by Jay | Apr 16, 2012 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Lee, NH – Eight-time American Canadian Tour Late Model Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT claimed his second straight NH Governor’s Cup 150 season opener at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH on Sunday, April 15. Hoar escaped a late race assault from multi-time Lee USA Speedway Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH to earn the win.
Jeff Taylor of Farmington, ME led early in the event after starting on the pole with a +6 in ACT’s plus/minus handicap system. Helliwell worked his way from the fifth starting position to take over the lead on lap 10 and appeared dominant for the next 60 laps. However, Ben Rowe of Turner, ME came from the 10th starting position to run down Helliwell just before the halfway mark. Rowe also appeared to have the race in hand until Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA took over the lead with 118 laps complete.
Hoar and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH came flying through the pack after pitting around lap 117 for fresh tires. Polewarczyk caught MacDonald on lap 130 but got into the back of him coming off turn two sending them both to the rear. That brought out the fourth caution of the event and handed Hoar, who came from the 9th starting spot, the lead.
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by Jay | Apr 15, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
Preece, O’Sullivan, Ramstrom, Boss, Sundeen and Poulin Score Icebreaker Wins
Thompson, Conn: Ron Silk celebrated his eighth career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory in an extended 159-lap event after Rowan Pennink was posted for not allowing Silk, who chose to take the inside groove for the final restart, to set the pace. He officially jumped the restart.
“I had a better car than Rowan (Pennink),” said Silk after the race. “Before the last restart, he had me up in the marbles. He didn’t even give me a chance to have a line. You can’t beat the leader to the line. If you do, you have to lift. I’m happy to win and we had a better car than he did. I ran him down and passed him with 15 to go. The rule is in black and white. You can’t beat the leader to the line.”
Silk started the race in eighth and led just one time throughout the race distance taking the lead at lap 138 when he dove underneath Pennink in turn three. The win marked his fourth at Thompson International Speedway, and his first during Icebreaker weekend.
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by Jay | Apr 13, 2012 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Lee USA Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent Maine joins the rest of the ACT Late Model Tour when the series opens its season with the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Sunday, April 15. Theriault has two Top-10 finishes in two career starts at the track – and coming off a sophomore season in which he finished third in the final ACT standings in 2011, the 18-year-old Brad Keselowski Racing development driver hopes he another strong run at the .375-mile oval can start his season off on the right foot.
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by Jay | Apr 13, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. The season-opening Icebreaker race will be run this weekend, April 14th & 15th, at the Thompson International speedway. Thompson’s Icebreaker, a two-day event and the most anticipated race of the year, will feature seven different NASCAR racing divisions topped by the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
Joining the WMT will be Thompson’s “Super 6” NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. The “Super 6” includes the Sunoco Modified, Super Late Models, Thompson Modifieds, Late Models, Xtra Mart Limited Sportsman and the Monster Mini Stocks.
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by Jay | Apr 13, 2012 | Airborne, New England, New York
Airborne Speedway has merged its two 4-cylinder racing divisions into one for the 2012 season and is counting on a highly competitive season that produces a new, first-time, Busch Mini Modified track champion.
The Mini Modified throne has been vacated by 2011 champion Speedy Bresette of Plattsburgh, who is moving up to the Adirondack Water Sportsman Modified division.
This year, the Mini Modified car count is on the rise because of new teams forming and the inclusion of the former Bomber class. Johnmichael Bresette of Ausable Forks, the 2011 Bomber champion, will also compete as a Sportsman Modified this season.
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by Jay | Apr 13, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
Stafford Motor Speedway has again lined up an
impressive field of current and former open wheel champions for its CARQUEST
Champions For Charities Event as part of CARQUEST Super Saturday on June
30th. During the coming weeks, SMS will offer a profile on each of its
championship winning drivers and the charity they will be racing for and
this week’s CARQUEST Champions For Charities spotlight falls on 2-time Wild
Thing Kart Senior Champ Champion (2010, 2011) Ron Midford, Jr., who will be
racing to help support The Greg Caron Family Fund.
On November 11, 2011, Ellington native Greg Caron, while serving a second
tour with his Marine Corp unit, lost both of his legs, the tip of his
finger, and broke his collar bone after stepping on an IED in Afghanistan.
The Greg Caron Family Fund was established to help Greg adjust to a new
lifestyle and Ron Midford, Jr. will be representing the Greg Caron Family
Fund in his CARQUEST Champions For Charities effort.
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