by Jay | Jun 7, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
RPM MOTORSPORTS: Renewed Optimism For Hoar
Recent Devil’s Bowl Speedway Win Has Team Ready For 100-lap Event
Brian Hoar left Devil’s Bowl Speedway last weekend in a completely different frame of mind than he did when he last visited the half-mile Vermont oval in mid-May.
Hoar won the 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model feature event at Devil’s Bowl on Friday night, his final tuneup before the I Am Vermont Strong 100 at the track this weekend. It’s the second race in the four-race Vermont State Championship Series being contested this season between Devil’s Bowl and Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, White Mountain Motorsports Park
White Mountain Champion, Crazy Horse Continue Search For Speed
Despite winning a total of 17 races in 2010 and 2011, claiming consecutive Late Model championships and owning the all-time career win mark at White Mountain Motorsports Park, Quinny Welch isn’t one to sit around and admire his trophy case.
In fact, his No. 78 IBEW Local 104 Chevrolet spent the winter months of this past offseason in various stages of disarray at the Crazy Horse Racing building in South Paris, Maine – with Welch working side-by-side with Crazy Horse owner Mitch Green in search of improvement.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2012 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Racing historian Cho Lee of Barre, VT will be remembered at Thunder Road this Sunday, June 10 in the racetrack’s first seasonal weekly program presented by Sherwin-Williams. It will be the first of two twilight Sunday affairs for the high-banked oval before weekly Thursday night racing begins.
Lee, who co-authored “Fifty Years of Excitement” documenting Thunder Road’s history, will be remembered by the New England Antique Racers with the Cho Lee Memorial Race. More than thirty vintage racecars are expected to join Thunder Road’s three weekly racing divisions in Sunday’s event.
St. Johnsbury VT’s John Gammell will be in attendance to present the award for the historic racing cars. Gammell, who has been fighting cancer, is nostalgic for the opportunity.
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by Jay | Jun 6, 2012 | Massachusetts, Modified, New England, Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk Speedway, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Two-time series champion Jon McKennedy of East
Chelmsford, MA., takes a slim 10-point lead over Rowan Pennink,
of Huntingdon Valley, PA, to Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA,
Saturday night, June 9, when the Valenti Modified Racing Series returns
to action after a three-week layoff. The race is the first of three scheduled
at Seekonk this season for the VMRS.
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by Jay | Jun 6, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Vermont State Late Model Championship Series event features fundraiser for 2011 flood victims
Devil’s Bowl Speedway celebrates the Green Mountain State on Friday as the Vermont State Championship Series for Late Model stock cars invades the West Haven half-mile oval for a 100-lap event. The home-track heroes of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series J&S Steel Late Model division will square off against invaders from Barre’s Thunder Road and around the northeast.
While the 100-lap Vermont State Late Model Championship Series race will be the focal point for many, Devil’s Bowl Speedway is calling on the community to help its own during a fundraiser to benefit the “I Am Vermont Strong” initiative. I Am Vermont Strong is a non-profit organization that raises relief funds for Vermonters affected by flood damage in storms in 2011 including Tropical Storm Irene.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2012 | Canada, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Johnny Clark is no stranger to Speedway 660. The 33 year old Farmingdale, Maine short-track racer loves to visit the Geary Woods. On Saturday at 7PM Clark will attempt to win his third straight PASS 200 event at Speedway 660.
The defending Pro All Star Series champion heads a star-studded field of drivers who will make the tour’s only visit of the year to Atlantic Canada. In addition to his 2010 and 2011 PASS 200 wins, Clark has two SPEEDWEEKEND Auto Value 250 victories at Speedway 660.
“Johnny Clark loves this joint and our fans know he will race his heart out for them and do everything possible to win his third straight PASS 200 race here” says Speedway 660’s Chris Johnston. “But the six time PASS champion will have to be at his absolute best to hoist the trophy on Saturday night because the Pro All Star Series competition is unbelievably tough.”
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