway has taken another step toward the future, as Mike Bruno has joined the track’s business ownership group. Bruno served as the Competition Director at Airborne in 2014 and will expand on that role moving forward; he has partnered with Jamie Atkins and Steve Fuller to form the ownership group.

Effective immediately, Bruno will take over day-to-day business operations as the track’s General Manager, while Atkins will step back from the daily operations and take on a support role. Bruno co-owns and promotes Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Vermont with his wife, Alayne, and says that the two tracks will continue building on a partnership that began last season.
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NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH For November 26, 2014

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH For November 26, 2014
By Lou Modestino

Dr. Dick Berggren of Ipswich, MAhas so much knowledge of motorsports, so many experiences and the ability to share all that with fans of the sport. He will be doing just that when he appears at the Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2015 fueled by Sunoco Race Fuels and Distributed by Insinger Performance Race Car and Trade Show set for January 23-25th at the spacious Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.
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NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH FOR NOV 20, 2014

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino

Another agreement between the Pro All Star Series (PASS) and the American Canadian Tour (ACT) adds more welcome news for Late Model race fans and teams in the Northeast. Two more ‘doubleheader’ type events will be held following the announcement a week ago that theOxford Plains Speedway would open the 2015 season with the first-ever PASS/ACT combination event on Saturday April 18, 2015.

The ACT International held at Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on July 18 and 19, 2015 will play host to the two most popular traveling series in the US and Quebec. The races will be comprised of two 200-lap features for both PASS and ACT teams. Qualifying will take place Saturday evening and feature races will be run on Sunday.

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