by Jay | Mar 14, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports South
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SOUTH
By Lou Modestino
The word from the Valenti Modified Racing Series is that the tour hired Warren Alston as the Race Director for 2015. Warren was the flagman last year and brings a lot of experience to the position. Flagman John Spence, Jr, will be his backup when needed and already has two shows to do this season.
The VMRS will also be atg the Waterford Speedbowl in August with ISMA and NEMA. That tour will be making its first visit to Devils Bowl and that tour will also be going to Oxford Plains for the 250 weekend. Beech Ridge is another popular stop in August. Kirk Alexander, all time VMRS winner with 31 victories, returns full-time this season.
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by Jay | Mar 6, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports South
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SOUTH
By Lou Modestino
We have heard reports that Francis Venditti President of Seekonk Speedway is looking hard at building a 1/8 mile drag strip on the extensive track property. This has been looked at over the 70 years that the track has existed. We think that it’s a good idea and Francis should pursue it carefully and not get discouraged if there’s opposition from neighbors and the town government. Work with them and consider their concerns about noise and hours of operation. It’s a good opportunity for that venue to expand their business. After all Seekonk Speedway pays a tax bill to the Town of Seekonk every year and is entitled to some carefully planned expansion.
NASCAR announced that New London-Waterford Speedbowl’s 65th season of auto racing will now include a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event on Saturday, May 30.
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by Jay | Feb 27, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports South
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SOUTH
By Lou Modestino
Get ready for Frank Maratta Auto Show and Race A Rama this weekend…Saturday, February 28 the doors open at 10 am-9 pm and Sunday, March 1 from 10 am-5 pm. Many New England race tracks and tours will be on hand with race cars and drivers. There will be lots of schedules from the different tracks and tours with the possibility of getting autographs and pictures.
The show features the Pit Crew Challenge, Pin-up Pageant 2015, show cars, hot rods, drag and road racing vehicles and oval track race cars. Some of the venues represented include; Stafford Motor Speedway, Thompson Motorsports Park, Waterford Speedbowl, New England Dragway, Lime Rock among others. Also tours such as the NEMA Midgets, Valenti Modified Racing Series, New England Mini Stock Tour, Pro 4 Modified Tour and NEAR Vintage Race Cars along with other racing series.
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by Jay | Feb 22, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports South
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SOUTH For Feb 20, 2015
By Lou Modestino
After a stellar rookie season in Stafford Speedway’s SK Light division, Taunton, MA native Branden Dion is ready to challenge for SPAFCO Rookie of the Year honors in the track’s premier SK Modified® division in 2015 behind the wheel of the #04 Triple D Racing / Doug King Builders Chevrolet.
“I’m very excited to be moving up this year,” said Dion. “We worked on the car a lot during the season to get our setup dialed in and I think we’ll ready to go. The plan is for us to start off slow and work our way towards getting the car faster each week. Last year we studied our stuff each week, took our time, and towards the end of the year we really seemed to have everything together. It’s definitely going to be a learning experience for us but we have the same crew and the same chassis, so we should have a good starting point with the car setup.”
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by Jay | Dec 20, 2014 | New England, New England Motorsports South
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SOUTH
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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by RacingNews | Nov 4, 2014 | New England Motorsports North, New England Motorsports South, PASS
SOPHIA, NC (November 2) – Scarborough, Maine’s Ryan Moore survived an intense late race battle with Christopher Bell to secure his first career Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model win in the 12th Annual North-South Shootout Sunday afternoon at Caraway Speedway. Moore was able to take advantage of an opportunity when Bell appeared to make contact with his Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Karl Weber’s machine while trying to put him a lap down, which resulted in a slow leak on Bell’s right front tire. Bell tried to furiously to protect the inside groove as Moore closed in over the final laps, with the two cars making contact entering turn three on the last lap, sending Bell up the track and Moore to victory lane.
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