by Jay | Jun 4, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports North
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH For June 3, 2015
By Lou Modestino
Two-time American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. was in the right place at the right time on Saturday night, taking his second win of the season in the rain-shortened Generation Next 151 at Speedway 51 in Groveton, NH.
Helliwell got the break on Rowley, MA’s Eddie MacDonald on a lap-85 restart and was in front when the caution flew for Travis Stearns’ spin a lap later. A caution for rain came out on the subsequent restart. Although the race was able to resume, the rains returned just five laps later, forcing the conclusion of the event after 91 of the scheduled 151 laps.
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by Jay | Jun 3, 2015 | New England
New Show Addition at Victory Lane Radio
(Spencer, MA) – The growth of Victory Lane Radio [VLR] continues with the addition of another new show. Starting June 15, 2015 at 7pm ET, “Bump n’ Run”, a weekly talk show covering all things racing debuts with an emphasis on Bowman-Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and surrounding area tracks.
Host Robyn Vandenberg talks about the transistion to Victory Lane Radio, “All of us from Bump n’ Run are extremely excited to start our new journey with Victory Lane Radio. From the moment we spoke to Eric LaFleche [Owner of VLR] we knew it was meant to be. We would also like to thank Benny Fry and Darrell Stoops, formerly of Racin’ Nation Radio for making this move possible.
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by Jay | May 28, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports North
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino
The tradition of the Spring Green, which began in 1974 at Catamount Stadium in Milton, VT, has moved around over the years from track to track. It has been run at Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Park Speedway on 21 occasions, the most of any track. The list of winners is a history book of Late Model racing in the northeast (see below). The 41st edition of the race took place at Airborne last Sunday, arguably one of the favorite tracks the ACT Late Models appear at each year. A perfect day for racing and a spirited battle between friendly rivals Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH and St-Denis, QC’s Patrick Laperle kept fans from both sides of the border happy for the entire event. The other seven-team battle that raged for the second half of the event was also an example of great short track racing.
**[Just some of the names to have won the Spring Green over the years from Northern NASCAR, NASCAR North, the ACT Pro Stock Tour, the Tiger Sportsman Tour, and the ACT Late Model Tour: Dragon (3), Dion, Cabana, Mike Barry, Leclair, Kourafas, Fadden, Leclerc, Hanley, Lepage, Hoar, Nason, Scott, Cyr, Helliwell, Polewarczyk, Jr.]**
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by Jay | May 26, 2015 | Monadnock Speedway, New England, New Hampshire
Gonyaw Celebrate First Victory of the Season
By Staff Writer Dan Byrne
Winchester—After weather postponed action at Monadnock Speedway last week, the engines were fired up once again this past Saturday for some high intensity action around the quarter-mile oval on Memorial Day Weekend.
With everyone eager to get back out on the racetrack, there was full card of excitement as they rolled out eight feature series including the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, NE Vintage Outlaws, and Granite State Pro Stock Series 100 lap feature.
After some action packed heat races got the crowd warmed up, the features rolled out with the Vintage Outlaws leading the way. It took him until five laps remained to make the winning pass, but Paul Laplante was able to cross the line in first place to pick up his fifth straight victory at Monadnock Speedway.
“We love the sport of racing,” Laplante said, “We want to give back to the fans.”
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by Jay | May 21, 2015 | New England Motorsports South
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SOUTH FOR MAY 21, 2015
By Lou Modestino
Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with the DARE Stock Xtra Mart Xtra D 50 program on Friday, May 15thon what was also Whelen Event Night with three Ingersoll Rand contingency bonuses going to the winners of the SK Modified®, Late Model, and SK Light features. Xtra Mart Convenience Stores put up a $250 bonus that was split evenly among the top-5 finishers in the extra distance DARE Stock feature event. Dan Dembek was the big winner, taking his second feature win of the 2015 season in the 20-lap DARE Stock feature. Ronnie Williams became the first repeat winner in the SK Modified® ranks, outdueling Eric Berndt and Ryan Preece in the process. Adam Gray picked up his first win of the season after three second place finishes, Tony Membrino, Jr. won his second consecutive feature in the SK Lights, Cliff Saunders got his second win of the season in the Limited Late Model feature, and Dana DiMatteo won his third consecutive Legend Cars feature.
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by Jay | May 21, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports North
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH FOR MAY 21, 2015
Lou Modestino
Hudson, NH’s Joey Polewarczyk Jr. came out on top of a battle with St-Denis, QC’s Patrick Laperle to win the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Spring Green 115 at Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on Sunday. Defending ACT Late Model Tour Champion “Joey Pole” took the lead from Laperle on lap 82 and led the rest of the way in the ACT U.S. and Série ACT combination event. Pole had lost the top spot to Laperle on a lap 44 restart, but stalked him for nearly 40 laps and eventually came away with his second win of the season and second straight ACT victory at Airborne.
“Anytime you have to battle Patrick, it’s tough,” Pole said. “He races me with so much respect and I try to give him the same. He got me on that restart on lap 44, and it was definitely nerve-wracking trying to get back by him…we got it inch by inch and kept working the inside and were finally able to get by.”
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